Best Practices

Do some checking, or a shaky economy might force you into deals you will later regret

The problems plaguing the AOL-Time Warner merger prove that good corporate combinations require more than just CEO backslapping and handshakes to work

Don't offer treasurers fancy systems. What they want are cost-effective cash controls

IT vendors show off products that promise to help corporations toe the regulatory line

Even though they weren't banned, synthetic leases appear to be losing their appeal

Every treasury tinkered with consolidating its cash management before, but the demand for real-time cash control now makes this effort a No. 1 priority

In this age of belt tightening, convincing your boss to make an investment in financial technology might not be the long shot you think it is

The 2002-2003 definition of an M&A deal that will fly: small, all cash and strategic