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Merit Solutions provides end-to-end, industry-specific software solutions that can address unique business processes by removing gaps in functionality provided by out-of-the-box applications. Our software modules include: Manufacturing Software Applications...
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The business insurance group's finance chief foresaw the need to add liquidity just as Bear Stearns was starting to tank. In March, around the time when the problems with Bear Stearns surfaced, Rob Schimek, the CFO of AIG Commercial Insurance and...
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Microsoft Dynamics CRM continues to be a great success in the Healthcare industry. This new landing page focusing on Dynamics CRM in Healthcare provides links to white papers and other collateral and showcases some great case studies at http://www...
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Not all of them will be from Lehman. Meanwhile, a handful of other companies announce layoffs as well. Barclays PLC, which recently bought Lehman Brothers' North American operations, plans to cut about 3,000 jobs, Reuters reported, citing a source...
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His replacement is longtime company Ford of Europe chief Lewis Booth. Ford Motor Co. announced that CFO Don Leclair, 56, will retire November 1. His replacement will be executive vice president Lewis Booth, who is chairman and CEO of Ford of Europe and...
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Yields on the short-term have dipped since the Fed announced its backstop plan. The emergency global interest rate cuts and a move by the Federal Reserve to buy corporate commercial paper appear to have loosened up the market for short-term debt sales...
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Respondents to a Grant Thornton survey also think CEOs are overpaid — except the one they report to. Seven of 10 finance executives believe companies should be required to provide more detail when they change auditors, according to a new survey...
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FASB nips and tucks its FAS 157 guidance for quick release so companies can use the clarification to file third-quarter results. The Financial Accounting Standards Board will likely issue final guidance on fair value accounting by Monday. The board is...
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Current "unprecedented challenges" aren't reason enough, and speculation about a GM bankruptcy is "exaggerated," the company says. Aiming to reassure investors, customers, dealers, and creditors, General Motors said today that...
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Job openings in the third quarter, and through the first nine months, track with 2007. In other words, there's a lot of them. The rate of CFO turnover at large companies continued at a brisk pace in the third quarter, with 37 new openings in the Fortune...
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No dividend hike for first time in 32 years; share-buyback program suspended. Desperate times may call for cash conservation, and General Electric, for one, is signaling that this is perhaps its biggest priority at the moment. The conglomerate, which...
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The long-term debt ratings of the two big investment banks may be in for a tumble. The badly bruised, hyper-jittery capital markets were dealt another blow Thursday when Moody's Investors Service warned it may cut the long-term debt ratings of Morgan...
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Choosing first credit card can be a little tiresome job. Because of the tough competition among the companies which provide credit cards so credit card should be opted wisely. Temptation for credit card is very powerful. There are many things that should...
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On Thursday, Big Blue sold $4 billion worth of corporate bonds. International Business Machines Corp. did its part to try to reopen the bond market. While most companies are having trouble raising money, Big Blue sold $4 billion in a three-part debt sale...
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10/10/08 -- Results of Fair Value Study Should Be in by January 2009 The SEC said on October 7, 2008, it will need three months to complete the study of mark-to-mark accounting ordered by Congress as part of the financial bailout package. The banking...
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A Case Study from the CRMUG Summit 2008
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The IRS relaxes repatriation rules — temporarily — to help companies get through the credit crunch. It's not just Federal Reserve Board that's intervening to prop up ailing companies hit by the credit crisis. The Internal Revenue Service...
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Accounting scheme alleged by SEC against a former CEO and CFO details round-trip schemes to inflate earnings. The Securities and Exchange Commission charged a former CEO and former CFO of drug store chain Duane Reade with fraud, saying they orchestrated...
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The manufacturer of flash memory products must shutter one Boise unit and cut the workforce. Executives will see a 20 percent salary cut. The $1.4-billion in cash and short-term investments that Micron Technologies has on its balance sheet is not enough...
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By Chris Bucholtz Yesterday, we did a webinar with EchoSign about the concept of electronic signatures and their impact on sales (you can hear the archived version of the event by going here ). That may seem like a trivial thing until you think about...
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By Chris Bucholtz Yesterday, we did a webinar with EchoSign about the concept of electronic signatures and their impact on sales (you can hear the archived version of the event by going here ). That may seem like a trivial thing until you think about...
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Treasury Secretary Paulson appoints a veteran federal interim CFO to oversee the finances of the office that will buy banks' illiquid securities. Veteran federal CFO Thomas Bloom has been appointed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as interim finance...
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