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CreditPulse is an online journal for credit, accounting and finance professionals that provides in-depth coverage, analysis and perspective in specific areas of credit management, accounting and credit markets. In addition, CreditPulse monitors the credit standards and other performance-related credit and accounting benchmarks of public companies through its proprietary Credit Standards Index (CSI).
No other industry impacts our global economy more than oil and gas. From energy to manufacturing to distribution, very little gets done until the tank gets filled. In 2006, total revenues for the oil and gas industry group of the Credit Standards Index (CSI) exceeded $2.2 trillion. Read below as CreditPulse reports on the credit and accounting benchmarks for 22 of the largest crude oil and natural gas companies.
Modest cash flow, above averge debt and below average current ratio highlight the latest key credit benchmarks for companies in the paper and paper products industry, according to the latest data from the Credit Standards Index (CSI). Bad debt allowance and DSO remain strong in one of the world's core manufacturing industries.
CSI No. 37 Genesis Microchip, Inc. acquired by CSI No. 371 STMicroelectronics NV in a semiconductor industry transaction earlier this year.
The DSO benchmark for wholesale distributors is slightly higher; bad debt allowance slightly lower, according to the latest data from the 2006 Credit Standards Index (CSI). Success in the wholesale distrubution business model depends on effeciency and standards. Find out which of the 61 companies in this closely monitored industry grouping have the highest and lowest effeciency and standards ratings.
New York, February 19, 2008 -- Aspen Technology, Inc., a software and computer programming company based in Burlington, Massachusetts, has been delisted from NASDAQ as of the opening of trading on February 19, 2008 for failing to meet the latest in a series of missed filing deadlines. As of February 19th, Aspen still had not filed a Form 10K annual report for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, which was due in mid-September 2007. Aspen was 15 days late in filing its 2006 10K.