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Happy Thanksgiving
All of us at CFO wish you and your families a safe and restful holiday. We will resume our normal publishing schedule on Monday.
Today in Finance November 28, 2009
CFOs Embrace Change and the Spotlight
Finance executives rising from the downturn's ashes have changed companies' culture, business models, and their own expectations.
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.
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Possession Is 100% of the Tax Law
The accrual of some disputed payments may garner a deduction. But a company has to have control of the deferred funds. November 23, 2009
IFRS: Jekyll or Hyde?
U.S. adoption of global accounting standards would be intended to create a level global playing field, but within U.S. borders, its benefits would differ dramatically from company to company. November 20, 2009
How to Wreck Your Company's Valuation
Avoid reconciling GAAP and non-GAAP reporting, providing metrics used in business modeling, or breaking out the results of acquired companies, and that will do the trick, a top analyst says. November 17, 2009
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
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
Congress Waters Down FASB-Oversight Plan
An amendment to the in-progress Financial Stability Improvement Act would allow financial regulators to review accounting standards but give them no final authority. November 23, 2009
CFOs High-five on 404 Rollback Bill
But some accounting experts despair over a resulting lack of checks on management's assessment of internal controls of financial reporting. November 18, 2009
Keep Bank Regulators Away from FASB: SEC Commissioner
Commissioner Elisse Walter hopes to squelch a legislative proposal that would make FASB subject to oversight by banking regulators. Other critics say the proposal might allow banks themselves to influence accounting. November 17, 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
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