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The Motley Fool June 5, 2007 Rich Duprey |
Foolish Forecast: Sapient's Ready to Tell All The business software and services provider is set to report full-year 2006 results, quarterly information for last year's second and third quarters, and 2007's first-quarter results. Investors, brace yourselves for this deluge of information. |
The Motley Fool January 12, 2007 Rich Duprey |
Sapient: Not the "IT" Stock The software provider is still floundering under the weight of the options scandal. Betting that new managers can straighten things out would end up costing investors a lot if the economy sours again. |
The Motley Fool March 14, 2007 Rich Duprey |
Monkey Business Continues at Sapient Until the troubled business services provider is done unraveling the monkey business with its books, and until its numbers are no longer subject to change, money placed here is a gamble, not an investment. |
The Motley Fool January 8, 2007 Rich Duprey |
Foolish Forecast: Scandal Saps Sapient's Strength The business software and services provider will report preliminary third-quarter 2006 financial results because the company still has not completed its stock-option backdating review. |
The Motley Fool April 25, 2011 Stephen J. Marini |
Don't Be Fooled by Non-GAAP Numbers Make sure you understand what companies are excluding from EPS, and why they're doing it. |
The Motley Fool January 20, 2005 Rich Smith |
"Oops" With a Capital O(ne) A good year ends with a bad quarter for Capital One. |
CFO April 1, 2011 Robert Pozen |
A Three-Step Plan for CFOs How to help your audit committee work more effectively. |
The Motley Fool September 27, 2006 Anders Bylund |
Red Hat Disappoints. Or Does It? The open-source veteran is finding out the hard way that some income statements can be tricky. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2006 John Finneran |
Prophets at a Discount Small-cap consultants DiamondCluster and Sapient are led by entrepreneurs who see the future of consulting better than most. Now the prophets are turning practical, with recent announcements of restructurings at both firms. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews April 24, 2007 Michael Hickins |
SEC Charges Former Apple Attorney With Fraud SEC levies fraud charges at Apple's former general counsel and settles with its former CFO in connection with a stock options backdating scandal. |
The Motley Fool December 20, 2007 Rich Smith |
Accenture Says "Happy New Year!" Consulting firm Accenture started off its 2008 fiscal year in a big way -- beating both revenue and earnings expectations. |
Knowledge@Wharton June 18, 2003 |
Board Members Feeling the Heat of Public Scrutiny Should Bone Up on Finance, Accounting What you don't know can't hurt you. That old adage may be true some of the time, but not for people serving on boards of directors and audit committees in the wake of recent scandals that have tarnished the reputation of corporate America. |
The Motley Fool May 31, 2006 Jim Mueller |
Too Many Options on the Menu Stock-based compensation weighs down the earnings of restaurants, of all things. Is it really necessary, though, if you are an established, profitable restaurant chain? |
CFO September 1, 2002 David M. Katz |
The Insiders Do internal auditors have a bigger role to play in ensuring the integrity of financial reports? |
The Motley Fool October 12, 2009 Mike Pienciak |
Infosys Makes Lemonade Business is improving for the global IT consulting provider, but the stock's valuation remains overblown. |
CIO October 28, 2015 |
Attention CIOs: Here's how to bond with the CFO IT project success hinges on financial support from the CFO, so learn the lingo and stay in close touch |
CFO September 1, 2010 Sarah Johnson |
So Much for "Death by Committee" Audit committees have expanded their scope, and new rules may force them to broaden it even further. |
The Motley Fool April 16, 2008 Anand Chokkavelu |
Inside Infosys: A Chat With the CFO A conversation with Vibin Balakrishnan, Infosys' CFO, who answers some of our post-earnings questions. |
The Motley Fool May 3, 2004 Salim Haji |
Sapient Rebounds Rebounding from 2002 lows, the IT consulting firm deserves tremendous credit. |
Real Estate Portfolio Mar/Apr 2002 Ray Milnes |
Audit Committees -- A Perspective on Utilizing Internal Audit Resources A brisk current of regulatory change is sweeping through America's corporate boardrooms aimed at strengthening the independence and effectiveness of corporate audit committees, including those of REITs and other publicly traded real estate companies... |
CFO November 1, 2002 Tim Reason |
Facing the Bear: The 2002 Compensation Survey With stock options under scrutiny, companies are once again seeking the elusive link between pay and performance. |
