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Macy’s CFO Paula Price to Step Down
Paula Price Macy’s chief financial officer Paula Price will leave the company on May 30 after less than two years in the role.Price will remain an advisor to Macy’s through November 2020. An external search for her replacement is underway, the company said.“I want to thank Paula for her leadershi...
By Lauren Muskett • April 7, 2020 -
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Mortgage Forbearance Requests Skyrocket as COVID-19 Halts Economy
The number of forbearance requests to mortgage lenders rose 1,896% between the week of March 16 and the week of March 30, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).That follows a jump of 1,270% between March 2 and March 16.The CARES Act, signed into law on March 27 to help limit the eco...
By Lauren Muskett • April 7, 2020 -
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Is the Coronavirus An ‘Existential Threat’ For Retailers?
The coronavirus pandemic represents an “existential threat” to the entire retail sector and there will be a “fundamental changes” to the longer-term business model, Steve Sadove, former chairman and CEO of Saks, said in a Thursday CNBC “Squawk Box” interview.E-Commerce Doesn’t Offset Loss Of Foot...
By Vincent Ryan • April 7, 2020 -
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Airbnb Gets $1B Capital Infusion From PE Firms
Airbnb has secured a $1 billion investment from private equity firms Silver Lake and Sixth Street Partners as it seeks to weather the plunge in demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.The investment, which is a combination of debt and equity, increases Airbnb’s cash reserves to around $4 billion. ...
By Matthew Heller • April 7, 2020 -
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Japan to Declare Emergency, Approves $1T Stimulus Package
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan is preparing to declare a state of emergency as early as Tuesday as COVID-19 cases mount in the capital of Tokyo.It is expected that the Japanese government will convene an unofficial meeting of experts on Monday and Abe will address the government’s coronavirus...
By Lauren Muskett • April 6, 2020 -
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Jamie Dimon Warns of a ‘Bad Recession’ Due to Coronavirus Crisis
JPMorgan Chase chief executive officer Jamie Dimon said he expects the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic to include a bad recession and strain the financial system in ways similar to the 2008 financial crisis.In his annual letter to shareholders, Dimon said the largest bank in the U....
By Lauren Muskett • April 6, 2020 -
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Google Launches ‘Mobility Reports’ to Monitor Social Distancing
Google has launched a website to track mobility across geographic locations to track the impact of social-distancing measures put in place to curb the spread of COVID-19.The company said the COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports could help governments and public health officials make decisions that...
By Lauren Muskett • April 3, 2020 -
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How to Use and Not Use Chapter 11 in Bad Economic Times
As the United States and much of the world reel from the coronavirus pandemic, many businesses’ revenues have been shut off (or close to it). Employees must stay home, and customers are holding back payments. Companies looking to make it out of these dark times need to remember a few things.Avoid...
By Vincent Ryan • April 3, 2020 -
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CFOs On the Move: Week Ending April 3
Joseph Dorrego Joe Dorrego was named finance chief and chief operating officer at FOX News Media. Dorrego has been with Fox Corporation for more than 15 years, most recently as chief investor relations officer and executive vice president of corporate initiatives. Dorrego joined the media company...
By Lauren Muskett • April 3, 2020 -
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Zoom Issues Apology After Security Lapses
The chief executive officer of Zoom, Eric Yuan, has issued an apology to users as the video teleconferencing platform faces increased scrutiny from law enforcement and security experts.The company said user volume jumped as social-distancing measures moved businesses and schools to meet online. Z...
By Lauren Muskett • April 2, 2020 -
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Luckin Coffee Crashes After Company Admits COO ‘Fabricated Transactions’
China’s Luckin Coffee crashed 75% Thursday morning after the company withdrew previous financial statements and said its COO has been involved in fabricating transactions over the past year.In a new filing, Luckin said an internal accounting investigation has revealed that COO Jian Liu allegedly ...
By Lauren Muskett • April 2, 2020 -
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Whiting Petroleum Files for Bankruptcy Amid Oil Price Plunge
Whiting Petroleum announced it has reached an agreement with noteholders to pursue a consensual financial restructuring after filing for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.The shale producer at one time was the largest oil producer in North Dakot...
By Lauren Muskett • April 1, 2020 -
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Zoom’s Privacy Practices Questioned Amid Rising Popularity
The video teleconferencing platform Zoom is facing legal scrutiny amid a surge in popularity as schools and businesses move meetings online in response to the coronavirus pandemic.The company on Monday received a letter from New York Attorney General Letitia James expressing concern Zoom’s securi...
