This article explains the drug testing's negative results. The drug-testing industry is coming under scrutiny as the efficacy of drug testing continues to be a subject of debate, there is a more relevant question being raised at businesses where testing isn’t a federally mandated safety requirement. The American Management Association’s...
From the executive summary: ‘The Sarbanes-Oxley Act SOX includes a number of rules addressing the composition of boards of directors and audit committee members, limits on external audit services and severe penalties for corporate wrongdoing. Perhaps the most time-consuming and confusing rules for public companies are the new quarterly certification...
From the executive summary: ‘In the light of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, companies must develop and publish a separate code just for senior financial officers, or publicly report why they have not. Congress is betting that most corporate directors and senior executives would rather not have to explain to...
From the executive summary: ‘The Sarbanes-Oxley Act has effectively taken a great deal of managerial accountability away from the day-to-day managers and placed the burden squarely on the shoulders of the board of directors. The hope is that boards will rise to the challenge and overcome any past complacency.’ The...
The paper examines the central aspects of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation. It addresses the issue of disclosing code of ethics, by the companies and the establishment of ‘whistleblowing’ procedures by the audit committees. It also looks at the financial disclosure part of legislation.
The winners, time and time again, saw this not simply as a financial event to take advantage of favorable market valuations but also as a true catalyst to transform their organization's brand identity, strategic thrust, competitive positioning and company culture. The commitment to developing and articulating the fundamental direction and...
Robust economic conditions led many organizations to determine that their core business would improve without a subunit or that the subunit could compete better on its own. Still, about half of these spin-offs failed to create shareholder value in terms of improved market valuations. Financial event took advantage of favorable...
This new century presents an array of challenges unlike anything that has done before. Strategies of the past can never help an organization deliver results. It is essential for organizations to decide what really matters in the present, and define the way ahead. The paper provides an action-plan to counter...
A brand is a company's asset. Well managed, it can enable a business to achieve competitive advantage. Poorly handled, it can mean the death of the business. What separates firms with strong brand names from those whose brands have poor reputations in the marketplace? This article provides a view on...
In some situations, process work becomes excessively complicated, cumbersome to deploy, expensive to implement and less likely to pay off. The following paper looks at the arguments given against process improvement and action steps to counter the concerns raised.
This is the Information Age, and people are the most important resource. It is true - profoundly true - with implications that are still difficult to fully grasp. Imagine going into the twenty-first century without current telecommunications technology. It would be impossible to sustain the growth of the world market...
IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER OR not the 3,060 base hits Craig Biggio banged out during a 20-year major league career stretching from 1988 through 2007 assure him of first ballot election to the Hall of Fame when he's eligible a half decade from now. ...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The period from roughly 1689 to 1815 was often called "The 2nd 100 Years War," because of a constant state of belligerency between England and France. It eventually involved the major European nations in a worldwide conflict over colonial possessions and ascendancy. ...
CNS Response, Inc. (OTCBB: CNSO) announcesthat its Chairman and CEO, Leonard J. Brandt, and its President, George C.Carpenter, will present at the upcoming BMO Capital Markets 8th AnnualFocus on Healthcare Conference. Mr. Brandt will briefly discuss theresults of an independent study showing the successful use ofReferenced-EEG to facilitate medication...
GeneXpert Infinity-48 is the World's First Fully-Automated Random Access Molecular Diagnostic Testing System; On Display at AACC Meeting SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cepheid today introduced its GeneXpertR Infinity-48 high-throughput system at the 2008 American Association for Clinical Chemistry Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The...
CLX Medical, Inc. (OTCBB: CLXN), which isfocused on the launch and distribution of unique medical diagnostic testingproducts, today announced that management of the company is attending theAmerican Association for Clinical Chemistry AACC Annual Meeting andClinical Lab Expo being held this week at the Walter E. WashingtonConvention Center in Washington, DC....
LAWRENCE, Mass. -- Hundreds of mourners trekked up a flag-lined street Saturday for the funeral of Army Staff Sgt. Alex Jimenez, whose body was found 14 months after he and two fellow soldiers were captured during an ambush in Iraq. His father, Ramon "Andy" Jimenez, wore his...
FARGO, N.D., July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Casino Enterprise Management magazine will recognize Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell as the "Indian Gaming Advocate of the Year." Campbell will be presented with this award Sept. 10 during CasinoFest7, held at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, Calif. National Indian Gaming Association Chairman...
Deployments for Wilcox Metrology and Other US Customers Follow Right on Heels of Siemens Project GLENDALE, Calif. & KARLSBAD, Germany -- Across Systems, supplier of the world's leading independent linguistic supply chain technology, today announced its American division has expanded its reach in the electronic engineering field with...
More than a million visitors come each year to explore its rich Revolutionary War history, but the fact is that there's never been a battle fought at Valley Forge. Until now. Tonight, a conservation group and several local property owners plunge into what could be a long and contentious attempt...
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