Stories Collection

1. S.L. Mintz is New York bureau chief of CFO. Bell Atlantic notes offer a blueprint f...
2. Newfangled software may revolutionize procurement, but not without some old-fashioned...
3. WHY HEALTH CARE INNOVATION CURES COMMUNITIES - AND WHY IT MUST BE PROTECTED. At this ...
4. Credit derivatives aren't just for banks anymore, but the new instruments aren't with...
5. Pulling the ripcord on golden parachutes can be an expensive decision for some execut...
6. Why Triple B to this building-materials supplier means: Big, Bad, and Back. Hanging o...
7. Excite Inc. recently paid $96 million to Netscape in a two-year Internet-access deal,...
8. Old environmental liabilities can give even the most powerful company fits. Just ask ...
9. To deal with major changes in its assets, federal tax law, and the business climate, ...
10. THE 1998 COMPENSATION SURVEY In terms of compensation, these are the good old days. A...
11. Growing turmoil in emerging markets has U.S. companies gaining control over their for...
12. Joint ventures are an effective vehicle for bribing foreign officials. But with inves...
13. With banks focusing on profits and mergers, and with markets in a whirl, a credit cru...
14. A fish-oil company is trying to become the Cinderella of the Internet ball by buying ...
15. The Cendant fiasco shows that in high-profile M&A's, due diligence takes a back seat....
16. How Dan Lee stealthily acquired a big chunk of the Strip - and other Las Vegas tales....
17. Mirage may have bought Boardwalk, but the game here is just beginning. If all the hot...
18. WANTED: MEMBERS WITH A BACKGROUND IN FINANCE. Lately, we've seen a number of high-pro...
19. Employees with electronic access to 401(k) plan information may have much more than b...
20. A recent court decision on auditing standards could have a chilling effect on the acc...
21. With in-house tech talent harder to find, some companies farm out their intranets. Wh...
22. Merging even friendly enterprises can be a dicey business. Now an insurance company i...
23. Corporate America is pouring money into the venture capital sweepstakes. Corporate ve...
24. With 11 European countries slated to start conversion from various national currencie...
25. As the bank crisis filters down to U.S. units, investment-grade lending suffers. As t...
26. Welcome to the future" That's how Troy R. Reimschisel, principal consultant at Pricew...
27. Why Sara Lee is going all out to train - and retain - its divisional CFOs. When the H...
28. THREE HIGH-END SYSTEMS MAKE COMPLIANCE A LOT LESS TAXING. Just as accounting software...
29. Europe is shaping up as a huge new source of capital, but demand, liquidity, and cost...
30. Welcome to the future." That's how Troy R. Reimschisel, principal consultant at Price...
31. Kris Frieswick is special projects editor at CFO. With in-house tech talent harder ...
32. Stephen Barr is a contributing editor to CFO. Corporate America is pouring money in...
33. THREE HIGH-END SYSTEMS MAKE COMPLIANCE A LOT LESS TAXING. Just as accounting softwa...
34. Dun Gifford Jr. is a Boston-based freelance writer. As the bank crisis filters down...
35. Loyalty is history, according to a study just released from AON Consulting Inc. AON'...
36. I start the computer in the morning, and I don't touch it again all day," says Franci...
37. Victoria Griffith is a freelance writer based in Boston. Why Sara Lee is going all ...
38. Financial-statement information is widely available for publicly held companies, but ...
39. Simon Boughey is a freelance writer based in New York. Europe is shaping up as a hu...
40. Improved productivity efforts have been a boon to corporate bottom lines of late. But...
41. A fish-oil company is trying to become the Cinderella of the Internet ball by buying ...
42. Keep up with financial conferences by visiting our conference-Web page. You'll find a...
43. Merging even friendly enterprises can be a dicey business. Now an insurance company i...
44. Ronald Fink is a senior editor at CFO. The Cendant fiasco shows that in high-profil...
45. The number of employers offering such nontraditional benefits as prepaid legal plans ...
46. Roy Harris is a senior editor at CFO. How Dan Lee stealthily acquired a big chunk o...
47. The sheer scope of accounting problems at CUC International, the subject of this mont...
48. Mirage may have bought Boardwalk but the game here is just beginning. If all the ho...
49. Clarifying Relationships On the September issue of CFO, you ran a piece on Western ...
50. Jeannie Mandelker is a freelance writer based in Montrose, New York. Employees with...
51. Is it a simple case of market-cap envy, or is the current method of calculating a com...
52. Linda Corman is a freelance writer in New York. Three months after scuttling a long...
53. Joseph McCafferty is associate editor at CFO. MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Category T...
54. INFORMATION/KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT Category By piecing together a cohesive informat...
55. Stephen Barr is a CFO contributing editor. Category PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT & RIS...
56. John P. Mello Jr. is a contributing editor at GFO. THE SOFT MARKET OFFERS GOOD DEAL...
57. Employers have long sought ways to give employees reasons to stick around without hav...
58. Ann Monroe is a contributing editor of GFO. Category COST OPTIMIZATION Cutting ...
59. Edward Teach is a senior editor at CFO. THE BIG FOUR ERP VENDORS--BAAN, ORACLE, PEO...
60. The Oval Office has finally heard the clocks counting down to the year 2000 (Y2K). In...
61. TRAINING/BUILDING A FINANCE TEAM Category At General Electric, the mantra has alw...
62. Joseph McCafferty is associate editor at CFO. The ability to produce information is...
63. In a move to increase enrollment in company 401(k) plans, the Internal Revenue Servic...
64. CAPITAL STRUCTURE MANAGEMENT Category At Tenneco, Blakely may have once been the...
65. Hilary Rosenberg is a freelance writer based in New York. For a glimpse of the futu...
66. FAMILY BUSINESSES MAY NOT BE PERFECT, BUT THERE'S A LOT TO EMULATE IN YOUR OWN CORPOR...
67. With corporate managers ever vigilant for ways to clip costs, absenteeism appears to ...
68. Russ Banham is a freelance writer in Missoula, Montana. Category MANAGING EXTERNA...
69. Jinny St. Goar is a freelance writer in New York. Coping with debt covenants is the...
70. This fall, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is expected to shift its d...
71. Category REVENUE GROWTH The sweat labor that helped turn this package-delivery co...
72. How should companies account for the cost of package design? The treatment, says the ...
73. Niles Howard. Formerly an editor at Money and Business Month magazines, he is preside...
74. Just what Corporate America needs: another executive position with a "C" in its title...
75. When Ingram Industries Inc. bought treasury software from Selkirk Financial Technolog...
76. DEVELOPING AN EFFICIENT FINANCE FUNCTION Category A newcomer revamps Allstate's f...
77. FAMILY BUSINESSES MAY NOT BE PERFECT, BUT THERE'S A LOT TO EMULATE IN YOUR OWN CORPOR...
78. How Continental's smooth landing became the talk of Wall Street. By 1995, Continental...
79. This fall, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is expected to shift its d...
80. The sweat labor that helped turn this package-delivery company into an overnight sens...
81. Just what Corporate America needs: another executive position with a "C" in its title...
82. A newcomer revamps Allstate's financial structure. Thomas J. Wilson collects old phot...
83. The first benchmarks on corporate training practices have just been released from the...
84. The force behind the deals that have made WorldCom King of M&A. In this era of megame...
85. In a move to increase enrollment in company 401(k) plans, the Internal Revenue Servic...
86. By piecing together a cohesive information reporting system, AMP has been able to ful...
87. THE SOFT MARKET OFFERS GOOD DEALS, BUT WATCH OUT FOR PRICKLY SERVICE AND POOR CLAIMS ...
88. At Dell Computer Corp., speed and balance are the secret weapons to creating value. T...
89. THE BIG FOUR ERP VENDORS - BAAN, ORACLE, PEOPLESOFT, AND SAP - WANT SMALLER COMPANIES...
90. Cutting the right costs at Campbell Soup has led to making many right investments. Fo...
91. The ability to produce information is outstripping managers' ability to process it. I...
92. At General Electric, the mantra has always been: Those who can, also teach. When Denn...
93. At Tenneco, Blakely may have once been the last man standing, but now he's having the...
94. At first glance, one might wonder why Wilmington, Delaware-based DuPont Co.'s Kurt La...
95. Pentium II processors make a grand entrance in portables. Still, "A" is for Apple. Th...
96. The cost of doing business in a volatile world includes security precautions. Mexico ...
97. REGULATORS ARE WORRIED THAT BANKS ARE LETTING THEIR INTERNAL CONTROLS SLIDE. WHO'S MI...
98. Is federal protection from fiduciary liability deep enough for sponsors to weather a ...
99. Thanks to the Internet, investor relations departments may soon be known as cyber-rel...
100. Issuance of zero-coupon convertible bonds is booming. And that makes them a juicier t...
101. Companies that have dismissed whisper numbers as meaningless static in the earnings r...
102. Complaining about the long arm of the Internal Revenue Service has been a national pa...
103. SOFTWARE VENDORS ARE HOPPING ON A MANAGEMENT BANDWAGON Six years ago, Robert Kaplan a...
104. Three years after our first survey, there are twice as many women in the CFO slot. Su...
105. With companies offering stock options to more and more employees, and with options re...
106. Michelle Celarier is a writer in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. Issuance of zero-coupo...
107. Steven M. Roberts is partner in charge of KPMG Peat Marwick LIP'S national regulatory...
108. More and more research is confirming the value of a Web site in boosting sales. Even ...
109. If you think the only date your information systems people have to worry about is Dec...
110. SOFTWARE VENDORS ARE HOPPING ON A MANAGEMENT BANDWAGON Six years ago, Robert Kaplan...
111. Our newest discussion group is "Managing Y2K: The Problem of the Millennium." We invi...
112. Ever since the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 created more-restrict...
113. Linda Corman is a freelance writer in New York. Tax rules used to frown on spin-off...
114. Thanks to the Internet, investor relations departments may soon be known as cyber-rel...
115. Julie Carrick Dalton is a Boston-based business writer Three years after our first ...
116. A new partnership between one of the largest insurance brokers in the world and an on...
117. AT FIRST GLANCE, ONE might wonder why Wilmington, Delaware-based DuPont Co.'s Kurt La...
118. Companies that have dismissed whisper numbers as meaningless static in the earnings ...
119. John Goff a contributing editor of CFO, is now editor of our new sister publication, ...
120. When is another company's cost considered your expense? That question recently came b...
121. Niles Howard. Formerly an editor at Money and Business Month magazines, he is preside...
122. On 1995, we learned that only 10 women held the position of chief financial officer a...
123. Complaining about the long arm of the Internal Revenue Service has been a national pa...
124. Notebook computer users trying to use their modems from hotel rooms in foreign countr...
125. Techniques and technologies for limiting soaring travel costs. Forget Microsoft Corp....
126. There are only two problems with Internet stock forums: false rumors and inconvenient...
127. Forty years ago, the Modigliani-Miller propositions started a new era in corporate fi...
128. IT'S TIME FOR INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS TO STEP UP AS CHANGE AGENTS. Many methods of en...
129. When Manfred Gentz was named CFO of Daimler-Benz in May 1995, after serving 25 years ...
130. When Chrysler Corp. completes its historic merger with Daimler-Benz AG, look for Gary...
131. For all but a few, unlocking working capital is a challenge. As companies grapple for...
132. THE FIGHT OVER TOBACCO LEAVES CFOs ON THE SIDELINES. Avid skier Luc Jobin knows what ...
133. THE CITICORP - TRAVELERS MERGER BEGS THE QUESTION: HOW HIGH CAN BANKS FLY? As usual, ...
134. Whether they like it or not, CFOs are spending more time behind the podiuM. Here's ho...
135. A new rule established in a federal court could make it easier for corporate insiders...
136. Employers are scrambling to combat the loss of returning expatriates. Sending an empl...
137. The huge electric furnaces at Laclede Steel Co.'s melt shop in Alton, Ill., were outd...
138. In the early 1990s, ALKA Forsikring, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based multiline insurance ...
139. A software program that enables companies to monitor employees' computer activities c...
140. Despite sincere efforts at reform, certain state revenue departments keep companies t...
141. Washington claims that it wants private industry to do more of the Pentagon's work. S...
142. Companies are struggling to secure mounting retirement benefits for senior executives...
143. THERE'S PLENTY OF WORK IN THE WAKE OF THE CITICORP-TRAVELERS MERGER. You'd think fina...
144. When stock prices sink, repricing keeps holders of stock options afloat. Everyone - e...
145. After a rough second half in 1997, Coca-Cola seems to have regained its touch. And CF...
146. Almost all the business smarts that Erik Nelson has acquired in his 36 years in finan...
147. SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS Soon after Donald R. Shassian took the CFO jo...
148. GPU GENERATION INC. A few months after he was promoted to the top finance post at GPU...
149. Plan sponsors hope to head off federal rules that would require them to disclose more...
150. To help lift The Boeing Co.'s stock off the runway after a year on the ground, the ae...
151. Connecting international hurdle rates to investor expectations. Setting hurdle rates ...
152. "You have decided to acquire a car. Should you buy it or lease it?" This question app...
