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Articles in January, 2007 issue of Financial Executive

• Trust and Honesty: America's Business Culture at a Crossroad.(bookSHELF)(Brief article)(Book review)
  by Marshall, Jeffrey
• New fair value standards stress how, not just what: Financial Executives Research Foundation got opinions from users and preparers of financial statements on whether measuring assets and liabilities at fair value--rather than historical cost--provides use
  by Sinnett, William M.
• Leslie Delperdang.(balanceSHEET)(NP Dodge Company/Real Estate)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.
• Nancy Ehlers.(people)
• Past year's successes set up new year's opportunities.(FROMtheCHAIRMAN)
  by Schrader, Richard
• 3D Negotiation: Powerful Tools to Change the Game in Your Most Important Deals.(bookSHELF)(Brief article)(Book review)
  by Marshall, Jeffrey
• Rapid financial transformation: is it right for your company? With the agendas of many CFOs turning from stewardship to strategy-setting, financial transformations are getting new attention. A consultant makes the case for considering a rapid transformati
  by Rabinowitz, Jay
• Conference schedule.(feiNEWS)
• Compliance, auditing to see major gains.(compensation)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey
• New market demands reward IR professionals: increased corporate disclosure and the declining influence of brokerage analysts are redefining the IR role. There's a need for more advanced financial skills--and greater influence and compensation.(from where
  by Randerson, Erik
• New Congress may have contractors in its sights.(washingtonINSIGHTS)
  by Prysock, Mark
• Thomson division new FEI partner.(strategic partners)(Thomson Tax & Accounting)(Financial Executives International)(Brief article)
• In quotes.(inBRIEF)(Quotation)
  by Berlau, John
• In Parmalat's wake, Italians crack down.(governance)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey
• Is your company ready for the FIN 48 challenge?(financialREPORTING)(Financial Accounting Interpretation Number 48)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.
• New players, new products changing the credit markets.(banking)
  by Cockey, James D.; Worden, Phil
• Stock plan administration.(technologyTOOLS)(Brief article)
• PwC.(Brief article)
• Daniel Guerzon.(people)
• Japanese funds in big turnaround.(pensions)(Brief article)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey
• Capital adapts to core industry characteristics: the domestic auto industry is searching for ways to revive--and even flourish. New money meets old, familiar problems as restructuring consultants bring two parties together for mutual benefit.(restructurin
  by Gordy, Thomas
• A Crystal ball for cash flow forecasts.(treasury)
  by Corbett, Jacqueline; Newman, Kara
• About FEI's technical committees.(feiNEWS)
• Purpose: The Starting Point of Great Companies.(bookSHELF)(Book review)
  by Marshall, Jeffrey
• Managing catastrophic risk: getting beyond the insurance crisis; The incidence of catastrophic risk has increased markedly, and insurance rates have risen with it. Some companies are re-examining the issue of self-insurance or even doing without and using
  by Millman, Gregory J.
• Names in the news.
• From the editor.(Editorial)
  by Marshall, Jeffrey
• FEI CEO's 2007 Top 10 Financial Reporting Challenges.(financialREPORTING)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.
• When will a BPM 'tipping point' accelerate its use? Apart from the very largest multinationals, use of sophisticated business performance management systems is relatively low. But the software has risen to a high priority among IT managers, and this year
  by Marshall, Jeffrey
• Financial close.(technologyTOOLS)
• FEI's Membership Department.(people)
• PricewaterhouseCoopers.(fYi)(return on investments in green technology in Energy industries)(Brief article)
• Interior China seen as hot growth spot.(new markets)(Conference news)(Brief article)
  by Marshall, Jeffrey
• Don't let U.S. focus crimp oversight abroad: with increased SEC and DOJ scrutiny on U.S. companies' business practices in foreign countries, a myopic focus on U.S. policies and procedures can detract from oversight of FCPA violations.(regulation)(Securiti
  by Olsen, William
• Ask FERF about ...... fair value.(resources)
  by Sinnett, William M.
• Crossword.
  by Mellor, Myles
• Marsh.(fYi)(Brief article)
• 'Slow traction' on XBRL.(financial reporting)(eXtensible Business Reporting Language)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey
• FEI, ANDAF: bilateral conference on the CFO's changing role.(financialREPORTING)
  by Davila, Serena
• Goodbye to Canadian GAAP? Canada's announcement that it would move to converge its accounting standards with international rules by 2011--and not with U.S. GAAP--was surprising. And, while the changeover shouldn't be too difficult, CFOs are advised to get
  by Dzinkowski, Ramona
• GRC solutions.(technologyTOOLS)(governance, risk and compliance )(Brief article)
• A study by Watson Wyatt.(fYi)(Brief article)
• New group pushes 'responsibility officer'.(social responsibility)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey
• Benefits of bringing in minority investors.(privateCOMPANIES)
  by Schaye, Paul
• The changing nature of internal probes: one result of the stringent regulatory environment is a change in the nature of internal investigations, with firms encouraged to conduct probes to uncover wrongdoing and provide that information to the government.(
  by Levy, Michael N.; Redmond, Lothlorien S.; Spafford, Michael L.
• Collaboration software.(technologyTOOLS)(Pragmatic Professional Edition of Software Planner)