Dash for Cash
With credit at a premium, freeing up funds from working capital gains a new urgency. (Includes scorecard.)
Fast Clothes
Benetton in the midst of a retail renaissance.
Fasten Your Seatbelts
The “fast close” is not just 1990s nostalgia.
The Spill-Over Effect
Parmalat survived bankruptcy without losing a day of production. But executives at the dairy group still have a lot more than milk on their minds.
Back to Basics
After years of empire building, Ahold learns the importance of focus.
Then & Now
Tracing CFOs’ top concerns through time.
In the Hot Seat
Meet the banking CFO who says the subprime crisis would be easy to handle — if only he didn’t have to oversee the integration of a €24 billion takeover.
The Players
Video game CFOs reach the next level.
Runaway pay
Regulation could come down hard on excessive executive pay.
Finance Factories
Why are some companies better than others at producing CFOs?