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Commission OKs bid despite questions about price, process
Haines City city commissioners gave permission Thursday to award a bid to Gulf Coast Boring and Pipeline, the second lowest bidder, for the installation of water infrastructure to serve the northeast portion of the city of Haines City service area. Comment?
Community organizations can lead the way to sustainability
... a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment where he studies corporate governance and instructs courses in corporate environmental management and social responsibility. Gray is from Fredericton and ... Comment?
Bankruptcy Hearing: Station gets extension
A bankruptcy judge Friday temporarily extended the exclusivity period for Station Casino to submit its own restructuring plan until he can hear arguments on modifying a key lease agreement that some creditors oppose. Comment?
Frederick E. Curry,Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP to Speak ...
... crimes, insider abuse, conflicts of interests, employee wrong doing, financial investigations, and corporate governance issues. At Deloitte, Mr. Curry has lead domestic and international financial institution engagements focused on various types of ... Comment?
Illinois Retail Bank Selects Compliance Training from Edcomm Bankera s Academy
New York, NY, November 21, 2009 -- The Bank has also opted to use Edcomm Bankera s Academya s Learning Management System , Learning LinkA , for hosting and maintenance of Focus on Compliance. Comment?
Lessons Learned From PCI Compliance
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Assessors reveal mistakes companies make with data security standard. Whether you think PCI is a useful standard that makes our credit card data safer or a credit card industry whitewash that merely creates the illusion of security, PCI compliance is a fact of life. Comment?
Nasdaq notifies Overstock it violated listing rule
Overstock.com Inc. said Friday that it received a listing rule violation letter Thursday from the Nasdaq Stock Market related to the recent filing of its third-quarter report. Comment?
'These Men Could Kill SarbOx: Two tenacious Washington lawyers have...
"These Men Could Kill SarbOx: Two tenacious Washington lawyers have the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in their sights--and they just might take it down." BusinessWeek posted this article online yesterday. Posted at Comment?
... Herald columnist Brian Gaynor described Hanover Finance as "one of the worst examples of poor corporate governance and the country's inadequate securities markets' regulatory regime" and said the independent directors were "asleep at the wheel". ... Comment?
Former Database Administrator Convicted Of Hacking His Old Firm
A former database administrator for GEXA Energy has been convicted after pleading guilty to hacking his former employer's database system. Comment?
Hawthorn Bancshares Announces Management Succession Plan
... transition.a Commenting on the announcement, Philip D. Freeman, Chairman of Hawthorna s Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee stated, "The appointment of David Turner to the position of president and chief operations officer is the culmination ... Comment?
Accounting For Differences In Oil And Gas Accounting
Companies involved in the exploration and development of crude oil and natural gas have the option of choosing between two accounting approaches: the "successful efforts" method and the "full cost" method. Comment?
Oracle Announces Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management Release 7.4
New Features and Pre-Built Integrations Help Service Providers Deliver Differentiated Customer Experiences Redwood Shores, Calif. Comment?
GRC in 2010: $29.8B in Spending Sparked by Risk, Visibility, and Efficiency
The Bottom Line: After a two-year period of decline, GRC spending growth returns in 2010, expanding by 3.9% to nearly $30B. Ask 10 companies to describe governance, risk management, and compliance , and youa ll likely get at least 20 definitions. Comment?
Peters heads CFA Institute financial reporting group
Sandra J. Peters joined the CFA Institute as head of its financial reporting policy group. Comment?
RiskMetrics lengthens CEO evaluation period
RiskMetrics Group's proxy-voting policies will now consider the long-term relationship between a U.S. company CEO's total compensation and total shareholder return over a period of at least five years, according to an update of its global corporate governance policy released today. Comment?
Giuliani back in spotlight, but why?
... mayor - head of Giuliani Partners LLP, which focuses on emergency preparedness, public safety and corporate governance - could simply choose to stay in the lucrative private sector, where he benefits greatly from his role as a nationally recognized ... Comment?
As expected, layoffs came down yesterday at Business Week , and the numbers were huge. Comment?
Is Harbinger giving up on The New York Times Co.?
... dual-class voting structure will make it impossible to affect change on the company's operations or corporate governance -- and as long as the Sulzberger family controls the company's fate, it will continue to be a value destruction machine trading ... Comment?
CA Completes NetQoS Acquisition
CA, Inc. today announced that it has completed its $200 million acquisition of NetQoSA Inc., a leading provider of network performance management and service delivery management solutions. Comment?