Potential whistleblowers might think twice before reporting suspected corporate malfeasance in the face of a recent study that indicates promised protection isn't what it's cracked up to be.

Containing travel and expenses (T&E) costs is a top priority for most finance departments.

Audit costs almost doubled between 2001, the year before Sarbanes-Oxley took effect, through the end of 2006, primarily because of a median 345% jump in audit fees, according to an in-depth analysis of public companies' financial data by The Corporate Library.

Open Text Corp., a provider of enterprise content management (ECM) software and solutions, has released a new version of its vendor invoice management (VIM) product, Livelink-ECM, which it says accelerates return-on-investment by streamlining accounts payable processes.

Sears Holding Corp. named J. Miles Reidy executive vice president and CFO of the $53 billion retailer, based in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Reidy, 45, replaces William C. Crowley, acting CFO and chief administrative officer. Reidy joins Sears from Capital One Financial Corp., where he assumed senior financial and planning roles,...

Google Inc., the $10.6 billion Internet search giant based in Mountain View, Calif., has announced the retirement of CFO George Reyes.

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

After years on the endangered species list, defined benefit (DB) plans have halted what many considered their slide toward extinction, according to two new surveys by benefits consultant Watson Wyatt Worldwide.