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Corporate governance survey conducted (Pakistan): From Inside Sarbanes Oxley
January 19, 2008 12:13 AM
Enron-driven reforms are unraveling: From Inside Sarbanes Oxley
January 19, 2008 12:06 AM
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Turtles Come to Dinner: Diners at a beachside restaurant in southern Italy were joined by some unexpected guests -- 60 newly hatched sea turtles. [more]
Husband and Wife Each Win the Lottery: A Wisconsin couple got doubly lucky over the weekend. [more]
South Korean Officials Put Away Their Putters: South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak has told officials to put away their golf clubs, at least until the economy improves, because it sends the wrong signal to the public. [more]
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Getting to Grips With Spreadsheet Risk: Sarbanes-Oxley was a wake-up call, but few companies had the time to get methodical about spreadsheet risk management. [more]
Are You Ready for Carbon Finance?: John McCain and Barack Obama both want to introduce a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emissions. [more]
U.S. Corporate Taxes 50 Percent Higher Than OECD Average: Many countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have cut their corporate tax rates in the last few years -- but not the United States. [more]
A Guide to Evaluating Best Practices: Following proven business methodologies can improve a company's performance, but often these so-called best practices fail to live up to their flattering handle. [more]
Weather the Economic Downturn with BI and BPM: In an economic downturn, cutting costs may not be enough to keep you in the black. [more]
Separating Capital From Results Improves Performance: Companies can only effectively manage their performance when they separate the capital they use in their activities from the results those activities produce, according to management consultant Harry Greene. [more]
A Guide to Business Location: If you're looking at expanding your operations internationally you need to know how the various regions and cities around the world stack up in terms of business costs. [more]
A New Map of the GRC Universe: The Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG) has released an updated version of its GRC Capability Model, aka the Red Book. [more]
Are You Ready for Carbon Finance?: National legislation to control greenhouse gas emissions is looking more and more likely after the upcoming presidential election, and it will deeply impact companies' financial statements. [more]
Search Engines Improve Business Intelligence: The Internet has changed people's perspective on how they should be able to access information, including their expectations for business intelligence (BI) search capabilities. [more]
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]