July-August 2010

Even with reform, rating agencies have a long way to go to regain their credibility, leaving treasurers to fend for themselves on credit assessments.

New tokenization technology lets companies substitute unrelated numbers that can't be linked back to customers' credit cards.

Douglas Braunstein; Robert Biglin; Robert Hombach; John Thomas III; Eric Hession; Michael Lucareli; Maximiliane Straub; Mitchell Butier; Alan Haughie; Sachin Mehra; Michael Neborak; Brandon Pedersen

The U.S. economic recovery endures, but attitudes about the economy need adjusting, three economists say.

Although momentum on initiating a U.S. cap-and-trade system has slowed, the first step in the process--a mandate to report greenhouse gases--kicks in this year.

Striding past the obvious, more companies pursue integrating green initiatives into their business planning and strategies at top levels, with finance often taking the lead.

The high court's decision not to review the Textron case cements IRS access to tax work papers and could prove far-reaching.

Disaster has little impact on corporate premiums outside the energy sector.

Complying with the mental health parity legislation that kicked in on July 1 is more complicated than companies expected.

Votes on exec comp are coming, but companies don't seem to be ready.

Chico's reduced its costs and its monthly pile-up of paper statements by going electronic and analyzing its bank charges.

Recovering from disasters takes time, whether it's the financial crisis or the Gulf oil spill.

A peak in sun disturbances over the next few years could mean prolonged outages in power grids and communications networks.

More than a quarter of workers still get a paycheck, despite the savings possible with direct deposit.

Treasury & Risk's 2010 Going Green Survey