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CFO December 1, 2003 Lori Calabro |
Watch Your Mouth As Reg FD -- Full Disclosure -- enters its fourth year, enforcements so far offer hints on how to communicate. |
CFO August 1, 2004 |
Loose Lips Siebel Systems is accused of another Red FD violation... More Fallout from Tax Shelters... CFOs on the Move... |
CFO November 1, 2003 |
Reforming the Big Board Is it time for reform at the NYSE?... how body language can land a CFO in hot water... FirstEnergy's embarrassing reporting blunder... new pension disclosure rules... etc. |
CFO May 1, 2005 Lori Calabro |
In Your Own Defense Why representing finance executives in lawsuits is both an art and a science. |
CFO March 1, 2004 Kris Frieswick |
Bar Hopping Already considered one of the most severe civil penalties for securities violations, officer and director (O/D) bars have been embraced by the Securities and Exchange Commission with a new zeal. |
CFO August 1, 2002 |
TGIM A funny name for the erstwhile PwC Consulting... WorldCom gets caught in a storm... executives are asked to swear; securities suits target nontechs... etc. |
CFO April 1, 2005 Tim Reason |
The Limits of Mercy The cost of cooperating with the SEC is high. The cost of not cooperating is even higher. Faced with financial penalties, career-ending bans, and possible criminal prosecution, more individuals are choosing to fight the SEC. |
CFO August 1, 2004 |
Tax Reform Hold Up Congress battles over new corporate tax reform... Opinions on Offshoring... Safety Net or Deal Breaker?... Charitable Misgivings... California Dreamin'?... Tax Reform Hold Up... etc. |
CFO October 1, 2004 |
Taxpayer Beware The IRS goes where the money is... More grim projections for the federal budget deficit... The SEC bulks up... The bottom line of giveaways... FASB's ambitious agenda... etc. |
CFO October 1, 2002 |
Legal Unease A good board member is hard to find... the high price of audit reform... Congress takes aim at deferred compensation... etc. |
CFO January 1, 2004 |
The Foes of Enforcement State vs. federal regulators... Mutual-fund CFOs are clean, so far... Sarbox Section 404... Executive compensation and the IRS... |
CFO July 1, 2004 |
Double Standards? How controlled companies avoid independence rules... Name Game... Congress Weighs In -- Again... The Tortinator... etc. |
CFO March 1, 2004 |
Making the List The SEC tries to tease apart the tangled connections between pension-investment consultants and money managers. Also: IRS aims to soup up audits; companies collecting antidumping tariffs; hotel fees irk business travelers; and more. |
CFO April 1, 2003 |
From All of Us Middle managers certify their numbers... Auditors make a company fire its sterling CFO... blind trusts for stock options... the SEC levies fines but doesn't collect them... etc. |
eCFO April 2001 Randy Myers |
Put Up or Shut Up To comply with Regulation FD, corporate officers are starting to post company news on the Web. But Reg FD has so spooked some corporate officers that they've shied away from practically any informal contact with analysts... |
CFO April 1, 2004 |
Bolting from the Big Four Smaller firms are picking up audit clients at the expense of the Big Four... Stock options fall out of favor... a proposal to synchronize accounting and tax reporting... analysts say good-bye to stock ratings... etc. |
CFO August 1, 2003 David Campbell |
Seeing Is Relieving Oil companies pressured to disclose payments to developing nations... IPO market limps back... Congress may ask CEOs to sign tax returns... investor relations visits Madison Avenue... a candid look inside the WorldCom fraud... etc. |
CFO December 1, 2004 |
Getting Dumped Why Big Four auditors are dumping some small clients... Quiet periods could get a little noisier... The manufacturing sector gets a boost... Stock-option expensing goes back on the shelf... Questioning the accuracy of credit ratings... etc. |
CFO February 1, 2005 Ronald Fink |
Finders Keepers The SEC is hearing new demands to make it easier for small companies to raise capital. |
CFO January 10, 2007 |
In Whose Best Interest? How Accounting Firms Would Change Their Industry... Why Performance Scorecards Still Fail... The Uninspired American Employee... M&A and Option Backdating... The CFO as Investor-Relations Professional... etc. |
CFO July 1, 2006 Kate O'Sullivan |
Hungry for More Reg FD has changed the way companies serve up information, leading to plenty of tension between CFOs and analysts. As the pressure on sell-side researchers grows, many analysts have moved to the buy side. |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2004 Rich Smith |
Siebel Spills Secrets Inaugural Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg FD) violator Siebel Systems, provider of customer relationship management (CRM) software, is in trouble with the SEC yet again. |
CFO November 1, 2004 |
The SEC Plays Good Cop The SEC has a change of heart... Lucent's massive NOL carryback... The problem with whistle-blower hotlines... Why Florida hurricanes won't affect insurance rates... Who's really listening to your conference calls? etc. |
CFO February 15, 2006 Melissa Hennessy |
Putting a Premium on Health Employers are giving workers a new reason to get in shape: cash. Does this trend create a legal slippery slope of employers targeting anyone who might develop health problems? |
