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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]
Cattle Know Which Way is North: Could cows be the next compass? [more]
Physics Rap Is a Big Hit: Physics just got fun thanks to the "Large Hadron Rap," written by Kate McAlpine, a Michigan State University graduate student who is on assignment at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research. [more]
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Cost Management Alerts

Inflation Scare Over (For Now): With the energy price surge behind us and a stable Consumer Price Index (CPI), most economists are saying that key inflation measures should be within the Fed's comfort zone in the coming year. [more]
Strategies for Financial Supply Chain Optimization: A new Aberdeen Group Benchmark Report, "New Strategies for Financial Supply Chain Optimization: Rethinking Financial Practices with Your Suppliers to Maximize Bottom Line Performance," finds that best-in-class buying organizations achieve significant benefits from optimizing their financial supply chain with the help of supply chain finance innovations. [more]
Interruptions Costing Companies Billions: E-mails and instant messages are slowing down office workers and costing businesses big bucks. [more]
Pumping Up P-Card Programs: Purchasing card (p-card) programs are often underutilized, but they have the potential to save companies a bundle due to lower processing costs and incentive rebates. [more]
Getting a Grip on Bank Fees: For large companies, manually reviewing bank fees by hand each month can be a Herculean task. [more]
Costs the Primary Reason for Rising Restatements: According to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), "Financial Restatements: Update of Public Company Trends, Market Impacts, and Regulatory Enforcement Activities," cost- and expense-related issues were the drivers behind most financial restatements filed with the SEC between 2002 and 2005. [more]
IMA Management Accounting Statements Now Available to the Public: The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) has reintroduced its Statements on Management Accounting (SMAs), which present the views of IMA (and a wealth of information) regarding management accounting and financial management issues. [more]
4 of 5 Executives Considering Outsourcing Pension Plans: Pension "reform" is fueling the growth of plan management outsourcing -- a market that's already growing like crazy. [more]
Control Expenses with Health-Plan Eligibility Audit: Businesses can save substantially by implementing a formal process to determine whether they're carrying people who aren't entitled to health-care benefits. [more]
Business Leaders More Confident Than Last Year: It seems like I just wrote a few months back about how CFO confidence was down, but they're always the pessimists, aren't they? [more]
Taking Control of Expense Management: Expense management is usually one of a company's largest fixed costs, often second only to payroll. [more]