Human Capital: Page 69
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Repeal or Repair?
In the wake of midterm victories, triumphant Republicans have repeatedly vowed to repeal health-care reform. Yet political reality suggests that GOP leaders’ only real option will be to fix and polish the very law they would prefer to consign to the dust heap.That may be good news for companies, ...
By Tim Reason • Dec. 1, 2010 -
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The Check Will Be in the Mail
Even as defined-benefit pensions continue to advance up the endangered-species list, 401(k) plans, a presumably hardier species, have hit some evolutionary bumps of their own.Chief among them, of course, is the impact of the economic downturn, which left many plan participants with decimated acco...
By David Katz • Dec. 1, 2010 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
The Check Will Be in the Mail
Even as defined-benefit pensions continue to advance up the endangered-species list, 401(k) plans, a presumably hardier species, have hit some evolutionary bumps of their own.Chief among them, of course, is the impact of the economic downturn, which left many plan participants with decimated acco...
By David Katz • Dec. 1, 2010 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending November 26
Carl Casale has resigned as head of finance at Monsanto Co., effective December 31, in order to become president and CEO of CHS Inc. Casale has been at Monsanto since 1984 and has been CFO since September 2009. The company plans to name his replacement by the end of the year.Fair Isaac Corp. (FIC...
By Joan Urdang • Nov. 24, 2010 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending November 26
Carl Casale has resigned as head of finance at Monsanto Co., effective December 31, in order to become president and CEO of CHS Inc. Casale has been at Monsanto since 1984 and has been CFO since September 2009. The company plans to name his replacement by the end of the year.Fair Isaac Corp. (FIC...
By Joan Urdang • Nov. 24, 2010 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs Cool Their Heels
While economists and pundits continue to squabble about whether the recession is over and meaningful recovery is taking place, a continuing trend in the job market for CFOs suggests otherwise.In down economic times, employers and their finance chiefs both tend to take a conservative “devil that y...
By David McCann • Nov. 24, 2010 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs Cool Their Heels
While economists and pundits continue to squabble about whether the recession is over and meaningful recovery is taking place, a continuing trend in the job market for CFOs suggests otherwise.In down economic times, employers and their finance chiefs both tend to take a conservative “devil that y...
By David McCann • Nov. 24, 2010 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending November 19
David Johnson will resign as CFO of Fannie Mae by the end of the year. Deputy CFO David Hisey will take over his responsibilities until a permanent replacement is found.Paul Saleh is the new finance chief at Gannett Co., taking over from Gracia Martore, who was promoted to the posts of president ...
By Joan Urdang • Nov. 19, 2010 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending November 19
David Johnson will resign as CFO of Fannie Mae by the end of the year. Deputy CFO David Hisey will take over his responsibilities until a permanent replacement is found.Paul Saleh is the new finance chief at Gannett Co., taking over from Gracia Martore, who was promoted to the posts of president ...
By Joan Urdang • Nov. 19, 2010 -
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Health Care: Spend More, Save More
To control health-care costs, more companies are resorting to a strategy that doesn’t seem to make sense: They are spending more.Employers are rejecting unpopular benefit cuts and instead eliminating co-payments on prescription drugs to encourage employees with severe health problems to take thei...
By Kimberly Blanton • Nov. 18, 2010 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Health Care: Spend More, Save More
To control health-care costs, more companies are resorting to a strategy that doesn’t seem to make sense: They are spending more.Employers are rejecting unpopular benefit cuts and instead eliminating co-payments on prescription drugs to encourage employees with severe health problems to take thei...
By Kimberly Blanton • Nov. 18, 2010 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Quantitative Easing, or Pension Squeezing?
The possibility that their actions could hurt corporate pension-plan sponsors probably wasn’t top of mind for members of the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee when they announced last week that the Fed would forge ahead with a second round of quantitative easing by buying $600 billion of lo...
By David Katz • Nov. 17, 2010 -
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending November 12
Jack Callahan will resign as head of finance at Dean Foods Co., effective November 30. He will be replaced on December 1 by chief accounting officer Shaun Mara. Mara, who joined the company in June, previously was senior vice president of finance at Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.Xsigo Systems Inc. has named...
