"A Guide to Annuities: Will You Have Enough?"
The Wall Street Journal - November 2009
*Part of a special advertising section on annuities.

"Branching Out"
MSN Business on Main - November 2009

"Creating Buyers: The ESOP as Exit Strategy"
CFO - November 2009
Interest in creating employee stock-ownership plans seems to be ticking up among business owners worried that capital-gains tax rates soon may rise. They may want to sell now while the rates stay at 15%.

"Taking the Franchising Plunge"
MSN Business on Main|Cool Runnings - October 2009 

"Boxed In"
CFO - October 2009
The government's push to standardize over-the-counter derivatives could severely disrupt corporate hedging programs.

"Forming Alliances: Partnering Up for Business Success"
MSN Business on Main|Cool Runnings - October 2009

“Cleaner (Balance) Sheets: The 2009 Working Capital Scorecard”
CFO - June 2009
Hard times have inspired companies to wring lots of cash out of working capital. How much better can they get?

“Assessing History as a Forecasting Tool”
The Wall Street Journal - May 2009
*Part of a special advertising section on mutual funds.

“Stock Funds: Investing Smart and Safe”
The Wall Street Journal - May 2009
*Part of a special advertising section on mutual funds.

"A Losing Formula"
CFO - May 2009
Volatile financial markets can wreak havoc with your cost-of-capital calculations—and possibly skew your investment decisions and financial results.

“2009 Buyer’s Guide: Target-Date Funds”
PLANSPONSOR - April 2009
Maybe we were solving for the wrong equation.

“GCs Who Saved Their Companies’ Bacon: John McGoldrick”
Corporate Board Member - Second Quarter 2009
Meet John McGoldrick, this year’s winner of Corporate Board Member's lifetime achievement award. (He guided Bristol-Myers Squibb through its breast-implant litigation and now helps rid the world of AIDS.)

”Time to Go Bargain-Hunting for a Lawyer?”
Corporate Board Member - Second Quarter 2009

“Lawyerly Wisdom to Rescue You from the Economic Storm”
Corporate Board Member - Second Quarter 2009
The troubling economic climate brings with it all kinds of new legal problems for directors. Here’s how the experts say you can protect yourself.

“Taxed to the Max”
CFO - March 2009
Hefty tax rates continue to penalize U.S. companies, and the calls for reform are growing louder.

“Charting a New Course”
The Wall Street Journal - March 2009
*Part of a special advertising section on financial planning.

“How Bernard Madoff Affects Your Nonprofit D&O Coverage”
Corporate Board Member - First Quarter 2009

“Earning Guidance Gets a Makeover”
Corporate Board Member - First Quarter 2009

“More Work for the Audit Committee”
Corporate Board Member - January 2009
The planned switch from U.S. to international accounting standards could cost companies millions, and compliance will hit smaller outfits disproportionately hard. Sound familiar?

“Are These Great Times to Reprice Stock Options or What?”
Corporate Board Member - January 2009
It would seem so, since so many lie deep underwater. But you’ll almost certainly need shareholders’ approval--and their investments took a soaking, too. Here’s how to win their support.