Required Summer Reading: Did You Know...?

Spent your vacation reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows? Not to worry. Here at CFO.com, we kept a close eye on what your colleagues and peers read all summer long. So make sure you know what they know. We've narrowed down the list of the most popular stories this summer, and put them in categories for easy scanning.

The categories include The Best of CFO Magazine, Accounting, Offbeat Finance, Crime and Punishment, Spreadsheet Stories, and Sarbox, Financial Reporting, and How to Fix Both.

And if, as we reported recently, most CFOs bring their laptops with them on vacation, then you should be able to catch up over the long weekend. Enjoy!

The Best of CFO Magazine
• Five Years and Accounting
• Gap Analysis
• The SEC Rules
• A Wild Ride
• Hedge-Fund Bullies

Accounting
• Too Much GAAP Running Around
• PwC: CFOs Predict a Fair-value Headache
• SEC, PCAOB Pushed to Define Materiality
• New Lease Accounting May Roil Retailers
• Hedge Accounting: A Matchless Future?
• What if IFRS Replaced GAAP?

Offbeat Finance
• Finance in History: Bankruptcy
• Finance in History: Blood and Treasurers
• When Virtual Crises Turn Real
• Porn Star Cited in Ronco CFO Dispute

Crime and Punishment
• Count 'Em: 63 CFOs Convicted in Past Five Years
• A Whodunnit in the Hamptons

Spreadsheet Stories
• Now Playing on YouTube: Microsoft Excel
• Tickling the Keyboard: 10 Spreadsheet Tips
• Beyond Excel
• Spreadsheets Are Free

Sarbox, Financial Reporting, and How to Fix Both
• Painful Memories: SEC Grilled on 404 Costs
• Whistle-blowers Never Win
• The Insider's Guide to the Future of Financial Reporting

For a complete list of stories published on CFO.com by date, visit our archives.