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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]
Speeding Skateboarder on the Loose: Police in southern Germany are on the hunt for a dangerous criminal -- a speeding skateboarder. [more]
Black Lab Rattles After Eating Golf Balls: Oscar, a five-year-old black Labrador retriever, has a talent for finding golf balls -- but he doesn't retrieve them, he eats them. [more]
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Get More Out of Your ERP Software: The answer to the IT cost riddle might be as simple as making better use of what you've already got. [more]
Oracle Buying BEA Systems: Oracle Corp will pay $19.375 per share, or approximately $8.5 billion, to buy BEA Systems Inc. [more]
Holistic Risk Management for Outsourcing and Offshoring Initiatives: Companies that underestimate the risks involved in business process outsourcing and offshoring (O/O) initiatives do so at their peril. [more]
Upstarts Take Aim at the BI Giants: Last year saw massive consolidation in the business intelligence (BI) technology market, and finance executives eyeing a BI purchase might be forgiven for thinking that their choices have been reduced to a handful of mega-vendors. [more]
Board Directors Reap Big Rewards for Their Work: Board directors take home big bucks, according to this analysis by The Corporate Library. [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]
8 Technology Trends To Follow: Emerging technologies are altering how businesses manage relationships, assets, and information. [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]
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]
How Finance Can Create Value: What do CFOs need to go beyond measuring performance to creating a competitive edge for their company? [more]
Does Performance Management Hurt Businesses?: Performance management systems aren't the all-purpose business solutions many proponents chalk them up as, according to Neil Raden's blog posting entitled "Performance Management or Measurement Tyranny? [more]
The BI Team -- Who Does What?: Roles and responsibilities among business intelligence (BI) team members can become unclear when individuals fulfill multiple roles, perpetuate assumptions about roles from previous projects or companies, or struggle with the enterprising nature of BI initiatives. [more]
BPM Initiative: Role-Based Analytics: Today companies realize that planning, budgeting, and forecasting applications are not just tools for the finance department anymore -- sales, marketing, human resources, production, and other departments could improve performance with these aids. [more]
Forecasting: Learning From the Best: All businesses use forecasts to manage their future performance, but only about one in five produce reliable forecasts, according to a study from KPMG International. [more]
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Leaders: The argument about nature vs nurture in leadership development theory wages on, but as this article points out, there seems to be so many strong leaders that the old myth about born leaders is just that -- a myth. [more]
A Portrait in Ethical Leadership: This lecture in leadership from the Wharton School is a valuable case study in the challenges and rewards faced by the former CEO of a company that recognizes the importance of environmental and social issues in business success. [more]
Dealing With a "Toxic Employee": Managers who just can't seem to fire a problem employee could use a common-sense reminder about the dangers of letting one "bad apple" hang on to his or her job at the expense of the rest of the team. [more]
How To Spot an Incompetent Manager: These ten hallmarks of incompetence reveal weaknesses in management capabilities that can sink a company. [more]
Accounting Firms Benefit From Leveraging Resources: Accounting firms can improve performance and client services by more effectively leveraging their people and technology resources, according to a nationwide survey of accounting professionals by CCH. [more]
IBM To Acquire Cognos for $5 Billion: Ottawa-based business intelligence provider Cognos will be purchased by IBM in an all-cash transaction at a price of approximately $58 per share, the companies announced today. [more]