Corporate Finance: Page 111

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    Look Before You Lease

    The prospect of a new lease accounting standard is keeping finance executives off-balance. Under the proposed standard, companies will have to record all leases longer than 12 months in term on the balance sheet, as nondebt liabilities. Currently, companies can simply expense operating leases for...

    By David W. Owens and Josh Hyatt • Dec. 15, 2015
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    PE Firms Charged Clients $20B In Hidden Fees

    Adding fuel to the debate over private equity fees, a new study has found that PE firms have charged $20 billion in hidden fees to clients over the past two decades.The so-called portfolio company fees were charged to nearly 600 U.S. companies that were bought by private equity managers between 1...

    By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • Dec. 14, 2015
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    Top 5 stories from CFO.com

    From CPA licensure changes to undergoing a digital transformation, these are the most popular stories CFOs are reading. 

    By CFO.com staff
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    How Crowdsourcing Delivers Supply Chain Innovation

    What have your suppliers done for you lately? Or, a better question might be: Have you partnered with your suppliers to drive value?Patrick Stroh The former is aligned with an outdated view of suppliers as mere commodity vendors: squeeze them for cost reductions and hold them accountable to deliv...

    By Patrick Stroh • Dec. 14, 2015
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    5 Signs Your Finance Team Rocks

    Not sure how your finance team stacks up to the competition? This list will tell you if you are on the right track. It all starts with leadership. The finance function is your ship, and you need a solid team to navigate the high seas of profitability. It is not just about picking the right team, ...

    By Kerry Maruna • Dec. 14, 2015
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    Jos. A Bank Deal Backfires on Men’s Wearhouse

    Men’s Wearhouse’s acquisition of rival Jos. A Bank hasn’t worked out as expected, with a series of missteps by the clothier contributing to a dramatic decline in sales at Jos A. Bank stores, according to Fortune.After acquiring Jos. A Bank for $1.8 billion early last year, creating the fourth-lar...

    By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • Dec. 11, 2015
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    Internet Tax Ban Likely To Become Permanent

    Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who in 1998 co-authored the original Internet Tax Freedom Act that was set to expire, on Wednesday said a ban on taxes on Internet goods and services, as well as Internet access taxes, will likely become permanent.Wyden was able to include the permanent ban in the conferen...

    By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • Dec. 10, 2015
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    Banking and Fintech: Love and War

    Startups in the world of financial technology, or “fintech”, think of banks as hulking mediocrities ripe for disruption. Banks in turn look down on fintech outfits as little more than gadflies swarming over chicken feed. As any fan of romantic comedies would know, such apparent incompatibility is...

    By Economist Staff • Dec. 7, 2015
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    Toshiba Shareholders Sue Over Accounting

    Toshiba shareholders have sued five former executives over illicit accounting practices that caused one of Japan’s biggest corporate scandals.In a lawsuit filed in Tokyo, 50 shareholders are seeking roughly 300 million yen ($2.43 million) in damages against three former presidents and two CFOs, a...

    By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • Dec. 7, 2015
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    J. Crew Names Retail Veteran as New CFO

    After posting a third-quarter loss, J. Crew Group has appointed retail veteran Michael J. Nicholson as its new CFO, filling a position that has been vacant for nearly a year.Since Stuart Haselden stepped down in January to join Lulemon, Joan Durkin has been serving as acting CFO at J. Crew. Nicho...

    By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • Dec. 4, 2015
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    CFO’s Mission, Possible: Widen Sales Sights

    If there were no Microsoft, would there be a Nintex? Until recently, probably not. But a big part of CFO Eric Johnson’s role at the latter company is to guide its quest for new revenue sources.Eric Johnson, CFO, Nintex Privately held Nintex is a developer of software enabling the design and manag...

    By • Dec. 4, 2015
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    CFOs on the Move: Week Ending December 4

    John Garratt has been appointed to the top finance spot at Dollar General. He has been interim CFO since June, and before that was senior vice president of finance and strategy.Maria Fiore Encyclopaedia Britannica has named Maria Fiore to lead the finance function. She joins the educational publi...

    By Joan Urdang • Dec. 4, 2015
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    Lockheed Martin Delays Decision on Spinoff

    Lockheed Martin will hold off deciding whether to sell or spin off its government services businesses and units in its missiles and fire-control division, Chief Financial Officer Bruce Tanner told a conference hosted by Credit Suisse, according to Reuters.While the company had seen “very high int...

