Archive for February, 2009

McKenna Quoted In The Financial Times

By Francine • Feb 15th, 2009

“Companies will need a lot of consulting help to implement XBRL and incorporate into the new Reg FD [fair disclosure rules] suggestions to do more with their websites and investor relations blogs.” Financial Times, August 19, 2008 in reference to SEC’s unveiling Interactive Data Electronic Applications (Idea).
Link to Financial Times story
Link to my story on [...]

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Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

By Francine • Feb 11th, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers (or PwC) is the world’s largest professional services firm.

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The Big 4 And Pending Litigation – Can They Fight The Law And Win?

By Francine • Feb 9th, 2009

In preparation for something else, I attempted to do a quick summary of the pending litigation against the Big 4.

It’s not easy.

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Auditor Shopping Or, When Harry Met Congress

By Francine • Feb 5th, 2009

Many of you have asked what I thought of Harry Markopolos’ testimony yesterday on the Madoff/SEC cluster schmuck.

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Is a Big 4 Firm Buying BearingPoint?

By Francine • Feb 4th, 2009

I’m hearing that either someone buys BearingPoint soon or they’re going bankrupt.

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McKenna Quoted In The Chicago Tribune Re: Deloitte’s Flanagan

By Francine • Feb 3rd, 2009

“It looks like Deloitte is trying to save face with clients,” said Francine McKenna… Chicago Tribune, November 8, 2008 in reference to the Thomas Flanagan insider trading scandal.
Link to the story in the Tribune.
Link to my blog post on the story.

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