Exit Interview: Marriott CFO Leeny Oberg reflects on decades-long career

In a one-on-one interview, Oberg shares lessons learned, the impacts of technology on travel and Marriott’s growth prospects as she passes the baton.

By Jenna Graber • March 9, 2026

IRS adds AI abuse, capital gains fraud to ‘dirty dozen’ tax scam list

AI is not only being used to impersonate the IRS but also to gather taxpayer and corporate information, says Nina Tross of the National Society of Tax Professionals.

By Stephen Joyce • March 6, 2026

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Digital transformation, one smart step at a time

As pricing pressures tighten margins and technologies like agentic AI evolve, finance chiefs are more closely scrutinizing the cost and returns of the tech tools they implement.

By CFO Dive staff

Economy unexpectedly sheds 92,000 jobs as war spurs inflation worries

Shrinking payrolls prompted traders in interest rate futures to predict a faster pace of monetary policy easing.

By Jim Tyson • March 6, 2026

Costco to flow tariff refunds, ‘if and when’ received, back to customers

CEO Ron Vachris said Thursday that the retailer is committed to returning any potential refunds to its customers through “lower prices and better values.”

By Maura Webber Sadovi • March 6, 2026

States sue Trump in bid to halt 10% global tariff

A lawsuit from a cohort of over 20 states argues the president overstepped his authority by failing to meet a never-before-used statute's requirements.

By Phil Neuffer • March 6, 2026

Rising CEO, CFO optimism fuels business investment: AICPA survey

Expectations of lower borrowing costs and pro-growth economic policies this year have sparked optimism among top financial executives, according to a survey.

By Jim Tyson • March 5, 2026

C-suites eye reinvesting tariff refunds into supply chains, R&D

Supply chain diversification/resilience tops the list of intended uses for potential tariff refunds, a KPMG survey found.

By Alexei Alexis • March 5, 2026

Tariff refunds: Court provides first step with liquidation order

The Court of International Trade on Wednesday directed Customs and Border Protection to remove defunct tariffs when finalizing non-liquidated entries.

By Phil Neuffer , Antone Gonsalves • March 5, 2026

Service sector grows at fastest pace since mid-2022: ISM

“The services sector is heating up,” according to Steve Miller, chair of the services business survey committee at the Institute for Supply Management.

By Jim Tyson • March 4, 2026

Small businesses flag inflation as biggest challenge: Fed survey

The widening war in the Persian Gulf may spur inflation if it halts shipments of oil and other energy commodities for an extended period, according to economists.

By Jim Tyson • March 3, 2026

Manufacturing grows for second straight month despite headwinds: ISM

A lengthy conflict in the Middle East may sustain high energy prices and jeopardize gains in manufacturing this year.

By Jim Tyson • March 2, 2026

Stop chasing vendors for payment details: A NetSuite-native guide to friction-free vendor onboarding

Faster vendor setup. Stronger controls. All in NetSuite.

March 2, 2026

Producer prices rise more than forecast, affirming inflation persistence

Measures of inflation have sent mixed signals in the past several weeks, prompting some Federal Reserve officials to favor collecting more data before further easing.

By Jim Tyson • Feb. 27, 2026

Top US class action settlements hit record $79B

Corporate defendants are “operating in a new era of enhanced class action risks,” according to global law firm Duane Morris.

By Alexei Alexis • Feb. 27, 2026

CEOs see AI as the biggest business risk, exceeding geopolitical turmoil

CEOs and CFOs, confronting the rapid spread of AI, face the risk of underperforming by investing either too little or too much in the far-reaching technology.

By Jim Tyson • Feb. 26, 2026

GenAI, machine-learning gap is a finance stressor, MindBridge CFO says

Finance chiefs face genAI hype pressure as efforts to combine its user-friendly benefits with machine learning are still evolving, Matthias Steinberg says.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Feb. 26, 2026

Most tax preparers not subject to standards, prone to costly errors: GAO

Efforts in Congress to pass legislation holding all tax preparers to clear federal standards have repeatedly fizzled out.

By Jim Tyson • Feb. 25, 2026

Lucid expects 12% workforce reduction to yield $500M in cost savings

The plan was launched in part to support a new phase of discipline and “margin progression,” CFO Taoufiq Boussaid said.

By Alexei Alexis • Feb. 25, 2026

Corporations await more OBBBA tax guidance

As IRS guidance trickles in, unanswered questions remain around how firms should implement the new law’s tax provisions, according to Alvarez & Marsal tax experts.

By Stephen Joyce • Feb. 25, 2026

Consumer confidence inches up on brighter view of job market

The slight gain in confidence reflects consumers’ caution as economic data telegraph mixed signals.

By Jim Tyson • Feb. 24, 2026

FedEx sues US for refunds on Trump tariffs

The carrier's lawsuit comes after a Supreme Court decision invalidated duties imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

By Max Garland • Feb. 24, 2026

Deficit reduction looms as top U.S. policy imperative: NABE survey

The impact on the U.S. fiscal outlook from a Supreme Court ruling against Trump administration tariffs has flared into a public debate between administration officials and policy analysts.

By Jim Tyson • Feb. 23, 2026

How CFOs turn compliance visibility into strategic advantage

Connected compliance unlocks intelligence, governance and value for CFOs.

Feb. 23, 2026

LinkedIn CFO jumps to Atlassian

After serving nearly five years as LinkedIn’s CFO, James Chuong will take the project manager software provider’s finance reins next month.

By Maura Webber Sadovi • Feb. 20, 2026

GDP growth falls short of forecast, slowed by federal shutdown

Declining exports also weighed on the economy last quarter as severe shifts in U.S. trade policy disrupted commercial relations with the nation’s largest trading partners.

By Jim Tyson • Feb. 20, 2026