The Motley Fool March 26, 2010 Mike Pienciak |
Are There Aces in Accenture's Deck? Amid another round of quarterly losses, prospects are improving. |
CFO February 2008 Katz & Homer |
WorldCom Whistle-blower Cynthia Cooper What Cynthia Cooper was feeling and thinking as she took the steps that, as it turned out, would change Corporate America. |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2009 Anders Bylund |
Is Big Blue Betting on Satyam? One company's disaster is another's opportunity. It looks like IBM may be interested in picking up the pieces from the Satyam scandal. |
The Motley Fool October 14, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
At What Price Infosys? Does the software and outsourcing firm really deserve its premium valuation? |
CFO September 1, 2010 Tim Reason |
Fees Still Falling, but Not as Dramatically The latest analysis of audit fees shows continued good news for most companies, but not all. |
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2009 Kenneth L. Glascock |
Internal Audit: Boosting Your ROI A high-performance audit function can help the bank and board achieve its risk-adjusted goals. |
CFO November 1, 2002 Andrew Osterland |
Board Games Boards are supposed to monitor top executives, but too often give them carte blanche. That's why regulators are writing stricter rules for the corporate-governance game. |
The Motley Fool May 19, 2006 Bobby Shethia |
Considering a Costly Cognizant Wall Street values the software outsourcing company's stock at too steep a premium to its business. Investors, take note. |
CFO January 1, 2004 John Goff |
They Might Be Giants It's been nearly two years since Arthur Andersen went under and Sarbanes-Oxley was passed. Have the Big Four audit firms changed since then? |
The Motley Fool October 25, 2006 Rich Duprey |
Options Run Out at Comverse Greed strikes again. A financial officer at the telecom-software provider pleads guilty for his role in another backdating scandal. |
CFO September 1, 2005 Alix Nyberg Stuart |
Can You Spot the Finance Expert? Two years after the SEC started requiring finance experts on audit committees, it's still not clear who qualifies, or whether it really makes a difference. |
The Motley Fool January 12, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
The High Price of Infosys High valuation often spells danger, as Infosys' post-earnings stumble suggests. The stock is priced for near-perfection, and the perception that it has fallen short from quarter to quarter will play havoc with the stock and investors' nerves. |
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2010 |
Risk Management Tops Audit Committee's Stress List Highlights of the latest quarterly research in conjunction with Grant Thornton LLP. |
CFO January 30, 2004 Scott Leibs |
New Terrain Post-Enron reforms have made dramatic alterations to the landscape of corporate governance. Boards, their committees, and internal auditors now have greater responsibilities and powers. How will these reforms change the CFO's job? |
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2010 Deborah Scally |
Insight on Oversight More than 300 audit committee members, bank executives, and audit experts gathered at Bank Director's fourth annual Bank Audit Committee Conference in Chicago last month. |
CFO April 1, 2010 Tim Reason |
Auditing Your Auditor After nearly a decade of turmoil, companies have gained the advantage in negotiating with their auditors. |
The Motley Fool June 24, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
DiamondCluster Gets Cluster-Bombed Pushed-back business and high taxes lead to an earnings miss for the management consulting company. |
The Motley Fool January 11, 2007 Rich Duprey |
Sapient's Not-So-Wise Quarter: Fool by Numbers The business software and services provider released preliminary third-quarter 2006 earnings because of the ongoing stock-option backdating review: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... etc. |
The Motley Fool January 16, 2007 Rich Duprey |
Is Backdating Really So Bad? Is repricing options really a crime, or simply a mild accounting gimmick? However, backdating stock options carries a real cost to shareholders. |
The Motley Fool July 12, 2007 Rich Duprey |
Backdating Boredom It seems everyone from investors to the justice system is tiring of the stock options scandal. |
The Motley Fool January 11, 2007 John Finneran |
Infosys: Leading the Flat World Infosys is the leader of the flat world, with a well-honed business model. As the blue chip of its sector, its valuation is reasonable. |
CFO May 1, 2007 Alix Nyberg Stuart |
Board Battles Even as conflicts between CEOs and directors erupt, finance chiefs can wield influence on both sides. |