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How Senior Finance Executives Can Mitigate Physical Risks to Their Supply Chains
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Today in Finance November 21, 2009
After the Storm
What impact will the recession have on your career prospects?
Which of Your Customers Are Credit Risks?
One in seven midcap companies is a potential credit risk for its suppliers, according to a new report from CFO Financial Benchmarks.
The 2009 Credit Risk Benchmarking Report examines 550 midcap companies and provides a quick way to gauge which ones may warrant closer scrutiny by your credit department. The report is available for download for $50. A sample report, including company names, is available free.
Features
Ghosts of Barbarians Limit New NOL Carrybacks
A specter of the old Barbarians at the Gate era emerges as companies hoping to take advantage of the net-operating-loss tax rules enacted last week may be limited by a 20-year-old law passed after the RJR Nabisco leveraged buyout. November 16, 2009
A CFO's Strategy: Verticals Within Verticals
Lawson Software's Rob Schriesheim keeps the focus on six customer markets, allocating capital where growth prospects are strongest, and slashing costs with aggressive offshoring. November 12, 2009
"We've Got to Find the Middle Ground"
In his new book, Too Big to Save?, Robert Pozen proposes fixes for the biggest financial crisis of our lifetimes. November 10, 2009
Creating Buyers: The ESOP as Exit Strategy
Interest in creating employee stock-ownership plans seems to be ticking up among business owners worried that capital-gains tax rates soon may rise. They may want to sell now while the rates stay at 15%. November 9, 2009
"Convergence Doesn't Necessarily Mean the Same."
The IASB and FASB are hoping to write accounting principles that match up word-for-word. But the devil may be in the rules governing implementation. Here are two examples. November 5, 2009
Inside the Mind of a Strategic CFO
Using his background in corporate planning, Rich Fearon has helped Eaton Corp. cut its auto-industry exposure and boost its involvement in the electrical-efficiency business. November 5, 2009
Business Models Matter (for Accounting, That Is)
With the first in a trio of rules on financial instruments, the IASB requires companies to evaluate their business model before abandoning fair-value accounting. November 13, 2009
Where's the Cash? Look Behind You
A new law gives corporations a chance to apply net operating losses to income generated in good years, going back to 2003. November 11, 2009
No More Lenience on Pay Disclosure: SEC
The regulator pledges to finally get tough on the enforcement of its three-year-old compensation-disclosure rules. November 11, 2009
Doing the Internal Audit-Management Dance
A biotherapy firm's continuous controls monitoring program, which is essentially run by its internal audit team, is credited with creating numerous (though unquantifiable) benefits. November 10, 2009
Start Your IFRS Engines?
In the wake of last week's meeting of U.S. and international accounting standard setters, the SEC's Mary Schapiro gives a nod to the rulemakers' convergence efforts. November 6, 2009
CFOs to CIOs: Get Real
On their wish lists addressed to IT leaders, finance chiefs want more risk-management awareness and better communication on project delivery. November 4, 2009
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