Foreign Investors Still Feasting on U.S. Securities

June 26, 2008

Overseas investors continue to gobble up Treasury notes and bonds -- a must for the United States to continue financing the trade deficit.

Rights of Disabled Are a Double Whammy for Business

June 24, 2008

A country is only as good as the way it treats all of its citizens, but the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 created confusion for businesses which were required to comply with many specific and complicated regulations.

Employers Respond to Workers' Financial Woes

June 19, 2008

Relief may be on the way for people facing foreclosure on their home.

401(k) Audits Get Tougher

June 17, 2008

Regulators are looking at 401(k) plans with 100 or more participants under a more powerful microscope than in past years and CFOs who are plan fiduciaries are paying closer attention than ever to the annual mandatory plan audit.

Accounting Firms Get New Report Cards

June 12, 2008

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) is making it easier for CFOs to monitor the performance of their CPA firm.

No Sweet Deal for U.S. Sugar Employees

June 10, 2008

Should employee owners have a say in issues relating to the acquisition of the company they work for?

Same-Gender Marriage Complicates Benefits

June 6, 2008

No sooner had benefits consultants digested the possible ramifications of the California Supreme Court’s ruling that same-gender couples must be permitted to legally marry in that state than a measure that could overturn that decision qualified for the ballot in the November election.

Setbacks for Shareholder Activists

June 4, 2008

Big oil company profits trumped governance reform at Exxon Mobil Corp.'s annual meeting.