BusinessFinanceLink
Issue #302
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- Today's Alerts -
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COBRA
on Steroids
Employers are raising concerns about a specific COBRA
provision in the economic stimulus bill that would make companies
responsible for extending health insurance to former employees age 55
and older or who worked for the company for at least a decade. For
more read Laurie Brannen's Brannen
in Brief blog at The Big
Fat Finance Blog.
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April
13th: XBRL D-Day
At the end of January, the SEC posted the final rule
mandating XBRL for public companies. Is this a good thing? It depends on
whether or not you're going to take advantage of it. What is certain is
that for publicly held companies, the SEC is expecting XBRL reports
starting April 13. For more read Alan Radding's wiredFINANCE
blog at The Big Fat Finance
Blog.
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Regulatory
Strategy 2009: What to Watch Right Now
Will the SEC be abolished, merged, or left as-is? Will
IFRS adoption be delayed? What other regulatory issues will affect GRC
workloads? Here are four issues to monitor in the coming weeks: SEC
Chair Mary Schapiro's appointments, the FASB and IASB's work on
accounting standards convergence, the Congressional committees that
oversee the SEC and the CFTC, and other regulations, specifically Say On
Pay and Card Check. For more read Eric Krell's Full
Disclosure blog at The
Big Fat Finance Blog.
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Introducing The Big Fat Finance
Blog
Now more than ever, finance professionals are
specializing in multiple disciplines, each demanding new levels of
knowledge and business insight. To better meet this demand for more
specialized knowledge, Business Finance introduces The Big Fat
Finance Blog, where finance professionals can now join the conversation
and engage our bloggers and editors in multiple disciplines. To join the
conversation visit us at www.bigfatfinanceblog.com.
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A
Structured Dialogue: Planning and Budgeting
Many companies are immature when it comes to aligning
budgets and plans. Ventana Research suggests structured communication
covering concrete goals and realistic constraints. Read "Make Planning
More Strategic" in the BPM Resource Center.
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GRC
Survey - Chance to Win a $100 Gift Card!
Economic woes, gyrating commodity prices, rising fraud
... the pressures on governance, risk and compliance programs are
mounting. How are companies coping? By participating in our quick
survey, you can help your peers keep tabs on the ever-changing GRC
landscape. The results will be presented in aggregate in an upcoming
issue of Business Finance. You will also have the opportunity
to enter into a drawing for one of two $100 Visa gift cards.
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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 the live event, you can still enjoy unlimited
access to the audio and slide shows from the keynote speaker
presentations at our on-demand archive.
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- Today's Diverts -
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Maryland
Comptroller Urges E-filing in YouTube Spoof
Maryland's comptroller Peter Franchot encouraged state
residents to pay their taxes online in the YouTube video "Real Taxpayers
of Genius," a spoof of a famous series of Bud Light commercials.
"Bringing humor to the otherwise stressful topic of doing taxes is one
way we hope to grab people's attention," Franchot said in a release. See
the video here.
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Runners
Wolf Down Doughnuts Mid-Race
Many people run to lose weight, but in the Krispy
Kreme Challenge, which raises money for North Carolina Children's
Hospital, participants consume far more calories than they burn. The
runners race two miles to a Krispy Kreme shop, eat a dozen glazed
doughnuts, and then run the two miles back. This year's winner, Cameron
Dorn, said, "It's awesome -- gross -- little bit gross, but
awesome."
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