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Financial Statements: summaries of accounts to provide information for interested parties. The most common financial statements are trading and profit and loss account; profit and loss appropriation account; balance sheet; cash flow...; Financial Statements definition on BNET »

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CEOs Have a Real Credibility Problem: Following up on the BNET1 post, CEO Candor on Steep Decline: The post reports on the decline in trustworthiness of CEOs as measured by their perceived candor in the letters to shareholders that accompany annual reports. The study, by Rittenhouse Rankings, says that more and more CEOs...; Tags: Financial Accounting, Web 2.0, Financial Statements, Internet, CEO, Finance, Jon Greer; Blog posts 2008-05-07
Take Advantage of Recession: An economic downturn is a great time to go after competitors, who likely will be retrenching rather than advancing. But you need two things before loading up. First, your financials must be in order, including a healthy balance sheet, cash, and little debt. Second, pick the right...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, Finance, Financial Accounting, Balance Sheets, Marketing Research, Financial Statements, Marketing; Blog posts 2008-04-14
Is ISS Too Powerful? And Whose Interests Does It Serve?: Most people have probably never heard of Institutional Shareholder Services ISS, but it is one of the most powerful players in the battle for control of the American corporation. It is the 800-pound gorilla in the room. The vast majority of directors, executives and other expertsÂ involved in running America's companies...; Tags: William J. Holstein, Management, Sales, Finance, Financial Accounting, Leadership, Sales Strategy, Financial Statements; Blog posts 2008-02-07
Why the Rate Cut Did Little for the Market: The Federal Reserve's 3/4-point rate cut did little to sway the mind of Wall Street -- all despite the fact that it was the largest cut in the funds rate since August, 1984. MSNBC thinks the answer is in the housing market. The uncertainty surrounding the housing sector has...; Tags: Federal Reserve Board, MSNBC, Balance Sheets, Mortgages, Construction, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Capital Structures, Jonathan Haeber; Blog posts 2008-01-23
Eliot Spitzer's Legacy on Trial: As per an article in today's Wall Street Journal, the trial in the case of how American International Group AIG and Chairman and Chief Executive Maurice "Hank" Greenberg allegedly manipulated earnings is finally starting. Facing criminal charges are five executives of AIG and Warren Buffett's General Re Corp., which allegedly...; Tags: William J. Holstein, Human Resources, Journal, Balance Sheets, Financial Accounting, Eliot Spitzer, Financial Statements, Benefits, Greenberg, Finance; Blog posts 2008-01-07

Improving Your Market Research: You can use information found within your organization to research customer needs and assess the likely success of your sales and marketing campaigns. By conducting a thorough analysis of your customers' business operations, you can compare your plans and their business needs to better judge whether there is a viable...; Tags: Market Research, Customer, Business, Information, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Financial Statements, Marketing Research, Financial Accounting, Finance, Competitor, Product, Business Structures, Leadership, Sales, Marketing, Management, BNET Editorial; Articles 2007-12-03
Understanding Materiality: Materiality is a term used in accounting and the law, in relation to information disclosed in financial statements that affects decisions made by the people who read them.Deciding whether something is a material item involves making a judgment about it, in both quantitative and qualitative terms. Such evaluation is for...; Tags: Misstatement, Financial, Item, Financial Statement, SEC, Materiality, Materiality Concept, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Financial Planning, BNET Editorial; Articles 2007-11-09
Merrill Lynch Gives Stan O'Neal the Boot; Now What?: Merrill LynchÂ posted a $2.3 billion net loss for the third quarter â€" its biggest since its founding 93 years ago â€" thanks to risky investments in subprime mortgages.Â The brokerage firmÂ allowed chief executive Stan O'Neal to "retire" after the board learned of his secret merger talks with Wachovia. (TheÂ many ex-employeesÂ whose jobs...; Tags: Strategy, Balance Sheets, Corporate Governance, Mortgages, O'Neal, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Financial Services, Finance, Capital Structures, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Management, Lori Deschene; Blog posts 2007-10-30
How to Recover From a Bad Business Deal: Bad deals happen to good people. Perhaps your companyÂ responded to industry changes with a good-on-paper strategy that failed to be transformational. Maybe some of the big guns made decisions based on high-up relationships but failed to foster the integration of corporate cultures. Or maybe conducting due diligence became more about...; Tags: Management, Investment, Finance, Strategy, Workforce Management, Financial Planning, Financial Accounting, Leadership, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Statements, Wall Street Journal, Human Resources, Lori Deschene; Blog posts 2007-10-16
Understanding Financial Reporting: Financial reporting, done annually by private enterprises and quarterly by public companies, offers essential information about the financial health of an organization. Interested parties often use this information to support investing and financing decisions. Companies prepare their reports in an agreed format, including a balance sheet, income statement, cash flow...; Tags: BNET Editorial, Information, Financial Accounting Standards Board, Auditing, Financial, Accounting, Financial Statement, Finance, Financial Accounting, Statement, Financial Reporting, Financial statements, Financial Planning, SEC, Cash Flow Statement, financing, MD&A, accrual, income statement, shareholder, GAAP, income, annual reports, analysis, agreement, apprais; Articles 2007-09-28
