CFO.com: Smaller Businesses News http://www.cfo.com/archives/directory.cfm/3666324 The latest finance news, including accounting practices, government investigations, capital-raisings, credit ratings, investor relations, and personnel shuffles. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:32:18 GMT CFO.com http://www.cfo.com/images/cfo_com_logo_small.gif http://www.cfo.com Finance Chiefs Look Warily Ahead http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/14482744/?f=rsspage A new survey of finance executives finds them preparing for a slow recovery. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:31:00 GMT Restatements on the Decline http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/14480266/?f=rsspage Sarbox and a more tolerant SEC may be why companies are restating financial results less frequently, says a new report. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:48:00 GMT Fraud Case Casts Doubt over Sarbox Exemption http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/14470842/?f=rsspage An alleged $31 million fraud could quash claims that internal-controls checks don't matter. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:32:00 GMT A Separate GAAP? http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/14464835/?f=rsspage A blue-ribbon panel will look into whether private U.S. companies should get their own version of accounting rules. Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:30:00 GMT Stalling on Sarbox http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/14463516/?f=rsspage The regulatory-reform bill passed by the House last week suggests that lawmakers will either exempt smaller companies from getting internal-controls audits or put off the decision for yet another year. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:22:00 GMT Benchmarking Credit Risk: Cash Is the Key http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/14461460/?f=rsspage Compared with the same period last year, fewer midcap companies were slow to pay their bills in the third quarter of 2009. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:24:00 GMT Small Consolation http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/14457611/?f=rsspage Despite the lip service paid to the importance of small businesses, efforts to ease their credit woes have come up short. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:47:00 GMT After 16 Years, a CFO Returns http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/14457714/?f=rsspage Andy Bishop first ran finance for Hallador Petroleum in the early 1990s. Now he's back in the same job, but the company has changed dramatically. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:17:00 GMT Where's the Cash? Look Behind You http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/14454571/?f=rsspage A new law gives corporations a chance to apply net operating losses to income generated in good years, going back to 2003. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:04:00 GMT Creating Buyers: The ESOP as Exit Strategy http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/14453718/?f=rsspage Interest in creating employee stock-ownership plans seems to be ticking up among business owners worried that capital-gains tax rates soon may rise. They may want to sell now while the rates stay at 15%. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:20:00 GMT