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Sudoku Stops Drug Trial: A judge in Sydney, Australia, aborted a trial that had already lasted over two months and cost taxpayers around US $950,000 after he learned that some of the jurors were doing Sudoku puzzles while evidence was being given. [more]
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Manners Expert Releases Online Etiquette Rules: Mind your manners -- even online, says Debrett’s, a British authority on etiquette. [more]
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2008 Brings IPO Slowdown: Although Visa Inc. secured the largest US initial public offering (IPO) on record, over $19 billion, the number of IPOs dropped 60 percent in 2008's first quarter compared to 2007's fourth quarter. [more]
More Shareholders Vote Green: Shareholder activism is motivating US companies to address environmental concerns, according to The Corporate Library's report "The Environmental Agenda Heats Up – Trends in Environmental Shareholder Proposals". [more]
Lessons From the RDE Tigers: Up-and-coming businesses from the rapidly developing economies (RDEs) have earned reputations as fierce competitors in the global marketplace; now a new study from The Boston Consulting Group looks at RDE-based firms that are having similar impact in their domestic markets. [more]
An Offshore Destination Cheat Sheet: Outsourcing advisory firm EquaTerra has put together a quick guide to a dozen of the best locales for IT and business process offshoring. [more]
M&A Activity Dips Lower: With the economy in a slump, M&A activity has fallen to a four year low in 2008's first quarter, and investors continue to be highly cautious. [more]
Shareholder Withhold Votes: Do They Matter?: Director candidates are not always well-received by their shareholders, yet boards may not tally withhold votes, according to The Corporate Library's study "Shareholders Say No, Boards Say Yes". [more]
Hedge Fund Managers Work Hard To Keep Investors: Faced with redemption notices and the fact that hedge funds lost 2.8 percent in the first quarter, hedge fund managers are scrambling to keep their investors and alleviate their worries. [more]
Hedge Fund's Wild Ride in Russia: Hermitage Capital Management, at one time the biggest foreign portfolio investor in Russia, claims that it narrowly dodged a massive fraud attempt perpetrated with the active connivance of the country's Interior Ministry. [more]
The New View of Risk: In today's world of hypersensitive markets and heightened public exposure, the days of reactive risk management are numbered. [more]
Securities Suits Climb, Settlements Fall: The securities class action landscape last year was dominated by the mammoth Tyco settlement, but even excluding that $3.2 billion deal it was a good year for the lawyers. [more]
Ready for BPM Change?: Adopting change management concepts can help ensure a big business performance management (BPM) initiative is a success. [more]
Starting Out Right with BPM: Too many business performance management (BPM) software initiatives run aground because of poorly defined initial objectives, according to Sanjay Sehgal, principal in Archstone Consulting's CFO advisory services practice and leader of the firm's business intelligence group. [more]
Performance Management's Bright Future: All of last year's M&A activity in the business performance management (BPM) arena has paved the way for innovation and integration, making now a great time to evaluate and invest in a BPM strategy. [more]
How to Integrate China into Your Supply Chain: China's competitive edge may be losing some of its bite, but global organizations can't afford to ignore this emerging mega-market. [more]
CFOs Circle the Wagons: Finance chiefs are adopting a defensive posture in response to the economic slowdown, notes a new survey from Baruch College's Zicklin School of Business and Financial Executives International. [more]
Survey: Climate Change Tops List of Emerging Risks: Global warming is the single biggest threat to business growth over the next 10 years, according to a survey by Business Continuity Expo 2008. [more]
Key Lessons for Newly Minted CFOs: The first three- to six-months of a CFO's tenure are critical to long-term career success, as this article proves by surveying 164 CFOs of various tenures to distill valuable lessons. [more]
Mentoring Made Easy: As succession planning in the finance function has taken on increased importance due to reduced staffs in many organizations, mentorship has become a hot issue. [more]
Rounding Up Leadership Scholars: A peek at the latest in leadership thought offers four nuggets that might inspire follow-up for CFOs who want to be on the cutting edge: the importance of curiosity (curious leaders excel at problem solving); charisma (you have to get your audience highly aroused); understanding the brain's physiology to better manage a staff; and problem solving Harvard-style (an adaptive leader helps people understand the problem and then they build a plan together). [more]
Shareholder Pressures Bring Leadership Challenges: Shareholder groups that are disappointed with a company's financial results create pressures on corporate leaders such as those described by Pepsi Bottling Group chief executive Eric Foss in this Q&A. [more]