Corporate Finance

Executives are wary of making speculative investments when it comes to pension funds, preferring to forego potential profits in favor of risk avoidance

Three separate initiatives are winding their way through Congress, the Department of Labor and FASB, calling for more detailed information from pension plan sponsors

Susan Kreh enjoys the challenge of bringing more standardization to Johnson Controls' far-flung finance team in a time of rapidly changing accounting standards

Increasing losses can be offset by trimming general and administrative spending

By showing others the way ahead, the leaders and innovators who populate the 2008 list are leaving their marks on the world of finance.

Consumer-driven health plans offer companies the promise of dramatic savings on insurance costs, but only if enrollment grows. Otherwise, they could remain a niche product

Fearing proxy statement exposure, some companies are rejiggering compensation

While the number of corporate restatements soared in 2006, only a small percentage for fraud