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AI deepfakes targeted in Biden’s State of the Union speech
The president’s remarks come amid growing concerns about the potential use of deepfakes to wreak havoc in elections or perpetrate fraud against businesses.
By Alexei Alexis • March 12, 2024 -
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OpenAI quells some enterprise fears as leadership saga concludes
The AI startup’s board expansion to include more enterprise experience will partly allay customer worries, one expert said, but safety concerns across vendors persist.
By Lindsey Wilkinson • March 11, 2024 -
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TrendlineDigital transformation, one smart step at a time
As pricing pressures tighten margins and technologies like artificial intelligence evolve, finance chiefs are more closely scrutinizing the cost and returns of the tech tools they implement.
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Skechers to pay $1.25M fine for undisclosed payments: SEC
The civil penalty comes as the SEC widens its spotlight on executive compensation and benefits.
By Grace Noto • March 11, 2024 -
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Visa spends ‘billions’ battling cybersecurity threats
“We are all in an arms race to protect this ecosystem, to protect the network,” Visa CEO Ryan McInerney said at an investor conference last week.
By Lynne Marek • March 11, 2024 -
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Costco’s retiring CFO calls inflation ‘essentially flat’
The flat metric seen in Costco’s latest quarter is a marked change. CFO Richard Galanti noted inflation soared as high as 9% a couple years ago.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • March 8, 2024 -
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Regional bank execs push back on CRE risk fears
Regional banks are working to manage exposure to the office sector, but executives say they will skirt a regional banking crisis.
By Suman Bhattacharyya • March 8, 2024 -
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Funko CFO to step down as toymaker preps for ‘softer’ content schedule
Steve Nave is departing after largely executing his financial and operational goals. The CFO's resignation comes as Funko continues to brace for economic headwinds.
By Grace Noto • March 8, 2024 -
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SEC approves final climate disclosure rule, starts compliance countdown
The rule passed by a 3-2 vote Wednesday morning, absent requirements for scope 3 reporting and slimmer scope 1 and scope 2 requirements.
By Lamar Johnson • March 7, 2024 -
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Chemours says CEO, CFO violated ethics code
The executives engaged in financial practices that triggered an anonymous report to the Chemours ethics hotline, the company said.
By Alexei Alexis • March 7, 2024 -
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Q&ACostco CFO ‘voice’ looks back on 40 years, $1.50 hot dogs and leadership
Richard Galanti thought he might stay four years at what was then a retail startup. Costco’s CFO stayed about four decades.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • March 7, 2024 -
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GE finance veteran to join United Natural Foods
The food distributor announced that its sitting CFO will soon leave the company as it struggles with weak sales.
By Alexei Alexis • March 6, 2024 -
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Pillar 2 tax heightens CFO need for quality data
In 2021 more than 130 countries agreed to implement Pillar 2, which seeks to set a global minimum effective tax rate of 15% for certain multinational enterprises.
By Grace Noto • March 6, 2024 -
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SEC drops scope 3 from final climate rule
The agency said scope 3 was removed due to a large number of comments concerning compliance costs, as well as the consistency and reliability of scope 3 data.
By Lamar Johnson • March 6, 2024 -
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Former Twitter CEO, CFO sue Musk for $128M in unpaid severance
Elon Musk vowed a “lifetime of revenge” against former Twitter leadership following the stormy lead-up to his takeover of the floundering social media site.
By Grace Noto • March 5, 2024 -
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Legacy tech stymies cost-cutting innovations
Most companies fell short of their cost-reduction targets last year, with half citing challenges related to legacy tech as a top barrier, Deloitte found.
By Alexei Alexis • March 5, 2024 -
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Tech startup Slice raises $7M for equity compensation platform
The funding will help the startup to further develop the platform while expanding its geographic reach, according to CEO Maor Levran.
By Alexei Alexis • March 5, 2024 -
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Legal woes continue for OpenAI as Elon Musk sues over contract breach
OpenAI eschewed its nonprofit status to become a de facto Microsoft subsidiary, the Tesla CEO alleged in a Thursday filing before the Superior Court of California.
By Roberto Torres • March 1, 2024 -
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Yelp exec jumps to AI realm, takes Xometry’s CFO chair
Yelp’s James Miln is joining the manufacturing marketplace provider as a spotlight continues to shine on AI-powered services and offerings.
By Grace Noto • March 1, 2024 -
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ADM expects to report ‘material’ internal control weakness
A Friday filing shed light on the scope of an internal probe into the commodity giant’s accounting practices but was silent on its CFO’s status.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • March 1, 2024 -
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Clearing the tax ‘data swamp’: Thomson Reuters
To keep pace with emerging tax requirements, organizations need to change their processes as well as their technologies, Thomson Reuters’ Ray Grove said.
By Grace Noto • Feb. 29, 2024 -
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Chemours probes ‘tone at the top,’ puts CEO, CFO on leave
The chemicals company said it is evaluating “potential material weaknesses” in its internal control over financial reporting. Its shares plunged 35% Thursday.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • Feb. 29, 2024 -
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Microsoft rolls out Copilot AI tool to finance teams
The move is part of Microsoft’s effort to layer AI across its enterprise offerings, with the ambitious goal of impacting every role in the workplace.
By Alexei Alexis • Feb. 29, 2024 -
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Few link 150 credit hours to more prepared accounting graduates
Less than 10% of NJCPA members surveyed reported seeing accounting graduates with an extra 30 hours of college credit as “noticeably” better prepared.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • Feb. 28, 2024 -
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Judge denies former View CFO motion to dismiss SEC complaint
The SEC had “adequately alleged facts” which allowed the court to reasonably infer negligence on the part of the ex-CFO, the judge said.
By Grace Noto • Feb. 28, 2024 -
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ColumnFed official makes a case for the dollar’s hegemony
Can the dollar’s reign as the world’s reserve currency persist? This Fed official makes a strong case, but digital doubts may remain.
By Lynne Marek • Feb. 28, 2024
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