BEA Systems has unveiled SmartConnect 3.0 software, which eases enterprise resource planning (ERP) integration by making it easier to plug ERP applications into a service-oriented architecture (SOA).

The prospect of recession is becoming more and more likely with unemployment topping 5% recently and the market dipping with the arrival of the New Year--and these realities have not escaped the notice of finance executives. For December, the Tatum Index of Business Conditions plummeted to the lowest point in...

The $5.7 billion, broker of exchange-listed futures and options, MF Global Ltd., based in New York, has named chief administrative officer, Ira Polk, as interim CFO. Polk, 60, replaces Amy Butte, who left the company to pursue other opportunities. Polk, has spent 22 years with MF Global, formerly Man Financial,...

With only five days to go before the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) was set to expire at year's end, President Bush signed into law legislation that reauthorizes the federal backstop for another seven years. The legislation extends coverage for acts of domestic terrorism, in addition to foreign acts of...