Shareholders Look Beyond the Balance Sheet: Managers hear it from consultants and activists, and they hear it increasingly from customers: "do good in the world, don't just do business." But investors, too, are calling on companies to be upstanding and ethical citizens, and that means scruples can seriously affect your access to equity capital. Thomas Kostigen,...; Tags: Pepperdine University, Shareholder, Balance Sheets, Financial Accounting, Investor, Finance, Financial Statements, Andrew Hines; Blog posts 2007-07-17
Profiling Your Competitors: To pull ahead of your business competitors, you need to build a detailed profile of their strengths, weaknesses, and relationships with customers. With that information, you can compare the performance of your business with that of your main competitors, measuring factors that are important to quality of service, and use...; Tags: INTERNET, Financial statements, Performance management, Monitors & displays, Web site development, HARDWARE, Components; Articles 2007-02-28
Dailymotion Raises Another $22 Million As Costs Outstrip Income: French video site Dailymotion, which had already raised $43.5 million since 2006, has now has to find another ?15 million ($22.1 million), as the economics of playing second fiddle to overseas vid portals continue to look challenging.Twelve months ago, then CEO Mark Zaleski told me the site didn’t need...; Tags: Income, Video, Site, Dailymotion, Tournay, Corporate Communications, Balance Sheets, Investment, Financial Services, Marketing, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Robert Andrews; External links 2009-10-08
Google Inc. Q3 2009 Extended Q&A Call Transcript: Question-and-Answer Session Maria Shim We will start with a question from Mark Mahaney – Citigroup. Mark Mahaney – Citigroup How can a company with $22.0 billion on the balance sheet in cash generate negative net interest income? How about cutting out the hedging program and buying back stock? That's...; Tags: Google Inc., Quarter, Portfolio, Balance Sheets, Insurance, Financial Planning, Roi/Tco, Investment, Corporate Governance, Personal Finance, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Managerial Accounting, Corporate Law, Seeking Alpha; Earnings calls 2009-10-16
Reality Check: How Wall Street Sees Korn/Ferry: Research analyst Mark Marcon evaluates Korn/Ferry under Gary Burnison?s leadership. Is the Whitehead Mann Acquisition Likely to Succeed? I think [CEO Gary] Burnison’s sense is even if the worst isn’t completely over, the worst of the worst has probably passed and the longer-term...; Tags: Balance Sheet, Downturn, Korn/Ferry, Whitehead Mann, Gary Burnison, Balance Sheets, Leadership, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Management, The Decisive Moment, Headhunting, Wall Street, Acquisition, Merger, M&A, Mark Marcon, Robert W. Baird and Company, Cait Murphy; Articles 2009-10-20
The Headhunter Goes Hunting: Korn/Ferry?s Gary Burnison focused on the numbers in acquiring Whitehead Mann during the downturn. ...; Tags: Acquisition, Korn/Ferry, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Balance Sheets, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Gary Burnison, Whitehead Mann, Headhunting, Downturn, Recession, The Decisive Moment, Gary Burnison, as told to Cait Murphy; Articles 2009-10-20
How Korn Ferry Got Married: When most other CEOs in the executive search fields were cutting back, Korn/Ferry?s Gary Burnison went shopping. The key: trusting his gut as much as the financials.Headhunting is a cyclical industry, which is another way of saying that Korn/Ferry has had a very rough 18 months: Its clients were doing...; Tags: Acquisition, CEO, Mergers & Acquisitions, Balance Sheets, Corporate Law, Recruitment & Selection, Investment, Finance, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Whitehead Mann, Executive Search, Korn/Ferry, Headhunting, The Decisive Moment, BNET Feature Package, Downturn, Recession, Cait Murphy; Articles 2009-10-20
Comerica Incorporated Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript: Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Steven Alexopoulos – JP Morgan Steven Alexopoulos – JP Morgan Could we start with your outlook for calling for a modest improvement in charge-off levels in the fourth quarter? If we break that into two areas; one being real estate...; Tags: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Comerica Inc., Call Transcript, Liquidity, Earnings, Balance Sheets, Investment, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Seeking Alpha; Earnings calls 2009-10-20
SLM Corporation Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript: Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Andrew Wessel – JP Morgan Andrew Wessel – JP Morgan You mentioned at the very beginning selling the interest in the sell portfolio $120 billion. Can you provide any; frame it for us and how that would transpire, who the...; Tags: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Call Transcript, Tender, Earnings, Balance Sheets, Financial Accounting, Asset Management, Financial Statements, Finance, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Seeking Alpha, SLM Corp.; Earnings calls 2009-10-21
Lindsay Corporation F4Q09 (Qtr Ended 8/31/09) Earnings Transcript: Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Michael Cox of Piper Jaffray. Michael Cox - Piper Jaffray Good morning gentlemen, thank you for taking my question. Richard Parod Good morning. Michael Cox - Piper Jaffray My first question is on the G&A line item....; Tags: U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc., Sales Strategy, Balance Sheets, Sales Force Management, Sales, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Seeking Alpha, Lindsay Corp.; Earnings calls 2009-10-21