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Council Puts Wrong Birmingham on Leaflet: Birmingham, England residents may be tempted to toss their recycling leaflet from the City Council straight into the paper bin when they see the cover -- the picture on the front is of Birmingham, Ala.'s skyline. [more]
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]
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Companies Prefer Private Sector Health Care: A whopping 84 percent of employers do not support universal health care coverage, according to the 13th annual Watson Wyatt/National Business Group on Health report. [more]
Fear and Loathing in Budgetland: Well, perhaps not fear and loathing as such, but certainly anguish and frustration are hallmarks of the budget process at a good many companies, judging by a new survey from BPM Forum. [more]
Matching BI Tools to Users' Needs: Predictive analytics, dashboards, business query tools, scorecards, spreadsheets, OLAP, interactive reports -- with so many business intelligence (BI) tools available, how does a company choose which to deploy? [more]
Driving Lean Six Sigma Success in the Services Sector: Lean Six Sigma earned its reputation for rooting out costs and accelerating performance in the manufacturing industries, and now it's gaining popularity among services companies. [more]
Forecasting: Spreadsheets Still Rule: An efficient, reliable forecasting capability is no longer a nice-to-have feature; it's an indispensable strategic tool. [more]
BPM Evolving Into EPM: A survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in November 2007 indicated that 80 percent of corporate executives believed that an appropriate business intelligence (BI) strategy could really improve reaction time to market changes and customer service, yet only 15 percent thought that their company had adopted BI best practices. [more]
2008 Brings IPO Slowdown: Although Visa Inc. secured the largest US initial public offering (IPO) on record, over $19 billion, the number of IPOs dropped 60 percent in 2008's first quarter compared to 2007's fourth quarter. [more]
More Shareholders Vote Green: Shareholder activism is motivating US companies to address environmental concerns, according to The Corporate Library's report "The Environmental Agenda Heats Up – Trends in Environmental Shareholder Proposals". [more]
Lessons From the RDE Tigers: Up-and-coming businesses from the rapidly developing economies (RDEs) have earned reputations as fierce competitors in the global marketplace; now a new study from The Boston Consulting Group looks at RDE-based firms that are having similar impact in their domestic markets. [more]
An Offshore Destination Cheat Sheet: Outsourcing advisory firm EquaTerra has put together a quick guide to a dozen of the best locales for IT and business process offshoring. [more]
M&A Activity Dips Lower: With the economy in a slump, M&A activity has fallen to a four year low in 2008's first quarter, and investors continue to be highly cautious. [more]
Shareholder Withhold Votes: Do They Matter?: Director candidates are not always well-received by their shareholders, yet boards may not tally withhold votes, according to The Corporate Library's study "Shareholders Say No, Boards Say Yes". [more]
Hedge Fund Managers Work Hard To Keep Investors: Faced with redemption notices and the fact that hedge funds lost 2.8 percent in the first quarter, hedge fund managers are scrambling to keep their investors and alleviate their worries. [more]
Hedge Fund's Wild Ride in Russia: Hermitage Capital Management, at one time the biggest foreign portfolio investor in Russia, claims that it narrowly dodged a massive fraud attempt perpetrated with the active connivance of the country's Interior Ministry. [more]
The New View of Risk: In today's world of hypersensitive markets and heightened public exposure, the days of reactive risk management are numbered. [more]
Securities Suits Climb, Settlements Fall: The securities class action landscape last year was dominated by the mammoth Tyco settlement, but even excluding that $3.2 billion deal it was a good year for the lawyers. [more]
Ready for BPM Change?: Adopting change management concepts can help ensure a big business performance management (BPM) initiative is a success. [more]
Starting Out Right with BPM: Too many business performance management (BPM) software initiatives run aground because of poorly defined initial objectives, according to Sanjay Sehgal, principal in Archstone Consulting's CFO advisory services practice and leader of the firm's business intelligence group. [more]
Performance Management's Bright Future: All of last year's M&A activity in the business performance management (BPM) arena has paved the way for innovation and integration, making now a great time to evaluate and invest in a BPM strategy. [more]
How to Integrate China into Your Supply Chain: China's competitive edge may be losing some of its bite, but global organizations can't afford to ignore this emerging mega-market. [more]