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1. The Biggest Loser: FASB
The board wants us to notice its new, svelte rule book.

2. Where Business Intelligence Really Falls Down
The biggest challenge of business intelligence may not be acquiring information, but acting on the information acquired.

3. Bank Risk Control: Still Weak
Wide gaps remain in banks' risk-control functions.

4. Do Banks Care About Innovation?
If the U.S. is going to transform into a "technology-based, export-oriented powerhouse" from a "services-led, consumption-based economy" as Jeff Immelt recommends, banks and other capital providers have to lead the way. Unfortunately, they're doing no such thing.

5. IT's Crisis of Confidence
Business leaders thing corporate technology executives on the whole are doing a good job, according to McKinsey researh. The IT folks themselves don't necessarily concur, however.