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BSC Improves Target Setting: The line between a goal that motivates staff and one that stymies progress is razor thin, which is why learning to set the right targets is such a critical task for organizations. [more]
Audit Committees' Missing Link: The CAE: Audit committees are under pressure from increasing responsibilities, yet they often overlook an invaluable resource: their organization's chief audit executive. [more]
Updates for FAF, FASB, and GASB: The Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) and its two standard setting boards, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), will undergo changes after a vote by FAF's board of trustees. [more]
Companies Reduce Travel Budgets as Economy Worsens: Employees are staying closer to home as companies’ travel budgets shrink. [more]
Executive Pay Disclosure Still Lacking: Less than a third of S&P 500 companies reveal targets or goals for executive compensation, despite SEC disclosure regulations to inform shareholders about pay and incentive programs. [more]
SEC Unveils XBRL Tool for Financials: If you want a glimpse of what extensible business reporting language (XBRL) can do for financial statements, look no further than the SEC's new Finance Explorer tool. [more]
Toward Better Reporting: A Talk with Robert Pozen: The SEC's Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting is scheduled to issue a report detailing its recommendations later this month. [more]
Investment Governance Rewards: Achieving good governance makes a $10 million to $20 million impact per year on a $1 billion fund, according to "Best-Practice Investment Management: Lessons for Asset Owners". [more]
Corporates Weigh In On Tax Policy: Corporate tax executives are keeping a close eye on the policy maneuverings of the potential candidates in the run-up to the Presidential election, and many are hoping that someone will utter the words "comprehensive reform". [more]
PCAOB Approves New Auditing Standard No. 6: The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has ratified Auditing Standard No 6, Evaluating Consistency of Financial Statements, which should pair well with SFAS No 154. [more]
Securities Class Action Suits Rise: Securities class action (SCA) filings rose 43 percent in 2007 and may continue to rise in 2008, according to The Corporate Library study "Predicting Securities Litigation: 2007 Year-End Report. [more]
Former Brocade CEO Will Serve Time for Backdating: Gregory Reyes broke down in tears while addressing the judge before sentencing, but the former chief executive of Brocade Communications Inc.will still face 21 months in prison and a $15 million fine. [more]
Most Companies Lack Basics of Tax Risk Management: FIN 48 and Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 have thrown a spotlight on tax issues, but most companies still lack a formal, documented tax management strategy. [more]
A Look at CFOs' First Days on the Job: 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. [more]
Cox Yields on SOX Delay for Small Biz: Bowing to pressure from the House Committee on Small Business, SEC chairman Christopher Cox has announced that he will propose yet another delay in the implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404(b) for smaller public companies. [more]
BPM Initiative: Role-Based Analytics: Today companies realize that planning, budgeting, and forecasting applications are not just tools for the finance department anymore -- sales, marketing, human resources, production, and other departments could improve performance with these aids. [more]
Squelching Fraud: A Practical Guide: Here's a key resource for companies looking to create a best-in-class risk management strategy for fraud exposures. [more]
FASB Steps Toward Convergence: FASB recently issued two statements -- Business Combinations and Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements -- that will become effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. [more]
EU May Accept U.S. GAAP in 2008: Now that the SEC has dropped its requirement that foreign filers using IFRS reconcile to GAAP, the European Union should return the compliment, says EU commissioner Charlie McCreevy. [more]
How To Do Sustainability Reporting Right: More than 80 percent of the largest global companies have adopted sustainability reporting, and it's only a matter of time until smaller organizations follow suit. [more]