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• Critics Pan New Financial Statements

  BNET - 2009-04-24

  A long-planned overhaul of financial statements gets a rough reception from preparers at its initial unveiling, particularly from banks. Meanwhile, a survey says a large majority of CFOs don't even know about the proposal. It's been called the most dramatic overhaul of financial statements since the cash flow statement was...

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• Huge Changes In Store For Financial Statements

  BNET - 2009-01-30

  A balance sheet that doesn't balance? Financing and operating classifications that depend on your company type? A gulp cash-basis income statement? Well, not quite. But accounting standards-setters are online and on the road urging investors and companies to weigh in now on a proposal to radically alter financial statements. And...

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• Infinite Risk?

  BNET - 2005-06-01

  In the most worrisome cases, premiums for finite insurance fully cover the discounted value of all potential losses, and any unclaimed money at the end of the contract is returned to the buyer. All too often, say critics, the only cost to the buyer is the interest earned by the...

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• Bribes And The Balance Sheet

  BNET - 2004-11-08

  From the executive summary: ‘Spurred by the new Federal sentencing guidelines, regulators and internal controls experts paid increased heed to tough anti-bribery corporate compliance programs that helped corporations avert whopping fines and other penalties. The new guidelines ushered in the new era of corporate compliance. Establishing an effective compliance and...

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• Hockey Fight: A Brawl Over Accounting Could Give the National Hockey League a Black Eye

  BNET - 2004-09-29

  Large, publicly held airlines and auto companies release audited financial statements that are difficult to dispute. Most hockey teams - and most sports franchises, for that matter - are privately owned and are not compelled to release such documents. Teams that are owned by publicly held entities, such as The...

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• Getting Your Seat At The Strategy Table

  BNET - 2004-08-03

  From the executive summary: ‘Corporate finance has long had a diverse, predominantly backward looking charter. It tracked revenues and expenses against the budget, managed the balance sheet, structured the income statement, and reported results. Today, finance is being asked to play an increasingly important forward looking role in formulating strategy...

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• Finance Seeks A Seat At The Strategy Table

  BNET - 2004-07-01

  The corporate finance charter is evolving. No longer content to merely tend the balance sheet, keep a lid on costs, and report results, many CFOs are seeking a permanent seat at the strategy table. This report sums up a research program to explore the role that senior finance executives play...

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• Filing Ever Faster

  BNET - 2004-04-01

  From the executive summary: ‘There is a paradox at the heart of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. On one hand, the law requires companies to provide more-detailed and more-accurate financial statements. On the other, it cuts the time to do so. As recently as last year, companies had 90 days...

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• Where Credit Is Due

  BNET - 2003-11-01

  From the executive summary: ‘Unless one is willing to bet that stock prices bear little or no relation to corporate financial strength, it is wise to take the recent improvement in the capital markets with a large grain of salt. In fact, researches show that major issuers of corporate debt...

  Tags: CFO Publishing Corp., Balance Sheets, Investment, Financial Accounting, Financial Statements, Finance

• Bonus Babies: The Best-Paid CFOs

  BNET - 2003-09-05

  From the executive summary: ‘When it comes to compensating top CFOs, the game has changed, but the players have not. But, if Federal Accounting Standards Board does require corporations to expense stock-option grants, CFOs at all publicly traded companies will be charged with calculating the worth of those options. And,...

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