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For Good Cash Forecasts, Use the 80/20 Rule @cfopub

2009-06-26T16:54:33Z

"At this gut-check moment for corporate decision-makers, one tactic to boost their confidence is to demand better cash forecasts from their treasury department. How ironic, then, that the same...

Multicultural Manners Videos

2009-07-11T06:34:58Z

"Certain things are not universal. Every culture has their own set of manners, values and behaviors that they consider normal. When traveling, or doing business with members of a different culture...

CPA Firms See Economic Recovery Beginning Last Quarter of 2009: AICPA Survey @AICPANews

2009-07-14T03:40:51Z

"Forty-seven percent of small- to medium-sized CPA firms believe the economy will begin to recover in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants...

Top 10 Things To Do if You're laid Off @CSCPA

2009-07-16T18:59:19Z

"Being downsized, dismissed, let go, or laid off is never easy. No matter how much information we’re privy to regarding our company or industry, it’s always a shock when we’re the casualty. Here are...

Now’s NOT the Time to Wear a Scarlet “E” @careerealism

2009-07-16T21:33:34Z

"“First it’s the free lunches, next it’s office supplies, and before you know it, they’ll be canceling the birthday gift cards too,” I overheard one employee complaining to several of his co-workers...

AICPA Opens Financial Planner Portal @AICPANews @finplan

2009-07-20T01:17:00Z

"The American Institute of CPAs has opened a PFP Practice Portal for CPAs who are interested in becoming personal financial planners and earning the AICPA’s Personal Financial Specialist credential....

Five critical skills you need in turbulent times @MACPA

2009-07-21T01:27:24Z

"Everyone agrees that these are turbulent times we are living through. The question is how to do survive when everything is changing so fast? The answer is: Learn hang gliding! Hang gliding was the...

Women in Finance: What to Do on the Way to CFO @CFOpub

2009-07-25T06:12:37Z

"There seems to be little room at the top of finance for women these days. According to CFO magazine’s recent count, only 9% of the Fortune 500 have female finance chiefs. But if female controllers,...

Five things every CPA needs to be good at @MACPA

2009-07-28T05:50:36Z

"I met one Allen Blue, one of the founders of LinkedIn, at the Association Digital Now Conference last April and was fascinated with how he was positioning the company to help professionals. He said...

Rules Dig Deep into Financing Receivables @CFOpub

2009-07-28T06:02:26Z

"FASB proposes a bevy of new disclosure provisions aimed at financing receivables. Will companies balk at the rules, despite already having most of the information on hand? The Financial Accounting...

Accounting grads up 3.5% to new record

2009-07-28T14:39:45Z

It’s official: The talent shortage is over. If you’re still having trouble finding qualified recruits, you can’t blame the economy anymore. The number of students who graduated with accounting degrees in the 2007-08 school year surpassed the previous year’s record level. According to a new report by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, more than 66,000 [...]

Compensation Committees To Be More Like Audit Committees: Okie-Dokie

2009-08-01T01:03:24Z

Broc Romanek over at The Corporate Counsel.net reports: Treasury Announces Two Executive Compensation Bills Yesterday, Treasury announced that it has drafted two different pieces of executive compensation legislation - one related to say-on-pay and the other regarding compensation committee independence - that they've sent to Congress as part of the "Investor Protection Act ...

Latest Post @GoingConcern

2009-08-01T00:57:43Z

Take a look here for, "Party Like A VC: It's Not As Easy As It Looks."