Articles from Financial Executive (November 1, 2004)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
An Ernst & Young.		Brief Article	27
Ask FERF (financial executives research foundation) about ... managing information technology applications.	de Mesa Graziano, Cheryl		678
Boosting business performance through benchmarking: benchmarking both external and internal data and using business performance management (BPM) tools can do much to make organizations more efficient and productive.	Powers, Vicki		1964
Buyers guide.		Buyers Guide	686
Capital markets: survey spots trends in analyst coverage.	Heffes, Ellen M.		191
Cheaper, better faster: XBRL takes center stage in financial reporting.	Cunningham, Colleen		708
Compliance: European firms lag on Sarbanes-Oxley.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Brief Article	194
Convergence: hurdles remain; With convergence a necessity in a global economy, it is likely to be some time before all are 'singing from the same song sheet'--and it will take time and commitment for standard setters to work together to remove differences.	Holman, David L.		1720
Credit management: tips for evaluating business credit risk.	Heffes, Ellen M.		329
Crossword.	Mellor, Myles		219
DiCarta Inc.			306
Fannie Mae accounting shenanigans could spur more oversight.	Prysock, Mark		739
From the editor.	Marshall, Jeffrey	Editorial	544
Gerald "Jerry" Urich.	Heffes, Ellen M.		672
Giving shareholders short shrift: research shows that public companies decline to act on a substantial percentage of shareholder votes. Companies often say they know best, but some critics say they should be more accountable.	Conger, Mary		1946
How to boost pay for performance: companies could build better incentives in their executive compensation plans by adopting pay policies that tie compensation opportunity to performance, a consultant argues.	O'Byrne, Stephen F.		1170
Hyperion.		Brief Article	263
IBM.		Brief Article	26
In quotes.			43
Information and control: interdependent.	Bell, Charles	Letter to the Editor	102
International: securities suits hit foreign registrants.	Heffes, Ellen M.		569
Is your data comparable and consistent? If it isn't, that can cast doubt on the relevance and reliability of enterprise financial data. More than anything, companies need to manage fundamental changes to financial master data values.	Hostetter, Sandra Fricker		1873
KPMG LLP.		Brief Article	28
Marsh Inc.		Brief Article	25
Names in the news.			403
Principles-based or rules-based standards?	Heffes, Ellen M.		1131
Procurement: Internet supply model taking a pounding.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Brief Article	192
Reporting: intangibles key to future accounting.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Brief Article	230
Sarbanes-Oxley 404's tax implications: the law may actually provide companies with the opportunity to better align tax and business processes and help them reach key objectives.	Rainey, Steven		1326
Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404: remediation, communication, education; Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF) asked three audit firms for insights on testing of remediation of internal control weaknesses, and the need for communicating what the new internal control reports will mean.	Orenstein, Edith G.		1849
Sarbanes-Oxley training gets web-enabled.	Karr, Susan Schott		1731
Securian Retirement Services'.		Brief Article	250
Technical committee profile: Committee on Taxation.	Heffes, Ellen M.		1130
The Financial Advisory Services practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP.			349
Today's CFO: coping with change.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Cover Story	5210
Training: top trends in executive education.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Brief Article	228
Upside Software Inc.		Brief Article	254
What will you do in Sarbanes-Oxley's second year?	Dittmar, Lee		1377