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Scott Adams on Board Governance: From Financial Rounds
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January 19, 2008 12:13 AM
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Dancing Goes to the Dogs: Canine freestyle dancing, a competitive sport in which dogs perform dance routines with human partners, originated in British Columbia in 1989 and has gained international popularity. [more]
Quirky Festivals Around the U.S.: Looking for vacation ideas? [more]
Candy Attack: Sean McGuire, a college student from Illinois, was arrested earlier this week after assaulting a Des Moines, Iowa, police officer with an unusual weapon -- M&Ms. [more]
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Cost Management Alerts

The Right Way and the Wrong Way to Cut Costs: The good news is that companies these days treat cost containment as a discipline and an ongoing process rather than reactively. [more]
Cost of Employee Misunderstanding: $37 Billion: Everyone makes mistakes, but some errors are bigger than others -- and the big ones can be costly indeed. [more]
Are You Getting the Most From Your Sales Comp Plan?: Variable pay is a multi-million dollar cost center and a huge chunk of total compensation in most sales organizations, yet it's doubtful that companies have a good handle on it. [more]
Companies Prefer Private Sector Health Care: A whopping 84 percent of employers do not support universal health care coverage, according to the 13th annual Watson Wyatt/National Business Group on Health report. [more]
Financial Reporting: The State of the Art: The International Federation of Accountants has released a comprehensive review of corporate governance and the financial reporting process. [more]
Treasurers: You Must Measure to Measure Up: Corporate treasuries have been slow to adopt performance metrics, but more and more treasurers are realizing that their function can no longer afford to be perceived as a "black box" within the organization. [more]
Companies Reduce Travel Budgets as Economy Worsens: Employees are staying closer to home as companies’ travel budgets shrink. [more]
How Green Is Your Supply Chain?: The pressure is on for businesses to demonstrate their commitment to meeting environmental challenges, and one critical area of scrutiny is the supply chain. [more]
How Sustainability Improves the Bottom Line: Can financial and environmental performance work together to drive corporate growth? [more]
M&A Potential Faces Cold Feet: While investment bankers hype up M&A possibilities, the current credit crunch and recession woes inhibit companies from taking the plunge. [more]
Credit Crunch? What Credit Crunch?: If we're in a credit crisis, it's an odd one, since plenty of low-cost funds are readily available thanks to recent interest rate cuts. [more]
Health Care Cost Increases Outpace Inflation Rate: Employers around the globe will be spending more on medical costs in the next five years, according to a Watson Wyatt Worldwide poll of insurance companies. [more]
A Whole New Offshore World: As the economy slows, more and more companies will be turning to services globalization to provide the rapid SG&A savings they need. [more]
The Credit Crunch: How We Got Into This Mess: The tightening credit market is a double whammy for corporations, reducing access to the funds they need to finance growth and at the same time constricting demand for their products and services. [more]
How to Recession-Proof Your Business: The prognosis for the US economy in 2008 is still unclear, but optimists are becoming harder to find. [more]
CEOs Pick Their Favorite States for Business: For the past three years the results of Chief Executive magazine’s annual "Best & Worst States" survey have been the same -- Texas and Nevada are the best places to do business and California and New York are the worst. [more]
Board Directors Reap Big Rewards for Their Work: Board directors take home big bucks, according to this analysis by The Corporate Library. [more]
Banks To Shed Units: In anticipation of challenging economic times, Citigroup Inc and HSBC Holdings PLC are among two of the US and European banks that are considering selling off some assets. [more]
For All Businesses, It's Location, Location, Location: Retailers and real estate developers have always understood the importance of location, but it's only in recent years that companies in general have realized that careful geographical placement of their physical assets can provide a competitive edge. [more]
Turbocharged A/P: The Benefits of Dynamic Discounting: The traditional "collect early, pay late" approach to cash management may be heading for obsolescence thanks to technologies that enable buyers to grab more control of the invoice discounting process. [more]