Housing Problems: Where To Get Help
By Francine • Dec 9th, 2012I asked Alys Cohen of the National Consumer Law Center what I can say when people ask me what to do about their foreclosure or mortgage modification nightmare.
Archive for the ‘Food for Thought’ Category
Deutsche Bank Fair Value Fakeout Didn’t Prevent Backdoor Fed Bailout
By Francine • Dec 7th, 2012Deutsche Bank may have avoided a bailout by the German government but borrowed billions from the US Federal Reserve and various programs during this period. So much for avoiding a bailout by pretending there was no risk of catastrophic losses during the financial crisis.
McKenna On NPR’s “All Things Considered”
By Francine • Nov 21st, 2012I was asked to talk about HP and Autonomy tonight on NPR’s “All Things Considered” program.
My Big Fat Overrated CEO: McKenna On Dimon On The Keiser Report
By Francine • Nov 18th, 2012I taped an episode of the Keiser Report last week while in New York. The focus was Jamie Dimon with a bit of MF Global thrown in for heat. Max Keiser, the host, asked me this question: Why does Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan Chase still have a job?
Do It Yourself SEO: An Essay for Sundayed.com
By Francine • Nov 4th, 2012How can I leave my readers with something they’ll remember, something to lead them back to me, something that encourages them to tell a friend about me?
Former FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair On Foreclosure Lookback Reviews
By Francine • Oct 27th, 2012Chapter 21 of Sheila Bair’s book, “Bull By The Horns,” is a blow-by-blow account of the wrangling and dealmaking that resulted in two settlements that satisfy neither consumer advocates nor the borrowers that were harmed by abusive mortgage servicer activities.
Zynga And Facebook: A Dangerously Close Relationship
By Francine • Oct 17th, 2012Zynga is practically a wholly owned subsidiary of Facebook. At some point I think it will be, probably to actualize an online real-money gaming strategy.
Laboring In The Big 4 – A Labor Day Special Report
By Francine • Aug 31st, 2012Is this really the way to run a professional services firm?
More Sarbanes-Oxley Anniversary Thoughts
By Francine • Aug 5th, 2012The day my OpEd in the Financial Times was published, July 30, there were many other stories in other publications marking the occasion of Sarbanes-Oxley’s tenth anniversary. Most of them focused on the lack of prosecutions of CEOs and CFOs for false financial statement certification crimes.
Friday Thoughts
By Francine • Jun 29th, 2012We’re coming up on another weekend already and another summer holiday. Seems like we just enjoyed Memorial Day. Here in Chicago we wait all winter for summer so I don’t complain about the heat. I like the heat. Reminds me of Mexico…
Francine McKenna (@retheauditors on Twitter) is a CPA, writer, speaker and subject matter expert with 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. She is a two-time Gerald Loeb Award finalist and a frequently quoted freelance journalist. For more info, click the "About" link at the bottom of this page.