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COVER STORY
WILL OUTSOURCING FLY?
As companies in Asia outsource finance and accounting, CFOs ask whether the gains are worth the effort.
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FEATURE
SMOKE AND MIRRORS
China’s central government is serious about cleaning the environment. The problem is that local officials are not.
 
FEATURE
HEDGE FUND BULLIES
Activist fund managers can be brutal in targeting companies, but there are ways to fight back.
 
TOPLINE

HOW SWEET THE RECOVERY?
Ten years after the Asian crisis.

HOW REAL IS IT?
Bankruptcy law in China.

CHEAP TALK OR DEAF EARS?
Whistle-blowers in the US.

LESS ALARMING
China’s labor law.

 
BY THE NUMBERS
BUSINESS OUTLOOK SURVEY
The voracious Oracle acquisition machine consumes Hyperion Solutions.
 
INSIGHT
TANGLED UP IN TASKS
How to deal with multitasking and frequent interruptions in the workplace.
 
IN TECH

THE ONUS OF BONUS
New software can help finance get a handle on incentive compensation.

YOU OUGHTA BE ON YOUTUBE
Video annual reports are fast becoming the favored way to reach investors.

 
ON THE RECORD
ANWAR IBRAHIM, FORMER DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA
 
IN PRACTICE : CRM
AN ATTRACTIVE OFFERING?
Asian companies may gain as CRM-on-demand vendors embark on a war for market share.
 
IN PRACTICE : WORKING CAPITAL
GROWING PROBLEMS
Our 2007 working capital survey of US companies has implications for Asia’s own enterprises.
 
GRAPEVINE
THE END OF AN ERA
Lenovo’s Mary Ma retires; CFOs on the move.
 

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