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The 7 Best Podcasts for Business Users

Last week you learned how to avoid gridlock during your daily commute. Of course, you can't avoid that commute altogether, which is why it's smart to make the most of time you have to spend in the car (or, for that matter, on bus, plane, train, etc.).

Sainsbury's steps up IT investment to support online growth

Sainsbury's has announced it will be investing in its IT systems to support and develop its growing online platforms.

Analyst says Apple could hit $1,200 a share

Last week two analysts predicted that Apple's shares could hit $1,001. Now an analyst has raised that figure to $1,200 based on sales of iPhones and iPads. However, where the other analysts specified that the $1,001 mark would be broken within 12 months, O'Gorman hasn't specified a time frame.

Standard Life CFO on how she made it to top finance role

Few people will tell you frankly -- and many would struggle to even acknowledge - their regrets, weaknesses or strengths, especially those sitting on the executive boards of the UK's top companies. But then Jackie Hunt, chief financial officer of FTSE 100 insurer Standard Life, is an exception in many senses.

Time to embrace the true value of change

CFOs must grasp the nettle of change to show they can be a force for good

From CFO to CEO - top 10 tips to get you there

Do you have the skill, drive and ambition to make the jump to the corner office?

Why Exchange Traded Funds Are Gaining Steam as CFO Investment Tools

From retirement plans to acquisitions, the ETF is worth looking at; transparency is a benefit.

CFOs and Cloud: A story of love and hate

Uncertainty and risk are associated with every choice we make. For CFOs, the choice is whether to accept a level of uncertainty to avoid higher levels that other choices might entail. There is little doubt that, in the long term, CFOs will develop comfort with the new financial model of on-demand payment and will also develop techniques to reduce the payment variability associated with that framework.

Chinese companies in global hunt for talent

China cashed up and on the hunt for talent in banking, airlines

Aer Lingus CFO on helping to turn around the fortunes at Ireland's flag carrier

It's not an easy time to be a chief financial officer of an airline business. Increased incidence of natural disasters, volatile fuel prices, a possible double-dip recession and falling passenger numbers have all combined to severely dent most airlines' profits and prospects, so to join the board of an airline at the time of one of its worst financial years is a job only for the very experienced.

CFO Bartering Comes of Age

Bartering is growing at up to 10% a year, as more companies learn how they can get value from barter-related cash flow

Davos offers little help for finance chiefs

One consensus emerged: that things need to change but ‘the how’ no one could answer clearly

Employees stay put on market uncertainty

Employers should expect lower attrition and a tougher job attracting new employees, as candidates stay put and wait out the current market uncertainty.

12 for '12: Tech Trends to Jolt a CFO (Part One)

You are an executive. You're driven by what you do and give 110%. You care about your company. That's good. Now as we shake off the post-party season blues, itʼs time to take a moment to think about what will be worrying you this year. Here are 12 tech topics -- in two installments, starting with a half-dozen today -- that should turn your hair just a little grayer in 2012, Year of the Mobile Enterprise.

ITV's CFO reveals the role of finance in the company's transformation

CFO Profile: ITV's chief financial officer Ian Griffiths

CFO Communication, Leadership Skills Needed

Those "soft" finance department requirements are tops in an Accountemps survey, ahead of functional and strategic planning capabilities.

Empower people for better time management

Reactive mode will prevent you from moving the important items forward, says Richard Guest, interim CFO of Travelex

How Oracle made the Sun deal work: a lesson for CFOs

Chairman Jeff Henley detailed the gritty work of merger integration to show CFOs how they can transform their companies

Investor relations management in troubled times

When times are tough the investor relations message should always come from the CFO

The bottom line on time management

Fraser Burrill former finance director of Sony UK shares some secrets

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