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Unemployment falls to 4.3% as hiring surges beyond expectations
Responding to surprising strength in the labor market, traders in interest rate futures expect a slower pace of monetary easing by the Federal Reserve this year.
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Corporations enter 2026 with firmer tax runway
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act made permanent fundamental changes in the tax code initiated in 2017.
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JM Smucker eliminates COO as part of leadership restructuring
The Uncrustables and jam maker is also giving its CFO an added role as well as sharpening its focus on artificial intelligence with a newly created chief technology role.
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Flat retail sales confirm slump in consumer sentiment
Weak retail spending and a gloomy mood among households contradict forecasts that economic growth will remain solid in coming quarters.
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Deloitte: Shining a spotlight on strategic internal audit
Internal audit leaders need to be “vocal” with their CFOs about the skills and capabilities of their teams, Deloitte’s Mike Schor said.
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StanChart CFO abruptly exits for Apollo
The London-based global bank’s shares slid Tuesday amid news that Diego De Giorgi is stepping down from the group CFO seat after just over two years in the role.
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AI fueled massive surge in fraud losses last year, study finds
AI fraud has now outpaced traditional fraud, signaling a major shift in the threat landscape, according to the research.
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Vena teams up with FP&A software peer Acterys in merger deal
The proposed tie-up, which is subject to regulatory review, comes on the heels of several other deals in the CFO software space.
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Figure’s CFO supports treating stablecoin as cash
Macrina Kgil, CFO of the newly public Figure Technology Solutions, would like to see the FASB update standards to classify stablecoins as cash.
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Kyndryl CFO steps down ahead of accounting review
Kyndryl’s audit committee will review disclosures related to its adjusted free cash flow, it said, appointing company alum Harsh Chugh to the role of interim CFO.
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Why SAP Americas CFO embraces a ‘failure culture’ around tech experimentation
As finance teams weigh how to incorporate artificial intelligence into their workflows, SAP’s Sonja Simon asks her team not to fear failure.
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Consumers without stock holdings harbor ‘dismal’ outlook: survey
Results from a University of Michigan survey line up with a post-pandemic income trend — wealthy consumers are thriving while many other households are struggling.
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Toyota promotes CFO to CEO in C-suite reshuffle
Finance chief Kenta Kon will succeed Koji Sato in the Japanese automaker’s top post as it battles tariff and currency headwinds.
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How Alphabet is leaning on AI agents to boost finance workflows
The tech giant’s finance team is using agentic AI to process invoices while also deploying the technology within the treasury function, CFO Anat Ashkenazi said.
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Peloton CFO to depart amid slumping subscriptions
CFO Liz Coddington will depart for energy firm Palmetto after four years in Peloton’s top financial seat, where she played a “vital role” in its ongoing financial transformation.
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Chuck E. Cheese parent’s CFO jumps to CEO seat
CFO Scott Drake will become CEO and president of the eatertainment giant beginning Feb. 13, succeeding David McKillips, who has served in the post since 2020.
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Job openings plunge to lowest level in more than five years: BLS
Two government reports bolstered recent private sector data that have flagged job market weakness.
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Uber taps insider for CFO amid robotaxi push
Uber executive Balaji Krishnamurthy, an advocate for the future of autonomous vehicles, will step into the rideshare’s top financial seat later this month.
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FASB revisits thorny goodwill accounting
Nearly four years after dropping a years–long project that would have changed goodwill accounting, the FASB is wrestling with the topic again.
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Service industry grows at fastest pace since Oct. 2024, ISM says
Growth in services aligns with the ISM’s purchasing managers index of manufacturing activity, which last month increased to the highest level since August 2022.
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Deep Dive4 CFO tips for thriving despite volatile dollar, end of ‘Pax Americana’
The dollar, battered by disruption to the rules-based global order, stands at center stage in an unfolding drama of market volatility.
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Better Home hires Zeta, IBM alum for CFO role
Loveen Advani succeeds Kevin Ryan, who left the online lender to join mortgage REIT PennyMac last fall.
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Missouri may ditch income tax. Will it hurt or help business?
The Show Me State is the latest to consider eliminating state taxes on income, but the plan to replace that revenue could harm some businesses, tax specialists say.
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US firms outpace global peers in emerging-tech spending: KPMG
While U.S. companies are scaling a wide range of emerging technologies, few have reached full operational maturity, the study found.
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OpinionFixing digital transformation’s weakest link: Poor data
Without a proper data foundation, even the most advanced AI tools will fail to deliver consistent, predictable results, writes Dun & Bradstreet’s David Marshall.
