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1. Articles
   1. Business Operations
      1. Acronyms, Initialisms and Abbreviations
      2. Attaining Process Value
      3. Check 21
      4. COPC-2000 Certification
      5. COPC-2000: Pursuing Excellence
      6. Electronic Check Conversion
      7. Escheatment Primer
      8. In Search of Quality
   2. Outsourcing
      1. How A/R Outsourcing Should Work
      2. Managing the Outsourcing Process-1
      3. Managing the Outsourcing Process-2
      4. Outsourcing and the Credit Dpt.
      5. Outsourcing to Increase Cash Flow
      6. Strategic Outsourcing: Analyzing the Cost Benefits
      7. Sending Customer-Facing Functions Offshore
   3. Credit Management
      1. Business Credit Fraud: Let the Seller Beware
      2. Cash Flow and DSO
      3. China: Credit for the Future
      4. Collections Outsourcing RFP
      5. Comparing DSO Figures
      6. Credit and Collections in the United States
      7. Credit Extensions are Loans
      8. Credit Insurance Questions and Answers
      9. Credit Insurance
      10. D/P, D/A and International Sales
      11. Export Trade to Latin America
      12. Final and Binding Arbitration
      13. Effective Credit Management
      14. Hello? Do You Speak English?
      15. Importance of Knowing Customer's Legal Identity
      16. Collecting from a Risky Customer
      17. Industry Credit Groups
      18. International Sales Contracts
      19. It Isn't Just the Four Cs of Credit Anymore
      20. Negotiable Instruments
      21. New LC Rules
      22. Reducing Delinquent Accounts
      23. Reliability of Financial Statements
      24. Resolving Accounts Receivable Disputes
      25. Sales vs. Credit
      26. Selling to a Company Losing Money
      27. Selling without Financials
      28. Setting a Reasonable Credit Limit
      29. The Ins and Outs of Cash Flow
      30. The Rules for Letters of Credit are Changing!
      31. Getting Paid on Exports
      32. Trade Credit Insurance
      33. Using DSO to Measure Collection Efficiency
      34. Getting the Most Out of Your Credit Applications
      35. Accounting for Uncollectible Accounts
      36. Credit Crunch Increases Reliance on Trade Credit
      37. Credit and Collections Policy
   4. Country Risk
   5. Commercial Law
      1. C.O.D. Payments and NSF Checks
      2. Choices of Law and Venue
      3. Collecting Interest and Collection Costs
      4. Collection Suit Process
      5. Consignments
      6. Countersuit & Consequence
      7. Creditor vs. Family Limited Partnership
      8. European Order for Payment Procedure
      9. Foreign Legalization of Public Documents
      10. Payment in Full Checks
      11. Reducing Risks for Creditors Engaging in Litigation in Mexico
      12. Restrictive Endorsements on Checks
      13. Secured Transactions and UCC 9
      14. The Out of Business Corporation and Successor Liability
      15. U.S. Uniform Commercial Code: The Basics
      16. What You Have to Prove in Court
      17. Notes on Restrictive Endorsements
      18. Enforceable Foreign Judgments
      19. EU Legislation Offers Cost Effective Alternatives
   6. Collections
      1. Checks by Fax
      2. Collection Calls that Get Result$
      3. Contingency Fees
      4. Court Costs and Suit Fees
      5. Creditor Won't Sue
      6. Helping Your Collection Agency Help You
      7. International Claims Demystified
      8. New Rules Help Creditors Collect in UK
      9. Probability of Collecting on Past Due Accounts
      10. Secrets to Writing Effective Collection Letters
      11. Selecting the Right Collection Agency
      12. Skip Tracing Basics
      13. The ABCs of Telephone Collections
      14. Uncollected Dollars Threatening Your Survival
      15. Using an OCA to Execute Debtor Judgments
      16. Why a Collection Agency rather than an Attorney
      17. Working with OCAs
      18. Evaluating Your Collection Agency
      19. Payment Differences between N Am and Europe
   7. Bankruptcy
      1. Automatic Stay
      2. Bankruptcy Bill S.256
      3. Preferences Q&A
      4. Canadian Bankruptcy Law
      5. Chinese Bankruptcy Law-Pt 1
      6. Critical Vendor Payments
      7. Intro to U.S. Bankruptcy Chapter 11
      8. Intro to U.S. Bankruptcy Chapter 7
      9. Involuntary Bankruptcy
      10. Chinese Bankruptcy Law-Pt2
      11. Preferences
      12. Proof of Claim
      13. Reclamation Rights
      14. U.S. Bankruptcy Law: A Brief History
      15. Unsecured Creditors' Committee
      16. When Your Customer Files Bankruptcy
      17. Why Informal Reorganizations Fail
      18. Changes to U.S. Federal Bankruptcy Rules
2. Resources
   1. U.S. Bankruptcy Stats
      1. Quarterly U.S. Bankruptcy Filings
      2. Monthly US Bankruptcy Filings
      3. 12-Month Comparison 3/31/07 to 3/31/08
      4. 12-Month Comparison 12/31/06 to 12/31/07
      5. 12-Month Comparison 9/30/06 to 9/30/07
      6. 12-Month Comparison 6/30/06 to 6/30/07
      7. 12-Month Comparison 3/31/06 to 3/31/07
      8. 12-Month Comparison 12/31/05 to 12/31/06
      9. Quarterly Comparison 1Q2007 to 1Q2008
      10. Quarterly Comparison 4Q2006 to 4Q2007
      11. Quarterly Comparison 3Q2006 to 3Q2007
      12. Quarterly Comparison 2Q2006 to 2Q2007
      13. Quarterly Comparison 1Q2006 to 1Q2007
   2. US Trade Receivable Statistics
      1. 1Q 2006 Trade Receivables
      2. 3Q 2006 Trade Receivables
      3. 1Q 2007 Trade Receivables
      4. 2Q 2006 Trade Receivables
      5. 2Q 2007 Trade Receivables
      6. 3Q 2007 Trade Receivables
      7. 4Q 2006 Trade Receivables
      8. Q4 2007 Trade Receivables
      9. Q1 2008 Trade Receivables
   3. Credit + Finance Events
   4. State Collection Law
   5. Financial Formulas
      1. Days Sales Outstanding
      2. Collection Effectiveness Index
      3. Inventory Turnover
      4. Dupont Analysis
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