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    U.S. layoffs drop 40% in 2026 but remain high

    Artificial intelligence is now the leading factor in workforce shrinkage, according to a recent report. 

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    Opinion

    How CFOs can build stronger banking relationships

    Banking relationships are among the most important yet undermanaged assets a CFO has, and the strongest borrowers treat them as a continuous investment.

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    Baltimore Orioles CFO Darline Llamas Llopis’ game plan for change

    Llamas Llopis reveals how she went from the Big Four to leading finance across professional sports, why she’s embraced change in her career, tips on replicating success across sports finance and more.

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    Finance teams spend 13 hours a week verifying AI outputs: Trial Balance

    A new report commissioned by accounting software firm Sage aims to identify lingering bottlenecks in the race to implement artificially intelligent systems.

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    High cost of GLP-1 drugs tries companies’ patience

    While two-thirds of large companies cover the expensive medications for weight management, many may drop that coverage in 2027.

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    How American Operator’s new CFO is betting on the American dream

    Stepping into the first finance chief role of his career, Michael Friedman explains why he believes “operate-to-own” can help preserve America’s small businesses.

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    CFOs On the Move: Week ending July 2

    Papa Johns’ finance chief steps down, Comcast's planned split brings its former CFO back as CEO and Greggs’ chief financial officer steps down after 28 years.

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    Layoffs disrupt companies’ culture for 7.2 months or longer

    Remaining workers often lose confidence in leadership or become less productive.

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    The 6 a.m. CFO: How Tipalti’s Dan Barzily starts his day

    Barzily breaks down how he structures his mornings, the power of taking accountability and the importance of listening.

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    Ireland would run deficit without foreign income: Report

    A report by the island nation’s fiscal watchdog group said that corporate tax revenue is “not a reliable source to fund permanent spending commitments.”

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    Why The Secret CFO calls this finance leader ‘the most AI-pilled CFO’

    ClickUp CFO Dan Zhang shares why she’s proud to wear the moniker and the details of her company's extensive AI experiments.

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    The hidden cost of spreadsheet dependency in enterprise FP&A

    For CFOs, the challenge is determining when spreadsheet dependency shifts from being a practical solution to becoming a business risk.

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    Most investment analysts want to retain quarterly financial reporting

    Cutting reporting frequency in half, as proposed, may dilute investors’ ability to compare different kinds of companies

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    Granville Homes’ ex-CFO files whistleblower suit

    Ryan Toncheff, previously finance chief of the Fresno developer, says in a recent whistleblower suit he was fired for raising concerns that the company had become cash-flow insolvent.

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    Memphis names new CFO as Tennessee’s growth continues: Trial Balance

    Following passage of a nearly $900 million budget, Memphis’ new CFO faces the task of capturing some of the growth flowing to Nashville and Knoxville.

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    CFOs On the Move: Week ending June 26

    Pfizer's CFO joins Nike, Wendy's hires Potbelly Sandwiches' CFO, Airwallex's new CFO boomerangs back to the company and more.

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    CFO sentiments on world economy ‘decreased substantially’ in Q2

    Deloitte’s second-quarter CFO Signals survey showed notable dips in finance chiefs’ assessments of several key regional economies.

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    Gousto CFO warns against chasing the private equity payday

    On a recent podcast, the U.K.-based meal-kit company’s CFO Jim Buckle urged finance leaders on the job hunt to focus first on the type of business they want to help build, not its ownership structure.

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    What CFOs should do in the first 24 hours of a cyberattack

    At IMA26, Walter Crawford of OakTruss Group outlined first steps to take in the wake of a major data breach.

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    Paystand CFO on why banks see stablecoins as a threat

    “Several years ago, anything that mentioned blockchain was instantly tied to crypto, and crypto was kryptonite,” CFO Scott Bennion tells CFO.com.

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    CFOs grow more concerned about inflation: Duke-Fed survey

    Finance leaders raised cost and price forecasts while lowering expectations for economic growth in the latest quarterly survey.

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    Growth in medical costs to stay at historically high level next year

    Providers turn up the heat with AI-based revenue management tools, heightened reimbursement pressure and court victories, according to an analysis by PwC.

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    Titan International CFO Hernan Rizo’s formula for boosting cash flow

    Speaking at IMA26, Rizo argued that finance leaders can unlock cash already inside their businesses by paying closer attention to the costs that often go overlooked.

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    Summit Therapeutics finance chief tops list of public CFO pay in 2025

    Manmeet Soni, finance chief of the oncology company, had total compensation of nearly $250 million last year, the highest among CFOs at publicly traded firms in America.

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    What CFOs would trust an agentic AI clone to do

    Hasbro CFO Gina Goetter, CFO Leadership Council founder Jack McCullough and Sysdig CFO Karen Walker offer a practical look at how finance leaders are thinking about agentic AI.