By Lauren Muskett • March 31, 2020 -
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Mortgage Company Suspends Lending for Two Weeks
Impac Mortgage Holdings said it was instituting a two-week suspension of all lending activity, effective March 30, in hopes that the pause will give the Fed’s efforts to stabilize the mortgage-backed security markets time to take effect.The company, a micro-cap residential mortgage originator and...
By Lauren Muskett • March 30, 2020 -
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SoftBank-Backed Satellite Startup Files for Bankruptcy
Satellite internet startup OneWeb filed for bankruptcy and reduced its workforce after it couldn’t obtain new funding from investors due to the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.Before the pandemic, the company was in talks with SoftBank, its biggest backer, about possibly raising another...
By Lauren Muskett • March 30, 2020 -
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Mortgage Relief Could Cripple Loan Servicers
Mortgages represent the lion’s share of household debt, so the mortgage industry may play a critical part in seeing consumers through the COVID-19 pandemic.But mortgage bankers and nonbank mortgage providers are worried that the $2 trillion stimulus package passed by the House of Representatives ...
By Vincent Ryan • March 27, 2020 -
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Virus Relief Bill Delays CECL Rule for Banks
The $2 trillion emergency relief package now headed to President Trump’s desk gives large banks a temporary reprieve from a major change in bank accounting standards, marking a rare intervention by Congress in what is normally the domain of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.Large publicly-...
By Matthew Heller • March 27, 2020 -
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Cybersecurity Insurer Chubb Hit With Possible Ransomware Attack
Cybersecurity insurance provider Chubb has been investigating a data breach that gave hackers unauthorized access to information belonging to a third party.A company spokesperson confirmed the “security incident” but said there was no evidence Chubb’s own network was affected and it remained “ful...
By Lauren Muskett • March 27, 2020 -
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CFOs On the Move: Week Ending March 27
Peter Farr Peter Farr was appointed CFO at newspaper publisher McClatchy. Farr has served as controller and chief accounting officer (CAO) since joining the publisher in 2018 and will continue in his role as CAO. He succeeds Elaine Lintecum who will serve as special advisor to the CEO until her r...
By Lauren Muskett • March 27, 2020 -
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Five Best Practices for Today’s Stay-at-Home Workforce
Addressing the demands of a mobile, virtual, and stay-at-home workforce is not a new topic. Hiring the best talent — regardless of whether or not they reside in proximity to company facilities — is a competitive reality for many organizations. But the global coronavirus outbreak has suddenly ampl...
By Vincent Ryan • March 26, 2020 -
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Jobless Claims Smash Record
A record 3.28 million Americans filed unemployment claims last week, according to the Labor Department, as the economic impacts of the novel coronavirus outbreak rippled across the global economy.The previous weekly record was 695,000 in October 1982. The peak during the Great Recession was 665,0...
By Lauren Muskett • March 26, 2020 -
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Moody’s Downgrades Ford Deeper Into Junk
Moody’s sent Ford Motor debt further into junk territory, citing the threat of a severe and prolonged downturn in auto markets due to the coronavirus.The rating agency on lowered Ford’s corporate family and senior unsecured debt ratings to Ba2 from Ba1 and put the ratings under a downgrade watch ...
By Matthew Heller • March 26, 2020 -
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Avoiding the Floor on Negative Rates
Even before the widespread outbreak of COVID-19 and the related impact on financial markets, several developed countries and regions embraced monetary policy incorporating the use of negative interest rates.The rationale for this monetary policy was that each country or region had been impacted d...
By Vincent Ryan • March 25, 2020 -
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How One Restaurateur is Weathering the Coronavirus Shutdown
The coronavirus crisis has prompted mass layoffs and business closures. Just last week, the number of Americans claiming unemployment benefits rocketed, an indication of how severely the real economy has been impacted.In response to the increased claims number, Goldman Sachs economic forecasters ...
By Lauren Muskett • March 25, 2020 -
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Target Pulls Financial Outlook Amid ‘Unprecedented’ Demand
Target said it was withdrawing its financial outlook and cutting back on plans to remodel stores as it responds to “unprecedented” customer demand in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.Target said it has been experiencing “unusually strong traffic and sales” and has adjusted the timing of strat...
By Lauren Muskett • March 25, 2020
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