Strategy & Management

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CFO April 1, 2006 Ronald Fink	All's Fair in M&A? Fairness opinions are supposed to ensure that shareholders receive a fair price for their holdings. But such opinions can add to the cost of deals, and that cost won't be recovered if a deal falls through. Now judges and regulators are taking aim at conflicted "fairness" opinions.
CFO April 1, 2006 Lori Calabro	Peabody Energy's Rick Navarre The CFO of the world's largest private-sector coal producer toils in an industry often perceived as unsafe, environmentally unfriendly, and a poor investment compared with alternative energy forms.
CFO April 1, 2006 Ronald Fink	Overexposed With questions being raised on prepaid variable forwards, many executives may be scrambling for an alternative way to diversify -- and defer taxes. So what should executives with large concentrations of one stock do to diversify and avoid, or at least defer, taxes?
CFO April 1, 2006 Kate O'Sullivan	Calming the Waters What happens when the CEO and CFO just don't get along? And what should CFOs do when they find themselves locking horns with their boss?
CIO April 1, 2006 Christopher Koch	The Metrics Trap...And How to Avoid It Calculating IT spending as a percentage of overall revenue is easy, popular... and misleading. There's gotta be a better way. In fact, there are several.
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2006 Sander A. Flaum	Leadership: The Short List Business leaders today waste too much valuable time on the non-essentials. By focusing their to-do lists, executives can go from just surviving to truly performing in the corporate environment.
U.S. Banker April 2006 John Engen	The Path to Redemption Four years ago, PNC Financial Services was on the regulatory ropes. Overcoming those troubles wasn't easy for chairman and CEO James Rohr. Today PNC seems able to do no wrong. Can its run of success continue?
U.S. Banker April 2006	The Difference Between Good and Bad Profits The difference between those companies generating good profits and those producing bad profits can be boiled down to one question: "How likely are you to recommend us to a friend?" Loyalty transforms the economics of business.
U.S. Banker April 2006 Glen Fest	Web Marketing: Search Engines: Out of Banks' Plain View Google, Yahoo! and MSN are trying to convince banks to ramp up search-engine advertising and optimization. So far, banks haven't taken the bait. Well, for heaven's sake, why not?
CRM April 1, 2006 Lior Arussy	Meet Expectations Before Trying to Exceed Them By trying to reduce costs, companies reduce the overall value they provide to customers and drop performance below customer expectations.
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