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Why Doesn’t My Software Remember “Me”?
Over the past three decades I have lived the personal productivity and corporate software upgrade life many times and on just about every technology platform. I have come to believe that we really “rent” the software we use, rather than buy it, because we have been on a never-ending upgrade tread...
By John Parkinson • Aug. 13, 2014 -
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Worker Productivity On the Rise, DoL Study Says
In yet another sign that the economy is recovering and the labor market is gaining strength, the Labor Department issued a report today showing that U.S. worker productivity rose in the second quarter, beating previous estimates.Productivity increased at a 2.5% annualized rate, after a revised 4....
By Iris Dorbian • Aug. 8, 2014 -
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Pay for Performance Comes of Age
It’s not exactly news that the trend in executive compensation for the past several years has been toward pay-for-performance models. At the same time, the depth of that trend may have been overblown.In fact, it’s 2014 that is proving to be the year when pay for performance is settling in once an...
By David McCann • Aug. 8, 2014 -
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The 15 Most Profitable Businesses to Be In
If you suspect that your accountant is with a firm that is, to use a trite expression, “rolling in profits,” you’re probably correct. According to a new study by Sageworks, a financial information firm, the accounting/bookkeeping sector tops the list of most profitable privately held businesses. ...
By Iris Dorbian • Aug. 7, 2014 -
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How Fiction and Finance Go Hand in Hand
Fans of the best-selling novelist Scott Turow know that he turns out extraordinarily polished and erudite legal-themed mysteries in his spare time, away from his job as a partner at a major Chicago law firm.Anna Belfrage: Her writing and CFO work “fundamentally feed off each other.” If there’s a ...
By David McCann • Aug. 6, 2014 -
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Hewlett-Packard to Sue ex-Autonomy CFO
Ever since computer titan Hewlett-Packard bought Autonomy for $11 billion in 2011 and then wrote off $8.8 billion a year later, blaming the British software firm’s “accounting fraud” for the loss, the relations between the two have become so acrimonious that it’s hard to keep track of the insults...
By Iris Dorbian • Aug. 5, 2014 -
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About-Face for Chris Liddell, Now a CFO Again After All
Eternal vows have a way of eroding over long periods of time — or less. Just over a year ago, Chris Liddell, the former finance chief of Microsoft and General Motors, told CFO it was “very unlikely” that he’d be a CFO again.Chris Liddell, in action at Microsoft. “Been there, done that,” he said a...
By David McCann • Aug. 1, 2014 -
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending Aug. 1
Rite Aid has named Darren Karst to lead the finance function, effective Aug. 20. He will replace Frank Vitrano, who plans to retire next year and in the meantime will be chief administrative officer for the drugstore chain’s real estate, IT and indirect procurement operations. Karst comes to the ...
By Joan Urdang • Aug. 1, 2014 -
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How Executive-Compensation Methods Relate to Shareholder Return
Companies that consistently deliver strong shareholder return tend to do a lot of things better than the also-rans. Could one of them be the way they compensate their executives? Probably, but at the least such enterprises pay differently — and sometimes in surprising ways, according to a new Tow...
By David McCann • July 30, 2014 -
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To Optimize Talent, Sweat the Small Stuff
Most human-resources leaders know by now that CFOs want hard data showing the payoff from talent development and other HR-related investments. But too often, in their zeal to quantify ROI, both HR and finance leaders search for dramatic payoffs and overlook the power of aggregating lots of small ...
By John Boudreau • July 29, 2014 -
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending July 25
Debra Wichser has been named to the top finance spot at network TVGN, a partnership between CBS and Lionsgate. Previously, she was vice president, corporate development, at CBS.Ascena Retail Group, which comprises such brands as Lane Bryant and Dressbarn, has announced that finance chief Dirk Mon...
By Joan Urdang • July 25, 2014 -
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How Dashboards Can Help CFOs Manage Risk
Not so long ago, risk was one of several portfolios entrusted to a mid-level executive. Various related activities were often relegated to the back office. Today, risk has moved its way into the C-suite and boardroom. That means CFOs, who also own risk management broadly, need to expand their too...
