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CFO November 1, 2007 |
Accounting for Indian Lands Readers write to say who's really in charge of accounting for American Indian land... How financial centers benefit second-tier cities... Why national health-care organizations fail to provide what locals need... |
Mother Jones Mar/Apr 2002 Tom Dunkel & Bill Hogan |
A Broken Trust The government cannot account for billions of dollars it owes to Native Americans... |
CFO December 1, 2007 |
The War for Talent Is Being Waged on Many Fronts Letters to the editor: Lights, Camera, Audits!... Accounting is interesting, but more from a theoretical and research point of view... etc. |
CFO December 1, 2006 John Goff |
The 5 Cent Empire Native American tribes parlayed legalized gambling into a $22 billion lifeline. Now states want a piece of the action. |
CFO February 1, 2007 |
Native American Facts and Fiction Letters to the editor: The 5 Empire... The Author Responds... Capital-market Shortcomings... |
Wired September 2005 Brendan I. Koerner |
Blood Feud These are boom times for the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma. But tough times for thousands of black Indians battling for tribal citizenship. Now the Freedmen are turning to genetic science for help. |
BusinessWeek March 26, 2007 Christopher Palmeri |
Parlaying Casinos Into Empires Why Indian expansion beyond gaming is triggering a backlash on Main Street. |
CFO January 1, 2008 |
Talking the Talk, But Not Walking the Walk Letters to the editor: Long Live the King?... CFOs and the Environment... Taking Notice of 401(k)s... Turbulence Ahead... etc. |
Geotimes March 2004 Megan Sever |
Interior back online Yesterday, a U.S. appellate court lifted an injunction that had forced the Department of Interior to disconnect most of its computer systems on March 15. |
InternetNews January 29, 2004 Roy Mark |
House Panel Approves 'Net Tobacco Bill Native Americans contend that the unique nature of the bill's sales tax collection would do away with tribal immunity from state laws. |
CFO September 1, 2002 Andrew Osterland |
No More Mr. Nice Guy A new CFO survey suggests why new rules for auditors may be a wise idea. |
Knowledge@Wharton |
You Say IASB, I Say FASB, You Say... A description of efforts to harmonize U.S. and international accounting standards, and shifts in the accounting profession caused by recent scandals. |
Reason July 2004 Steven Vincent |
Grave Injustice Federal laws about burial remains put politics before science. |
Knowledge@Wharton June 18, 2003 |
Board Members Feeling the Heat of Public Scrutiny Should Bone Up on Finance, Accounting What you don't know can't hurt you. That old adage may be true some of the time, but not for people serving on boards of directors and audit committees in the wake of recent scandals that have tarnished the reputation of corporate America. |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2006 H. Lee Murphy |
Developers Make Foray into Arizona Tribal Lands In Arizona, Indian reservations were once considered formidable barriers to new construction. But lately, those boundaries have come tumbling down. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2007 Adam Piore |
Investing Across Cultures The founder of the first Native American-owned money management firm has a mission to serve the underserved, many of whom are millionaires. |
CFO August 1, 2004 |
The Enforcer If audit firms don't voluntarily improve their processes, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) chairman William McDonough promises he'll make them. |
HRO Today Heller & Della Torre |
Audits of Outsourced Retirement Plans Relying on CPAs to turn up potential issues now is a better alternative than for plan participants or the IRS to discover shortcomings. |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2004 Scott Farb |
The Trickle-Down Effect of Sarbanes-Oxley Real estate private equity funds are finding themselves in an overly regulated, ever-changing and immensely complex climate when it comes to financial reporting and accounting issues. |
CFO September 1, 2006 Alix Nyberg Stuart |
Standing on Principles In a world with more regulation than ever, can the accounting rulebook be thrown away? |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2007 Todd Davis |
Leasing Changes Afoot Spurred on by the SEC, the FASB is evaluating lease accounting standards with the intent to revise them. The key issue lies in the distinction between capital leases and operating leases. |
PC Magazine March 1, 2009 Kathy Yakal |
Do You Need Accounting Software? If your bookkeeper spends Saturdays in the office trying to keep up with paychecks and taxes and tax code updates and outstanding invoices, you know what? -- you need accounting software. |
Geotimes March 2004 |
Internet down again for Interior A federal judge once again has ordered a shutdown for U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Web sites, with the exception of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the National Park Service and the Interior budget office |
Job Journal August 1, 2004 Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: NLRB Ruffles Indians' Feathers The National Labor Relations Board ruled that it has jurisdiction over union disputes at casinos operated by Indian tribes. The ruling reverses three decades of a "hands off" policy when it comes to tribal business. |
Knowledge@Wharton January 29, 2003 |
Lawyers and Accountants Can Expect Curbs and Compromises in New SEC Rules Recent rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to curb the kind of legal and accounting shenanigans that toppled companies like Enron and Arthur Andersen are not as strong as the SEC first indicated they might be. But do they still have enough teeth to work? |
