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Dolphins With a Weight Problem: Dolphins at Kinosaki Marine World in western Japan are on a low fat diet after failing to jump as high as they had previously in their aquatic performances. [more]
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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]
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]
SOX Overhaul: A Dead Issue?: While most corporate finance executives have acclimated to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, hopes for a reform of the law's more draconian provisions have never quite faded. [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]
Citigroup’s Prince Leaves After Big Losses: Just a week after Merrill Lynch’s Chairman and CEO Stanley O’Neal resigned, Charles Prince, Chairman and CEO of Citigroup Inc., decided to follow suit. [more]
The World's Accountable Companies: A trailblazer in wind, solar and carbon-dioxide sequestration technology development, BP is ranked the world's most accountable big company. [more]
Economy Shrugs Off Housing Woes: Declining residential investment failed to put a serious crimp in US economic growth in the third quarter, according to a report from the Economic Policy Institute. [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]
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]
Top 50 Insourcers in the U.S.: The Organization for International Investment (OFII) and accounting firm RSM McGladrey have compiled the first annual "Insourcing 50" list to evaluate foreign investment in the United States based on 2006 revenue. [more]
O’Neal Leaving Merrill Lynch: Merrill Lynch Chairman and CEO Stanley O'Neal has stepped down from his post following last week’s admission that the company had suffered $8 billion in losses in its mortgage-backed securities business and his talks with Wachovia about a potential merger without consulting Merrill’s board. [more]
Pending Legislation for Financial Institutions: State legislatures have hundreds of bills in the queue that will impact compliance responsibilities across financial institutions, according to a report by Aite Group, LLC. [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]
Merrill Lynch CEO May Be Ousted: E. Stanley O'Neal, CEO of Merrill Lynch, may be out of a job after broaching the possibility of a merger with Wachovia Corp without first getting approval from Merrill Lynch’s board. [more]
China and Africa Team Up: The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the most valuable bank in the world, is buying a 20 percent stake in South Africa’s Standard Bank. [more]
U.S. House Bill Would Change Tax Laws: House Ways and Means Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY) unveiled a bill that some politicians are calling the "mother of all tax reforms". [more]
CFOs at Odds with SEC on IFRS: More than 75 percent of CFOs and senior comptrollers believe today's accounting standards are too complicated, according to a national survey conducted by Grant Thornton LLP. [more]
IPO Success in Emerging Markets: Global Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) decreased this past quarter by 22 percent, according to the quarterly Global IPO Report from Ernst & Young. [more]
New PCAOB Guidance on AS5 for Smaller Companies: When the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued its Auditing Standard No 5 in May, it promised to provide additional guidance later in the year for smaller organizations. [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]