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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...
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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 experts 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 Lynch 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. The brokerage firm allowed chief executive Stan O'Neal to "retire" after the board learned of his secret merger talks with Wachovia. (The many ex-employees 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 company 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
Is Hudson's Bay Co. for Sale?
Hudson’s Bay Co. may be in play after its owner, Jerry Zucker, died of cancer over the weekend, the Globe and Mail says. HBC is the biggest retailer in Canada, and the oldest commercial company in North America, dating back to fur traders in the Great White North in 1670....
Tags: Chain, Hudson, HBC, Balance Sheets, Retail, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Lisa Everitt
Blog posts 2008-04-15
Former CEO Takes On Current Management at Oil-Driller Rowan
"Nothing personal; just business, " C.R. Palmer, the former chairman and CEO of contract oil-driller Rowan Companies, Inc. writes about his successor, Daniel McNease. Nevertheless, he added, the message should be clear: "You're fired!" Palmer is waging an ugly fight to unseat current management at the company,...
Tags: Palmer, Daniel McNease, Balance Sheets, Outsourcing, Corporate Governance, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Corporate Law, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-05-23
Yard Sale at Clayton Williams Energy
Clayton Williams Energy reports a binding agreement to sell two new 2,000 horsepower drilling rigs and related components for total cash consideration of $22 million. Net proceeds from the sale will be used to repay bank indebtedness. Unfortunately, the proceeds will do little to improve the oil and gas operator's...
Tags: New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Clayton Williams Energy, CWI, Asset Management, Balance Sheets, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-05-28
At Seismic Driller Omni Energy It’s All In The Numbers
Executives of Omni Energy Services presented at the annual Morgan Keegan Energy Conference on Monday. A provider of seismic drilling, permitting, and survey services to geophysical companies operating onshore along the Gulf of Mexico, the company is expanding its land-based drilling offerings via acquisition. But is management up to the...
Tags: Bench, Morgan Keegan Co., Experience, Omni Energy Services, Management Experience, Mergers & Acquisitions, Balance Sheets, Corporate Law, Marketing Research, Investment, Finance, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Marketing, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-06-11
Fossil Fools at Dynegy
The Company: The major electric-power generator Dynegy. The Filing: A Form 8-K filed on June 17, 2008. The Finding: Dynegy announced $300 million in new credit financing, with availability contingent on natural gas prices rising above $13 per million BTUs. But few long-term natural-gas...
Tags: Dynegy Inc., Natural Gas, Telecom & Utilities, Balance Sheets, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-06-19
Could OPEC Extend Its Grasp to Oil Tanking?
The Company: Overseas Shipholding Group, one of the largest oil tanker companies in the world The Filing: Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on July 10 The Finding: Bermuda-based Frontline, the leading oil tanker in vessels capable of carrying between 120,000 and 320,000 in deadweight tons,...
Tags: OPEC, Balance Sheets, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-07-18
U.S. Banks Losing Ground in Debt Underwriting
Banks in Asia, Europe and Canada are growing more active in underwriting the debt that companies raise to finance buyouts, the Daily Deal reported, mentioning HSBC, Royal Bank of Canada, Barclays Capital, Société Générale and Bank of Ireland. The non-U.S. banks are handling a larger share of...
Tags: Private Equity, Financing, Canada, non-U.S. Bank, Financial Accounting, Investment, Financial Services, Balance Sheets, Finance, Financial Statements, Kevin Kelleher
Blog posts 2008-04-25
Roundup: Trouble Looms for Lehman Brothers
A rundown of recent financial sector news: Lehman Brothers needs capital, and some are saying it could be the next Bear Stearns; others think it's the next Enron. Bear Stearns Merchant Banking goes independent. Or was it always? Rising credit card delinquencies and debt point...
Tags: Financial, Lehman Brothers Inc., Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., Bear Stearns Merchant Banking, Balance Sheets, Financial Accounting, Banking, Financial Services, Financial Statements, Finance, Carlos Bergfeld
Blog posts 2008-06-09
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