Articles from Financial Executive (November 1, 2005)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
AnchorPoint[TM].		Brief Article	207
Are more Katrinas on the Horizon? The devastation wrought by hurricanes Katrina and Rita will bring higher insurance rates. But longer-term, insurers need to better understand and address the rising risks many believe are being amplified by climate change.	Marshall, Jeffrey		1745
Ask FERF about ... revised SEC deadlines.	de Mesa Graziano, Cheryl		668
Benefits: smaller-firm workers often getting less.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Brief Article	243
Bill Romenius.	Heffes, Ellen M.		700
Buyers guide.		Buyers Guide	925
CCR reacts to FSPs relating to 123(R).			587
CFIT presents at SIM conference.		Brief Article	200
CFOs embrace online travel booking: online providers eliminate the middleman for routine bookings, which can reduce processing time and travel costs substantially. That's made finance executives advocates of these systems.	McCracken, Bruce		1694
Coaching: Evoking Excellence in Others, 2nd Edition.	Marshall, Jeffrey	Book Review	154
Cognos.			279
Compassoft Inc.			195
Crossword.	Mellor, Myles		279
Effective simplification needed to overcome complexity.	Cunningham, Colleen		789
Embedded controls boost Sarbanes-Oxley compliance: companies are installing treasury systems that automate financial activities and embed controls, as well as audit trails. Such systems can help ensure compliance without extensive manual reviews.	Alarcon, John		1878
Ernst & Young.		Brief Article	37
FAF appoints Robert J. DeSantis president and COO.	Heffes, Ellen M.		628
FASB chairman Robert Herz: 'complexity impedes transparency'.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Interview	1841
FEI employees move ahead.		Brief Article	126
From the editor.	Marshall, Jeffrey	Editorial	527
FXpress Corp.			266
Geac Computer Corp.			256
Get better results from long-term incentive pay: performance-based long-term incentives do not merely reduce the variance in earnings or reduce P & L expense. They can improve business performance over the long run.	Ericson, Richard		1427
Governance: recruiter's study finds change, and progress.	Heffes, Ellen M.		454
Grant Thornton.		Brief Article	35
Hewlett-Packard Corp.		Brief Article	277
Hurricane perspectives: from Washington to the Gulf.	Davila, Serena		761
In quotes.	Halpern, Nancy	Brief Article	40
Insurance: industry CFOs focus on managing capital.	Heffes, Ellen M.		372
Life settlements: means for cashing in key-person policies.	Simon, Larry		792
Median credit decision times.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Brief Article	37
Names in the news.			411
New tax incentive benefits U.S. production activity: Section 199 of the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 is referred to as a "manufacturing deduction," and many companies may not realize that its benefits apply to some business segments that are quite distinct from traditional manufacturing.	Vance, Scott		2231
Outsourcing; Study: more using specialized contracts.	Heffes, Ellen M.		304
Performance Without Compromise: How Emerson Consistently Achieves Winning Results.	Marshall, Jeffrey	Brief Article	290
PwC.		Brief Article	38
Regulation: PCAOB enforcement chief warns auditors.	Marshall, Jeffrey		350
Replacements sought for two key regulators.	Heffes, Ellen M.	Brief Article	94
Taking stock at the PCAOB: in an interview, the PCAOB's chief auditor, Douglas R. Carmichael, reviews the agency's recent actions and the evolving regulation of accounting firms.	Fraser, Bruce W.	Interview	2217
Technology: tape-based backup of data seen unreliable.	Heffes, Ellen M.		300
The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism.	Marshall, Jeffrey		339
The brave new world of IFRS: IFRS have been widely accepted, and are expected to enhance international financial reporting transparency, comparability and investment patterns. This progress will not come, however, without some unintended impacts on companies, countries and capital markets.	Gornik-Tomaszewski, Sylwia		2131
The whistleblower hotline quandary: diverse whistleblower systems around the globe--and hotlines deemed illegal in France--are creating problems for companies seeking to operate uniform, global systems. Three attorneys review the issues and discuss possible solutions.	Simpson, Aaron P.		1948
Two generations of CFOs: how different are they? We asked CFOs under 40 and over 60 years of age how they approach the same challenges, circa 2005. Here's what they had to say.	Millman, Gregory J.	Cover Story	4560
Vintage research.		Brief Article	69
Watson Wyatt.		Brief Article	28
Year-two Section 404 compliance: smart companies are working smarter; Following the second FEI forum on Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 compliance, FERF spoke with several participants about what practices are helping them achieve better, easier and less-costly approaches to compliance.	Heffes, Ellen M.		2215