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Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving. Today is a special day to reflect on the good things you have going on in your life, and be thankful. There just aren’t enough days set aside in the year to escape the rat race, to take the time to be with friends and family, and to simply slow down and “smell the roses.”While I am a …

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Your Never To Old To Learn Things

Today in Connecticut the temperature never rose above freezing. Outside all day, I was expecting to freeze. I was pleasantly surprised I didn’t, and I learned new things today. I went on my first hike with the Boy Scouts today. Course in Connecticut with unseasonably cold weather and winds, today may not have been the best day to start the …

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Setting The Tone

In any situation establishing the initial tone will help to accomplish the goals and objectives. Today’s tone setting by the Congressional committee meeting with US auto makers spoke volumes. This is not a political post, nor will I use this blog to voice personal political views or criticisms. But if I see examples in politics that I can draw upon …

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Who said accounting was boring?

I read this story on-line tonight. There hasn’t been a television series based on forensic accounting – but maybe there can be if it focused on stories like this one. Maybe I am a bit cynical and biased by my experience in fraud and forensic accounting, but what a coincidence that this fellow was murdered just days after his wife …

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What's the Most Imporant Asset In Your Business?

A recent case reminded me that while funds stolen by an employee are a big problem, there could be other actions of the employee that have an even bigger effect on the business. It is common to identify an employee stealing from the company or organization, only to find out that the scheme identified was not the only thing they …

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