Firms too often 'backward looking' in investor dispatches: Blackrock CEO
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, July 3, 2012. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York,...
View ArticleNQ Mobile Names Justin Chen as President, General Counsel
NQ Mobile Inc. , a leading global provider of mobile internet services, today announced the appointment of Mr. Justin Chen as its President and General Counsel effective as of February 2, 2016. The...
View ArticleToppan Vite New York Names Lee Asher SVP of Sales
Toppan Vite , a leading financial printer for mission-critical content in capital markets transactions, financial reporting and regulatory compliance filings, announced today the hiring of Lee Asher as...
View ArticleFantastic shareholders call on chairman Julian Tertini to buy them out
Fantastic chairman and major shareholder Julian Tertini may step in as executive chairman after the departure of two key executives. Shareholders in budget furniture retailer Fantastic Holdings have...
View ArticleThe Deal Introduces Annual Corporate Governance Conference
PRNewswire reports that The Deal, a business unit of TheStreet, will hold a new annual conference dubbed "Corporate Governance 2016: Shareholder Activism and Value Creation" on June 6. The event will...
View ArticleFASB Bulks Up Research Agenda
The Financial Accounting Standards Board decided Wednesday to add four financial reporting issues and two more projects to its research agenda. The four financial reporting topics to be researched are...
View ArticleThe Directors' Collective
The Directors' Collective brings together the independent research and thought-leadership of The Conference Board with the subject matter and global expertise of professional services firm KPMG,...
View ArticleThe SEC is focusing its enforcement and investigation efforts on...
In a recent address, SEC Chair Mary Jo White stated that the SEC had focused its reinvigorated investigation and enforcement efforts on holding preparers and auditors accountable for their work on...
View ArticleCalif. Bank's War of Words with Former Directors Escalates
A pair of former BBCN directors said they resigned due to issues with the company's corporate governance and the leadership of Chairman and CEO Kevin Kim. BBCN claims the directors, who voted against...
View ArticleTrillium Mutual Insurance Co
The dynamic of this evolution is an organization that recognizes the value of balance between the past, the present, and the future. The Board of Directors is dedicated to visionary leadership and...
View ArticleWhy content creation needs an industry-wide certification
In the digital age, content has to be perfect in order to achieve business objectives, protect the brand, and comply with corporate governance or government regulations. Content development, brand...
View ArticleBSE, IFC partner to bring out corporate governance scorecard
In a bid to boost investor confidence, top stock exchange BSE today partnered with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, to develop a scorecard, which will help companies assess their corporate...
View ArticleHype My Stock: Do Firms Really Want Biased Research?
Analyst research is alleged to be biased because of conflicts of interest when analysts' employers underwrite securities for the firms covered. I posit that affiliated analyst optimism should be the...
View ArticleAccelerating IT Planning for Revenue Recognition Changes
The myriad of industry-specific guidance made the full automation of revenue accounting too unique and complex a problem for ERP vendors to solve. Enterprise resource planning systems are challenging...
View ArticleWhistleblower Developments in Courts and Agencies
Whistleblower activity is on the rise under both Section 922 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, 15 USC 78u-6 , and Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 18 USC 1514A ,...
View ArticleEnforcement Heats Up at the SEC
Andrew Ceresney, Director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement, gave the keynote address at last week's Directors Forum 2016 in San Diego. In his speech , Mr. Ceresney made several points worth...
View ArticleHouse bill would repeal open data requirements in financial reporting
The House passed a group of five bills Feb. 3 that includes a measure to allow public companies with annual revenues of under $250 million to opt out of filing financial information with the U.S....
View ArticleAmericans are seriously clueless about how much money CEOs make
A new study from researchers at Stanford Graduate School of Business finds that the typical American gets the answer wrong -- very wrong. A survey of 1,200 individuals released Thursday shows that the...
View ArticleColdstream earns accolades
The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada has awarded the Canadian Award for Financial Reporting to the District of Coldstream for its 2014 Annual Report. "This is the...
View ArticleSharp shows Japan Inc may be more open to foreign interest
Battered by losses in display panels even after two bank bailouts, Sharp has opted for Taiwan's Foxconn as its preferred suitor, paving the way for the biggest foreign takeover of a Japanese tech...
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