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The Long Trail
The government's tallying of Indian trust money may well be the most ambitious accounting project in U.S. history. It's also the most controversial.
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CFOs’ View on Procurement: Research Findings on Information, Risk and Money
Gain fresh insights into methods for elevating the procurement function’s role and the crucial ways in which it can positively ... October 17 @ 2:00 PM
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The Strategic CFO -- Extending Performance Management Beyond Finance
October 24 @ 2:00 PM
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FREE WEBCAST
Five Steps To Enterprise Spreadsheet Management and Control.
October 30 @ 2:00 PM
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Battle-Tested Best Practices in Planning and Budgeting in Action
September 26 @ 3:00 PM
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Events & Research
Networking, education, and information for finance executives.
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The CFO Technology Summit
Chicago, IL Oct 28 - Oct 30, 2007
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Today in Finance October 10, 2007
Spammers Eye the C-suite
Downloading files that seem friendly can be costly.
Features
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SEC on Pay Disclosure: Less Conversation, More Analysis
After reviewing the executive compensation disclosures of 350 companies, the commission says it still doesn't understand how businesses figure out their pay packages. October 9, 2007
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Deals: Coming to America
In our M&A Roundup for the week ended Oct. 7, cross-border purchases and heightened activity help boost total transaction values to $20.67 billion. October 9, 2007
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FEI Pushes for Fair-Value Deadline Delay
Executives say their companies won't be ready to prove that they've complied with FAS 157. October 4, 2007
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Nazareth to Leave SEC
On the heels of her fellow Democrat commissioner's departure, Annette Nazareth's resignation leaves the commission politically lopsided. October 2, 2007
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Does the SEC Want to Control Accounting?
Countries play tug-of-war over their accounting principles, and fret over the possible extent of American influence. October 1, 2007
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending October 5
Lear, Aon, Bank of New York Mellon, Hershey, Nokia Siemens, Nortel Networks, AstraZeneca, Quest Software, MGM Mirage, Far East Energy, Gulf Island Fabrication, Equity Residential. October 4, 2007
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The StoneRidge Case: Whom Do You Trust?
That'll be a harder question to answer if a securities-fraud case in front of the Supreme Court tilts in the plaintiffs' favor. October 9, 2007
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Low Credit Ratings Don't Faze Companies: S&P
Standard and Poor's traces the decline of corporate ratings to the growing appetite for risk, which has gained much wider appeal since the risk-averse days after the Great Depression. October 9, 2007
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Ten Ways to Defuse Shareholder Activists
The Web allows aggressive investors to build powerful campaigns against management. Here's how to deal with them. October 4, 2007
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PCAOB Audit Gives Crowe Chizek Higher Marks
Its latest inspection of the second-tier firm found far fewer deficiencies than those reported at the Big Four. October 1, 2007
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Sweeping Away GAAP
FASB's Herz calls for a national plan to wean U.S. companies from their current rules-based accounting system. September 28, 2007
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