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CFO January 1, 2006 Tom Leander	View from Asia: What's Old about ''New'' Japan? The old-guard style, marked by widespread company cross-shareholding and complacent boards, is in retreat. But resistance bubbles beneath the surface. As market reform moves forward, Japan's CFOs may have to shift metaphors from golf to a more openly confrontational sport.
CFO January 1, 2006 Tim Reason	A High-water Mark? Private-equity firms boosted deal values again in 2005, but resurgent corporate buyers and higher borrowing costs may rein them in this year.
CFO January 1, 2006 Lori Calabro	International Rectifier's Mike McGee Here's an interview with McGee who, as the first non-Japanese chairman of a Japanese-listed company, had to orchestrate a restructuring that ran contrary to traditional Japanese business practices.
CFO January 1, 2006 John McPartlin	Hackers Find Backers Large organizations should prepare themselves for more-clever and more-targeted attacks against their security infrastructures this year. Computer crime is now a game for professionals. Are companies prepared to respond?
CFO January 1, 2006 Kate O'Sullivan	CFO Confidential At many companies the CFO is a trusted confidant of the CEO, a valuable sounding board for all kinds of issues. But when CFOs themselves need advice, whom do they call?
CFO January 1, 2006	Into the Fire It seems Robert Blakely is making a habit of rescuing scandal-ridden companies... General Motors Corp. CFO John Devine has been traded in for a new model...
BusinessWeek January 23, 2006 Pete Engardio	Business Prophet How strategy guru C.K. Prahalad is changing the way CEOs think.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2006 Rich Duprey	Federated Trims Out Lord & Taylor The department store giant announces a plan to sell off its Lord & Taylor chain by year's end. There has been speculation that Saks or Neiman Marcus might be interested in acquiring the stores. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Once More With Guidant In the ongoing game of tit-for-tat, Boston Scientific ups its bid for Guidant. This battle will ultimately be decided by the 800-pound gorilla that is J&J. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Starbucks at the Movies The gourmet coffee giant hopes to create some buzz over a spelling bee film. The 10,500-unit-strong Starbucks empire would be remiss not to capitalize on its stupendous scale to move more than just muffins and mochas. Investors, take note.
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