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When it comes to retirement, many finance executives are walking away from the corporate world years earlier than their father's generation.

With travel and entertainment (T&E) costs counting as the second-largest expense at most companies--and with hotel, car rental and international travel costs projected to rise--controlling and cutting those costs is a top priority for most organizations.

A majority of U.S. investors support the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and believe that the tightened rules mandated by SOX shouldn't be eased, according to a nationwide survey of 1,001 investors conducted for the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ).

A majority of U.S. investors support the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and believe that the tightened rules mandated by SOX shouldn't be eased, according to a nationwide survey of 1,001 investors conducted for the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ).

Corporations that embraced Sarbanes-Oxley goals from the start by automating financial reporting and encouraging business-wide cultures of compliance have eliminated material weaknesses and slashed costs more quickly than other companies.

A majority of U.S. investors support the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and believe that the tightened rules mandated by SOX shouldn't be eased, according to a nationwide survey of 1,001 investors conducted for the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ).

As expected, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted unanimously July 25 to approve the proposed Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Auditing Standard 5 (AS5).

CFOs are cutting back on expectations for capital spending, hiring and prices, according to a survey of CFOs by Financial Executives International (FEI) and Baruch College's Zicklin School of Business.