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Articles in September, 2005 issue of Financial Executive

• SEC Chairman Cox: SEC role remains as Investor Advocate.(Christopher Cox is appointed as chairman in Securities and Exchange Commission)(Brief Article)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.
• CFOs positioned to drive BI integration: two major CFO challenges--improving performance management and improving access to information--can be achieved through seven keys for creating value that link initiatives enterprisewide.(business intelligence)(Chi
  by Brown, Valerie A.; McDonald, Karen D.; Rogers, Stephen B.
• Benefits: participant contribution timing needs scrutiny.(Brief Article)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey
• Compliance.(technologyTOOLS)(Trusted Edge Inc partnered with Mackin Imaging Systems Corp )(Brief Article)
• Acorn Systems.(Brief Article)
• Current financial reporting issues: the must-attend event for preparers of corporate financial statements.(Calendar)
• Big Accounting changes likely with release of ED on Business Combinations.(financialREPORTING)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.
• Names in the news.(Standex International appoints Gerald H. Fickenscher )(Martin Marrietta Materials Inc appoints Anne Lloyd )(MSC Software Corp appoints Phiplip B. Livingston)
• Linking real estate and strategy to realize gains: a real estate advisor argues that most companies tend to manage real estate as a cost center and fail to recognize the importance of bringing together corporate strategy and the use of property assets.(re
  by Visocky, Derek
• Fei national: about FEI's technical committees.(feiNEWS)(Financial Executives International )
• Fei staff news: Suskavcevic named to association post.(feiNEWS)(American Society of Association Executives named Andrej Suskavcevic as vice chairman)(Brief Article)
• Filling the GAP: doing "reverse mergers" into shell companies has become a major avenue for private companies seeking new capital, but established practices like PIPEs and mezzanine financing have their share of the action, too.(Cover Story)
  by Sweeney, Paul
• Compensation: investors troubled by corporate policies.
  by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey
• Tax software.
• In quotes.
• Considering leading practices: a panel of experts explores current practices in executive compensation.(executive compensation)
  by Sweeney, Daniel J.
• The Forgotten Half of Change: Achieving Greater Creativity Through Changes in Perception.(Book Review)
  by Marshall, Jeffrey
• Accounting: trends affecting next generation of accountants.(businessBRIEFS)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey
• Performance management: enabling smarter business; BPM solutions involve a closed-loop planning process that synchronizes modeling, measurement, adaptation and results-driven re-modeling. While understanding this concept is easy, its effective application
  by Malone, Thomas M.
• CrossWord.
  by Mellor, Myles
• The American Jobs Creation Act.(fYi)(Internal Revenue Code)(Brief Article)
• Venture capital forecast: hot with a chance of storms; The venture capital market has come back strongly from its lows in 2001, but concerns linger over funding of startups, exit strategies for companies reluctant to go public and a surfeit of cash for ge
  by Millman, Gregory J.
• Whistleblowing: group forms panel to define standards.(businessBRIEFS)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey
• Stormy weather ahead for government contractors.(washingtonINSIGHTS)
  by Lewis, Robert E., Jr.
• Kurt Ramin to lead IASC XBRL efforts.(Kurt Ramin is appointed as commercial director in International Accounting Standards Committee )(Brief Article)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.
• The top ten mistakes in risk management.
  by Teuten, Peter C.
• Executive compensation best practices.(businessBRIEFS)(Brief Article)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey
• Policy management.(technologyTOOLS)(Orchestria introduced new version of software)(Brief Article)
• Correction.(Correction Notice)
• Optimizing shareholder value with an effective harvest strategy.(PRIVATEcompanies)
  by Seagroves, J. Fentress., Jr.
• In the Line of Fire: How to Handle Tough Questions ... When it Counts.(Brief Article)
  by Marshall, Jeffrey
• George Boyadjis.(balanceSHEET)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.
• Foreign tax strategies can be boon to multinationals: opportunities abound for multinational companies to take advantage of low-tax foreign jurisdictions to structure tax-advantaged programs. A number of countries provide major incentives to locate within
  by Andreoli, Brian; Hryck, David
• Strategic partners: Hyperion and IBM to join forces.(feiNEWS)(Brief Article)
• Parson Consulting.
• C-suites gaining another member: increasingly, larger companies are naming a chief risk officer to oversee complex risk management strategies. Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF) looks at this evolving role and who is filling it.(risk manageme
  by Aggarwal, Raj; de Mesa Graziano, Cheryl
• Compliance; Poll: most won't find 404 burdens easing.
  by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey
• Risk management.
• PricewaterhouseCoopers.
• Expensing stock options: the rule is final; Or is it? Most companies following new accounting rules since June 15 have begun to expense stock options. But others--including private and smaller public companies--insist the struggle to reject or modify the
  by Cheney, Glenn
• Made in China: What Western Managers Can Learn from Trailblazing Chinese Entrepreneurs.(Book Review)
  by Marshall, Jeffrey
• From the editor.(Editorial)
  by Marshall, Jeffrey
• Using technology to trim revenue and receivables leakage: progressive companies are using a combination of order-to-invoice quality and collections automation technologies to arrest this growing source of profit erosion.(financial management)
  by Srivastava, Sanjay
• Buyers guide.(Buyers Guide)
• Marsh.
• You've frozen your pension plan: now, the work really begins; Freezing a defined-benefit pension plan is not a 'done deal.' Rather, it requires a prompt and urgent top-to-bottom re-evaluation that includes asset allocation and investment strategy, making
  by DeMairo, John; Lawrence, Stewart
• Your career: presentation advice for boardroom success.(businessBRIEFS)
  by Gilbert, Rick
• Ask FERF about ... Internal Control over Financial Reporting.(resources)(Financial Executives Research Foundation)
  by Orenstein, Edith