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South Korean Officials Put Away Their Putters: South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak has told officials to put away their golf clubs, at least until the economy improves, because it sends the wrong signal to the public. [more]
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Dissecting M&A Success: Mergers and acquisitions are hugely complex transactions, and the factors that govern their success or failure are equally so. [more]
Board Directors Reap Big Rewards for Their Work: Board directors take home big bucks, according to this analysis by The Corporate Library. [more]
Auto Industry Aims for Emerging Markets: Although a gamble, India, China, Russia, Eastern Europe, and parts of South America are seeing increased production efforts from Ford, Chrysler, and GM. [more]
U.S. Will Dodge Recession, Say Economists: A glimmer of optimism after the gloomy forecasts of the past few weeks: Economists surveyed by Bloomberg predict slow but positive growth in the first six months of 2008. [more]
Accountant Convicted of Embezzling $1.8 Million: An Austrian court found an accountant guilty of channeling money from a respected human rights group to his own bank account, in part to finance his friend's gambling habit. [more]
A Look at CFOs' First Days on the Job: Newly hired CFOs spend most of their first 100 days at a company working on budgeting, management reporting, performance management issues, and financial reporting, but that’s not what they’d like to be doing, according to a McKinsey Quarterly survey. [more]
2007: Good Year for Female CEOs: The Fortune 500 now employs 12 female CEOs, and stock performance in their organizations is on par with the 97.6 percent of Fortune 500 companies headed by men. [more]
Here Come the New Global Challengers: Rapidly developing economies (RDEs) are not just sources of new customers and offshore talent anymore -- they're the home base of emerging global enterprises that pose an urgent threat to established industry leaders. [more]
CEO on Same Page as Shareholder: Despite debate that CEOs may not always consider shareholders' interests, new research by The Conference Board indicates that chief executives have plenty invested in company stock. [more]
Towards Strategic Risk and Controls Management: Companies’ internal audit functions and risk management departments are increasingly charged with demonstrating that they make a tangible, positive contribution to corporate goals. [more]
Bear Stearns Joins the Writedown Parade: Bear Stearns reported a quarterly loss of $854 million and a writedown of $1.9 billion on its mortgage-related assets Thursday. [more]
Doing M&A in Asia: Best Practices and Pitfalls: Buying into the rapidly expanding Asian markets can be a daunting proposition, but it's one that any company with its eyes on long-term growth can't afford to ignore. [more]
European Central Bank Pumps $500 Billion Into Credit Markets: In an attempt to revive languishing interbank lending, the European Central Bank offered 348.6 billion euros' worth of short-term loans today. [more]
How Finance Can Create Value: What do CFOs need to go beyond measuring performance to creating a competitive edge for their company? [more]
Recognizing the Laws of Defeat: There are countless mistakes a business leader can make, but according to one organizational strategist all that's required to avoid the myriad of possible mistakes is to focus on the five overarching laws of defeat outlined here. [more]
The Fuzzy Science of Rewards and ROI: Quantifying a financial return on investment for employee recognition and reward programs remains, for most companies, an exercise in futility. [more]
Learning the Art of Sticky Communication: The role of CFO as chief communicator has escalated drastically in the last decade. [more]
How To Fill the Global Leadership Pipeline: For global companies, filling leadership positions throughout a far-flung enterprise is fraught with challenges that must be addressed systematically. [more]
Whatever Happened to Promoting From Within?: Companies spend an enormous amount of time and attention in succession planning but that hasn't always translated into the top job. [more]
Shorter Meetings, Better Results: If one of your department's New Year's resolutions is to shorten your meetings without coming up short in results, this summary of a Harvard Business Review article tells in a nutshell just how to accomplish that goal. [more]