Vol. 19 No. 6, September 2003
Index
- Who does what to whom? closing the expectation gap of section 404.
- From the editor.
- 'High ethical road' is the right path.
- 14 ways to tame time.
- COSO article draws reader's approval.
- HR Execs taking lead from CFOs.
- Sabre's guidance idea: less is more.
- Easing tax compliance for lease portfolios.
- Expensing options hits high-techs hard.
- In quotes.
- Selling debt: cash program for utilities.
- BPM Has a Forum to call its own.
- Tips for cutting telecom costs.
- Integration software.
- Investor communications.
- Small business.
- Accounting software.
- Compliance.
- Data management.
- Accountability: Freedom and Responsibility Without Control.
- How to Grow When Markets Don't.
- Advantage: Sarbanes-Oxley.
- Global views.
- Managing a successful turnaround even in tight capital markets: the team navigating a turnaround must go way beyond reducing headcount alone and focus on seven steps to change the company's direction and improve its cash flow and profitability.
- One CFO's transition maintaining credibility and integrity.
- Capital structure: CFOs and other finance officers say that one size doesn't fit all, but that capital structure sends key signals to the capital markets, lenders and other important financing sources.
- Capital management key to linking strategy and value growth.
- Globalization and IT fuel for the U.S. growth engine: concerned that the economy is not growing fast enough? Noted economist Robert Shiller points out that economic growth, while 'always slow,' is nonetheless spectacular.
- Designing a Section 404 project: Financial Executives Research Foundation looks at the technology used and future implementation expectations for Section 404 projects.
- Marketing yourself it may just be job one.
- Out sourcing.
- Going beyond commodity outsourcing.
- Think like buffett about how to value outsourcing.
- New disclosure rules require serious attention: a tax attorney reviews new regulations on 'reportable transactions' and their obligations on corporate taxpayers.
- Integration key to M&A success.
- Mitigating 401(k) plan fiduciary liability: with fiduciary liability rising--a particular threat to small and mid-sized companies--a consultant suggests ways to both limit liability and offer employees a better plan.
- Fiscal 2003 annual acknowledgement.
- FELIX PC: new for Private Companies.
- Meet the staff: chapter relations/membership/career services.
- Oracle Corp. joins program with FEI.
- Audit Committee/ Financial Experts Directors Registry.
- FEI launches Career Networking Forum.
- Upcoming conferences.
- Deferred compensation battle redux?
- Ask FERF (Financial Executives Research Foundation) about ... Sarbanes-Oxley tools.
- Regaining investors" trust: a resolution we plan to keep.
- Calpine Corp.
- Exult Inc.
- GelStat Corp.
- Honeywell International Inc.
- Kroll Inc.
- National Commerce Financial Corp.
- Newell Rubbermaid Inc.
- Smart and Final Inc.
- Tenet Healthcare Corp.
- Tennessee Tax Structure Study Commission.
- Tier Technologies Inc.
- UICI.
- Douglas Ludwig.