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Alliance One International Inc., the $2 billion leaf tobacco merchant with headquarters in Morrisville, N.C., has appointed Robert A. Sheets as executive vice president and CFO

American Commercial Lines Inc., the $1.1 billion marine transportation and service company headquartered in Jeffersonville, Ind., appointed Thomas R. Pilholski senior vice president and CFO. Pilholski, 52, takes over for Christopher A. Black

Visteon's chief accounting officer loves a challenge, and helping Visteon move from survival to growth is providing him a thrill ride

General Motors Corp., the $181.1 billion automaker, based in Detroit, named Ray G. Young executive vice president and CFO

Associated Banc-Corp., the $1.6 billion diversified bank holding company, based in Green Bay, Wis., named Douglas M. Schosser to the newly created position of director of finance.

CFO turnover reached new heights early this year, in sharp contrast to relatively stable rates for most of 2007. Resignations and retirements were up 15% in January and February from a year earlier, according to data compiled by Liberum Research. Some 110 CFOs resigned or retired in the first two...

CFO turnover reached new heights early this year, in sharp contrast to relatively stable rates for most of 2007. Resignations and retirements were up 15% in January and February from a year earlier, according to data compiled by Liberum Research. Some 110 CFOs resigned or retired in the first two...

A majority of CFOs (53%) at leading technology companies expect costs related to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance to stabilize this year, and they acknowledge that the once loathed Section 404 controls requirements have actually led to improved financial reporting processes (65%), according to BDO Seidman's 2008 Technology Outlook Survey. Just over a...