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  • Worried senior businessman listening presentation with coworkers during business meeting at officeC-Suite

    ‘2026 has to be a year of execution’: AI investment pressures, supply-chain risks, and strategy misalignment are all on the line for CFOs

    By Alex Zank and CFO Brew
  • Accounting Bookkeeper Clerk Woman. Bank Advisor And AuditorBanking

    ‘Accounting is absolutely a profession, full stop’: AICPA president pushes back after Education Department reclassifies accounting degrees

    By Courtney Vien and CFO Brew
  • An employee prepares a burrito bowl at a Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on February 6. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesEconomy

    In the absence of jobs numbers, slop bowls and fast food can show a lot about the economy

    By Natasha Piñon and CFO Brew
  • A team of multiethnic developers is meeting to discuss the data analytics of marketing.AI

    A whopping 72% of S&P 500 companies disclosed AI as a ‘material risk’ on their 10-Ks this year. They’re most worried about reputational threats

    By Courtney Vien and CFO Brew
  • Financial and economic crisis. Recesion, Depression. Flip image horizontal when things get better.Economy

    ‘Mega bankruptcies’ are the highest they’ve been since the pandemic began, up 33% since last year alone

    By Drew Adamek and CFO Brew
  • Businesspeople working in the office on stock market exchange data using desktop computerAI

    ‘Bad data is AI’s kryptonite’: Experts suggest businesses fix their data first before investing too much in AI

    By Alex Zank and CFO Brew
  • woman pointing out statistics on presentationC-Suite

    Companies with female CFOs outperform industry averages, study shows

    By Jesse Klein and CFO Brew
  • Paul Achleitner, supervisory board chairman of German bank Deutsche Bank, addresses shareholders during the company’s annual general meeting in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on May 23, 2019. Deutsche Bank executives face angry shareholders at the annual general meeting when their names could be added to a growing list of top managers denied investor backing, according to media reports and insiders. (Photo by Daniel ROLAND / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL ROLAND/AFP via Getty Images)Economy

    The next recession will likely be ‘triggered by a political act,’ says former Deutsche Bank chair and Allianz CFO

    By Jesse Klein and CFO Brew
  • The Wayfair Inc. website on a laptop computer arranged in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Wayfair Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on February 25. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesRetail

    Wayfair CFO says sellers on the company’s $12 billion marketplace are trying to ‘insulate’ customers from tariffs

    By Courtney Vien and CFO Brew
  • The rules for disclosing executive perks might change soon.Finance

    The SEC’s ‘Frankenstein patchwork of rules’ for disclosing executive perks is due for a makeover

    By Courtney Vien and CFO Brew
  • women working on something togetherFinance

    Accounting’s talent shortage is undeniable—50% of industry leaders say it takes 60 days or more to fill jobs

    By Alex Zank and CFO Brew
  • man working on computerFinance

    CFOs don’t trust AI, but nearly 90% say they use it anyway to do their job

    By Jesse Klein and CFO Brew
  • people walking into Target storeRetail

    Target missed analysts’ sales expectations by nearly half a billion dollars in the aftermath of DEI-related boycotts

    By Jesse Klein and CFO Brew
  • woman sitting at desk stressedFinance

    Nearly 70% of CFOs fear they won’t meet year-end financial targets because of the trade war and inflation, survey shows

    By Alex Zank and CFO Brew
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 12: The PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) New York City headquarters stands in midtown as the company announced a significant restructuring on September 12, 2024 in New York City. PwC LLP will let go of up to 1,800 US employees next month as the accounting firm shifts to in-house technology developers and streamlines its advisory practice. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Finance

    PwC cut 1,500 jobs—and it shows the ‘mini-boom’ in accounting is ending

    By Courtney Vien and CFO Brew