    By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • Dec. 3, 2015
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    U.S. Health Care Spending Rises 5.3%

    After years of slow growth in health care costs, spending surged 5.3% last year, reflecting the influx of people gaining insurance coverage under Obamacare.With 65.9 million people now enrolled in private health plans or Medicaid, spending on hospitals, doctors, drugs, and other health-care items...

    By Matthew Heller • Dec. 3, 2015
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    Fast-Growing Box Inc. Posts Quarterly Loss

    While revenues grew, fast-growing Box Inc. again posted a quarterly loss due to continued investments in marketing, as well as research and development.The Redwood City, Calif., online cloud services provider on Wednesday said revenue rose 38% in the period ended in October, as its base of paying...

    By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • Dec. 3, 2015
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    Axion International To Sell Assets in 363 Sale

    Axion International in Zanesville, Ohio, on Wednesday said that it plans to sell its assets under bankruptcy protection.The building materials company said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that last month it had made a deal with Plastic Ties Financing for a $500,000 loan, in anticip...

    By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • Dec. 3, 2015
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    Finance Executives say Their Work is Interesting, Meaningful, and Valuable

    For detailed study results and more information, download “Thriving in the Digital Economy: The Digital Finance Function.”

    By Mary Beth Findlay • Dec. 3, 2015
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    Finance Executives Expect to Take on Even More in the Near Term

     For detailed study results and more information, download “Thriving in the Digital Economy: The Innovative Finance Function.”

    By Mary Beth Findlay • Dec. 3, 2015
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    The Millennial Generation in Finance: Leading the Company to Another Way

    “The new junior executives that arrive in our company are expecting things to happen much faster.” That’s according to Bruno Passos Spínola Ribeiro, Manager for Corporate Treasury / Trading Desk at the Brazilian steel producer Gerdau. Adds Bill Juram, VP-Finance for the healthcare services provid...

    By Mary Beth Findlay • Dec. 3, 2015
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    U.S. Productivity Up Slightly

    U.S. worker productivity rose a little in the third quarter, as output and compensation grew at the same time workers put in fewer hours.Nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased at a revised 2.2% annual rate during the third quarter, the Labor Department said Wednesday, as output rose...

    By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • Dec. 2, 2015
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    SEC Accuses Bitcoin “Miner” of Ponzi Scheme

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Tuesday it had charged a Vermont man and two of his companies with conducting a Ponzi scheme involving the system for validating digital currency transactions.According to the SEC, Homero Joshua Garza purported to be a bitcoin “miner” whose co...

    By Matthew Heller • Dec. 1, 2015
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    Monthly Manufacturing Activity Wanes for First Time Since 2012

    While the overall U.S. economy grew for the 78th consecutive month, economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in November for the first time since 2012 (also in November), according to the latest Institute for Supply Management report released Tuesday.The group’s Purchasing Manager...

    By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • Dec. 1, 2015
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    Will the Cloud Be Balkanized?

    Despite the advent of global trade deals aimed at lowering tariffs and opening markets around the world, CFOs should be wary when basing business plans on unfettered data access via the cloud. Why? Some countries (and customers) don’t want their data flying across national borders and landing in ...

    By Ed Zwirn • Dec. 1, 2015
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    CFOs on the Move: Week Ending Nov. 27

    Jan Bertsch has been selected to head finance at Owens-Illinois. She takes over for acting CFO John Haudrich, who will become chief strategy and integration officer. Bertsch joins the company from Sigma-Aldrich, where she also held the top finance spot.Rich Gannon Rich Gannon has been appointed f...

    By Joan Urdang • Nov. 25, 2015
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    Companies Seek to Acquire and Hire

    Results from the Duke University/CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook survey for the third quarter revealed a gloomier view of economic prospects from executives around the world. But the results also indicated that some companies — especially the largest ones represented in the survey — may see ...

    By David W. Owens • Nov. 25, 2015
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    ’Tis the Season

    Once again the holiday shopping season is upon us, promising much-needed cheer to businesses and the economy. How much will Americans spend, what will they buy, and how will they buy it? To find out the answers to these questions and more, take our quiz, which draws on the National Retail Federat...

    By CFO Editorial Staff • Nov. 25, 2015