• United First Financial: Will the last person to leave please turn off the lights?

    This was left as a comment on an article on this blog. I have no way to verify the accuracy of any of the information, but wanted to share it with my readers. As of June 2010, UFF is all […]

  • “Monitoring” That Works

    Guest Post by Ronald Kral, MBA, CPA, CMA Managing Partner of Candela Solutions LLC All organizations use some form and degree of monitoring in reaching strategic, operational, reporting and compliance objectives. Yet, many organizations do not fully leverage the power […]

  • Correlation between foreclosure figures and minority status?

    Let me start out this post by saying that I don’t like it when anyone is taken advantage of. Any individual, any group. I don’t like scammers who prey on the elderly, or those who speak English as a second […]

  • Rich Dad Education: Buyer Beware

    Robert Kiyosaki is a best-selling author, but his advice is controversial. I’ve always thought he was heavy on hype, light on substance. Nonetheless, Kiyosaki’s “Rich Dad” brand is recognized by many and therefore worth a lot of money. CBC’s Marketplace […]

  • Risk Intelligence in the Boardroom: Take a Quick Test to Measure Your Company’s Maturity

    Guest Post by Ronald Kral, MBA, CPA, CMA Managing Partner of Candela Solutions LLC Sound data, information and intelligence are clearly critical business success factors; however, is it getting to the right people? Too often we think of C-level decision […]

  • Barry Minkow Debunks the Glenn Beck and Goldline International Fraud Connection

    Recently, Representative Anthony Weiner (D-New York) issued a report on Goldline International to the SEC and FTC, claiming that Goldline is guilty of misrepresenting itself to buyers and charging astronomical prices for its precious metals. The reason Goldline is being […]

  • Another Thinly Veiled Pyramid Scheme: Numis Network

    As with most multi-level marketing companies, Numis Network purports to offer a business opportunity that can generate high earnings for an individual. The “product” being sold by Numis is collectible coins. As an investment, gold and silver coins have values […]

  • Update on Koss Fraud

    The story of the alleged $31 million fraud at Koss Corp by the company’s former VP of Finance, Sue Sachdeva, hasn’t gotten much air time over the last month or so.  Aside from the usual class action lawsuits when there […]

  • Wasteful Spending at Milwaukee Public Schools

    I have spent plenty of time ranting about the employee costs at Milwaukee Public Schools. The bulk of the problem is teacher salaries and benefits, which average $100,000 per teacher per school year. In order to make things work financially […]

  • A Victim of United First Financial Speaks

    This was left as a comment on an article here about United First Financial (UFF) and their Money Merge Account (MMA). Tracy, I wish I had read this earlier, like 2 months earlier. I did a Google search for paying […]