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The State of Main Street Heading Into Small Business Week
The State of Main Street Heading Into Small Business Week
April 26, 2024  |  SMBs

Despite the moniker attached to their segment, small businesses loom large in the American economy.  And with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) celebrating National Small...

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 The Juggling Act That Can Cost Middle-Market Firms $10 Million
 The Juggling Act That Can Cost Middle-Market Firms $10 Million
April 19, 2024  |  Regulation

This week, an official with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), an agency tasked with overseeing firms and markets in the U.K., compared her job to...

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Data, Communication, Empathy: CFOs Embrace Leadership Role
Data, Communication, Empathy: CFOs Embrace Leadership Role
April 12, 2024  |  CFO

Modern leadership requires data, communication, empathy, and above all a holistic view of the business. Call these pillars the new drivers of success. Increasingly, it...

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Analytical Focus Moves CFOs From Bookkeepers to Business Partners
Analytical Focus Moves CFOs From Bookkeepers to Business Partners
April 11, 2024  |  CFO

Today’s chief financial officers are as different from 1970s bean counters as apples are from oranges. In an operational landscape marked by ongoing uncertainty and...

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JPMorgan Chase Prepares for CEO Transition in ‘Medium-Term,’ Names Candidates
JPMorgan Chase Prepares for CEO Transition in ‘Medium-Term,’ Names Candidates
April 08, 2024  |  Personnel

J.P. Morgan Chase’s board said Monday (April 8) that planning for an orderly CEO transition in the medium term is one of its top priorities....

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Vroom Completes Wind-Down of eCommerce, Used Vehicle Dealership Businesses
Vroom Completes Wind-Down of eCommerce, Used Vehicle Dealership Businesses
April 05, 2024  |  eCommerce

Vroom completed the previously announced wind-down of its eCommerce and used vehicle dealership businesses. The company ended transactions through vroom.com, completed previously contracted transactions, sold “substantially all”...

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Manufacturing Activity Climbs After 16-Month Contraction
Manufacturing Activity Climbs After 16-Month Contraction
April 01, 2024  |  Economy

Manufacturing activity in the United States rose in March for the first time in more than a year. The Institute for Supply Management’s monthly report on business,...

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Nordstrom Mulls New Privatization Bid as Department Stores Struggle
Nordstrom Mulls New Privatization Bid as Department Stores Struggle
March 19, 2024  |  Retail

Nordstrom’s founding family is reportedly mounting another effort to take the retailer private. The department store chain is in negotiations with banks on the deal, Reuters reported...

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CFO Partnerships Are Putting the Collaboration in C-Suite
CFO Partnerships Are Putting the Collaboration in C-Suite
March 11, 2024  |  CFO

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. While the origins of that allegedly African proverb appear...

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