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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 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 March 29, 2024
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    Compensation: 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.

    By CFO Dive staff
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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 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 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 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 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 March 26, 2024
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    Zoom launches AI collaboration hub, brings automation to the fore

    Zoom One bundles will rebrand to Zoom Workplace bundles for new and existing customers following a public release in April and May.

    By Lindsey Wilkinson • March 26, 2024
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    AI scales up fraud controls, but humans still vital

    AI analytics technology is turbocharging anti-fraud measures through its ability to process oceans of financial data.

    By Chris Gaetano • March 26, 2024
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    Tax-free M&A comes in crosshairs of bipartisan Senate legislation

    An effort to scuttle deal-making tax exemptions coincides with signs of life in M&A after a severe slump last year.

    By March 25, 2024
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    Office real estate value likely to plunge 26% through 2025: Moody’s

    An above-average amount of commercial real estate debt will soon mature and property owners will need to refinance at the highest rates in years, Moody’s said.

    By March 22, 2024
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    Companies plan 4.5% pay raises this year, outpacing inflation: Payscale

    As price pressures fall, pay increases will help employees recover from the highest inflation in four decades, Payscale said.

    By March 21, 2024
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    Marqeta CFO touts EWA expansion

    The card-issuing fintech has seen adoption of its debit card-linked EWA product increase as hourly workers at Walmart and Uber have been added, CFO Mike Milotich said.

    By James Pothen • March 21, 2024
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    Boeing to spend $4B plus to fix safety, supply chain woes: CFO

    The aerospace company’s finance chief on Wednesday detailed some of the financial implications of the safety issues that have have recently plagued the company.

    By March 20, 2024
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    Fed forecasts three, quarter-point rate cuts in 2024, holds main rate steady

    Central bank officials upgraded their projection for 2024 economic growth to 2.1% while predicting unemployment will end the year at 4%.

    By March 20, 2024
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    Tech Q1 job cuts surge above 50K

    The latest figures show that layoff activity in the tech sector may be far from over despite a huge drop after the first quarter of last year.

    By March 19, 2024
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    CFOs play it safe on AI spending

    Close to two-thirds (62%) of CFOs responding to a Deloitte poll anticipated an allocation of less than 1% of their organization’s budget for GenAI next year.

    By March 19, 2024
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    Audit committees rank cybersecurity as top priority amid SEC crackdown

    Cyberattacks are just one of several rapidly changing threats confronting audit committees, according to the Center for Audit Quality and Deloitte.

    By March 14, 2024
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    Affirm CFO swears off auto lending, for now

    The buy now, pay later company seeks to be involved in more consumer spending opportunities, but finance chief Michael Linford all but ruled out auto lending.

    By Caitlin Mullen • March 13, 2024
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    Inflation exceeds forecasts, affirming Fed’s caution on initial rate cut

    Futures trading suggested that the odds that policymakers will cut the main interest rate by at least a quarter point on May 1 have plunged to 11% from 52% a month ago.

    By March 12, 2024
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    Peloton CFO leans on cost cutting to reverse post-pandemic slump

    Finance chief Liz Coddington is cutting overhead costs and driving more revenue from Peloton’s digital subscription and bike rental businesses.

    By Suman Bhattacharyya • March 12, 2024
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    CEO confidence, capital spending plans rise: Business Roundtable

    Like CEOs, economists at large companies have grown more optimistic and foresee stepped up spending on business fixed investment this year, Wolters Kluwer said.

    By March 11, 2024
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    Powell assailed by Democrats calling on Fed to cut rates from 23-year high

    The Fed chair said that policymakers will likely begin trimming borrowing costs sometime this year if data show that inflation is steadily falling.

    By March 7, 2024
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    Costco 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 March 7, 2024
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    Powell predicts commercial real estate woes will most afflict smaller banks

    The Fed, bankers and commercial real estate executives have warned of turbulence as property owners struggle to refinance debt at higher rates.

    By March 6, 2024