What’s Working and What’s Not in the Supermarket?

Not much is working.

Food Companies Churn Through CEOs, Desperate for Fresh Ideas

It is tough to find growth in the Packaged Food Industry and its CEO’s pay the price for failed efforts.

Recently, some companies have turned to creating venture capital arms when internal efforts at innovation have failed.

Another take on the topic of Goodwill

The Economist shares its take on the current situation with Goodwill accounts.  We will discuss this in detail when we examine Investment Activities of our companies.  In the meanwhile approach this article with caution as it contains some inaccurate and questionable expressions of opinion.

Corporate Debt Bubble?

Courtesy of Wharton, here is an interview with William Cohan and his view of the current corporate debt markets.

Accounting and Regulatory Incest

This is the third FT article examining the problems in the accounting profession.