FDIC FYI July 24, 2002 |
Enhancing Financial Transparency Participants in the conference discussed the strengths and flaws inherent in the U.S. financial reporting process and suggested ways of modifying not only the reporting mechanism, but also the accounting standards that underlie financial statements, audit opinions, credit ratings and analyst reports. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2006 Susan Konig |
Merrill's Long March for Native American Business Today, nearly two decades after Congress passed the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, it's obvious why Wall Street's multicultural-marketing efforts include Native Americans. But Merrill Lynch can claim that it was way ahead of this trend as the first retail brokerage to cater to this market. |
Knowledge@Wharton |
Do Accountants Who Act as Consultants Take Greater Care or Cut Corners? New Wharton research challenges the idea that lucrative consulting contracts routinely lead auditors to look the other way when preparing financial audits, a key allegation in the scandals at WorldCom, Tyco and Enron. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jan/Feb 2012 Canon & Fenbert |
The Potential Impact of Lease Accounting Changes on Corporate Real Estate Decision-Making With the goal of improving lease information transparency and comparability, the new standards could have residual effects on the way in which companies form decisions regarding their real estate needs. |
CFO October 1, 2007 Michelle Leder |
Rewriting the Rules Everything you thought you knew about accounting is about to change. Is there any reason to smile? This is the third of a three-part series examining the state of accounting five years after passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. |
Financial Advisor March 2006 Charles Avalli |
Challenging A Trustee Who is responsible when a trust shows poor performance? Good financial advisors need to help their clients find their way through a trust dispute. |
National Defense December 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Pentagon Chastised for Unreliable Financial Data If the Pentagon were audited by the IRS, it would fail miserably. That is the conclusion of a recent inspector general report that blasted the Defense Department for its incoherent accounting and financial systems. |
CFO January 1, 2004 John Goff |
They Might Be Giants It's been nearly two years since Arthur Andersen went under and Sarbanes-Oxley was passed. Have the Big Four audit firms changed since then? |
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. |
BusinessWeek November 6, 2006 Jena McGregor |
The Other Indian Outsourcer Accenture and the Umatilla tribes' bold plan |
Entrepreneur March 2003 C.J. Prince |
Number Rustling Feel like your accounting is getting out of control? Rein it in with the right software. |
CFO February 1, 2003 Tim Reason |
Questions of Value Is fair-value accounting the best way to measure a company? The debate heats up. |
PC Magazine March 1, 2007 Kathy Yakal |
Bookkeeper 2007 This accounting software may serve some budget-conscious small businesses, but both functionally and aesthetically, it's a far cry from QuickBooks... Microsoft Office Accounting Express... |
Finance & Development March 2009 James L. Rowe |
When Governments Intervene New IMF reporting standards provide a better gauge of the costs of government financial rescues. |
CFO April 1, 2011 Robert Pozen |
A Three-Step Plan for CFOs How to help your audit committee work more effectively. |
Salon.com November 20, 2001 Andrew Nelson |
Wilma Mankiller The first female chief of the Cherokee Nation, she took tragedy and illness and made strength. And don't ask where she got her name... |
Job Journal August 10, 2008 |
Career Snapshot: Accountant Working behind the scenes, accountants keep business and personal finances organized. |
PHONE+ May 4, 2009 William Bosco |
Lease Accounting: Changes the IT Industry Should Know The FASB and its sister organization, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), are working jointly to develop a new model for the recognition of assets and liabilities arising under lease contracts. |
PC World September 2005 Richard Morochove |
Peachtree 2006 Adds Accounting Review New audit tests make the latest Peachtree editions worthwhile for small businesses. |
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. |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2002 John S. McClenahen |
Goodbye To GAAP? Probably not. But Enron's collapse makes changes in financial regulation likely... |
CFO May 1, 2003 Arthur Levitt |
You Are the Guardians Former SEC chairman Arthur Levitt offers some pointed advice on how to restore confidence in corporate accounting. |
AskMen.com September 30, 2014 Migizi Pensoneau |
Think Washington Shouldn't Have To Change Their Name? This Might Change Your Perspective The NFL has so many controversies going on right now, it's hard to know where to start. But the league still has some issues in the mix when it comes to race and culture. |
CFO August 1, 2005 Tim Reason |
Hidden in Plain Sight The Securities and Exchange Commission doesn't like lease accounting, and it's not going to take it any more. Leasing may soon have to be justified on economic terms alone. |
BusinessWeek September 26, 2005 |
Report From A General In The SEC's War On Fraud The Securities & Exchange Commission chief accountant Donald T. Nicolaisen talks about the reliability of financial reports, scandals and accounting standards. |