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Penguin Made a Knight: Three-foot-tall king penguin Nils Olav, a resident of the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland, was knighted last week on behalf of Norway's King Harald V. [more]
Council Puts Wrong Birmingham on Leaflet: Birmingham, England residents may be tempted to toss their recycling leaflet from the City Council straight into the paper bin when they see the cover -- the picture on the front is of Birmingham, Ala.'s skyline. [more]
Turtles Come to Dinner: Diners at a beachside restaurant in southern Italy were joined by some unexpected guests -- 60 newly hatched sea turtles. [more]
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To Have or Not to Have a Chief Operating Officer?: Some say the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) is evolving and some believe it is becoming obsolete, and after extensive interviews with executives from diverse companies, The Conference Board claims the COO's job is "situational. [more]
Remember the "Hit-by-a-bus" Exercise: Even with corporate governance improving over the past few years, Merrill Lynch and Citibank prove there are major companies that are not prepared with a successor when a CEO departs. [more]
CFOs Speak Up for Roles and Revisions: The roles of CEO and chairman should be held by different individuals, according to 79 percent of CFOs and senior comptrollers who participated in a national survey by Grant Thornton LLP. [more]
Technology for Talent Management: Intuition is not the best tool to use for succession planning, and employers are realizing that talent management technology could help plan everything from recruiting to retirement. [more]
How Employee Engagement Hits the Bottom Line: Only about one-fifth of employees worldwide are fully engaged in their work -- and that's a problem that can hit businesses where it hurts, according to a massive study by Towers Perrin. [more]
Class Action Against Big Four: The Big Four firms are under scrutiny for possibly skimping on overtime pay and other benefits for their unlicensed associates, according to US law firm Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff (KCR). [more]
High-Cost Health Plans Will Rule by 2020: No let-up is in sight for health-care consumers increasingly burdened by employers' cost-shifting strategies. [more]
A Hurdle with Health Plans: Even though consumer-driven health care plans (CDHP) are becoming more familiar, Fidelity Investments research indicates that individuals struggle to understand health plan language. [more]
CEOs Paid More Than They’re Worth: A majority of corporate leaders think CEOs are overpaid, according to a survey by the National Association of Corporate Directors. [more]
The Finance of Football: Running the finance function of the Big 12 Conference may be a dream job for many, but it's everyday reality for CFO Steve Pace. [more]
Internal Audit: Demands Exceed Staff: Internal auditors are being stretched thin -- in addition to the increased reporting and compliance demands in this age of accountability, they are also asked to examine fraud, contract, transaction and business performance risks. [more]
Absenteeism Costly for Companies: Large companies are losing an estimated $760,000 per year in direct payroll costs due to absenteeism, according to the 2007 CCH Unscheduled Absence Survey. [more]
Expectations of Millennial Professionals: Working for responsible employers, utilizing foreign languages in the office and working abroad are expectations of the newest recruits to the workforce, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers research. [more]
2008 Merit Raises Weak in U.S. and Europe: Employees in Asia-Pacific and Latin America will receive better merit raises in 2008 than American and European employees, according to a soon-to-be-published report by Watson Wyatt Worldwide. [more]
Can Business Ethics Be Taught?: The accounting scandals of the early years of this decade demonstrated that when it comes to sustaining public confidence in the marketplace, few things are more important than ethical business practices. [more]
Who Are America's Leading Businesswomen?: When Fortune Magazine first began compiling a list of the 50 most powerful women in business 10 years ago, three CEOs made the cut -- this year there are 13 CEOs of publicly held companies on the list. [more]
The Inevitable Risk of Retirement: Although one-third of human resource managers expect at least 20 percent of their workforce to retire in the next decade, only 12 percent consider knowledge retention a high priority within their companies. [more]
Resolution Promotes Diversity in Financial Services Industry: The US House of Representatives enthusiastically passed a resolution to recognize that minorities and women are lacking from the financial services industry. [more]
Strengthening the CFO-CSO Relationship: As CFOs have expanded their strategic managerial role in recent years, they've found themselves working more and more alongside chief strategy officers (CSOs). [more]
HP Puts Execs on Pay-for-Performance: Back in March, Hewlett-Packard shareholders demanded that the company adopt a rigorous long-term compensation policy directly tied to executive performance. [more]