By Chuck Saia and Frank Friedman • July 23, 2014 -
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FASB Mulling a Revamped Income Statement
The Financial Accounting Standards Board is in the early stages of researching whether to a launch a project aimed at improving and updating the presentation of items on the income statement.While the project wouldn’t affect the amount of net income companies report, for example, it would change ...
By David Katz • July 22, 2014 -
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Running in Place
When it comes to working capital performance, companies are going nowhere.That’s the headline takeaway from REL’s latest annual survey of working capital performance among 997 large U.S. nonfinancial public companies. In 2013 the three components of working capital — receivables, payables, and in...
By Edward Teach • July 22, 2014 -
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Lessons Learned in Emerging Markets Resonate Elsewhere Too
For companies that have squeezed much of the potential growth out of their mature markets, tapping the emerging markets is a no-brainer. But doing so isn’t only a path to new customers in less-developed countries. Innovation designed to exploit opportunities in immature economies can sometimes be...
By David McCann • July 18, 2014 -
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Once More Unto the Fiduciary Breach
If you haven’t been paying close attention to the administration of your company’s 401(k) plan, the case of Tussey v. ABB Inc. should make you sit up and take notice.First, some background. Tussey was one of several class-action lawsuits filed against big companies in 2006 by law firm Schlichter,...
By David McCann • July 18, 2014 -
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Some Vacation
Unlike their peers in other industrialized countries, U.S. workers are not guaranteed paid vacation time. Many workers let some of their vacation days expire. And when they do take time off, they may find it hard to leave the workplace behind. Find out just how hard:1. Of employees who receive va...
By CFO Editorial Staff • July 18, 2014 -
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending July 18
The Western Union Co. has promoted Raj Agrawal to lead the finance function. He most recently was interim CFO; before that, he was president of Western Union Business Solutions.Amy Thurlow Amy Thurlow PortraitDick Clark ProductionsWednesday, July 9, 2014(Benjamin Shmikler/ABImages)Amy Thurlow has...
By Joan Urdang • July 18, 2014 -
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In to Africa: A Looming Imperative?
Perhaps your perception of Africa was like mine: shaped by old Tarzan movies and New York Times reports of various forms of unrest. But I just returned from a three-week trip to the continent, and I can tell you a couple of things. One is that going on a safari in the Serengeti is very cool. Anot...
By Timothy Chou • July 17, 2014 -
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Privacy Groups Urge Obama to Reject Senate Cyber-Security Bill
When former National Security Agency contractor turned fugitive Edward Snowden leaked documents to the news media revealing the scope of his agency’s involvement in the private lives of ordinary citizens, the issues of cyber-security and government violations of privacy became ubiquitous topics i...
By Iris Dorbian • July 16, 2014 -
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Digital Disease Control
Safeguarding cyber-security is a bit like trying to keep an infectious disease at bay. Nasty software can spread swiftly to large populations, so it has to be identified quickly and information passed on immediately to ensure that others can protect themselves. Ideally, organizations should avoid...
By Economist Staff • July 14, 2014 -
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Bonus Depreciation Tax Break Passes House
The GOP-led House of Representatives is poised to lock horns with President Obama yet again. This time the expected bone of contention is a bill drafted by Ohio Republican Rep. Pat Tiberi that would allow companies to deduct 50 percent of the costs of new equipment purchases immediately rather th...
By Iris Dorbian • July 11, 2014 -
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Disruptive Innovation: A Flawed Idea?
I collect useful and illustrative quotes from famous people. Two of my favorites are from George Bernard Shaw (an Irish author and playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics): “Those who can’t change their minds can’t change anything” and “Progress is not made by reasonable men...
By John Parkinson • July 10, 2014 -
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CFOs Can Move the Needle on Cyber-Security
With corporate boards and management teams growing ever-more concerned and vigilant about cyber-security, CFOs can’t afford to sit on the sidelines. But what can they do, in practical terms? After all, even those with a fair degree of technological wherewithal are unlikely to understand deeply th...
By David McCann • July 8, 2014 -
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Welcome to the new CFO.com
Welcome to CFO.com’s new design. Everything is still in place, but there may be different ways to get around.Here’s a guide to the site’s new features and navigation.We’re here to help answer any questions or hear about solutions you like or problems you are having with the new site layout.Leave ...
By Aram Zucker-Scharff • July 8, 2014
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