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My Forbes column appears on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Go here to read, Accounting Watchdog.
Columns for the week ending November 19, 2010:
GM’s Gigantic IPO: Investors Bet An Old Dog Can Do New Tricks
FT Alphaville reports this morning that, “President Barack Obama said the IPO marked a ‘milestone in the turnaround of not just an iconic company but [...]
My Forbes column appears on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Go here to read, Accounting Watchdog.
Columns for the week ending November 12, 2010:
I’m writing a new column at Forbes.com. It’s called, “Accounting Watchdog” because traditional media is so innovative! Actually, I wanted to broaden my scope a little – if going from Big 4 auditors to accounting, in general, can really be considered expanding my horizons.
But I do have, more or less, carte blanche to comment on whatever [...]
The US Treasury recently affirmed reappointment of KPMG as Citi’s auditor for the 41st consecutive year. Maybe Treasury married KPMG all over again because they’re cheap compared to what Goldman and AIG are paying PwC. Or maybe Treasury feels like the mother who puts up with a gold digging daughter-in-law because said daughter-in-law saw mom kissing the tennis pro and mom knows her son has slept with the baby-sitter…
I’m now writing for Forbes twice week, Tuesday and Thursday, under the title, Accounting Watchdog. My first two columns were published this past week.
Two new columns at my weekend gig, Sundayed.
I hope you will take a look.
The Talking Heads song “Home” plays over the closing credits and I start bopping in my theater seat. Sorry to say, this tune was the best thing about the movie, Wall Street 2. That’s not to say the film wasn’t visually stunning, even [...]
I made another guest post at the blog for Financial Executives International. My BBF (best blogger girlfriend) Edith Orenstein is on vacation. The post is cross-posted over at accountingWEB, because Edith is so good and so popular. She’s been my go-to girl for a while when it comes to technical accounting support and general navigation [...]
On Thursday August 5th, I covered the PCAOB’s Open Meeting and wrote up a report for the FEI Blog. I’d like to make a few more comments about the meeting yesterday.
I was both surprised and very pleased when Chairman Goelzer announced that he’ll request Congress to amend Sarbanes-Oxley to open the PCAOB’s disciplinary proceedings to public view, in line with the SEC. I was also gratified. I made this suggestion and many times have pointed out the challenge to investors’ right to know about an important gatekeeper – the auditors.
Audit committees must proactively probe management and the auditors to gain insight and to make necessary oversight decisions. This is an article that appeared in Internal Auditor’s June 2010 issue.
My new essay is up at Sundayed.com, the side project I’m contributing to with a few friends including Jason Moriber from Wise Elephant who helps me run this site.
This weekend I’m talking about the “Summer Fiction: 20 Under 40″ issue of The New Yorker. The fiction I read is varied, but I’m not much [...]
 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, "Accounting Watchdog" at Forbes.com and "Accountable" at American Banker. For more information, click "About" at the bottom of this page. Your firm can sponsor this specialized news site. For more information contact Francine McKenna, fmckenna@mckennapartners.com |
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