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The Morning Ledger: Key Metrics to Gauge Your Company’s Health
By Vantage Cost on December 20, 201300Read moreFinancial metrics aren’t the only gauges of a company’s health. In our latest guest column written by a CFO,...
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The Morning Ledger: Easy Credit Buys Time for Retailers
By Vantage Cost on December 17, 2013Read moreEasy credit is delaying the retail industry’s day of reckoning. Investors, desperate for higher returns, are eagerly lending to...
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The Morning Ledger: Stevens on Short List for GM CFO Job
By Vantage Cost on December 11, 2013Read moreGM’s executive shake-up has left the CFO spot vacant. CFOJ’s Noelle Knox and Maxwell Murphy report that Chuck Stevens,...
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The Morning Ledger: CFOs Head for the Exits
By Vantage Cost on December 10, 2013Read moreMore CFOs are opting for early retirement. At the nation’s 1,000 largest companies, 56 CFOs have retired so far...
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The Morning Ledger: GM’s CFO Steers Focus to Finance
By Adam Vandoski on December 6, 2013Read moreToday CFO Journal launches a new weekly column guest written by a CFO. Dan Ammann, CFO of General Motors,...
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The Morning Ledger: Auditor-Naming Proposal Moves Forward
By Adam Vandoski on December 5, 2013Read moreThe PCAOB is moving forward with a proposal to name the partners who sign off on a company’s books....
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The Morning Ledger: Uncertainty Hangs Over R&D Tax Credit
By Adam Vandoski on December 3, 2013Read moreThe clock is ticking on the R&D tax credit, and businesses have no way of knowing if it will...
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The Morning Ledger: Caution Keeps Lid on Takeover Prices
By Adam Vandoski on November 26, 2013Read moreAmerican companies are doing deals on the cheap. U.S. firms are paying just 19% more, on average, than their...
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The Morning Ledger: Earnings Carry Warning Signs for Growth
By Adam Vandoski on November 19, 2013Read moreThird-quarter earnings came in strong, but the results raised some red flags about future growth. Companies slashed their spending...
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The Morning Ledger: Surge in Goodwill Write-Downs Lets Up
By Adam Vandoski on November 12, 2013Read moreWrite-downs from deals gone bad soared last year, but 2013 is turning out different. Suitors are paying the lowest...