Strategy

Turnarounds

GE’s Long Turnaround Attempt: Timeline

Four rough years in the corporate icon’s history.

CFO.com Staff
April 21, 2021
Strategy

Metric Matters: Five CFOs and the Numbers They Are Tracking

Which performance indicators are companies keying on this year? Five finance chiefs reveal the metrics encapsulating their strategic goals.
Growth Strategies

Getting Back to Growth

Global expansion, a post-pandemic priority for CFOs, is also a means of tapping a cost-effective talent pool.
The Economy

Business Inventories Increase 0.5% in February

February’s gain in the GDP component, which was in line with economists’ expectations, followed a 0.4% advance in January.
The Economy

U.S. Budget Gap Jumps to $660B in March

Spending on coronavirus relief has "sent the federal debt soaring to levels not seen since the end of World War II as a proportion of the economy."
Global Business

U.S. Adds Chinese Tech Firms to Export Blacklist

The Commerce Department says the companies were building supercomputers used by China for "destabilizing military modernization efforts."
The Economy

Pickup in CFO Optimism Continues in Q1

The growing optimism "is evident in the robust expectations firms have for revenue and employment growth in 2021," according to The CFO Survey.
Supply Chain

The Global Chip Shortage: Worst-Hit Industries

Chip suppliers, which trimmed down chip production for autos and in turn stepped up supplies to consumer electronics, are now pressured from all quarters.
The Economy

Jobs Market Continues Surge With 916,000 Gain

With government relief checks and the accelerating vaccine rollout, "there is finally real light at the end of the tunnel."
Strategy

CFOs See Silver Linings to Coronavirus Crisis

Grant Thornton reports that more than 60% of CFOs cited improved flexible and remote work environments as an upside of the pandemic.
The Economy

Biden Infrastructure Plan Includes Tax Increases

One of the main priorities of the tax part of the plan is raising the corporate rate to 28% from 21%, a partial reversal of Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cut.
Strategy

HARIBO of America CFO Plans for Gummies Growth

A Wisconsin manufacturing facility and an SAP implementation will give the gummy bear giant a launchpad for more U.S. growth.
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