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ARTICLES - Finance

U.K. businesses are expected to explain their governance strategies to shareholders.

'Comply or Explain' Provisions Could Affect Multinationals

02/22/12 - Multinational and domestic companies working in the U.K. are expected to adhere to a national corporate governance code, or else issue an explanation to stockholders. The "comply or explain" policy is meant to foster greater transparency, and a recent study...
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Openings for Australian Finance Jobs Dipped 21 Percent Last Quarter

Openings for Australian Finance Jobs Dipped 21 Percent Last Quarter

02/22/12 - With a number of banks cutting thousands of finance jobs across the country, Australia saw a 21 percent decline in new job openings in the sector during the fourth quarter, according to a recent survey. The study, which With a number of banks cutting thousands of...
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The IRS issued a final proposed rule for calculating whistleblowers' compensat

IRS Lays Out Whistleblower Reward Rules

02/22/12 - In a bulletin dated February 22, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) proposed its final regulation outlining how whistleblowers would be compensated for providing information regarding underpayments, tax law violations or plans to do so. In a bulletin dated February...
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The population of professional accountants is growing worldwide.

Professional Accounting Community is Growing

02/22/12 - Considering the convergence of the United States and international accounting standards, the increase of corporations doing business overseas and heightened regulations making correct Considering the convergence of the United States and international accounting...
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Consumer and investor opinions can be improved with voluntary corporate govern

Markets Will Recognize Good Corporate Governance

02/21/12 - Researchers at Lausanne, Switzerland-based business school IMD have found that despite beliefs that the costs of corporate governance are too much for a business to take on, the voluntary effort is actually Researchers at Lausanne, Switzerland-based business school...
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Survey: Asian CFOs Look Locally, Cautious on Global Economy

Survey: Asian CFOs Look Locally, Cautious on Global Economy

02/21/12 - Chief financial officers in Asia continue to be hesitant on their outlook for the world economy, focusing more on growing locally, according to the 2012 CFO Outlook Asia report that was released recently by Bank of Chief financial officers in Asia continue to be...
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Microsoft CFO Discusses Skype Amid Controversy

Microsoft CFO Discusses Skype Amid Controversy

02/20/12 - Peter Klein, the chief financial officer of Microsoft, said during the recent Goldman Sachs Technology & Internet Conference that consumers should be excited about the addition of Skype to the company's repertoire. The CFO of Microsoft, which recently acquired...
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CFOs Expect to Increase Product Development Budgets

CFOs Expect to Increase Product Development Budgets

02/20/12 - While many aspects of the global economy are still struggling to recover from the recession, a new survey of chief financial officers suggests companies are expecting to increase their budgets for new product development. According to the KPMG's annual Consumer...
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Having investors vote on outside auditors may lead to a higher-quality outcome

Should Investors Pick the Auditor?

02/20/12 - A report from the American Accounting Association sought to determine whether having shareholders have a say when picking an auditor actually had any impact on the cost and quality of the audit. The group notes that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act addresses the topic of...
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Some critics are worried Facebook's founder holds too much power.

Facebook Plan For Corporate Governance Under Fire

02/20/12 - Critics are questioning whether Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg holds too much of the power in his company for it to have an effective corporate governance program. The Institutional Shareholder Critics are questioning whether Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg holds...
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Former and current Olympus officials have been arrested as part of an accounti

Olympus Accounting Scandal Continues With Arrests

02/20/12 - The decade-long cover-up in Olympus' corporate accounting has blown up into a huge scandal embroiling some of the company's top former and existing executives. That scandal played out more Thursday, as Japanese The decade-long cover-up in Olympus'...
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Investor-board relations may change with director disclosures.

Predictions: Corporate Governance, Director Disclosure Top Business Priorities

02/20/12 - The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act promises to radically transform many business processes in the financial sector and other industries. Disclosure rules will be one thing to change, as Alex Lee, of Business Law Currents, writes in a...
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General Motors Misses Profit, CFO Looks to Europe

General Motors Misses Profit, CFO Looks to Europe

02/17/12 - While many automakers have experienced significant turnarounds in recent months, General Motors Company announced a lower-than-expected profit for the fourth quarter, largely due to weak performance in Europe. According to Reuters, General Motors CFO Dan Ammann told...
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Nestle CFO Focuses on Investment Rather Than Buyback Program

Nestle CFO Focuses on Investment Rather Than Buyback Program

02/17/12 - The chief financial officer of Swiss food conglomerate Nestle SA told reporters recently that the company plans to prioritize investment over its introduction of a new program to buy back shares, MarketWatch reports. The chief financial officer of Swiss food...
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President Barack Obama's FY2013 budget proposal calls for tax reforms.

More Tax Reforms Coming Soon?

02/16/12 - On Monday, President Barack Obama sent his proposed FY 2013 budget to Congress, and as the Journal of Accountancy points out, there are a number of ideas about overhauling the tax system. The source explains that there are five main tax reform points in the president...
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