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Unsettled times, increased oversight, and blurred boundaries only add to the complexity of governance, especially in global companies.
View ArticleCounty lauded for financial reporting
BRADLEY COUNTY Mayor D. Gary Davis presented the Government Finance Officers' Association Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to financial director Lynn Burns.
View ArticleFrom Bust To Boom: Southeast Asia's Capital Markets Getting It Right This Time
This seems to be the mantra these days among international banks and financial firms that want a foothold in Asia's most coveted market but are turned off by regulatory requirements or stiff competition.
View ArticleDealBook: Making a Case for One Leader at JPMorgan
"This isn't about good governance; it's about busybodies without a clue, trying to do the dumbest thing - slapping and shaming a superb C.E.O. for utterly no practical reason." That's what Barry Diller...
View ArticleBankers urge Islamic banks to develop their own financial reporting standard
Central banks of the Islamic countries have been urged to adopt a separate set of regulation including a complete new Islamic Financial Reporting Standard to reduce confusion among Muslim scholars,...
View ArticleSherrie McAvoy Joins Numerex Board of Directors
ATLANTA, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Numerex Corp , a leading provider of on-demand and interactive machine-to-machine enterprise solutions, today announced that Ms.
View ArticleMaterial uncertainties over FRC going concern guidance
The UK reporting watchdog recently finished its consultation on implementing Lord Sharman's recommended changes to the concept of going concern.
View ArticleThe Two-Minute MBA
Too busy to go back to school? We've got you covered. Alberta Venture sat down with four successful senior executives to find out what lessons they had to share.
View ArticleLake Zurich Has Excellent Financial Reporting: GFOA
The Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting has been awarded to the Village of Lake Zurich by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada for...
View ArticleColin Mayer Is Against Shareholder-Oriented Governace
Over at HBR, Mayer, the former dean of the Said Business School at Oxford, decries British best-in-breed corporate governance .
View Article'Carl Icahn Deserves The Nobel Prize'
According to my old friend Robert A.G. Monks - at 80 years of age still the sharpest thinking corporate governance guru in the world- Carl Icahn , the 77 year old summa cum laude graduate of Princeton...
View ArticleProtiviti's 2013 Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Survey Shows...
Demand for added attention to high-risk processes, growing costs and the increasing role of IT controls and testing reports are some of the key changes and challenges companies faced over the last year...
View ArticleCopa Holdings SA Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to Copa Holdings First Quarter Earnings Call.
View ArticleSEC spares individuals in Harrisburg case
How do you blame a city for lying to taxpayers and bond buyers about its sad financial shape - without also blaming its mayor, or its finance officers, or any of the paid lawyers, bankers, and advisers...
View ArticleFormer USAir General Counsel Speaks Out
NEW DIGITAL COUNTERPUNCH: Rob Urie on THE FAILURE OF LIBERAL ECONOMIC TINKERING; and Eric Draitser on THE NEW POWER STRUGGLE IN IRAQ.
View ArticleAcorda Therapeutics: Scrappy But Savvy
By 2010 Acorda Therapeutics Inc.'s Hawthorne, New York, headquarters was bursting at the seams.
View ArticleThe real question for JPMorgan shareholders
Wells Fargo's Walter Price says analysts aren't giving Google enough credit for growth in its mobile and video businesses and says the stock holds more opportunity than rival internet giant Yahoo.
View ArticlePICO Holdings Inc. - Shareholder/Analyst Call
Carlos C. Campbell - Independent Director, Chairman of Compensation Committee, Member of Audit Committee and Member of Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee John R. Hart - Chief Executive...
View ArticlePittsfield Township wins award for excellence in financial reporting
For the second consecutive year, Pittsfield Charter Township has been awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the...
View ArticleGlencore ejects Sir John Bond and brings in ousted BP boss Tony Hayward as...
Sir John Bond was today ejected as chairman of FTSE 100 mining giant Glencore Xstrata, only minutes before he was due to run its first annual meeting following the $67 billion merger.
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