'The AIG Story' by Maurice 'Hank' Greenberg
In The AIG Story, the company's long-term CEO Hank Greenberg and GW professor and corporate governance expert Lawrence Cunningham chronicle the origins of the company and its relentless pioneering of...
View ArticleSebi brings corporate governance in focus
KEPPING CHECK: In this file 2007 photo, a man stops his motorcycle in front the Securities and Exchange Board of India in Mumbai The recent proposal by the capital markets regulator Securities and...
View ArticleMspark Appoints Lori Sigler to Corporate Controller Post
Mspark Appoints Lori Sigler to Corporate Controller Post "As a seasoned corporate controller, Lori is well-qualified to lead the accounting, financial reporting, accounts payable and payroll functions...
View ArticleCity gets clean audit, with suggestions
Burlington's financial records for the fiscal year 2011-2012 are clean, but the city should adopt stricter policies to strengthen internal controls on employee spending, according to an independent...
View ArticleThe fat cats who scratch each other's backs
Are remuneration committees just a way for Britain's executives to slap each other on the back and rubber-stamp huge pay rises each year? It's beginning to look that way.
View ArticleImproving Corporate Governance: Board Self-Evaluations
Companies need to spend more time critically evaluating their own governance performance.
View ArticleDistrict 214 gets financial reporting honor
Northwest Suburban High School District 214 has received the Association of School Business Officials International's Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting Award.
View ArticleTerra Firma Capital Corporation Appoints Mano Thiyagarajah as CFO and...
Y. Dov Meyer, CEO and President of Terra Firma Capital Corporation , a real estate finance company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mano Thiyagarajah, MBA, CGA, CPA as Chief Financial Officer...
View ArticleCME Group Names Slate of Director Nominees and Announces Plan to Implement...
Chicago- CME Group announced Jan. 31 its slate of candidates for election to serve on the company's board of directors.
View ArticleCEO-Director Connections and Corporate Fraud
We study the propensity of firms to commit financial fraud using a sample of SEC enforcement actions from 2000 to 2006.
View ArticleBoeing board of directors, where are you?
In storybook capitalism, the board oversees management, looking out for the interests of shareholders and the broader health of the company.
View ArticleCorporate Governance and Innovation: Theory and Evidence
Sapra, Haresh, Subramanian, Ajay and Subramanian, Krishnamurthy, Corporate Governance and Innovation: Theory and Evidence .
View ArticleCity Of La Porte Gives Employee Appreciations During Monday Night Council...
La Porte City Council recognized several employees for outstanding service during Monday night's regular meeting.
View ArticleEuromoney, Leading Financial International Magazine, ranks Dish TV...
This is the 14th year of the event and it is highly recognized by capital market participants.
View ArticleLetter: A Response to J. Michael Farrell's Jan. 31 Op-Ed
31.] Last week's op-ed by J Michael Farrell responding to the Editor's letter of January 24, 2013 is nothing more than a continuation of Mr.
View ArticleReturn 'flawed' shares bonus, Bumi tells Nat Rothschild
Nat Rothschild was today called on to surrender his shares in Indonesian miner Bumi as the financier stepped up his battle to oust the Bakrie family and their supporters from the group's board.
View ArticleExecutive risks: New landmark federal regulation and creative...
Directors and officers of publicly owned firms face significant increases in liability exposures in their jobs and when serving on corporate boards.
View ArticlePCAOB Makes Deal with Finland on Audit Inspections
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has signed a cooperative agreement with Finland's audit regulator, allowing officials from the U.S. and Finland to conduct joint inspections of auditing...
View ArticleClients Flounder And Fail But Auditor PwC Prevails
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP audits several companies in the news recently but the global professional services firm seems to have escaped scrutiny for those clients' serious missteps.
View ArticleJonathan Macey
JONATHAN R. MACEY is Sam Harris Professor of Corporate Law, Corporate Finance and Securities Law at Yale University, and Professor in the Yale School of Management.
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