As Oracle Corp. was attempting to focus the software spotlight on its OpenWorld 2007 show in San Francisco, IBM Corp. stole its thunder by announcing its acquisition of Cognos Inc. for $5 billion in a move to expand its business intelligence (BI) and business performance management (BPM) repertoire.

H&R Block, the $4 billion provider of tax, financial, accounting and business consulting services and products, based in Kansas City, Mo., has named Becky S. Shulman, senior vice president and treasurer, as interim CFO. Shulman, 43, replaces William L. Trubeck, who resigned as executive vice president and CFO.

As Oracle Corp. was attempting to focus the software spotlight on its OpenWorld 2007 show in San Francisco, IBM Corp. stole its thunder by announcing its acquisition of Cognos Inc. for $5 billion in a move to expand its business intelligence (BI) and business performance management (BPM) repertoire.

Five years after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act took effect, about one-fourth of internal audit managers surveyed by Protiviti Inc. say they have comfortably moved SOX concerns to the back burner as they refocus on traditional responsibilities.

Thanks to a joint venture of IBM, the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) and Deutsche Bank, treasurers may soon to be able to answer that question--with metrics to prove it.

Five years after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act took effect, about one-fourth of internal audit managers surveyed by Protiviti Inc. say they have comfortably moved SOX concerns to the back burner as they refocus on traditional responsibilities.

Concur has launched a new product that automates travel planning and expense reporting, from the booking of the trip to the completed expense report.

As Oracle Corp. was attempting to focus the software spotlight on its OpenWorld 2007 show in San Francisco, IBM Corp. stole its thunder by announcing its acquisition of Cognos Inc. for $5 billion in a move to expand its business intelligence (BI) and business performance management (BPM) repertoire.