How long is too long?
When shareholders tote up a list of attributes they most appreciate in corporate directors, longevity isn’t near the top of the...
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Governance: Springboard or constraint
Looking at the myriad of new regulations and requirements, and the responsibilities that go with them, it is easy to understand...
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Different exchange, different rules
It seems barely a week goes by without another company announcing a restatement or delay in filing its financial statements...
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Is salary disgorgement legal?
When retired poultry kingpin Don Tyson recently agreed to pay $700,000 in fines for failing to properly disclose his compensation...
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Pay me- quickly
As is nearly always the case, people and companies will find ways to circumvent regulations to their own benefit. It should hardly...
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Is my auditor capable?
Auditing firms came in for considerable criticism. Perhaps the most surprising result from the April survey is that 70 percent of...
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Brave new board
The recent onset of high-profile corporate scandals has left CEOs such as Hank Greenberg of AIG, Harry Stonecipher of Boeing...
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The paper mountain
Corporate secretaries and compliance and legal professionals seem to be disappearing under a mountain of forms and filings, and...
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Corporate directors don their green eyeshades
They succeeded admirably. According to executive search firm Spencer Stuart, last year S&P 500 companies identified 832 financial...
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Help for the little guy
It seems a simple goal – but achieving it will be far from simple. Opinion over special dispensations for smaller firms is widely...
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