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Retail sales surge as economy enters Q2 spurred by spend-happy consumers
After the release of the retail sales data, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta upgraded its estimate for the annualized rate in first quarter GDP growth to 2.8% from 2.4%.
By Jim Tyson • April 15, 2024 -
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How AI speeds ‘hugely time-consuming’ pricing, quote tasks
Artificial intelligence could cut anywhere from 30% to 70% of the time businesses spend on the quote process, according to Lydia DiLiello, CEO of Capital Pricing Consultants.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • April 15, 2024 -
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TrendlineCompensation: solving the cost-talent puzzle
In today’s strong labor market, CFOs leery of raising wages find creative ways to find and retain key employees.
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Cyberattacks pose biggest business threat, small companies say
Small businesses in professional services are more concerned about cyber risk than those in manufacturing or other services, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said.
By Jim Tyson • April 12, 2024 -
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Scribd promotes CFO to CEO following expansion push
Scribd is tapping its former CFO for the role after moving to streamline its offerings, including breaking its document and book content into two distinct platforms.
By Grace Noto • April 12, 2024 -
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Lack of uniform standards and disclosures a roadblock to scaling transition finance: report
A lack of standardized definitions, metrics and transition finance instruments endorsed by international organizations threatens broader adoption, the CFA Institute said.
By Suman Bhattacharyya • April 11, 2024 -
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Inflation outruns forecasts, prompting market bets on fewer Fed rate cuts
Futures traders cut from 56% to 17% the odds that the Fed will conclude 2024 having trimmed the main rate by more than a half percentage point.
By Jim Tyson • April 10, 2024 -
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KFC names new CFO amid push to boost sales
The finance leadership change comes as KFC struggles with dwindling traffic in a dicey economic environment.
By Alexei Alexis • April 10, 2024 -
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Hiring will likely grow even as economy slows in Q2, Q3: Conference Board
Employment will likely remain strong as the supply and demand for labor gradually come into better balance, economists said.
By Jim Tyson • April 9, 2024 -
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Capital One’s Discover bid tops biggest Q1 tech-related deals
The proposed Capital One-Discover merger made the list because of fintech issues that are at stake in the $35.3 billion deal.
By Alexei Alexis • April 9, 2024 -
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6 tips to tackle unpaid invoices as average DSO rises to 59 days
Monitoring and keeping DSO in check is key to preventing cash flow difficulties, Allianz Trade’s Ano Kuhanathan says.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • April 8, 2024 -
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Companies fall short on curbing cybersecurity risks from vendors: Moody’s
Cyberrisks are mounting, with artificial intelligence likely to increase the threat of attack in the short to medium term, Moody’s said.
By Jim Tyson • April 8, 2024 -
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Deep DiveCars are king of the commute. But employers may have a once-in-a-generation chance to change that.
A perhaps overlooked element of the return-to-office conversation: How employees get to work in the first place.
By Ryan Golden , Shaun Lucas , Julia Himmel • April 4, 2024 -
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Powell calls recent inflation, job data high but not game changers for Fed
The central bank must balance the risks of easing monetary policy too early or too late, Powell said.
By Jim Tyson • April 3, 2024 -
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Commercial Chapter 11s jump 43% even as distress outlook eases
Bankruptcy filings have risen for 20 months. The pace wasn’t sustainable in today's strong economy, American Bankruptcy Institute’s Chris Ward says.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • April 3, 2024 -
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Global M&A rises above ongoing headwinds
The findings show “some light at the end of the tunnel” after a challenging year for M&A globally in 2023, according to Willis Towers Watson’s David Dean.
By Alexei Alexis • April 3, 2024 -
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Return-to-office delays burden regional bank real estate portfolios
“There's been a Frankenstein from the pandemic that's been created, and we don't know how to stop it,” TD Bank’s Gregory Carlisle said last week.
By Suman Bhattacharyya • April 2, 2024 -
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5 tips from CFOs on how to win the CFO seat: McKinsey
Executives aiming to rise to the CFO seat have faced a bright landscape in recent years, with turnover unusually high.
By Jim Tyson • April 2, 2024 -
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OpinionFixing the broken state of SaaS purchasing
A “growth-at-all-costs” mentality has led some SaaS companies to overpromise results and obscure pricing details, writes Olive Technologies CEO Chris Heard.
By Chris Heard • April 2, 2024 -
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IPO market strengthens as economy defies recession forecasts: EY
Investor enthusiasm for artificial intelligence may spur companies to go public in coming months, EY said.
By Jim Tyson • April 1, 2024 -
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Inflation ‘bursts’ may exceed Fed’s 2% target due to public debt: Brookings
Policymakers face several inflationary forces, including rising spending on defense and aging populations, economists said in a Brookings paper.
By Jim Tyson • March 29, 2024 -
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CFOs trim hiring while adopting automation: Fed survey
The rising use of robots, artificial intelligence and other automation aligns with signs in recent months that the labor market is cooling.
By Jim Tyson • March 28, 2024 -
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Startup looking to disrupt ERP market with AI raises $9.2M
New York-based Nominal said its funding round included participation from executives at Salesforce, ServiceNow and Intel.
By Alexei Alexis • March 28, 2024 -
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Chip costs weigh on AI ROI
AI-driven efficiency gains will likely propel ongoing investments. The cost implications for CFOs are just coming to light.
By Suman Bhattacharyya • March 28, 2024 -
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Ford CFO: Bridge collapse will likely ‘lengthen’ supply chain
The automaker will have to divert parts to other ports along the East Coast or elsewhere in the U.S., Ford’s finance chief said Tuesday.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • March 27, 2024 -
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Interim ADM CFO gets $35K monthly pay boost
Embattled Archer Daniels Midland also gave interim finance chief Ismael Roig restricted stock valued at $1 million that will fully vest in March of next year.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • March 26, 2024
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