The demands for better corporate leadership and governance continue to receive greater attention in the media. Given the significant failures in the boardroom from companies such as Enron, Global Crossings, WorldCom, Digital Equipment Corporation, Bre X, Credit Suisse, First Boston, Credit Lyonnais, Adelphia, Paramalat and Tyco, the board of director position is a pivotal role. Navigating this potential minefield is difficult but not impossible.

In Corporate Governance: A Board Director's Pocket Guide, authors Dr. Eric Yocam and Dr. Annie Choi present the corporate governance principles in a complete and accessible manner. This second edition not only provides access to vital information on corporate governance, but also offers a source of the best critical leadership practices for the director. Organized in a convenient and easy-to-use format, this guide discusses numerous corporate governance topics, including: Board characteristics Director effectiveness Director mentoring Compliance Risk management Capability maturity models Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) technique Emerging governance trends This pocket guide promotes corporate governance awareness to an audience beyond the active corporate director for profit and nonprofit companies. Investors, instructors, students, governance practitioners, lawyers, international readers, and anyone interested in corporate governance can achieve greater understanding of a topic essential to today's business success.

Many people find financial planning and financial choices overwhelming. In planning for retirement, people find it difficult to look after their finances as they lose sight of what their financial objectives are. But this planning does not have to be complicated or grueling. In How to Enrich Your Retirement, author and financial planner John T. Cross provides practical information on how to enjoy a happy and prosperous retirement and reduce the amount of inheritance tax you pay.

To enrich your retirement, Cross encourages you to unbundle your thinking, change your mind-set, and take the following steps: Determine your basic retirement financial strategy Discuss plans and priorities with your partner (if you have one) Stop accumulating; start spending Think of your capital as a reservoir of money that will provide you with the necessary income Gear your investments to produce more income Realize you will probably live longer than you think Enjoy your money Although geared toward United Kingdom residents, all of the investment principles are universal. With the right planning, retirement can be the happiest time in your life.

AUTHOR BIO
John T. Cross has worked in the financial services industry for thirty-five years and is a principal partner of wealth management group, St. James Place, and member of the Million Dollar Round Table and Top of the Table. Visit him online at www.sjpp.co.uk/johncross.

This book is an essential tool for understanding the range of IP investment strategies - and how companies unlock value and profit from it. It provides a valuable tutorial for businesspeople, entrepreneurs, analysts, and dealmakers seeking better to understand, with clear examples, the components of different IP categories and their value-creating applications.

Even after repeated boom and bust cycles on Wall Street, it's still possible to make real money in the stock market--provided investors take a disciplined approach to investing. Financial guru Jim Cramer shows how ordinary investors can prosper, no matter the climate on Wall Street.
How do we find hot stocks without getting burned? How do we fatten our portfolios and stay financially healthy? Former hedge-fund manager and longtime Wall Street commentator Jim Cramer explains how to invest wisely in chaotic times, and he does so in plain English in a style that is as much fun as investing is--or should be, when it's done right.
For starters, Cramer recommends devoting a portion of your assets to speculation. Everyone wants to find the big winners that can bring outsized gains, and Cramer explains how to allocate your portfolio so that you can afford to take this kind of risk wisely. He explains why "buy and hold" is a losing philosophy: For Cramer, it's "buy and homework." If you can't spend an hour a week researching each of your stocks, then you should hand off your portfolio to a mutual fund--and Cramer identifies the very few mutual funds that he'd recommend.
Cramer reveals his Ten Commandments of Trading (Commandment #5: Tips are for waiters). He explains why he's not afraid to compare investing to gambling (and tells you which book on gambling you should read to become a better investor). He discloses his Twenty-Five Rules of Investing (Rule #4: Look for broken stocks, not broken companies).
Cramer shows how to compare stock prices in a way that you can understand, how to spot market tops and bottoms, how to know when to sell, how to rotate among cyclical stocks to catch the big moves, and much more. "Jim Cramer's Real Money" is filled with insider advice that really works, information that Cramer himself used to make millions during his fourteen-year career on Wall Street.
Written in Cramer's distinctive turbocharged style, this is every investor's guide to what you really must know to make big money in the stock market.

Introduces a novel method for daily money management

Presents an alternative to budgeting that features real-time adaptability and continual flexibility

Improves awareness and control of finances Eliminates the surprise factor when receiving bills for credit cards or other debt

Simplifies decision making regarding all purchases or expenses, whether planned or unplanned

Provides the ability to instantly determine the impact of all purchases or expenses on your short and long-term financial picture

Overcomes the challenges of budgeting, including the fact that budgets are updated only monthly, don't provide realtime adaptability, and are not adhered to for very long

Provides one number with which to manage daily discretionary purchases and expenses

Allows you to live comfortably in a lifestyle of spending based on your cash flow

Learn the basics of investing with this approachable guide to the world of finance Clever Girl Finance: Learn How Investing Works, Grow Your Money is the leading guide for women who seek to learn the basic foundations of personal investing. In a no-nonsense and straightforward style, this book teaches readers: Exactly how investing works and what you should be doing, no fancy finance degree required How to leverage investing to build long term wealth even on a modest salary The key pitfalls to avoid in order to become a successful investor How to build a nest egg and invest in your future Insights from real-world success stories from other "clever girl investors" Clever Girl Finance teaches readers the irreplaceable value of investing for long-term financial gain, and the difference between making money and building wealth. Written for any woman who's ever sought out an accessible introduction to the world of investing, this book is especially suited to women interested in learning how investing works and taking guided action towards their financial success.