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CNN Beams Up Correspondent: CNN used its new 3-D hologram technology to "beam" correspondent Jessica Yellin from Chicago to Wolf Blitzer's studio in New York during election coverage. [more]
73-Year-Old Man Makes Basketball History: Ken Mink, a 73-year-old student at Roane State Community College, set a new record this week -- he became the oldest person to score in a US college basketball game. [more]
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First Steps in FCPA Compliance: The SEC and the US Department of Justice have been stepping up their enforcement activities around the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. [more]
China to Edge Out U.S. as FDI Destination by 2014: The United States will remain the number one target for foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2008-09, but by 2014 China will push into the top spot, according to research from KPMG. [more]
The Growth Trap: The search for growth dominates the strategic agenda at many organizations. [more]
Pricing the F&A Outsourcing Contract: As providers of finance and accounting outsourcing services extend the range of their offerings, contract negotiations are becoming more complex. [more]
Inflation Grabs Headlines: In recent months inflation has overtaken the credit crunch as the central business news story, and with good reason, according to Larry Kantor, head of research for Barclays Capital. [more]
Foreign Investors Still Feasting on U.S. Securities: Overseas investors continue to gobble up Treasury notes and bonds -- a must for the United States to continue financing the trade deficit. [more]
ERM Still a Work in Progress at Life Insurance Companies: Financial services providers have long been the vanguard of enterprise risk management (ERM), but even these early adopters still haven't finished tweaking their programs. [more]
CFOs and CMOs Collaborate on Performance Management: On the traditional corporate organizational chart, chief marketing officers' and chief financial officers' paths seldom cross, but today's market environment necessitates cooperation. [more]
Spending on BI and BPM Should Reach $57.1 Billion: Despite a weak economy, the business intelligence (BI) and performance management (PM) technologies and services industry continues to grow. [more]
Cost of Employee Misunderstanding: $37 Billion: Everyone makes mistakes, but some errors are bigger than others -- and the big ones can be costly indeed. [more]
Asian Companies Lagging in BPM: Business performance management hasn't caught on as quickly among Asia Pacific companies as it has among North American and European organizations, for reasons that throw an interesting light on Asia's unique business culture. [more]
The Dangers of Leading by Ego: A healthy ego is critical in good leadership but executives who lead by ego risk missteps that can derail the organization, as this article illustrates through examples in government and business. [more]
Leadership Evolves in Russia: In the past, Russian business leaders weren't known for strong ethics, but this interview with Russia's best-known investment adviser shows things are changing. [more]
Learn to Love the Pressure: In business, as in sports, the biggest obstacle to achieving the seemingly impossible may be a self-limiting mind-set, according to a sports psychologist who has coached Olympic athletes. [more]
Leading the Way in China: Companies that are ramping up operations in China face a big challenge in hiring local talent as they learn their way around cultural complexities. [more]
How Top Companies Build Better Leaders: Fortune Magazine's list of the top 20 global companies for leadership includes household names like General Electric and Proctor & Gamble as well as lesser-known companies such as Natura Cosmeticos and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group. [more]
10 Best Practices for Co-Sourcing Internal Audit: Bringing in outside expertise can help internal audit departments meet ever-increasing demands, but like any outsourcing initiative, internal co-sourcing calls for careful due diligence. [more]
The 7 Merger Types -- And Why None of Them Work: A new study from AT Kearney offers insights that might make even the most gung-ho growth strategist pause, but also suggests ways that companies bent on acquisitions can increase their chances of success. [more]
Risk-Adjusted Performance: A Primer: CFOs can play a key role in developing a realistic, risk-aware performance management strategy to help their organization neutralize threats, exploit opportunities, and avoid nasty surprises. [more]
Characteristics of SOX Compliance Leaders: The primary insight of a new KPMG report on Sarbanes-Oxley compliance progress is that the majority of companies have shifted from a "get it done" compliance mentality to a "make it business as usual. [more]