FEI Weekly

April 20, 2015

The dollar's strength expected to affect earnings this week, personal risk grows for board members, and often-overlooked cyber-security steps.

Dollar’s Rise Casts Shadow on U.S. Earnings

Financial Times (subscription may be required)

A surging dollar is expected to hit some of the largest U.S. multinationals reporting results for a quarter marked by a 9 percent jump in their domestic currency.

Personal Problems for Board Executives

EY Reporting

With governments around the world enforcing anti-bribery and corruption legislation more aggressively, board positions carry a significantly higher level of personal risk than they used to.

Five Simple Steps to Protect Corporate Data

Wall Street Journal

What companies should be doing to protect their computer systems — but aren’t.

Answers Needed for Flaws in M&A Accounting Standard

CFO

How the IFRS standard for business combinations values intangible assets should be rethought, some say.

The Cheap, Convenient Cloud

The Economist

As cloud computing prices keep falling, the whole IT business will change.