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Deloitte, HPE team up to offer AI agents for finance teams
“We’re transforming financial operations together and will be able to bring that experience to our joint customers,” HPE CFO Marie Myers said.
By Alexei Alexis • March 19, 2025 -
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Etsy grants new CFO inducement stock award
The approved inducement grant comes as Etsy targets a stickier app experience as part of a strategy to reverse an ongoing trend of declining sales.
By Grace Noto • March 19, 2025 -
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TrendlineDigital transformation, one smart step at a time
By taking an incremental approach, CFOs can move their finance and accounting operations onto an automated, intelligent platform without letting disruption distract from their efforts to scale.
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Fed holds main rate steady, forecasts higher inflation, slower growth
“Growth looks like it’s maybe moderating a bit, consumer spending moderating a bit, but still at a solid pace,” Fed Chair Jerome Powell said during a press conference.
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Minnesota CPA pathways bills get warmer welcome amid momentum shift
Minnesota lawmakers previously drew opposition to proposed rules opening alternative paths to CPA licensure. Now a rising number of states are proposing similar legislation.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • March 18, 2025 -
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Retail sales lag expectations after falling in January
A report of weak retail sales in February aligns with a 0.5% decline in overall consumer spending in January.
By Jim Tyson • March 17, 2025 -
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US immigration policy could hurt off-price retailers
Burlington, TJX and Ross stand to benefit from tariffs and consumer angst, but one of their most important customer bases is under extreme pressure.
By Daphne Howland • March 17, 2025 -
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Tariffs trigger ‘horrific’ plunge in consumer sentiment
Federal Reserve officials, scheduled to assess monetary policy during a March 18-19 meeting, will likely zero in on a jump in long-term inflation expectations.
By Jim Tyson • March 14, 2025 -
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Smarsh CFO keeps eye on strategic growth opportunities
Smarsh CFO David Brolsma expects to see M&A tick up for fintech this year, as changing trends make potential acquisitions more strategically attractive for businesses.
By Grace Noto • March 14, 2025 -
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CFOs combat near COVID-era disruption levels with hedging, FP&A
Amid rising challenges from the Trump administration’s on-again-off-again tariffs, finance chiefs are facing intensifying pressure to quickly assess and offset risk.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • March 14, 2025 -
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Women unlikely to reach parity with men for 134 years: JPMorgan
In C-suites worldwide, women are far from attaining equal status, holding only about 10% of the most powerful roles such as CEO and CFO.
By Jim Tyson • March 13, 2025 -
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Stablecoin gets AICPA guidance aimed at promoting ‘transparency’
The new guidance aims to foster clearer and more comparable stablecoin issuer reports that help investors understand how the assets are being handled.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • March 13, 2025 -
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Cigna promotes insider to CFO role in C-suite reshuffling
Cigna promoted Brian Evanko to chief operating officer and named a new CFO in his place, while Eric Palmer will be leaving the company as an apparent victim of the restructuring.
By Rebecca Pifer • March 13, 2025 -
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Utah becomes latest state to pass new CPA licensure pathway legislation
Utah joins Virginia and Ohio in passing legislation providing a route to CPA licensure that doesn’t require 150 hours of college credit.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • March 12, 2025 -
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Inflation rises less than expected as new tariffs spur price worries
Concern about the inflationary impact from tariffs has eroded confidence among both businesses and consumers, according to recent surveys.
By Jim Tyson • March 12, 2025 -
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CFOs expect consumers to feel brunt of tariff pain
Seventy-one percent of finance leaders view the current environment as “somewhat or highly unfavorable” for their business, a Gartner poll found.
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Small business optimism sags amid ‘uncertainty whiplash’: NFIB survey
“The economy is still growing, but at a slower and slower rate — storm clouds are forming,” the NFIB said.
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Oracle exec signals all-in AI agent strategy as competition heats up
The software giant is among several enterprise software companies that have begun rolling out products leveraging the nascent technology.
By Alexei Alexis • March 11, 2025 -
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91% of economists expect big, tariff-fueled price surge: Wolters Kluwer
Despite persistent inflation, economists predict the Federal Reserve will trim the main interest rate by 0.42 percentage point this year, Wolters Kluwer found in a survey.
By Jim Tyson • March 10, 2025 -
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Trump DOJ advances Biden-era push to break up Google
The move potentially signals that big tech won’t get a free pass from U.S. antitrust regulators in President Trump’s second term.
By Alexei Alexis • March 10, 2025 -
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Costco CFO says 50 cent wage increase poses expense ‘headwind’
CFO Gary Millerchip said Thursday that Costco will continue looking for ways to offset the expected impact of its new employee agreement on SG&A.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • March 10, 2025 -
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Sponsored by BOK FinancialHow to deal with falling rate-cut expectations
Companies that were anticipating lower interest rate cuts may have to rethink their strategies amid falling rate-cut expectations.
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IT unemployment jumped in February despite AI hiring surge
Employers across all sectors of the economy added 177,000 tech positions, but the data also suggests a potential wait-and-see approach to hiring.
By Roberto Torres • March 7, 2025 -
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Fed holding rates steady while gauging impact from Trump tariffs: Powell
Inflation will probably continue to follow a “bumpy” path down to the central bank’s 2% target, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said.
By Jim Tyson • March 7, 2025 -
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Orthofix’s fired execs’ lewd, ‘graphic’ texts surface in legal battle
The medical device maker didn’t originally specify the reasons behind the 2023 firing of its CEO, CFO and CLO. Now, a court case is illuminating the story behind the terminations.
By Maura Webber Sadovi • March 7, 2025 -
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Bessent ‘not worried about inflation’ amid Trump’s tariff offensive
Revenue from new import duties “could be very substantial,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
By Jim Tyson • March 6, 2025
