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Although it is coming down to the wire, there seems to be little doubt that negotiators in the House and Senate will hammer out a compromise on the reauthorization bill for the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) in the next few days or weeks.

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November 26, 2007

XBRL is going global

Converging next month on Vancouver, Canada, will be an international assembly of regulators, institutional investors, equity exchange executives, banks, CFOs, controllers and other senior finance executives to discuss XBRL and other ways to make business data more interactive, reliable, timely and accessible.

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November 26, 2007

Sometimes a flexible work schedule can be more attractive than money.

Today, accounting job candidates are more likely to ask about programs promoting a healthy balance between work and outside life than they were five years ago, according to 57% of the CFOs responding to a survey of 1,400 executives by headhunter Robert Half Finance & Accounting.

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November 26, 2007

When it comes to healthcare costs, the glass is definitely half full

The good news on healthcare cost inflation is that it's no worse than it was last year and the three years before that. The bad news is that it's no better either--and remains stubbornly at more than double the rate of consumer inflation.

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November 25, 2007

XBRL is going global

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November 14, 2007

GULP! There Goes Cognos

As Oracle Corp. was attempting to focus the software spotlight on its OpenWorld 2007 show in San Francisco, IBM Corp. stole its thunder by announcing its acquisition of Cognos Inc. for $5 billion in a move to expand its business intelligence (BI) and business performance management (BPM) repertoire.

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November 14, 2007

GULP! There Goes Cognos

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November 14, 2007

Is the pain of the SOX 404 audit behind us?

Five years after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act took effect, about one-fourth of internal audit managers surveyed by Protiviti Inc. say they have comfortably moved SOX concerns to the back burner as they refocus on traditional responsibilities.

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Whither TRIA? Check this space next week

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XBRL is going global

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XBRL is going global

Sometimes a flexible work schedule can be more attractive than money.

When it comes to healthcare costs, the glass is definitely half full

XBRL is going global

GULP! There Goes Cognos

GULP! There Goes Cognos

Is the pain of the SOX 404 audit behind us?