Hedging on FAS 133 Takes a Fair-Value Turn
FASB's latest overhaul would swap FAS 133's special hedge accounting, like the shortcut method, for a fair-value approach.

BI Market Comes of Age
Consolidation in the business intelligence space gives rise to mega-vendors, but don't count best-of-breeds out just yet.

Clawback Provisions Soar
More companies are voluntarily enacting polices requiring errant executives to return cash and stock incentives if erroneous reporting leads to a restatement.

Companies Aren't Waiting for Congress to Act on Climate Change
The first far-reaching climate-change bill is heading for the Senate floor, heating up the debate in Congress and in corporate boardrooms about the potential impact of stricter regulations

The Blame Game
Finding a scapegoat is easy. Taking responsibility is the hard part.

Pandemic Pandemonium
The Fed warns banks: Prepare for a debilitating flu outbreak

Power to Investors
While activist hedge funds are feeling the credit crunch, shareholder rights advocates won't be stopped. anticipating an active 2008 proxy season, they expect to see progress on several fronts

The Heat's On in DC
Global warming has hit D.C. Whether it's the incontrovertible evidence of environmental change or the pressure from corporate executives, Congress is finally taking notice

Good Behavior Pays Off
Corporate responsibility isn't just good for the soul. It's good for the bottom line

The Ins and Outs of Insourcing
Finance executives are starting to choose a new staffing model to plug the holes in their department's skill set: bringing highly skilled outsiders into the organization to work alongside their core staff on a project basis. The result? Better control

The Fuss Over FAS Heats Up
The clamor may be dying down following the latest Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) guidance, but debate over what many see as excessively complex and costly U.S. financial reporting procedures persists in less boisterous tones.

Know Your Clauses
Staying on the right side of a contract is a central governance issue for finance and legal at major corporations. Open Text now offers a tool that creates a contract and then helps you live up to it

Maintaining Control
The effort to transform governance and risk compliance burdens into business value may have taken a giant leap forward.

Answering The Call
is it a question of too little too late or better late than never? Unfortunately, it's some of both when it comes to the type of relief offered smaller companies from the rigors of a sarbox 404 audit

From the Ground Up
Leasing solution provider Captara Corp. released new functionality to give customers better visibility into, and control over, their real estate leases, through a web-based, on-demand application

The 2006 Alexander Hamilton Award In Corporate Governance
Tyco International Ltd. is the 2006 AHA winner in corporate governance.

Feeling The Heat
Global warming is no longer just a scary story told by a fringe element. It has become a priority for several large institutional investors and prominent state and local officials