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British Women Bolt for Aussie Blokes: With promises of plentiful sunshine, affordable homes, low crime, good jobs, and lots of single men, Southern Australia is luring Britain's highly skilled, young women to its shores. [more]
Dolphins With a Weight Problem: Dolphins at Kinosaki Marine World in western Japan are on a low fat diet after failing to jump as high as they had previously in their aquatic performances. [more]
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Fed Slashes Interest Rate: The Federal Reserve has cut the federal funds rate from 4.25 percent to 3.5 percent in an effort to thwart recession after Monday's global stock market plunge. [more]
IRS Audits on the Rise: The Internal Revenue Service reports that it has upped its enforcement efforts, auditing 14 percent more business returns in fiscal year 2007 than in fiscal year 2006. [more]
Bernanke Warns of Recession Risk: In a report before Congress, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said business investments are "likely to slow in the coming months. [more]
CEOs Continue To Lose Confidence: CEO confidence in the US economy is at a seven-year low, and the majority of CEOs expect weak economic conditions to continue through the first half of 2008. [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]
Oracle Buying BEA Systems: Oracle Corp will pay $19.375 per share, or approximately $8.5 billion, to buy BEA Systems Inc. [more]
Holistic Risk Management for Outsourcing and Offshoring Initiatives: Companies that underestimate the risks involved in business process outsourcing and offshoring (O/O) initiatives do so at their peril. [more]
9 Tips for Clearing E-mail Clutter: Is e-mail taking over your day? [more]
Recession Talk Soaring: Recession is lurking; Morgan Stanley predicts a mild recession in the first six months of 2008 and Merrill Lynch states that it's a "present-day reality". [more]
2008's Key Business Issues: Nine business issues will likely impact multiple industry sectors in 2008, according to new research by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP. [more]
Stupidest Business Moments of the Year: With so many corporate blunders this year it must have been hard for Fortune to decide what made the cut for its “101 Dumbest Moments in Business” list. [more]
Bank of America to Buy Countrywide Financial: For $4 billion in stocks, Bank of America Corp will buy Countrywide Financial Corp, creating the largest mortgage lender and loan servicer in the United States. [more]
Dissecting M&A Success: Mergers and acquisitions are hugely complex transactions, and the factors that govern their success or failure are equally so. [more]
Board Directors Reap Big Rewards for Their Work: Board directors take home big bucks, according to this analysis by The Corporate Library. [more]
Auto Industry Aims for Emerging Markets: Although a gamble, India, China, Russia, Eastern Europe, and parts of South America are seeing increased production efforts from Ford, Chrysler, and GM. [more]
U.S. Will Dodge Recession, Say Economists: A glimmer of optimism after the gloomy forecasts of the past few weeks: Economists surveyed by Bloomberg predict slow but positive growth in the first six months of 2008. [more]
Accountant Convicted of Embezzling $1.8 Million: An Austrian court found an accountant guilty of channeling money from a respected human rights group to his own bank account, in part to finance his friend's gambling habit. [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]
2007: Good Year for Female CEOs: The Fortune 500 now employs 12 female CEOs, and stock performance in their organizations is on par with the 97.6 percent of Fortune 500 companies headed by men. [more]
Here Come the New Global Challengers: Rapidly developing economies (RDEs) are not just sources of new customers and offshore talent anymore -- they're the home base of emerging global enterprises that pose an urgent threat to established industry leaders. [more]