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Detected peritoneal fluid in small bowel obstruction is associated with the need for surgical intervention
Background: Predicting the clinical course in adhesional small bowel obstruction is difficult. There are no validated clinical or radiologic...
Canadian Journal of Surgery, 06/01/09 by O'Daly, Brendan J; Ridgway, Paul F; Keenan, Niamh; Sweeney, Karl J; Brophy, David P; Hill, Arnold D K; Evoy, Denis; O'Higgins, Niall J; McDermott, Enda W M · More from publication -
Whose job is corporate governance? U.S. corporations, their shareholders and the federal government are grappling over which entity should govern certain practices and procedures of businesses--corporate management, directors, investors or government laws

The once-mighty United States corporation is at a crossroads. As the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression has humbled a slew of...
Financial Executive, 05/01/09 by Sweeney, Paul · More from publication -
All Quiet on the Texas Front
Whenever there has been trouble in financial paradise, Texas has often been in the forefront. But this time around, it appears Texas bankers have...
Bank Director, 10/01/08 by Sweeney, Paul · More from publication -
BEHIND THE VEIL: HOW WELL IS COMPENSATION DISCLOSURE WORKING?
WITH A YEAR OR TWO OF EXPERIENCE UNDER THEIR BELTS, MOST PUBLIC BANKING COMPANIES HAVE LEARNED WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THEM IN THE NEW ERA OF SEC...
Bank Director, 07/01/08 by Sweeney, Paul; Robinson, Michael W · More from publication -
Hotlines helpful for blowing the whistle: required for public companies under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, corporate hotlines for whistleblowers have become a big weapon against fraud--more effective than internal audits. Yet, research shows that companies may

Question: What is the No. 1 deterrent to corporate fraud? If you guessed "tips"--and if this had been a TV game show--you'd have hit the jackpot....
Financial Executive, 05/01/08 by Sweeney, Paul · More from publication -
Creosote Blues Revisited
Nearly 30 years later, a wood-treatment facility continues to stain Somerville. Dennis Davis' uncle died in his arms on New Year's morning in...
Texas Observer, The, 04/18/08 by Sweeney, Paul · More from publication -
TARGETING ONLINE RISK
IN WHAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS ONE OF THE MOST PERVASIVE BREACHES OF DATA SECURITY IN HISTORY, LAST YEAR'S ANNOUNCEMENT BY RETAILER TJ MAXX THAT...
Bank Director, 04/01/08 by Sweeney, Paul · More from publication -
Will U.S. IPO swoon go global? While 2007 was a record-setting year for public stock offerings worldwide, the economic morass in the U.S. has created a far bleaker outlook for 2008. That's spurred some investors to consider alternative ways to go public.(

First the good news on initial public offerings: the world's financial markets are coming off a record-setting year. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
Financial Executive, 03/01/08 by Sweeney, Paul · More from publication -
Going after the bad apples: forensic accountant Paul Regan cut his teeth in a fraud case against Howard Hughes, and he's become a leader in a specialized area, mostly attempting to recover money for shareholders.(FRAUD)

Whenever Paul Regan reads The Wall Street Journal and sees that a major financial scandal is brewing at a Fortune 500 company, the San...
Financial Executive, 12/01/07 by Sweeney, Paul · More from publication -
BETTING ON THE NEW FRONTIER
CEO JOHN DICKSON ABLY LED THE EXPANSION OF FRONTIER FINANCIAL TO NEW HEIGHTS, REACHING A PINNACLE THIS YEAR AS THE NUMBER-ONE BANK ON THE BANK...
Bank Director, 10/01/07 by Sweeney, Paul · More from publication
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