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This paper states that investors are more interested in how businesses calculate their earnings and less about corporate earnings.

This article examines the difficulty companies are increasingly facing when trying to balance investors' expectations with actual earnings. Improved efficiency within companies are not always providing the expect results.

The Fifth Circuit decided a case, stating that an investor is a fiduciary under ERISA if it exercises authority or control over the management or disposition of plan assets regardless of whether its actions is an 'ordinary business decision. The decision is expected to have an impact upon companies and investors when a company conducts a restructuring or related actions.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed giving shareholders the holy grail of corporate governance - access to corporate proxy material to nominate candidates for directors to boards. But for [...]

Job dispels rumors, explains operations When shareholders -- or potential shareholders -- want to get information about a company's financial position, ask about its strategies for growth or even check [...]

Bottom line matters Investors should find solace, not fear, in the stock market's recent travails. This long overdue correction we are experiencing. could be an indication that, in the end, [...]

The results of a survey into the accounts closing practices of European companies is presented, with focus on the pressure from investors to close early and the problems preventing faster working.

Towers Perrin's recent survey of compensation practices of U.S. corporations has found that long-term incentives such as stock and stock options can have an unintended impact. Rather than drawing executives into alignment with the company and it's shareholders, such compensation can create tension.