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An Anatomy of a CFO's Agony
How a make-the-numbers mandate, threats from his bosses, and accounting skullduggery nearly destroyed him. July 31, 2008
The CFO Duality: Mixing Business with Integrity
Author of a new book, former GE general counsel Ben Heineman dishes out plenty of advice for finance chiefs about doing the right thing without sacrificing their companies' business goals. July 24, 2008
Ousted CFO Whistleblower Sues Bank
George Fort was escorted out of Tennessee Commerce Bancorp the day after he presented the bank's failings to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. July 23, 2008
Report: Financial Fraud a Challenge Despite Sarbox
The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners finds that Sarbox-related controls appear to reduce many types of fraud, but did not find that those controls necessarily made financial statement fraud less costly or easier to detect. July 22, 2008
It Takes a Crisis
Battered by its infamous bribes-for-contracts scandal, Siemens turns to an IT solution to make sure it doesn't happen again. July 15, 2008
Subprime Slam: SEC Exposes Rating Agency Faults
In its report following a 10-month probe — citing several damning E-mails — the regulator says rating agencies suffer from conflicts of interest, deficient internal auditing, and poor disclosure policies. July 8, 2008
Deloitte Is Protected in "Insolvency" Ruling
A Pennsylvania judge says that a firm that improperly keeps a company out of bankruptcy may not be liable, unless it is negligent in other ways, too. June 19, 2008
Did a Warehouse Leak Cause Insider Trading?
Aviall employees, others are alleged by SEC to have gotten early word on a deal in 2006, guessing that suitor "Andre" was really Boeing. June 18, 2008
Scrushy at Home on the Ranch
The former HealthSouth CEO does not want to travel to Alabama to testify in a civil lawsuit because he enjoys the comforts of his white-collar prison. June 6, 2008
A CFO Wannabe's Litany of Lies
A bid for a new job allegedly involved forged SEC correspondence and fake statements by a previous employer — which he claimed was his current employer. May 30, 2008