BusinessFinanceLink
Issue #299
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BusinessFinanceLink provides
news, trend information, research and commentary on a range
of subjects related to the financial management of organizations
in today's era of increased governance and financial transparency
— subjects such as Sarbanes-Oxley, IT management from
a financial perspective, credit trends, financial reporting,
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BPM Summit 2008: Now Available On-Demand
The 6th Annual BPM Summit, Generating Value Through Visibility, brought
together some of the business world's foremost practitioners to explore
the transformational role of finance in the enterprise. If you missed
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slide shows from the keynote speaker presentations at our on-demand archive.
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- Today's Alerts -
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GAO:
Big U.S. Companies Love Tax Havens
Eighty-three of the top 100 U.S. companies by revenue
have subsidiaries in questionable locations or jurisdictions with strict
banking secrecy laws, according to a new U.S. Government Accountability
Office (GAO) report.
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Lawmakers
Explore COBRA Changes
Due to the continuing climb in unemployment numbers
and the attendant increase in the loss of health care benefits,
lawmakers are considering changes in COBRA that could result in
subsidization of costs and, less likely, an extension of eligibility
beyond the usual 18 months. For more read Laurie Brannen's Brannen in
Brief blog at Businessfinancemag.com.
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Time:
Quality Over Quantity
When it comes to budgeting and planning, how
companies spend time is more important than how much time
companies spend. According to Ventana Research, time spent wisely is an
investment. Read "Spending the Right Time on Planning and Budgeting" in
the BPM Resource Center.
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- Today's Diverts -
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20
Jobs That Don't Require a Degree
You don't need a college diploma to make big bucks.
This list of 20 high-paying jobs that don't require a degree identifies
lucrative positions, such as air traffic controller, real estate broker,
and automobile service station manager.
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Man
Sacrifices Eyebrows for a Good Cause
A retired jeweler sacrificed his out-of-control
eyebrows for charity. Si Burgher, whose eyebrow hair was more than three
inches long, raised $1,600 for a polio eradication campaign by allowing
people to take turns cutting it.
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