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CNN Beams Up Correspondent: CNN used its new 3-D hologram technology to "beam" correspondent Jessica Yellin from Chicago to Wolf Blitzer's studio in New York during election coverage. [more]
73-Year-Old Man Makes Basketball History: Ken Mink, a 73-year-old student at Roane State Community College, set a new record this week -- he became the oldest person to score in a US college basketball game. [more]
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Your Allies in Tough Economic Times: BI and BPM: As they chart a course through today's choppy economic waters, companies often overlook two of their most powerful navigational instruments -- their business intelligence (BI) and business performance management (BPM) systems. [more]
Enterprise Systems Create Value: Successful implementations of enterprise systems drive corporate financial performance, according to new research from Accenture. [more]
Upbeat Thinking in the Downturn: One year into the credit crisis and the headlines are still, almost without exception, glum. [more]
Where Are the World's Most Expensive Cities?: If your company has an extensive expatriate worker program or is thinking of expanding abroad, here's a report that might help you manage your costs. [more]
Downturn Won't Dent Medical Inflation: Cost increases will be stiff again next year, consumer-driven health-care plans are having minimal effect, and the cost-shifting strategy is played out. [more]
Software as a Service -- Overhyped?: Hosted, pay-as-you-go business software has been aggressively marketed, not least to finance departments, as cheaper, easier to run, and less risky than in-house systems -- but is it? [more]
Flu Pandemic Inevitable, WHO Dysfunctional, Says U.K. Government: Think the bird flu threat is over-hyped -- or over? [more]
Where Procurement Stands Now: Faced with the ongoing challenges of globalization and corporate responsibility -- not to mention the effects of the economic slowdown in North America -- procurement professionals have their work cut out for them. [more]
Spreadsheet Risk Management: A Guide for the Perplexed: Spreadsheets are everywhere, and everybody knows they're a risk. [more]
Why Most Change Initiatives Go Thud: A startlingly high proportion of business transformation efforts go nowhere, says a new report. [more]
Business Continuity Lessons From the Great Flood of '08: The Midwest floods caught many companies flat-footed and punched holes in their disaster response plans. [more]
Extreme Makeover: How to Overhaul Your Business Model: In the life of any business, the time may come when it's imperative to reexamine the most fundamental assumptions of the enterprise. [more]
The Future of the Supply Chain: Lower energy consumption and emissions; better traceability; reduced traffic congestion; the consumer goods supply chain of 2016 will look very different from today's. [more]
Survey: AS5 Is Working: Businesses are seeing real benefits from the updated rules and guidance issued last year by the PCAOB and the SEC, according to a new study from Protiviti. [more]
The Right Way and the Wrong Way to Cut Costs: The good news is that companies these days treat cost containment as a discipline and an ongoing process rather than reactively. [more]
Employee Retention on the Back Burner: Major layoffs seem like a daily occurrence as companies whittle away at costs in response to economic times that get scarier every day. [more]
First Steps in FCPA Compliance: The SEC and the US Department of Justice have been stepping up their enforcement activities around the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. [more]
China to Edge Out U.S. as FDI Destination by 2014: The United States will remain the number one target for foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2008-09, but by 2014 China will push into the top spot, according to research from KPMG. [more]
The Growth Trap: The search for growth dominates the strategic agenda at many organizations. [more]
Pricing the F&A Outsourcing Contract: As providers of finance and accounting outsourcing services extend the range of their offerings, contract negotiations are becoming more complex. [more]