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For Intel, the Future Is Now
Capital spending in a lousy economy can drive outsized returns, the company's CFO says. August 25, 2009
CFO Brings Big Ideas to a Small Company
A former Tyco finance executive finds wide latitude to use his cost-cutting and other business-process skills. August 12, 2009
CFOs Not on the Recovery Bandwagon Yet
Finance executives are a bit more pessimistic than economists and other experts about the forecast for gross domestic product, the unemployment rate, and other economic indicators, according to the CFO Prediction Market. July 27, 2009
The Big Thaw? Pension Freezing Inches Up
Despite the awful economy, the number of Fortune 1000 companies with frozen defined-benefit plans climbs by only four percentage points since last year. July 23, 2009
Turnaround, Here We Come
Companies position themselves to soak up pent-up demand when the economic fog clears up. July 16, 2009
Imperfect Futures
Is forecasting an art, a science, or an exercise in futility? As the recession drags on, companies rethink their attitudes, and their approaches. July 15, 2009
Taking Their Lump Sums
Companies that cut matching funds from retirement plans may be sowing seeds of discontent among employees. July 10, 2009
The Carbon Effect on Earnings, M&A
Proposed energy legislation will have direct and indirect consequences on the revenues, profits, and M&A transactions of heavy CO₂ emitters. July 6, 2009
The Machinery of Cash
An irony of the downturn: the drop in sales that many midcap machine makers have suffered has helped them maintain decent cash earnings per share. June 9, 2009
CFOs Hoping for the Best, Planning for the Worst
Finance chiefs are feeling a lot better than they were last quarter, but recovery is still a long way off. June 3, 2009