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Square-Off: Is Amazon Good for Business?

Square-Off: Is Amazon Good for Business?

A shining example of innovation for companies to emulate, or an anticompetitive scourge?

By David McCann | December 21, 2017

Amazon: Good for Business, Won’t Dominate World

Amazon: Good for Business, Won’t Dominate World

Companies are successfully adapting to Amazon's success and even benefiting from its presence in many ways.

By Nicholas Farhi | December 21, 2017

Square-Off: How Will Climate Change Affect Companies?

Risk Management

Square-Off: How Will Climate Change Affect Companies?

The effects will be many and varied, experts say.

By David McCann | November 21, 2017

Financial Task Force Targets Climate Risk

Risk Management

Financial Task Force Targets Climate Risk

Recommendations of a Financial Stability Board task force on climate-related financial disclosures are aimed at companies' risk management functions.

By Dylan Tanner | November 21, 2017

Regulations Both Help and Hurt IPO Pace

Regulations Both Help and Hurt IPO Pace

Companies have good reasons for factoring in the regulatory environment when deciding whether to go public.

By Aamir Husain | October 31, 2017

Square-Off: Should IPO Regs Be Relaxed?

Risk & Compliance

Square-Off: Should IPO Regs Be Relaxed?

Is excessive disclosure regulation a primary cause of the long slump in IPO activity? There's hardly a consensus on that among experts.

By David McCann | October 30, 2017

Many Factors Influence the Market for IPOs

Risk & Compliance

Many Factors Influence the Market for IPOs

Aside from disclosure regulations, the factors include politics, markets, investor demand, the business climate, and competition.

By Kurt Schacht | October 30, 2017

Square-Off: Should Dodd-Frank Stay or Go?

Risk & Compliance

Square-Off: Should Dodd-Frank Stay or Go?

Despite efforts afoot to repeal the law, it should remain in place but be modified, many observers say.

By David McCann | September 20, 2017

‘Repeal Dodd-Frank’ Is a Mere Sound Bite

Risk & Compliance

‘Repeal Dodd-Frank’ Is a Mere Sound Bite

All-or-nothing policy proposals, like President Trump's wish to dump Dodd-Frank in total, are not realistic: Princeton professor.

By Lauren Wright | September 20, 2017

Many Parts of Dodd-Frank Should Be Repealed

Risk & Compliance

Many Parts of Dodd-Frank Should Be Repealed

The law was about micromanaging financial services rather than facilitating capital markets.

By Emre Carr | September 20, 2017

Dodd-Frank Was Too Much — and Not Enough

Risk & Compliance

Dodd-Frank Was Too Much — and Not Enough

The law identified many right solutions to the problems revealed by the financial crisis but excessively applied them.

By Luke Zubrod | September 20, 2017

Falling Global Tax Rates Make U.S. Less Competitive

Falling Global Tax Rates Make U.S. Less Competitive

A lower U.S. tax rate plus simplification of the tax system would stimulate corporate expansion and spark economic growth, consultant says.

By Jason Gerlis | July 18, 2017

The Ideal Federal Tax Rate? 21%

The Ideal Federal Tax Rate? 21%

Added to state taxes, that rate would be just below the worldwide average and make U.S. companies more competitive globally, accounting firm leader says.

By Emilio Escandon | July 17, 2017

Square-Off: What Corporate Tax Rate Is Best?

Square-Off: What Corporate Tax Rate Is Best?

Many observers, as well as virtually all companies, favor a big cut. But how great is the potential for unintended consequences?

By David McCann | July 13, 2017

Lower Corporate Taxes Would Spur Capital Investment

Lower Corporate Taxes Would Spur Capital Investment

The federal rate should be dropped to 20% or 25% to sync up the economy with corporate financial results and stock-market performance: Columbia professor.

By Urooj Khan | July 13, 2017