Companies aren't nearly done tightening their belts as the economy slows down. Many are cutting back on vendor services or considering switching to other vendors. The obvious upsides to this approach is cost-savings and better goods and services. The downside:…
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The Biden administration slipped through four environmental rules designed to put the coal industry out of business. One of the rules mandates power plants capture carbon dioxide before it escapes into the atmosphere and store the greenhouse gas underground. The…
Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia, is a certified genius and extreme workaholic in the same mold as Elon Musk. Huang was destined to succeed wildly in whatever career path he followed. Yet would Nvidia boast a $2.2 trillion…
Two Supreme Court rulings -- one just announced and one to be released later this spring -- will tip the scales further away from the side of government and regulatory agencies toward business sectors like manufacturing, construction and energy production.…
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 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…
Collections teams are under added pressure to keep after delinquent accounts and press for payments, even if only partial ones. Waiting too long will lower the odds of seeing a dime from a cash-strapped debtor. Despite positive economic signs popping…
Financial professionals who can read a chart are rightly worried about the long-term economic health of the U.S. To quote the late, great economist Herbert Stein, "If something cannot go on forever, it will stop." Try telling that to the…
To attract and retain top-notch finance talent, many companies focus on the traditional lures. Examples: offering a competitive salary, touting health and wellness benefits, and so on. One attractive factor to consider? Allowing accountants, analysts, auditors, tax managers and other…
"Everything we look at says that we're probably going into very slow growth in 2024 - probably not a recession," said Dan North, a senior economist for North America at Allianz Trade, an insurance and business intelligence company specializing in…
With a new year comes new state laws with compliance challenges that could disrupt business as usual. In addition to the minimum wage hikes that we recently reported on, there are other rules in effect, or about to go into…
What experts are saying the top business finance trends will be for the upcoming year may sound familiar. They're worth highlighting because companies that are able to adapt to these finance trends are most likely to be well-positioned for success…
