Staying one step ahead of the pack
At times of great danger or uncertainty, there is safety in numbers. This concept was certainly not lost on September 18 when the...
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Boardroom archive
Much ado about nothing
There was a time when corporate governance conferences could barely fill a room. I know because I often sat in the back of those...
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Last of a dying breed
The internet age finally reached the world of private placements and businesses too small to raise money on the public markets...
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A parting shot
While some passed Paul Atkins’ comments off as ‘sour grapes’ – he has been a vocal opponent of proxy access – the SEC commissioner...
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How they do it at CFA Institute
As an educational association and voice of advocacy for investment professionals around the world, CFA Institute, which...
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Expanding universe
On September 4, 2008 a federal judge sanctioned Oracle for failing to preserve thousands of CEO Larry Ellison’s emails as well as...
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With a little help from your friends
Love it or loathe it, there’s no escaping the impact social networking has on business today. But new research provides evidence...
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A web of confusion
If any company should be happy with the SEC’s recent guidance on web disclosure of material information, it’s Sun Microsystems...
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A new look at costs
On June 5, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued an exposure draft proposing amendments to Statement of Financial...
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What’s the big idea?
A new age of financial disclosure is dawning. Soon financial information about companies and mutual funds will be stored in a...
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