Threat actors, hackers, cyber thieves -- they go by many names, but they've all got one characteristic in common. They aim at the weakest links in the most vulnerable systems to exploit and then wreak havoc. A red-hot target? The…
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The Federal Reserve refuses to lower its bench-line interest rate until inflation cools down. Basic economic theory says that keeping rates high in an inflationary period helps to bring prices down though it can take time. Does that theory hold…
Not all companies handle payroll records the same way. Firms may keep data in multiple systems -- payroll, HR, timekeeping and the general ledger. There's no one-size-fits-all rule for everyone. Same goes for ditching payroll records that aren't required by…
Talk about a swift kick in the you-know-where! President Biden stopped at a Sheetz convenience store on a recent campaign stop. Biden ordered a cup of coffee and chatted up employees and customers. Later that very same day, Biden's Equal…
The wave of tech fraudsters landing in the slammer rolls on. Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos infamy, crypto hustler Sam Bankman-Fried ... and now Manish Lachwani, the ex-CEO of HeadSpin, an analytics startup he co-founded. Lachwani inflated his company's worth and…
Looks like company executives are damned if they do and damned if they don't report a financial violation committed by their companies. The Department of Justice's (DOJ) criminal division clarified that its voluntary disclosure policy doesn't apply to chief executive…
We live in a high-tech world. The top valued stocks are all tech. Experts keep telling us artificial intelligence and robotics is the future -- get on board or you'll never catch up! Now for a little reality check: The…
Another April 15 came and went, leaving many of us poorer and grumbling about government spending. For business owners and the CFOs and controllers, reducing tax liabilities to states and the IRS is a year-round effort. Small business owner and…
Looks like AI won't be taking the place of all those vacant jobs after all. CEOs at bigger companies -- some who laid off a lot of people over the last eight months -- are chomping at the bit to…
The majority of publicly traded companies say they will continue to voluntarily report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are linked by many scientists to manmade climate change, so as to be transparent with investors. But the minority of companies that…
The metropolitan areas where employers and employees want to settle are in flux this decade. COVID-19 accelerated the flexible on-site work routine for millions of people. And as companies insisted their people come back into the office, a company's location…
Does it feel like the cost of nearly everything is on the rise or not coming down? Just when a commodity comes down in price, another one creeps back up? Gasoline and diesel prices at the pump are on the…
