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Highest Paid CFOs in the World in 2024

The Finance Weekly

She led Oracle's transition to cloud computing which skyrocketed the company's industry status and has successfully guided Oracle through challenging economic periods. Specifically, here are some key corporate matters the CFO is in charge of: Forecasting One key thing to note is that CFOs do more than just report the current situation.

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How to create & use pro forma statements

Cube Software

Think of pro forma statements as a monetary crystal ball, a guiding financial forecast. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires that discrepancies between pro forma and GAAP-compliant financial reports be explained when released to the public. A pro forma invoice is not a type of pro forma financial statement.

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Disclosure Dilemma: When more (data) leads to less (information)!

Musings on Markets

Almost in parallel, accounting as a profession found its footing and worked on creating rules that would apply to reporting, at least at publicly traded companies, with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) making its appearance in 1933.

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