The Challenges of Corporate Financial Reporting
Many finance professionals face serious challenges in managing and reporting their company's financial data, despite recent investments in financial reporting systems.
View ArticleThe Big Four auditors: Accountable
BUYING Autonomy, a British software company, once seemed like a good idea to Hewlett-Packard . Western investors were once eager to buy into Chinese companies that had secured listings on American...
View Article2013: A year of investor class warfare?
This year marked several wins for companies that want to shield themselves from shareholders.
View ArticleIE Research: "Corporate Governance and the Environment: What Type of...
We build on a stakeholder-agency theoretical perspective to explore the impact of particular corporate governance mechanisms on firm environmental performance.
View ArticleAnticipated New Edition of Compliance Insider® Released Today...
The Red Flag Group, a global professional-services firm in the areas of corporate governance and compliance, today released the third edition of its quarterly publication, Compliance Insider .
View ArticleCoaLogix Announces Hiring of Brett Ellis as CFO
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 6, 2012 -- CoaLogix is pleased to announce the hiring of Brett Ellis as Chief Financial Officer of the company.
View ArticleArchaic laws made it difficult to regulate CLICO
Former Trinidad Central Bank governor Ewart Williams informed the commission of inquiry into the collapse of the billon-dollar insurance company, CLICO, on Wednesday that archaic legislation made it...
View ArticleCOLUMN-Will the real Norilsk owner please stand up?: Andy Home
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained: Changing international perceptions of Russian business" is based on a survey of 195 senior executives from outside Russia, with particular focus on those who have...
View ArticleLas Vegas escort service operator pleads not guilty to financial charge
Escort Service operator Emmanouil Varagiannis pleaded not guilty Friday to unlawfully structuring $2.4 million in transactions to evade federal financial reporting requirements.
View ArticleWhitbread Regains its 2009 Position as the Top Performing Hotel Board ...
The financial crisis, and the ensuing economic downturn, has illustrated the impact the business world can have on the daily lives of ordinary people.
View ArticleSoul Patts defends cross ownership
Washington H Soul Pattinson chairman Robert Millner has defended the investment firm's review of its cross-shareholding with Brickworks.
View ArticleMaking a Difference
Working together through NACD, experienced board members impact the future of corporate governance.
View ArticleBoards expect more scrutiny
Shareholder scrutiny on corporate governance practices will increase over the next few years, Deloitte Dunedin audit partner Mike Hawken says.
View ArticleWrong man to run a company
Regarding the Dec. 2 Timeout article " Japan's whistle-blower supreme speaks out ": Former Olympus Corp.
View ArticleFair Game: Chevron Takes Aim at an Activist Shareholder
PUBLIC corporations routinely tell shareholders that their views matter. The Chevron Corporation , for example, said in its 2012 proxy statement: "Your board welcomes dialogue on the topics presented...
View ArticleA Question of Trust.
The impact of corporate governance on public trust. "...at the News of the World, quite apart from phone hacking, there was a failure of systems of management and compliance.
View ArticleUS takes accounting firms to court
The China-based affiliates of five accounting firms, including the Big Four, face the possibility of losing both their right to practice and their registration with the US accountancy regulator, a...
View ArticleNew Zealand driving force behind formation of GNDI
The Institute of Directors today announced the formation of the Global Network of Director Institutes , an international partnership between nine leading membership organizations for corporate...
View ArticleSocial Media and the Boardroom: Much Work Remains
Richard Levick recently wrote an interesting article in Fast Company, Social Media And The Boardroom: Critical Questions Directors Need To Ask .
View ArticleRating Business Rating Systems
Once upon a time, "corporate performance" meant growth in sales and profit, pure and simple.
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