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Alphabet projects $75B in capex as AI push grows: CFO
Big tech continues to invest heavily in AI even as investors nervously watch for indications that it’s paying off.
By Alexei Alexis • Feb. 5, 2025 -
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Ransomware payments fell 35% in 2024
Cyberattacks using ransomware spiked in the second half of the year, but fewer victims paid up.
By Rob Wright • Feb. 5, 2025 -
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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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Costco’s ‘voice’: The long goodbye
Richard Galanti retired from the warehouse club on Jan. 30, after pivoting to an advisory role following his departure from the CFO seat he held for roughly four decades.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • Feb. 5, 2025 -
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Companies reduce philanthropy aimed at boosting racial, gender equality
Change in “corporate citizenship” initiatives coincide with a federal backlash against efforts to promote sustainability in the private and public sectors.
By Jim Tyson • Feb. 4, 2025 -
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China responds to Trump with added tariffs on certain products
The new duties are set to take effect Feb. 10 and cover some car, equipment and energy imports.
By Max Garland • Feb. 4, 2025 -
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Q&AAI agents may cause some finance jobs to ‘disappear’: Microsoft exec
Microsoft’s Georg Glantschnig said the software giant envisions every business process being impacted by the emerging technology.
By Alexei Alexis • Feb. 4, 2025 -
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DeepSeek surge hits companies, posing security risks
The Trump administration is scrutinizing the AI app, Italy and Taiwan have banned it, and companies have blocked it.
By Alexei Alexis • Feb. 4, 2025 -
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US manufacturing grows despite risk of tariff-triggered trade war
Confidence among manufacturers last month rose to the highest level in nearly three years.
By Jim Tyson • Feb. 3, 2025 -
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Trump tariff fallout: The first 3 days
President Donald Trump’s long-anticipated tariffs against Canada, Mexico, and China set off a fast-paced chain of events after landing on Saturday.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • Updated Feb. 3, 2025 -
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Inflation meets Fed expectations, affirming hold on main interest rate
“I would like to see progress in lowering inflation resume before we make further adjustments” to the main interest rate, Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said.
By Jim Tyson • Jan. 31, 2025 -
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Orbia’s CFO on tracking tariff news ‘minute by minute’
The multinational industrial products has strategized for months in anticipation of U.S. tariffs against Mexico that are now poised to go into effect Saturday.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • Jan. 31, 2025 -
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Security tool consolidation boosts efficiency, threat mitigation
A study from IBM shows the controversial shift to platformization can pay off for enterprises.
By David Jones • Jan. 31, 2025 -
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CFO Dive’s 2025 outlook roundup: Trends to watch
In the new year, financial executives must prepare for significant federal policy shifts as well as for the next chapter in the still-unfolding story of generative AI.
By CFO Dive Staff • Jan. 31, 2025 -
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Microsoft races to bring more cloud capacity online
Enterprise AI workloads and OpenAI training consumed Azure resources last year. “We have been short power and space,” CFO Amy Hood said.
By Matt Ashare • Jan. 30, 2025 -
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Deep DiveTrump’s softer-touch SEC may ease CFO regulatory burden
By slimming the SEC’s budget, headcount and regulatory scope, a new agency chief would fall in step with Trump’s cost-cutting and efficiency campaign.
By Jim Tyson • Jan. 30, 2025 -
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Fed holds main rate steady as Trump tariff threat poses inflation risk
Central bank policymakers, in a unanimous decision, paused monetary easing while noting that inflation remains above their 2% target.
By Jim Tyson • Updated Jan. 29, 2025 -
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Victoria’s Secret taps former Joann exec for CFO seat
The transition comes as the lingerie retailer is pursuing a turnaround under a new CEO following market share declines and other challenges.
By Alexei Alexis • Jan. 29, 2025 -
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SAP CFO: DeepSeek AI disruption is ‘very good news’
The Chinese startup’s sudden rise has prompted mixed reactions, with President Trump calling the development a “wake-up call.”
By Alexei Alexis • Jan. 28, 2025 -
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Trump order shifts AI policy away from Biden-era risk focus
The order calls for federal agencies to nix Biden policies that are deemed a threat to AI innovation.
By Alexei Alexis • Jan. 28, 2025 -
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Wage growth indicator falls to lowest level since April 2021: NABE
Business economists identified lack of clarity over the implementation of Trump administration policies as the top short-term risk to the outlook.
By Jim Tyson • Jan. 27, 2025 -
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Tech execs grapple with budget sinkholes as AI drives up spend
Unpredictable cloud bills, outdated software licenses and shadow IT frustrate FinOps efforts, according to Apptio.
By Matt Ashare • Jan. 27, 2025 -
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5 CFO tips for tariff scenario planning
Pulling forward purchases from Mexico and Canada is one of the ways that finance leaders can mitigate the impact of tariffs that are expected to be imposed next month, KPMG’s Andrew Siciliano said.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • Jan. 27, 2025 -
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Trump tariffs would shrink economic output by 0.4%: Tax Foundation
President Trump is using the threat of tariffs to goad foreign businesses into investing in the U.S.
By Jim Tyson • Jan. 24, 2025 -
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Agentic AI is here. Are CFOs ready?
It could take a while — perhaps years — before the technology’s full potential is realized, yet C-suites need to prepare now, analysts say.
By Alexei Alexis • Jan. 24, 2025 -
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Republican bill seeks to ‘reinforce’ Trump’s global tax strategy
On Monday President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. out of a global tax deal that included a global minimum tax rate of 15% aimed in part at discouraging tax havens.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • Jan. 23, 2025
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