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Households Navigate Higher Costs With Smarter Spending

Households Navigate Higher Costs With Smarter Spending
Households Navigate Higher Costs With Smarter Spending
February 12, 2026  |  Economy

The consumer in the United States is no longer one market. It’s two. And corporate earnings calls are increasingly where the split shows up first....

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New Research: Productivity Gains Rise When Companies Pair AI Agents With Strong Oversight
New Research: Productivity Gains Rise When Companies Pair AI Agents With Strong Oversight
February 12, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Companies have spent the past two years racing to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) agents across sales, finance, operations and customer support. Now, a new constraint...

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Amazon and Walmart Deepen Healthcare Push With Prescription Delivery and Telehealth Expansion
Amazon and Walmart Deepen Healthcare Push With Prescription Delivery and Telehealth Expansion
February 12, 2026  |  Retail

What used to be a retail war between Amazon and Walmart is now a platform war over who embeds themselves deepest into consumers’ daily routines....

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On ‘From the Block,’ Experts Warn Crypto Must Fix Scams and User Errors Before Scaling
On ‘From the Block,’ Experts Warn Crypto Must Fix Scams and User Errors Before Scaling
February 12, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

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Companies Rethink Invoicing as a Customer Experience Strategy
Companies Rethink Invoicing as a Customer Experience Strategy
February 12, 2026  |  Accounts Receivable

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37 Percent of Power Users Make AI Their Primary Finance Tool
37 Percent of Power Users Make AI Their Primary Finance Tool
February 12, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

The novelty phase of conversational artificial intelligence has officially ended, giving way to a more formidable market phase: structural reliance. While nearly half of U.S....

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Half of Retail Small Businesses Rely on Daily Sales to Stay Afloat
Half of Retail Small Businesses Rely on Daily Sales to Stay Afloat
February 12, 2026  |  SMBs

A growing share of retail small businesses are not planning for the next downturn so much as financing their way through the next week, and...

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Smart Manufacturers Redesign Plants to Unlock AI Gains
Smart Manufacturers Redesign Plants to Unlock AI Gains
February 11, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Manufacturers racing to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) are often experiencing an uncomfortable reality: productivity declines before gains materialize. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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CFOs Turn Fraud Control Into Margin Defense
CFOs Turn Fraud Control Into Margin Defense
February 11, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

Tradition is as tradition does. And traditionally, in many finance organizations, fraud protection has lived in the same mental bucket as insurance premiums and audit...

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