Japan Inc. Sits on Italy-Sized Cash Pile as Abe Urges Investment
Japan 's companies stockpile of cash reached a record in the first quarter as they poured investment abroad, underscoring Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's challenge to boost the nation's investment and wages.
View ArticleOsterman Research: Current File Sync and Share Fraught With Security, ...
According to the research, file-sharing and synchronization tools are widely used today and will represent a Total Available Market of $106 billion by 2017.
View ArticleAccounting watchdog expands at Mitsui's 1251 Sixth Ave.
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, a nonprofit government-sponsored watchdog agency, has signed a renewal and expansion deal at Mitsui Fudosan's 1251 Avenue of the Americas, data from...
View ArticleU.S. House panel OKs bill to prohibit mandatory auditor rotation
In a rare show of bipartisanship, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee unanimously approved a bill on Wednesday that would prohibit mandatory rotation of auditors among companies to avoid fraud...
View ArticleEuropean Commission Extends PCAOB Cooperation Pact
The European Commission has extended its cooperation agreement with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, allowing the PCAOB to continue exchanging confidential information with European audit...
View ArticleCorporate Governance: A Primer on Board Member Evaluation
The heightened focus on corporate governance by regulators, stock exchanges, and investors over the past decade has made periodic evaluation of members of a board of directors increasingly important,...
View ArticleRussia's Oil Champion Shunned as Putin Weighs Share Sale: Energy
OAO Rosneft Chief Executive Officer Igor Sechin addresses shareholders today for the first time since his $55 billion acquisition of TNK-BP created the world's largest publicly traded crude producer.
View ArticleCouncil overhauls financial reporting system
The Bulletin, in January, found dozens of inconsistencies between the council's adopted budget papers and monthly variance reports presented to councillors for the 2011 and 2012 financial years, which...
View ArticleNew accounting rules could help small business
Earlier this month, the American Institute of CPAs introduced a new framework of standards that accounting leaders say could reduce costs and streamline financial reporting for small businesses.
View Article3 Things to Loathe About BG Group
There are things to love and loathe about most companies. Today, I'm going to tell you about three things to loathe about BG Group and BP .
View ArticleMaterial Fact: Oi Announces Change in Management
157, A 4, of Law No. 6,404/76, and in accordance with CVM Instruction No. 358/02 and best corporate governance practices, notifies its shareholders and the market in general of the departure of its...
View ArticleZimmer's ouster highly unusual
The nine-member board announced it had fired the company's founder and long-time pitchman the same morning it was supposed to hold its annual meting, which was postponed so the board can nominate a...
View ArticleAVG Announces 2013 Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
The notice and agenda of the EGM are also available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov .
View ArticleBanks show potential to help address climate change
A new study has found that public development banks in Latin America and the Caribbean provide more than US$700 billion in loans annually and possess the operational and financial heft to expand into...
View ArticleCorporate governance also means protecting your technology and information
Not a day passes without news of a data breach or cyber-attack on a company's operations or a nation's critical information infrastructure.
View ArticleCity of Richmond honoured for its financial reporting
Mayor Malcolm Brodie and City of Richmond director of finance Jerry Chong with two awards from the Government Financial Officers Association of North America for the city's 2011 Annual Report.
View ArticleThe Elena Cooke Education Fund
A GOOD education steeped in values is key if you want to ensure high corporate governance, with all the transparency, accountability and discipline that it entails.
View ArticleNRN: When a legend returns
CHANGES AT INFOSYS When a legend returns The appointment of NR Narayana Murthy at the helm of affairs in IT bellwether Infosys may have raised the prospects of its economic revival, but has broader...
View ArticleBJWSA receives award for excellence in financial reporting
Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority was recently awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association of the US and Canada...
View ArticleThe Active Network, Inc. - Shareholder/Analyst Call
Good morning. Welcome, everyone. Good afternoon on the East Coast. Thanks for joining our annual meeting of stockholders.
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