CFO September 1, 2003 Alix Nyberg |
Sticker Shock When Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, it didn't worry about how much it would cost companies. Today, CFOs are totting up the compliance bill -- and they don't like what they see. |
CFO March 1, 2003 Tim Reason |
Two Weeks in January The SEC put much of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act into effect by passing a slew of new rules. Here's what was proposed and what was disposed. |
CFO October 1, 2002 Alix Nyberg |
Regulation: Pitt and the Pendulum The kinder, gentler SEC Pitt envisioned vanished faster than you can say Arthur Andersen. Can he run a tougher, meaner agency? |
CFO October 1, 2003 Craig Schneider |
The Attorney's Dilemma Will the SEC's new and proposed rules to turn lawyers into whistle-blowers strain relations between finance executives and corporate counsel? |
CFO September 1, 2004 |
Too Much of a Good Thing A recent rule change proposed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board may kill contingent convertible bonds... Refining GAAP... Seeking to apply the CFO act to the DHS... Connecting fraud and loss... etc. |
CFO October 1, 2002 |
Reform: How the Corporate Landscape Is Changing Everyone from Congress to the journalist next door has a reform proposal to promote. This article assesses the likelihood of passage as well as the potential impact of several proposals. |
CFO May 1, 2003 |
Newswatch Rising tensions between the U.S. and EU could lead to more trade restrictions. Plus: visas harder to come by, Nader rides again, and ten signs your finance department is second rate. |
CFO March 1, 2005 Kate O'Sullivan |
Flashbacks: 20 Years of Finance Two tumultuous decades, from Treadway and Black Monday, to reengineering and ''irrational exuberance,'' to Reg FD and Sarbanes-Oxley. |
CFO April 1, 2005 Kate O'Sullivan |
Devil in the Details Executives' contracts are attracting a tremendous amount of scrutiny in today's regulatory environment. |
CFO January 1, 2005 |
In the Same Language The rest of the world adopts international accounting standards... Grounded to a Halt?... Give It Back!... Go Directly to Cash... Where's the Coverage?... |
CFO August 1, 2007 Kate O'Sullivan |
The SEC Rules Five years after Sarbanes-Oxley, the SEC is flexing its regulatory muscle as never before. |
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2014 Ogden & Holtman |
Open-Source Option Against Capital Crunch Is crowdfunding an attractive alternative to finance pharma and biotech start-ups? |
CFO March 15, 2006 |
What's in Your Wallet? Full disclosure for CFO compensation... Catering to the Extremes... Fairness as an Option... Uneven Expansion... Basel II, Eurobanks 0... Do You Hear an Echo?... etc. |
CFO March 1, 2005 |
Paradigm Shifts The 20 events that most altered the practice of corporate finance since CFO magazine first began reporting on it in 1985. |
Real Estate Portfolio Jan/Feb 2001 Anna Chason |
Regulation Fair Disclosure: Walking the High Wire Investor relations have been described as a fencing match conducted on a tightrope. In providing information to investors and analysts, corporate officers must carefully negotiate the "high wire" and provide full information while avoiding "selective disclosures"... |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2009 Jim Mueller |
The Daily Walk of Shame: Energizer and Fair Disclosure According to a Reuters report, Energizer Holdings held a conference call with a select group of sell-side analysts after reporting earnings, giving them information not released to the general public. |
BusinessWeek March 21, 2005 Amy Borrus |
Wall Street's Dirty Rotten Little Scoundrels The SEC has a new plan to turn up the heat on small-time Wall Street fraudsters. |
CFO October 1, 2002 Julia Homer |
How Did We Get Here? Much of what happened in the 1990s also happened in the 1980s. Here's hoping we don't do it again. |
CFO November 1, 2007 Alix Stuart |
The Essential Skills To ascend to (and remain in) the CFO's office, you need much more than financial acumen. |
CFO March 1, 2010 Sarah Johnson |
Nonplussed by Non-GAAP CFOs are dismayed and discouraged by the SEC's approach to non-GAAP reporting. |
BusinessWeek September 26, 2005 Amy Borrus |
The SEC: Cracking Down On Spin The Securities & Exchange Commission is going after executives for skimpy or misleading disclosures in annual reports. |
CFO August 1, 2003 Craig Schneider |
Who Rules Accounting? Congress muscles in on FASB -- again. |
CFO October 1, 2006 Lori Calabro |
Lee Ainslie: Not Hedging a Bit An interview with Maverick Capital's Lee Ainslie III on why CFOs, investors, and regulators should not be scared of hedge funds. |
CFO September 1, 2005 Alix Nyberg Stuart |
Can You Spot the Finance Expert? Two years after the SEC started requiring finance experts on audit committees, it's still not clear who qualifies, or whether it really makes a difference. |
CFO May 1, 2010 Sarah Johnson |
The SEC Has a Few Questions for You This is the envelope no CFO looks forward to opening, even if the inquiry proves to be fairly routine. |
The Motley Fool December 26, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
The SEC's Gift to You Securities regulation helps guard investors against fraud. |