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From Financial Rounds
January 19, 2008 4:40 PM
- Corporate governance survey conducted (Pakistan)
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From Inside Sarbanes Oxley
January 19, 2008 12:13 AM
- Enron-driven reforms are unraveling
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From Inside Sarbanes Oxley
January 19, 2008 12:06 AM
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Diverts
- Dognapping Battle Finally Over
- After much hullabaloo, a judge ordered Grace Saenz-Lopez, the dognapping former mayor of Alice, Texas, to return Puddles, the Shih Tzu she stole from her neighbors. [more]
- "Pole Tax" Declared Unconstitutional
- Texas' "pole tax," a $5-per-patron fee at the state's strip clubs, is unconstitutional, according to an Austin judge, because it violates the right to freedom of expression protected by the First Amendment. [more]
- Venice Puts Ban on Pigeon Feeding
- Visitors to Venice can no longer participate in one of its famed tourist activities -- feeding the pigeons at St Mark's Square. [more]
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Alerts
Can BI Help You Go Green?
May 15, 2008 4:57 PM
Business intelligence software provider SAS Institute Inc is now offering a module that it claims will help companies measure and manage their environmental impact. SAS for Sustainability Management includes metrics from the Global Reporting Initiative, an institution that provides sustainability reporting guidelines, as well as functionality that lets organizations track their carbon emissions. Gimmick or breakthrough? Time will tell. View the report from Intelligent Enterprise or SAS Institute's press release.
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Other Alerts
- 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]
- Inflation Grabs Headlines
- In recent months inflation has overtaken the credit crunch as the central business news story, and with good reason, according to Larry Kantor, head of research for Barclays Capital. [more]
- Foreign Investors Still Feasting on U.S. Securities
- Overseas investors continue to gobble up Treasury notes and bonds -- a must for the United States to continue financing the trade deficit. [more]
- ERM Still a Work in Progress at Life Insurance Companies
- Financial services providers have long been the vanguard of enterprise risk management (ERM), but even these early adopters still haven't finished tweaking their programs. [more]
- CFOs and CMOs Collaborate on Performance Management
- On the traditional corporate organizational chart, chief marketing officers' and chief financial officers' paths seldom cross, but today's market environment necessitates cooperation. [more]
- Spending on BI and BPM Should Reach $57.1 Billion
- Despite a weak economy, the business intelligence (BI) and performance management (PM) technologies and services industry continues to grow. [more]
- Cost of Employee Misunderstanding: $37 Billion
- Everyone makes mistakes, but some errors are bigger than others -- and the big ones can be costly indeed. [more]
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