FEI Weekly

November 25, 2015

Business stockpiles piling up, retailers fight another round of POS malware, and ISS blasts director 'overboarding.'

Bulging Stockpiles Are Holding Back the U.S. Economy

Quartz

There’s clearly a misalignment between corporate expectations of demand and actual demand.

Retailers Scrambling Against Latest Credit Card-Stealing Malware

Fortune

Hackers are targeting U.S. retailers with a new wave of malware intended to steal information from payment terminals.

5 Steps One CFO Took To Fix a Broken Culture and Build Strong Ethics Among Employees

Business Insider

For senior finance professionals, it’s not easy to build a strong ethical work culture.

ISS Adopts Stricter Policy on Director ‘Overboarding’

Wall Street Journal (subscription may be required)

The two biggest proxy advisory firms are cracking down on board members with too many seats.

FASB to Revise, Finalize Proposal on Share-Based Payment

Bloomberg BNA (Sponsored link)

Rules proposed earlier this year to simplify—in targeted areas—the accounting requirements for employee share-based payment transactions will be finalized with some revisions, the Financial Accounting Standards Board said Nov. 23.