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Scott Adams on Board Governance
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Corporate governance survey conducted (Pakistan)
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Enron-driven reforms are unraveling
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Cattle Know Which Way is North
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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]

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January 4, 2008 2:51 PM

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. CFOs said their time would best be spent assisting with corporatewide strategic initiatives, coordinating with the executive committee and board, and working on business development activities. The survey also found that CEOs provided explicit guidance to a majority of recently appointed CFOs and almost half (46 percent) of respondents consider their CEO a mentor. Requires free registration.


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