A phased implementation of XBRL is imminent, and the largest U.S. companies may take the plunge first

Qwest Communications International Inc., the $13.8 billion voice, video and data services provider based in Denver, announced that John W. Richardson resigned after one year as executive vice president and CFO

Financial Executives International (FEI) is urging the U.S. Department of Treasury to require U.S. auditing firms, like their European counterparts, to issue online transparency reports detailing important financial information and governance policies

RiskMetrics is bringing risk management to the masses. With the latest upgrade of RiskManager, you no longer have to be one of the best and the brightest to model investment probabilities

Consumer-driven health plans offer companies the promise of dramatic savings on insurance costs, but only if enrollment grows. Otherwise, they could remain a niche product

While the number of corporate restatements soared in 2006, only a small percentage for fraud

While the threat of subprime mortgage litigation hovers over the financial services industry, potentially hitting insurers that provide directors & officers liability coverage, many companies are finding surprising softness when it comes to time to renew their D&O policies

Decoding the 25,000 pages of FASB rulings is not a task for the faint of heart. But plans to distill the information into a single-source Web-based document should make the job a lot easier