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Small company 404(b) exemption to survive

One big issue--but hardly the biggest--for Congress as it hammers out the final version of the historic financial reform bill is whether small companies will ever be required to comply with... Read more...

Apologies detract from real financial reform

Do apologies work? It seems that they do, given that many bank executives on the hot seat, not to mention Tiger Woods, have resorted to the tactic. The goal of course is to generates sympathy and... Read more...

GRC and green data centers

Data centers have taken on gargantuan importance as of late, especially in the financial services, biotechnology and other information- and data-driven sectors. Given that they are such power pigs,... Read more...

Buzzword alert: IT GRC

Governance, risk and compliance has become, through lots of vendor effort, something of a buzzword--in a good way. It's on the map. People think they ought to know what it means. But what about IT... Read more...

Time to start thinking about continuous auditing?

Continuous auditing is one of those buzzwords that in some ways is more of a Holy Grail than an achievable goal. But the idea of real-time internal auditing, keeping up with every possible statistic... Read more...

CalPERS to re-ignite as governance force?

There was a day when CalPERS, the big California state pension, was a feared force in the world of corporate governance. It wasn't afraid to take stands against companies that underperformed. Ending... Read more...

Are you paying your GRC managers enough?

Even in these harsh economic times, compensation for governance, risk and compliance (GRC) executives seems to be going up, according to Robert Half Management Resources. Risk and compliance are even... Read more...

Golden era ending in accounting also?

None other than Ken Lewis, CEO of Bank of America, says that the golden era in financial services is ending. Can we say the same for the accounting profession, which was turbo charged by... Read more...

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Research and Markets: TD Bank Case Study: America's Most Convenient Bank

Renasant Corporation Approves Dividend

TUPELO, Miss., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of Renasant Corporation (Nasdaq: RNST) approved the payment of a quarterly cash dividend of seventeen cents ($0.17) per share Read more >>

Research and Markets: Australian Consumer Deposits 2010 - The Major Banks Act as Main Financial Institutions For 64% of Au

First Tech Credit Union Offers Rate Reductions for Buying Green Cars

Members Benefit from .25% APR Rate Reduction Off First Tech’s Already Low Auto Rates BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- First Tech Credit Union has partnered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Read more >>

Mesa Law Group 2010 First Half Results Mirror and Outpace Industry Bankruptcy & Loan Modification Averages

Continues Trend of Robust Growth in Bankruptcies and Steady Increase in Loan ModificationsCOSTA MESA, Calif., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Mesa Law Group, an innovative California-based law firm with Read more >>