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• Apple topples Google as most valuable brand: Report

  Apple has topped Google as the most valuable brand in the world, according to a study released over the weekend by brand consultancy Millward Brown.

• Dealing with disruption

  It could be a natural disaster that closes cities for days at a time, or a power failure that knocks out corporate e-mail systems for a few hours. An endless variety of potential business disruptions confronts finance executives. And when crisis comes, or even if it doesn't, it's largely up to the vigilant CFO to make sure the company has a strong, workable business continuity plan.

• Seek to satisfy evolving customer needs

  Our members’ high expectations of us evolve with outside influences.

• Disaster recovery on a budget

  Scenario: Backing Up Core Systems

• Hear that Tune? Is It CFO Musical Chairs at Oracle Again?

  The familiar game of musical CFO chairs may be on again at Oracle Corp.

• 10 questions for Synergy's Sridhar Guduguntla

  Computerworld speaks with Sridhar Guduguntla from consulting firm, Synergy Computer Solutions.

• Book explores traits of high-impact philanthropists

  High-impact philanthropic efforts, from organizations such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Cisco Systems, that have the most success at solving societal problems, share a common set of characteristics: They keep their focus on a small core of issues, establish networks of like-minded individuals, corporations and nonprofits for those target areas, and understand that it's not just about giving money, a new book on philanthropy said.

• 10 questions for Nair & Co. CFO John Sullivan

  Name: John Sullivan

• Satyam will pay US$10M to settle US fraud charges

  Indian outsourcer Satyam Computer Services has agreed to pay a US$10 million penalty to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to settle charges of financial fraud, the SEC said.

• 10 questions for Zoovy CFO Tom Saftig

  Name: Tom Saftig

• CFOs see tech, strategic hires key to business growth

  CFOs hold a positive view on potential business growth for the second quarter

• CFOs see tech, strategic hires key to business growth

  An improving economy should be spurring CFOs to hire workers to handle the increased business that their companies are experiencing lately. But <a href="http://rhfa.mediaroom.com/2Q11HiringIndex"><a href="http://rhfa.mediaroom.com/2Q11HiringIndex">a survey</a> </a>conducted in conjunction with the latest Robert Half Financial Hiring Index finds that finance executives are being extremely cautious about how they increase headcount.

• A legacy from the 1800s leaves Tokyo facing blackouts

  East Japan entered its fifth day of power rationing on Friday, with no end to the planned blackouts in sight. The power shortages began last week when a massive earthquake and tsunami knocked nuclear power stations offline. The local electrical utility can't make up the shortfall by importing power from another region, though, because Japan lacks a national power grid, a consequence of a decision taken in the late 1800s.

• Flash, DRAM prices spike on worries over supplies from Japan

  Prices of widely used chips, including NAND flash memory and DRAM, have both risen sharply since the 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck and hurled tsunami waves at the northeastern part of Japan.

• 10 questions for VBrick Systems CFO Paul Hallee

  Name: Paul Hallee