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TrackerTracking CPA licensure paths: Removing the 150-hour-rule hurdle
State changes to licensing rules are chipping away at a decades-old system that has largely required CPA candidates to complete what effectively amounts to a fifth year of schooling.
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Sol de Janeiro taps new CFO amid $1B-plus growth push
Colgate-Palmolive alum Elaine Paik will step into the skincare brand’s top financial seat and will also lead the company’s legal and IT teams.
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Texas passes CPA law as push to lower licensure barrier gains steam
At least 11 states have recently passed new legislation that removes the 150-hour college credit hurdle to CPA licensure.
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Consumer expectations plunge at fastest pace since 1990 recession
“Some measures of expectations on both the business and consumer fronts look outright recessionary,” Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Jan Hatzius said.
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Deloitte shelves Q1 CFO survey amid scrambled economic outlook
The Big Four firm said it is not “at this time” releasing its first quarter CFO Signals report due to changes in the economy since the survey was conducted in February.
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Google pours billions into AI, cyber and infrastructure expansion
The tech giant's cloud profits more than doubled year over year as it invested more than $17 billion, primarily in servers and data centers.
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Focus on scalability in tech spending, Blaize CFO says
CFOs facing an uncertain economic environment want to be sure any new solution can work easily with their existing infrastructure — without the need for costly upgrades, Blaize’s Harminder Sehmi said.
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Jobless claims edged up, showing labor market steady as tariffs bite
Disruptions from Trump’s import duties will probably roil the job market in coming weeks, according to economists.
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Volvo Cars taps new finance chief amid market, tariff uncertainty
The company’s deputy CFO Fredrik Hansson will step into its top financial seat just a month after Håkan Samuelsson rejoined Volvo as its CEO.
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Tariffs put execs in ‘gray rhino’ risk territory
PwC projects the total annual value of proposed and potential U.S. tariffs levied could jump 13-fold to $989 billion from pre-election levels.
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Inside Walmart’s all-in playbook for generative AI, agentic tools
The company is “throwing the doors wide open” and wants associates to use the technology every day, executives said.
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Tesla’s CFO cites tariffs, brand hostility as profits slide
Expected tariffs on the automotive space will have an impact on Tesla’s profitability, CFO Vaibhav Taneja warned Tuesday.
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Bessent sees ‘big deal’ possible with China, Trump’s top tariff target
Washington since 2006 has urged Beijing to narrow the bilateral trade gap by spurring domestic consumption.
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CFO tips for navigating M&A deals amid tariff turmoil
M&A targets need to be valued based on more than just historical financial statements in the current environment, deal lawyers said.
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Lockheed has ‘mechanisms’ to recover tariff impacts, new CFO says
Just days after taking the defense contractor’s CFO seat, Evan Scott said Tuesday that he was “comfortable” with the company’s approach to mitigating tariff impacts.
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The key to landing a CFO role? Absolute transparency, says MarginEdge’s finance chief
Mentorship and clear communication with other top leaders were essential factors in allowing Emma Whelan to land her first CFO role, she said.
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Bankrupt 23andMe faces growing questions over data privacy
Interim CEO Joe Selsavage, who also serves as CFO, is in the hot seat as U.S. lawmakers probe data privacy issues related to the company’s bankruptcy proceeding.
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OpinionNo turning back: How disruption is accelerating era of next-gen CFO
“To navigate this new era, finance leaders must rethink their traditional approaches,” writes WNS executive Krishnan Raghunathan.
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Tennessee passes legislation revamping CPA licensure rules
A growing number of states are aiming to ease the accounting talent shortage by offering alternative routes to CPA licensure that remove the 150-hour college credit hurdle.
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Trump renews attack on Powell in call for rate cut; borrowing costs rise
Since Trump took office in January, Powell has repeatedly said that an effort by Trump to remove him would contradict the law.
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IRS acting head’s ouster adds to agency’s ‘chaotic’ shake-up
The agency’s leadership turmoil would likely harm taxpayer service first, while its impact on revenue collection would be seen later, according to a Tax Foundation policy analyst.
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Work visas favored by big tech CFOs face more scrutiny, attorneys say
As the Trump administration tightens immigration policies, legal experts say lengthier vetting of visa petitions require companies to develop international talent plans up to a year in advance.
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Paper check use surged last year, AFP says
Use of paper checks by U.S. businesses jumped last year, according to an annual survey by the Association for Financial Professionals, which struggled to explain the results.
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Prologis CFO says ‘disconnected world’ requires more warehousing
“Even with the pause in some tariffs or resolution of others, customers simply lack a steady backdrop upon which to plan,” the industrial real estate company’s CFO said.
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Cuts to middle management stressing 72% of senior executives: Korn Ferry
Forty-four percent of U.S. employees report that their companies have sliced away managerial levels, Korn Ferry said.
