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STANDING
UP TO SARS
Severe acute
respiratory syndrome (Sars) may be putting risk management
plans in global corporations to the test very soon. CFOs
in Hong Kong, Singapore, and China were on the Sars' front
line in late March. Among the hardest-hit companies is
Cathay Pacific, the Hong Kong carrier owned by Swire Pacific.
Swire CFO Martin Cubbon and others relate how they're
shouldering the scourge and preparing for recovery.
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| FEATURE |
CLIPPING
THEIR WINGS
The merging of
commercial and investment banks into the so-called universal
institutions has stirred concerns that these houses use their
cheap bank-deposit dollars to buy their way into lucrative investment
banking deals. The fear is that smaller banks and investment
houses can't compete, and CFOs will feel the pinch via rising
capital costs. |
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| MONEYWATCH |
THROUGH
THE LOOKING GLASS
Conduits,
special purpose vehicles increasingly touted by financial institutions,
can be used to garner fee business in exchange for cheap loans.
Is this loan-tying? |
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| TECHWATCH |
BESIEGED
BY SPAM
Several inexpensive
packages have been devised to shut spam out, but the costs don't
stop there. |
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| SPOTLIGHT: ERP |
RESOURCE
FULL
Enterprise resource
planning software has changed over the years, but planning and
change management are still the crucial elements to successful
rollouts. |
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| IT PROJECTS |
GET SMART
To build better IT projects, start
by building a better manager. |
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| CAREERS |
Grapevine
Who's moving up, down and out in
Asian finance. |
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