By: David
Francine – I just picked up a couple of your books – thanks for all the hard work. Many years ago I worked at AA and peaked into the culture that was in development there. I encourage all the readers...
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@David Thanks. Putting the e-Books together is helping me organize the archives and remember what I have written. I sometimes surprise myself!
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Book Review: Neil Barofsky’s “Bailout”
My Friday, August 10 column at American Banker is a review of Neil Barofsky's book, "Bailout: An Inside Account of How Washington Abandoned Man Street While Rescuing Wall Street."
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Deloitte Partner and Chicago Native Suicide; Possible Link To Standard...
The family of a senior partner at Deloitte has called for answers after he apparently committed suicide days after the auditing firm was linked to the Standard Chartered Iran dollar trades scandal.
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Ding Dong: Dan Ustian Out At Navistar
Crain's Chicago Business reported yesterday that Dan Ustian, Chairman, CEO, and President of Navistar was unceremoniously dumped and has also left the board. It's about time.
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Four Years After Madoff, Audits and Auditors of Broker-Dealers Still Lousy
How much lower does investor confidence have to go? How many more billions do customers have to lose before someone steps up?
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Blogging – My Religion
So, if you've ever wanted to put your stuff out there, tell your story, be judged on what you know, not what box you may have found yourself in... Just do it. It's not hard. It's pretty forgiving. It's...
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Laboring In The Big 4 – A Labor Day Special Report
Is this really the way to run a professional services firm?
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Now Available: e-Books On MF Global, AIG, Goldman Sachs, PwC and Careers
Looking for some interesting beach reading? Download one of my e-books to your Kindle or other e-reader. They're an easy and affordable way to sample some of my writing, organized by theme across all...
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Book Review: Jeff Connaughton’s “The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Wins”
Jeff Connaughton's new book, "The Payoff: Why Wall Street Always Wins", is a must read during the Presidential election season.
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Friday Musings
The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money. Karl Marx
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At American Banker: Auditors Give Banks a Pass on Reserves
My column at American Banker last week focused on the latest PCAOB inspection report for KPMG. We've got three more "Big Four" inspections reports to come – Ernst & Young, Deloitte and PwC. Don't...
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The Bailout of AIG: Mission Accomplished?
Did the government make a profit on its sale of AIG shares last week? Is that even the right question to ask? The former Special Inspector General of TARP Neil Barofsky and I think it's not.
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Casino Industry Suffering From China Denial Syndrome
When you think about the big Las Vegas casinos, you should be thinking about Macau instead. The casino industry is a good example of the U.S. based multinationals that would suffer from any bold moves...
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Zynga And Facebook: A Dangerously Close Relationship
Zynga 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.
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SAP’s Big Expensive Acquisitions
Here's the background on SAP's acquisition of SuccessFactors, a cloud-based HR application.
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Forbes Magazine: Lying With Numbers
The SEC is busy chasing Ponzi schemers and foreign bribers. But bogus accounting remains a bigger danger to the markets.
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A Summary of Writing on the “Independent” Foreclosure Reviews and the AG...
Here's a compilation with links for the columns/posts I've written about the mortgage servicer foreclosure reviews mandated by the April 2011 SEC/Fed consent orders, the April 2012 Attorneys General...
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