The financial crisis has thrust CFOs into the spotlight and onto the hot seat.

As governments act in unison to stabilize world markets, could it be the earth has finally stopped shaking?

It's late September and the financial world looks a lot like the Texas coast after Hurricane Ike: a shambles of its former self.

So much for this summer of our discontent as the year-long global credit crisis threatens to drag on and the markets seem stuck on an endless roller-coaster ride.