All The World’s A Stage…
By Francine • Feb 27th, 2009All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts…
Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
William Shakespeare 1564-1616
There were plenty of actors reciting their lines and creating theatrics for the markets on Tuesday when news “broke” that The Northern Trust Bank had spent lavishly on a golf tournament in Los Angeles. The irksome part, I guess, is that the bank had accepted bank bailout funds.


Francine McKenna (@retheauditors) has more than twenty-five years of experience in consulting and professional services including tenure at two Big 4 firms, both in the US and abroad. Look for my column, 