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• ThePort Network Raises $4.1 Million Second Round Led By American City Business Journals

  Content Next - 2008-12-02

  Social media company ThePort Network has raised $4.1 million in a second round led by American City Business Journals. Existing investors Lee Enterprises (NYSE: LEE), Atlanta-based start-up investor Imlay Investments, and angel investor Robert Jetmundsen also participated. Co-founder and CEO Bob Cramer, who is also an angel investor, told...

  Tags: American City Business Journals Inc., Social Media, Investor, ThePort Network, Financial Accounting, Finance, Media, Newspapers, Community, VC+M&A, Venture Capital, Staci D. Kramer, Lee Enterprises Inc.

• Companies Are Turning A Page In Annual Report Presentations

  BNET - 2004-07-02

  From the executive summary: ‘Annual reports help companies communicate to shareholders and potential investors information about the companies' prior fiscal year and, perhaps more important, their future. For years, investors and analysts have relied on the aforesaid tools that report a company's goings on in making their decision to buy,...

  Tags: American City Business Journals Inc., Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Productivity, Finance

• Bankers Are Trying To Become All-Purpose Source For Financing

  BNET - 2004-06-11

  From the executive summary: ‘Many bankers suggest that the expansion of services offered to business customers is not new but has evolved over the last decade. The breakdown of regulatory barriers over the last several years has contributed to the trend, as well as, the emergence of very large banks....

  Tags: American City Business Journals Inc., Financing, Banker, Investment, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance

• Creating Goodwill -- And A Financial Boost For Nonprofits

  BNET - 2004-06-11

  From the executive summary: ‘A healthy bottom line may be the main goal for companies, but tying their products to some worthy cause results in something that cannot be purchased: goodwill in the community. In the same way the public-private philanthropic partnerships come together to produce results that are beneficial...

  Tags: Financial, American City Business Journals Inc., Goodwill, Business Structures, Financial Accounting, Finance

• Proper Financial Planning Can Set The Stage For A Melodic Life

  BNET - 2004-02-27

  Researches indicate that the way people or companies manage the finances reflects the kind of future they would have. Thus, it is essential for companies to devise an effective financial pan to avoid the financial troubles. Managing one's finances goes a long way in determining the financial status of organizations....

  Tags: Financial Planning, Financial, American City Business Journals Inc., Financial Accounting, Finance

• Seeing Chapter 11 In A New Light

  BNET - 2004-01-30

  From the executive summary: ‘It is not surprising that companies filing for bankruptcy seemed as common during the downturn as those that passed out bonuses during the good years, but there is something different about what happened in bankruptcy court. Filings for reorganization under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code came from...

  Tags: American City Business Journals Inc., Bankruptcy, Litigation, Balance Sheets, Business Operations, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance

• Costly Medicine: Sarbanes-Oxley Changing Corporate Life

  BNET - 2003-08-08

  Over the years, Sarbanes-Oxley Act has proved to be an important formula for inducing transparency in the corporate sector. However, it is also proving to be a costly affair for companies that comply with the provisions of the Act. The Act requires companies to maintain financial reports depicting their expenses....

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• Expenses Soar Under Sarbanes-Oxley Act

  BNET - 2003-06-27

  Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires both CEOs and CFOs of public companies to annually certify the accuracy of their financial statements. The Act also states that the accounting procedures must be documented according to strict framework of the Act. The rule applies to most public companies regardless of their size....

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• Dealing With Details Crucial To Life With Sarbanes-Oxley

  BNET - 2003-05-09

  From the executive summary: ‘Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act establishes protections for whistleblowers that are employees who report incidents of fraud and theft occurring in the organization. Specifically, companies or individual officers may not discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass, or in any other manner discriminate against an employee who...

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• Accounting Firms Say Implications Of Sarbanes-Oxley Still Unfolding

  BNET - 2003-03-28

  From the executive summary: ‘Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires great diligence on the part of every corporation to ensure that their accounting practices are correct and their statements to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the public are accurate. The Act also requires an independent audit committee to oversee the aforesaid activity....

  Tags: Accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, American City Business Journals Inc., Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Operational Accounting, Insurance, Financial Services, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance