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Articles in June, 2005 issue of Financial Executive

• Financial reporting: companies still lack key reporting data.(businessBRIEFS)(Brief Article)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey
• Anxiety over IFRS called 'overdone'.(globalVIEWS)(International Financial Reporting Standards)(Brief Article)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.
• Can the cycle be exploited to save costs? A real estate broker offers advice about what companies could be doing now to position themselves to maximize the savings from the current real estate cycle--before it's too late.(real estate)
  by Ricca, Frank
• FERF release two key reports.(FERF news)(Financial Executives Research Foundation)(Brief Article)
• In quotes.
• Litigation: company stock plans more prone to suits.(businessBRIEFS)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey
• Benchmarking strategy vital to business performance.(PRIVATEcompanies)
  by Angell, Thomas
• Give treasury a bigger stake in merger integration: treasury departments are often brought in at the end of the merger process for tactical reasons. But early participation by treasury carries a number of important benefits, as does elevating its role in
  by Baldoni, Robert J.
• CFRI conference set for Nov. 17-18.(conferences)
• Financing: asset securitization done for software.(businessBRIEFS)(financing of business software)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey
• SEC to publicly release comment letters, responses.(domesticNEWS)(Securities and Exchange Commission)(Brief Article)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.
• Is accounting education relevant? Many are questioning the quality--not to mention the quantity--of accounting graduates and their abilities to handle the onslaught of complex transactions and technical regulations. Are the schools--and the students--prep
  by Karr, Susan Schott
• Compliance.(technologyTOOLS)(Movaris Certainty Version 8.1)(Brief Article)
• Parson Consulting.(fYi)
• Greenspan's Fraud: How Two Decades of His Policies Have Undermined the Global Economy.(bookSHELF)(Book Review)
  by Marshall, Jeffrey
• Companies sensing a big chill with auditors: the outside auditor-corporate client relationship has changed considerably in the advent of Sarbanes-Oxley and the PCAOB rules. Stricter standards and an insistence on independence have created uncertainty and
  by Millman, Gregory J.
• Cash flow software.(technologyTOOLS)(BizCast[TM] 6.0)
• Crossword.
  by Mellor, Myles
• Radio frequency identification.(fYi)(Brief Article)
• Outsourcing; Study: many firms question benefits.(businessBRIEFS)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey
• SEC extends dates for stock option compliance.(domesticNEWS)(Securities and Exchange Commission)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.
• Aligning the IT organization to boost financials: a well-managed IT organization can be a valuable partner in addressing change and managing risk enterprise-wide. Aligning this awareness with the primary profit drivers involves managing IT as a profession
  by Lutchen, Mark D.
• Web security.(technologyTOOLS)(Covelight Systems Inc. releases new version of Percept 2.0)
• Computer security: networks face new email-related threats.(businessBRIEFS)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey
• U.S. FPIs urged not to slack off 404 implementation.(globalVIEWS)(foreign private issuers)(Brief Article)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.
• Get into the value habit: knowing what makes your company valuable is important, but it's not enough. Getting from "knowing" to "doing" requires real change. Here are eight behaviors that have helped organizations bridge the "know
  by Wortman, Brent
• FEI online CPE center debuts for members only.(web services)(Financial Executives International launches Continuing Professional Education service)(Brief Article)
• KPMG.(fYi)(reinsurance)(Brief Article)
• Human resources: 'paid time off' area seen ripe for savings.(businessBRIEFS)(Brief Article)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey
• M & A: how to put money in the bank; Fifth Third Bancorp CFO Mark Graf talks about the Ohio-based regional bank's highly successful merger strategy and the process it has in place to assure that the deals work.(deals and dealmakers)
  by Sweeney, Paul
• Missing the boat: when is it too late to start hedging?
  by Okochi, Jiro
• Buyers guide.(SPONSORED SECTION)(S.R.C. Software Inc.)(Visa U.S.A. Inc.)(Paisley Consulting)(Buyers Guide)
• Ernst & Young.(fYi)(internal control reporting under Section 404)(Brief Article)
• Key findings about innovation.(businessBRIEFS)(Brief Article)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey
• Internal control weaknesses in April highlight leases.(domesticNEWS)(Illustration)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.
• Managing e-business risk to mitigate loss: along with the speed and convenience of e-business come new risks, such as identity theft and cyberextortion. Technology has increased the amount of confidential information at risk, and can exacerbate financial
  by Foster, Peter C.
• Ask FERF about ... credit rating agencies.(resources)(Financial Executives Research Foundation)
  by de Mesa Graziano, Cheryl
• Section 404 compliance and 'tone at the top'.(president'sPAGE)(Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 )
  by Cunningham, Colleen
• Why Some Companies Emerge Stronger and Better from a Crisis: 7 Essential Lessons for Surviving Disaster.(bookSHELF)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
  by Marshall, Jeffrey
• The neglected art of strategic pricing: too often, senior executives don't view pricing as a key responsibility. That leaves the decisions to lower-ranking managers who don't see the bigger picture, with the result that pricing loses potential effectivene
  by Hammerstein, Matt; Reynolds, John; Richards, J.D.
• Electronic payments.(technologyTOOLS)(Peachtree[R] - billing software)(Brief Article)
• Names in the news.(Edward Beown joins Petrofund Energy Trust)(Rick Frier joins Catalina Marketing Corp.)(Marie T. Gallagher joins PepsiCo Inc.)
• From the editor.
  by Marshall, Jeffrey
• Equity: Why Employee Ownership Is Good for Business.(bookSHELF)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
  by Marshall, Jeffrey
• Unified communications: where the world is heading; The convergence of network appliances with employees' electronic devices is helping businesses lower communication costs while improving knowledge-worker productivity and customer service.(IT integration
  by Rybczynski, Tony; Shetty, Mahesh
• Corporate reporting.(Technology Tools)
• Fred Holladay.(balanceSHEET)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.