When Robert Khuzami joined the Securities and Exchange Commission as its director of enforcement 354 days ago, Bernie Madoff’s $50 billion Ponzi scheme had revealed problems with the agency’s oversight functions.
Since then, he said in a keynote speech at the SABEW Conference today, he’s led the “most profound reorganization” in the division’s history. Khuzami joined [...]
These quotes were randomly selected during SABEW 2010 (Society of American Business Editors and Writers) which is being held in Phoenix this weekend.
“We’re not any smarter than them. We’re just good at asking questions.”
Kathy Kristoff, syndicated personal finance columnist
” ‘The Pay Czar’ is an unfortunate term. My grandmother in Lithuania is very confused.”
Kenneth Feinberg, [...]
The balance sheet is the essential statement for business reporters.
It’s packed with information you need to understand a company’s health and longevity. It’s so important, in fact, that we spent at least an hour reviewing its properties in SABEW’s “Early Bird Accounting” session.
So once you have a balance sheet in hand, where do you begin? [...]
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Bennett’s latest package on end-of-life care at Bloomberg.com.
Bennett’s husband died of cancer several years ago and soon after she faced bills that totaled $618,616, most of it for the final two years of his battle.
The huge cost of care led her to ask, “When is [...]
Getting up early on a Friday morning is rough. Leaving your bed for a three-hour class on accounting at the very end of the week, well that’s almost impossible.
But the early risers (and that included me) at this year’s SABEW conference were in for a real treat. This morning we spent hours learning how to [...]
Arizona State University professor Sue Green interviews freelancer Daniel Lovering in a Reynolds Center workshop designed to help business journalists look natural on air.
Remember: “It’s just TV.”
That’s the advice that Sue Green gave 10 participants in a Reynolds Center workshop today on how to look natural on air. She is the broadcast director of the [...]
Journalists can’t avoid hearing about the benefits of using Twitter and other social media tools … whether they believe them or not.
Well, the advanced search tool on Twitter may just help make believers of journalists hoping to find local sources for stories.
SIMPLE SEARCH
This first image shows a simple search window that appears under the bio [...]
Eighteen journalists from around the nation learned today that there are five basic shots in shooting video for business news.
They are at a free workshop offered by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism as part of the center’s multimedia track at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers Conference. The SABEW conference [...]
