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Deal Doldrums

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT

With valuations continuing to fall in the uneasy M&A market, buyers and sellers aren't seeing eye-to-eye.

The New Cash Managers

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:03:00 GMT

With their companies stung by the credit crunch, finance chiefs are buying software to seize control of their cash and gain leverage with their lenders.

How to Wreck Your Company's Valuation

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:29:00 GMT

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.

Derivatives: over the Counter, out of Sight

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:33:00 GMT

Derivatives are extraordinarily useful – as well as complex, dangerous if misused and implicitly subsidized. No wonder regulators are taking a close look.

"We've Got to Find the Middle Ground"

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:40:00 GMT

In his new book, Too Big to Save?, Robert Pozen proposes fixes for the biggest financial crisis of our lifetimes.

The Bust that Worked

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:56:00 GMT

CIT's bankruptcy fuels the debate about resolving financial failures.

Inside the Mind of a Strategic CFO

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:44:00 GMT

Using his background in corporate planning, Rich Fearon has helped Eaton Corp. cut its auto-industry exposure and boost its involvement in the electrical-efficiency business.

"Convergence Doesn't Necessarily Mean the Same."

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:08:00 GMT

The IASB and FASB are hoping to write accounting principles that match up word-for-word. But the devil may be in the rules governing implementation. Here are two examples.

Lenders: Low Demand Killing Equipment Financing

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:28:00 GMT

Tightfistedness isn't the cause of the downturn in leasing activity, according to equipment-financing executives. It's the economy, stupid.

On Convergence, Speed Is In; Hubris Is Out

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:50:00 GMT

FASB and the IASB rework their approach as Paul Volcker calls for an end to America's love affair with U.S. GAAP.