Not everyone likes Keurig K-Cup coffee. The quick-brew may be in millions of offices and company kitchens worldwide, but its detractors argue it's not "real" coffee! The debate over taste and quality may be unsettled. What's not in question any…
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The Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) hoped to finalize a greenhouse gas reporting rule that it first made a priority in early 2021. Consistent pressure by investors and Supreme Court rulings prevented it from becoming a reality. SEC chairman Gary…
So is the long-predicted recession near -- or here already? Depends on who you ask. The traditional bellwether of a recession, gross domestic product (GDP), says it's not. After all, GDP grew by 2.8% in the 2nd quarter of 2024,…
Can a company's cybersecurity weakness equate to "ineffective accounting controls?" The Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) says yes ... ... but for now, the courts say no. The SEC charged SolarWinds and its chief information security officer (CISO) Timothy Brown…
Did you hear about the Snowflake hack? Snowflake is a cloud computing company that got blasted by a series of attacks earlier this spring. Snowflake clients ended up taking most of the shrapnel. Snowflake client Ticketmaster estimates 560 million customer…
Is there a single business in the U.S. that's resisted raising prices since early 2020? Good luck finding one. But there's a fine line between passing along higher costs of doing business to the customer, and "fixing" prices. Case in…
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:…
If the election were held today, Donald Trump would win the presidency. Most polls show the former president leading Joe Biden in nearly all of the swing states that decided the last election. Undecided voters may swing Biden's way come…
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is taking a scalpel to its still-in-the-works expense reporting standard. If and when the board finalizes the standard, manufacturers and warehouses will likely catch a break. FASB is now open to excluding manufacturing and…
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…
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…
Business groups complained loud and long about a first-of-its-kind climate change disclosure rule that's still in the works. The Biden administration clearly got the message. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly axing a controversial "scope 3" emissions reporting…
