Giving on non-profit boards
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008Half of nonprofits now require board members to make an annual contribution of at least $5000 and 87 per cent have adopted policies in line with Sarbanes-Oxley.
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Siemens fine to wipe profits
Monday, January 21st, 2008Siemens faces a fine of 4 billion euros ($5.8 billion), a figure that would wipe out a full year’s profit, after a probe by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Monday, January 21st, 2008Google is reshaping philanthropy by treating it as an exercise in venture capitalism. But by investing in companies it raises questions about competition.
Merrill Lynch’s bonus pain
Sunday, January 20th, 2008New Merrill Lynch chief executive officer John Thain wants to change the way the firm gives bonuses. He wants a new system based more on how the whole company did, than how the individual did. But it won’t stop the firm losing money.
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008With Conrad Black this week filing a bid for bail until his appeal of fraud and obstruction convictions is heard, there are signs what the grounds of appeal might be.
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008Bad bosses are a fact of life. But how many of them are there?
Rewarding Blackwater
Saturday, January 19th, 2008Prosecutors might be facing serious difficulties prosecuting Blackwater security guards. But that hasn’t stopped the Department of Defense giving Blackwater subsidiary Presidential Airways a $50 million-plus contract to perform work in Afghanistan, Kyrgystan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan.
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Friday, January 4th, 2008Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee set up a $225 million slush fund to buy art for his art museum director wife.
Conrad Black: now a good American?
Friday, January 4th, 2008After waging a legal war against the US, Conrad Black is now asking to get US citizenship rights so that authorities will go easy on him in jail.
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008There seems to be a profound disconnect for chief financial officers in their first 100 days on the job. According to a McKinsey survey, most CFOs say their time is not being spent in areas where it’s needed.
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