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CFO Q&A: Power Surge

Predictive Analytics

CFO Q&A: Power Surge

Charging network company Volta lays a foundation for the mass adoption of all-electric vehicles.

By Vincent Ryan | August 4, 2021

Improving ROIC: Reevaluate How Capital Is Invested

Improving ROIC: Reevaluate How Capital Is Invested

To boost return on invested capital, focus on four areas where capital tends to get trapped.

By Lauren Muskett | May 18, 2021

Is COVID-19 a Triggering Event for Impairment Testing?

Growth Companies

Is COVID-19 a Triggering Event for Impairment Testing?

Once companies are able to assess impacts to actual and forecasted results, they should consider whether such impacts represent a triggering event.

By Steve Hills | April 16, 2020

CFOs Remain Cautious With Corporate Cash

CFOs Remain Cautious With Corporate Cash

U.S. companies have not relinquished their liquidity buffers or their habit of keeping cash in ultra-safe investment vehicles.

By Vincent Ryan | July 17, 2019

Retailers’ Financial Cycle Times: The Hare Beats the Tortoise

Retailers’ Financial Cycle Times: The Hare Beats the Tortoise

A new ranking of corporate speed and agility shows why some brick-and-mortar retailers, especially Macy's, are ailing.

By Joe Perfetti | January 10, 2019

Accountants Protecting Their Turf

Mergers & Acquisitions

Accountants Protecting Their Turf

Should appraisers of business assets have to be accountants? Robert Pozen says the attempt to push such a requirement is misguided.

By Robert Pozen | October 4, 2018

U.S. Factory Orders Fall Slightly

U.S. Factory Orders Fall Slightly

Declines in demand for transportation equipment and machinery weighed down April's U.S. factory orders, say experts.

By William Sprouse | June 4, 2018

The Renewed Importance of Purchase Price Allocations

The Renewed Importance of Purchase Price Allocations

Now that buyers can currently expense the full amount allocated to fixed assets, the old paradigm has to be reassessed.

By Jerome Schwartzman, Oscar Aarts, and Winston Shows | May 10, 2018

Square Root Costing: A Better Method

Square Root Costing: A Better Method

Square root costing is the only costing methodology based on an accurate understanding of complexity costs, say the co-founders of Wilson Perumal.

By Stephen A. Wilson and Andrei Perumal | April 19, 2018

Lease Accounting: What’s the Holdup?

Growth Companies

Lease Accounting: What’s the Holdup?

"Many companies will likely struggle to be ready by the effective date” of the updated lease accounting standard, says a Deloitte executive.

By Vincent Ryan | March 30, 2018

CFO Optimism Climbs to 22-Year High

CFO Optimism Climbs to 22-Year High

The Duke/CFO Global Business Outlook survey shows finance chiefs are more confident about the economy than at any point since 1996.

By | March 7, 2018

Be Cautious About ‘Sweating Your Assets’

Be Cautious About ‘Sweating Your Assets’

Even though it can make certain metrics look better, merely letting assets depreciate isn't enough to sustain growth.

By Gregory V. Milano | October 16, 2017

Trump’s Tax Cuts Would Offset Interest-Rate Hikes

Trump’s Tax Cuts Would Offset Interest-Rate Hikes

A lower corporate tax rate would not only raise net income after taxes, it could also increase a company's borrowing capacity.

By William Fink | May 22, 2017

POTUS Primer: Kill the Tweets

POTUS Primer: Kill the Tweets

In the first-quarter Duke/CFO Business Outlook Survey, CFOs advise the president to change his communications tactics.

By | April 6, 2017

Reversing the Aging Process

Reversing the Aging Process

When it comes to capital investment in plant, property, and equipment, age is more than just a state of mind.

By David W. Owens | March 18, 2016