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Square-Off: Is Amazon Good for Business?
The Economy

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
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Amazon: Good for Business, Won’t Dominate World
The Economy

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
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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
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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
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Regulations Both Help and Hurt IPO Pace
M&A

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
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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
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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
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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
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‘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
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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
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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
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Falling Global Tax Rates Make U.S. Less Competitive
Tax

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
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The Ideal Federal Tax Rate? 21%
Tax

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
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Square-Off: What Corporate Tax Rate Is Best?
Tax

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
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Lower Corporate Taxes Would Spur Capital Investment
Tax

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
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