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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]
Typo Fixers Get Probation: Two men traveling the United States on a mission to remove typographical errors from public signs have been banned from national parks for a year. [more]
Pisa No Longer Has the Most Tilted Tower: The Tower of Pisa, which has long been famed for its tilt, is no longer Europe's most steeply leaning tower. [more]
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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]
Cox Yields on SOX Delay for Small Biz: Bowing to pressure from the House Committee on Small Business, SEC chairman Christopher Cox has announced that he will propose yet another delay in the implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404(b) for smaller public companies. [more]
Microsoft Uses XBRL in SEC Filing: Microsoft Corp reports that it's the first company to submit data to the SEC using eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), an XML-based standard that enables quicker financial data analysis. [more]
UnitedHealth Execs Will Cough Up $887 Million in Backdating Case: Former chairman and CEO William McGuire will return about $420 million to UnitedHealth Group Inc in a partial settlement of a shareholder derivative lawsuit. [more]
Private-Equity LBOs on Shaky Ground: The highly leveraged buyouts engineered by private equity firms in the last few years generated huge returns. [more]
Squelching Fraud: A Practical Guide: Here's a key resource for companies looking to create a best-in-class risk management strategy for fraud exposures. [more]
Finance Hiring Expected to Rise Slightly: The job market for accounting and finance staff will improve slightly in the first quarter of 2008, according to the Robert Half International Financial Hiring Index. [more]
China's Growth Spurs Economic Imbalances: China's growth trajectory is unmatched, and The Conference Board reports that this growth is not sustainable and creating serious economic challenges for the future. [more]
Last, Wild Days of a Hedge Fund Mogul: When investment manager Seth Tobias was found dead in the swimming pool of his Florida mansion in September, family members suspected a heart attack. [more]
Recession Lurks for U.S. Economy: Recession has already struck corporate America, and the financial sector seems to be suffering the most after a 25 percent dip in operating earnings last quarter. [more]