By Joan Urdang • Nov. 12, 2010 -
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In the Eye of the Shareholder
For most companies, the arrival of a cash-oriented strategy has followed a particular sequence. Before the fall of 2008, the economy was flush with cash, and businesses sought to boost their sales as fast as they could. At that point Lehman Brothers collapsed, followed by a widespread loss of eco...
By David Katz • Nov. 12, 2010 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending November 12
Jack Callahan will resign as head of finance at Dean Foods Co., effective November 30. He will be replaced on December 1 by chief accounting officer Shaun Mara. Mara, who joined the company in June, previously was senior vice president of finance at Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.Xsigo Systems Inc. has named...
By Joan Urdang • Nov. 12, 2010 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
How Would CFOs Fare on the Couch?
Imagine a sort of Sigmund Freud for CFOs: a psychiatric sage who knows their inner weaknesses, as well as their strengths, and helps them cope with personal and professional challenges.While no psychiatrists have such a specialty — yet — Dr. Barrie Sanford Greiff comes close. Through much of the ...
By Roy Harris • Nov. 5, 2010 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
How Would CFOs Fare on the Couch?
Imagine a sort of Sigmund Freud for CFOs: a psychiatric sage who knows their inner weaknesses, as well as their strengths, and helps them cope with personal and professional challenges.While no psychiatrists have such a specialty — yet — Dr. Barrie Sanford Greiff comes close. Through much of the ...
By Roy Harris • Nov. 5, 2010 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending November 5
Ray Young has been named finance chief at Archer Daniels Midland Co. He replaces Steven Mills, who has been promoted to senior executive vice president, performance and growth. Young, who has joined the company but will not take over from Mills until December 1, is a former CFO of General Motors ...
By Joan Urdang • Nov. 5, 2010 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending November 5
Ray Young has been named finance chief at Archer Daniels Midland Co. He replaces Steven Mills, who has been promoted to senior executive vice president, performance and growth. Young, who has joined the company but will not take over from Mills until December 1, is a former CFO of General Motors ...
By Joan Urdang • Nov. 5, 2010 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Starting Over at a Start-up
He enjoyed all the trappings of executive privilege — a driver to shuttle him to meetings in Manhattan, client dinners in Mayfair during a four-year posting in London, a secretary to handle the Xeroxing.Craig Emrick doesn’t need any of it now.After State Street Global Markets laid him off in Janu...
By Kimberly Blanton • Nov. 4, 2010 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Starting Over at a Start-up
He enjoyed all the trappings of executive privilege — a driver to shuttle him to meetings in Manhattan, client dinners in Mayfair during a four-year posting in London, a secretary to handle the Xeroxing.Craig Emrick doesn’t need any of it now.After State Street Global Markets laid him off in Janu...
By Kimberly Blanton • Nov. 4, 2010 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Where Talent and Opportunity Meet
When Steve Sordello became the CFO of LinkedIn three years ago, the business social-networking company didn’t have much of a finance department, so one of his first tasks was to hire some key talent. He intended to do as company policy dictated: shun recruiters and strictly use LinkedIn tools to ...
By David McCann • Nov. 3, 2010 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Where Talent and Opportunity Meet
When Steve Sordello became the CFO of LinkedIn three years ago, the business social-networking company didn’t have much of a finance department, so one of his first tasks was to hire some key talent. He intended to do as company policy dictated: shun recruiters and strictly use LinkedIn tools to ...
By David McCann • Nov. 3, 2010 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
The Incredible Shrinking Finance Department
When veteran CFO Eric Sockol became the first finance chief at Gemvara, an online customized-jewelry venture, he quickly developed a plan to staff up the finance department in order to boost its productivity, an effort that will entail pulling back into the company some finance work that had been...
By Alix Stuart • Nov. 1, 2010 -
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Cold, Cruel World
Oh, the irony: just two years ago we described a robust seller’s market for finance talent, with CFOs seemingly able to write their own ticket — and rewrite it any time they chose.Today, even the best-qualified finance executives will find that a job search is anything but a walk in the park. Few...
By Josh Hyatt and Alix Stuart • Nov. 1, 2010
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