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    SEC fines Arista Networks founder Bechtolsheim $1M for insider trading

    Andreas “Andy” Bechtolsheim, who resigned as Arista chairman in December, allegedly arranged put options contracts for a relative based on non-public information about an imminent deal.

    By 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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
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    93% of firms use a mix of ESG standards, thwarting uniformity efforts: IFAC

    The spotlight on confusion from a jumble of ESG frameworks comes just days before a vote on an SEC rule aimed at ensuring uniformity in climate disclosure.

    By March 4, 2024
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    SEC charges Lordstown Motors with misleading investors on sales outlook

    Lordstown’s auditor and adviser also faces SEC sanctions for allegedly violating independence standards.

    By March 1, 2024
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    Fed’s key inflation measure rose in January, validating high-rate hold

    Policymakers have refrained from declaring sufficient progress in their fight against inflation, pushing back by several months market expectations for a rate cut.

    By Feb. 29, 2024
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    Fed 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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    Consumer confidence falls, breaking three-month rising streak

    Spending by consumers is showing signs of sputtering after propelling better-than-expected economic growth last year.

    By Feb. 27, 2024
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    Economists predict 2.2% GDP growth, outstripping prior 2024 forecast: NABE

    Data on the job market, and consumer and producer prices, suggest the Fed may need to keep the main interest rate at a 40-year high longer than markets anticipated.

    By Feb. 26, 2024
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    More than half of accountants make several errors each month: Gartner

    Accountants with excessive workloads tend to err through manual mistakes, lax review of records or misinterpretation of data, Gartner said.

    By Feb. 21, 2024
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    M&A to rise, buoyed by ready cash, solid profits, stable economy: McKinsey

    CFOs will sooner reach strategic goals through deal-making than through organic growth, McKinsey said.

    By Feb. 20, 2024
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    Investors rank securing talent as top corporate priority in 2024: EY

    Corporate directors and investors differ when identifying the biggest issues this year, with directors focusing more on the economy and capital allocation, EY said. 

    By Feb. 16, 2024
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    Werfel defends IRS against Republican efforts to slash funding

    Before the approval of $80 billion in extra funding in 2022, the Internal Revenue Services fielded just one examiner for every 150 of the largest tax filers, IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel said.

    By Feb. 15, 2024
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    IRS sues FDIC to get $1.45B in SVB back taxes

    The amount covers corporate income and employment taxes due between 2020 and 2023, but is an estimate because a review of the tax returns is ongoing, the IRS said. The FDIC has denied SVB’s entire tax claim.

    By Dan Ennis • Feb. 14, 2024
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    Inflation edges up, pushing back forecast of first Fed rate cut

    Futures traders now see a 52% probability that policymakers in June will cut the federal funds rate from its current peak level between 5.25% and 5.5%.

    By Feb. 13, 2024
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    Auditors should follow tougher standards for identifying fraud: IAASB

    A proposal for stricter rules by the global standard setter for corporate audits follows what it says is a rash in fraud cases in recent years.

    By Feb. 12, 2024
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    CEO optimism hits two-year high as inflation cools: Conference Board

    More than one out of three top executives believe the economic outlook will brighten during the next six months, according to a Conference Board and Business Council survey.

    By Feb. 9, 2024
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    Yellen backs legislation to avert AI threat to financial stability

    Testimony by the Treasury Secretary follows a pledge by the Biden administration to seize on the benefits of artificial intelligence while containing its risks.

    By Feb. 8, 2024
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    IRS to collect $561B more in tax revenue with new enforcement funds

    The Treasury highlighted the payoff from stepped up funding for IRS enforcement as Republicans seek to cut the agency budget.

    By Feb. 7, 2024