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C P A U p d a t e - F e b r u a r y 2 0 0 2
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C o n t e n t s :
1. S p e c i a l N o t i c e
2. C P A n e t F i n d s
3. C P A N e w s
4. M o r e F r o m C P A n e t

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1. S p e c i a l N o t i c e
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2. C P A n e t F i n d s
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Every so often you come across a site or article that
makes you stop and take notice...

CFO Current Affairs
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CFO in the Year 2010 - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0386 
Fewer CFO Firings in 2001 - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0387 
CIO's: Play CFOs Like a Fiddle - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0388 
Need a New CFO? Hire a Temp - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0389 
Chief fudge-the-books officer - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0390 
Meet the New Boss - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0391 
Grow Your Own CEO - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0392 

Cost Cutting Management
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2002 Cost Management Survey - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0393 
Careful with That Ax - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0394 
Cost vs. Quality - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0395 
Digging out of a Hole - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0396 
Every million counts - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0397 
Trimming the IT Tree - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0398 
More Bang - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0399 
The Kindest Cuts - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0400 
5 Technologies to Save $$ - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0401 

Estate Planning
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Estate Planning w/ Uncertainty - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0402 
Estate Planning Overview - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0403 
Preserving the Family Legacy - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0404 
Uncertainty of Death and Taxes - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0405 
How-To Guide to Estate Planning - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0406 
Estate Tax Calculator - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0407 
Basics to Limiting Estate Tax - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0408 

D&O Insurance
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Enron's D&O Insurers:Wanderlust - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0409 
The House Hangs On to Its Money - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0410 
Wrestling for Dollars - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0411 
D&O Premium Surge post-Enron - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0412 
Losing My Insurance - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0413 
Insurers Rethinking Risk - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0414 
Hard Insurance Market - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0415 

Recruiting & Personnel
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Shiny, Happy Employees - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0416 
Before EEs leave, Interview - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0417 
Creating the Security Blanket - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0418 
Letting the Air Out of Leaders - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0419 
Anatomy of a Great Workplace - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0420 
The CEO as Shock Jock - http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0421 

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3. C P A N e w s - F e b r u a r y 2 0 0 2
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Arthur Andersen May Suffer Employee Exodus After Enron
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Big 5 CPA firms inch way onto watchdog panels
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0423 

Accounting firms demand change, then they resist it
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0424 

Court Documents Show Andersen's Ties With Enron Were Growing in Early '90s
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0425 

Andersen tries to settle Baptist case
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0426 

Accountants Can't Keep Up With Financial Complexity
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0427 

Enron auditor still with Andersen
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0428 

Lucent drops Pricewaterhouse as consultant
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0429 

The neighborhood accountant
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0430 

Skilling: I Didn't Dupe Lay
http://www.cpanet.com/up/s0202.asp?ID=0431 

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4. M o r e F r o m C P A n e t 
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January 2002 CPA Update
http://www.cpanet.com/cpa_update/index.asp?CAT=13 
- Enron: Accounting Profession Backlash 
- Revenue Recognition 
- Pro Forma Financials 
- Moving Forward, But Differently 
- Executive Compensation 

December 2001 CPA Update
http://www.cpanet.com/cpa_update/index.asp?CAT=12 
- Crisis & Risk Management 
- Financial Planning 
- The Budgeting Process 
- Purchase Accounting 
- Business Humor 

November 2001 CPA Update
http://www.cpanet.com/cpa_update/index.asp?CAT=11 
- High Powered Excel Spreadsheets 
- Knowledge Management (KM) 
- Military Tools, Management & Strategy 
- Retaining Good People 
- Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 
- People Skills 101 

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Until next time...
Brenda Mizgorski, CPA
CPAnet
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