153. A new breed of bond features a dual option. For companies that might otherwise resist...
154. Bridge Information Systems Inc. recently acquired Dow Jones Markets from Dow Jones & ...
155. CONGRESS IS ABOUT TO RUBBERSTAMP ARTHUR LEVITT'S REAPPOINTMENT. FIRST, IT SHOULD FIND...
156. A NEW GENERATION OF FINANCIAL HOT-SHOTS ARE MAKING THEIR FORTUNES ON ROLL-UPS RISKY C...
157. TODAY IT'S EUROPE'S PROBLEM - TOMORROW, IT'S THE WORLD'S Horror stories abound about ...
158. If you're buying another company, sure you look under the hood of its 401(k) plan. As...
159. Want to join EMC Corp.'s supply chain? Be prepared to open your books, lower your cos...
160. In the mutual insurance industry, the new mantra is convert or be consumed. CFO Bob B...
161. With efficient processes at full tilt, smart companies tailor prices to customers. In...
162. The SEC is pushing international standard setters to follow FASB's lead, and with goo...
163. Choosing midrange financial software is becoming less a matter of platform, more a ma...
164. Specialists in uncovering lost or hidden data are fast becoming strategic legal weapo...
165. INSTEAD OF ADDING CLARITY, PLAIN ENGLISH MUDDlES THE WATERS. Imagine arriving at the ...
166. Capital spending at the Colorado brewer lacked a key ingredient: financial discipline...
167. The never-certain task of international tax planning became even more difficult as th...
168. Looking for an exercise in frustration? Try finding out who owns your stock. Most exe...
169. In the recent film As Good as It Gets, a young mother explains in three letters the r...
170. Merger fever in the accounting industry has clients asking: How few is too few? Advic...
171. The $2.9 million in fines the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) levied against...
172. DON DENOVELLIS IS RIDING HIGH ON THE POWER OF BRANDING. AS CFO OF $250 MILLION EKCO G...
173. GROWING RANKS OF LITIGANTS ARE PUTTING PRICE TAGS ON IDEAS. TO THE LIST OF VENUES WHE...
174. Companies have long had it both ways on stock options, But now they must show what th...
175. Wall Street's love affair with real estate investment trusts could be overdone. Analy...
176. Why you must link budgeting and forecasting to planning and performance. NO DOUBT ABO...
177. COMPUTER BREAK-INS ARE ON THE RISE. IN BUT INSIDERS POSE THE GREATER THREAT. INTERNET...
178. With a little luck and a lot or thinking a new CFO rescues a distressed start-up from...
179. Year 2000-compliant financial software at the high end ranges from best-of-breed pack...
180. Why Honeywell prefers debt over equity to finance deals. Judging from the headlines g...
181. New rules require companies to disclose segment information in the same way they repo...
182. Despite enthusiasm for the research-and-development (R&D) tax credit, first enacted i...
183. Now that cash balance and pension equity plans are commonplace, some companies are go...
184. Edgar Online www.edgar-online.com This is a must for users of the Securities and Exch...
185. Last August, 185,000 employees of Uniter Parcel Service of America Inc., incensed by ...
186. for years now, physicians and hospitals have been talking out about, and to some exte...
187. Worplace violence isn't a remote risk. And the hurt can cut deeply into the bottom li...
188. Most chief financial officers don't expect a day's work to involve being a key actor ...
189. Why the 80-year-old DuPont model still has fans. Much has been said in favor of ne...
190. WHY IS THE U.S. NEWLY COMPETITIVE? TWO WORDS: MERCHANT BANKING The Asian financial...
191. As if the Millennium Bug weren't scary enough the folks on Capitol Hill are threateni...
192. Consumers anxious about purchasing goods and services over the Internet may soon find...
193. A rights-offering IPO helped OAO Technology Solutions motor through the heavy market-...
194. Chemical companies do it. Engine makers do it. Even beer brewers and semiconductor ma...
195. SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- The company that is "behind those Foster Grants," to p...
196. EDMONTON, Alberta -- Katz Group Canada Ltd. has chosen Padulo Integrated Inc. to han...
197. WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Longs Drug Stores has announced plans to build an 800,000-sq...
198. DUBLIN, Ohio -- Although its core drug distribution segment saw a return to earnings...
199. On the health care front, Imak Products Corp. offered two new ergonomic products at ...