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ACA Repeal Would Increase Deficit, Boost Growth
A new Congressional Budget Office report on the estimated effects of repealing the Affordable Care Act provides ammunition for both supporters and critics of the landmark law.On the one hand, the CBO forecasts, repeal would increase federal budget deficits by $353 billion over 10 years — or $137 ...
By Matthew Heller • June 22, 2015 -
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The End of the Affordable Care Act as We Know It?
While rumors flew around social media and the Internet on Wednesday that the Supreme Court would today reveal its ruling on the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the much-anticipated announcement didn’t happen.So this proved not to be, after all, the day many CFOs have been waiting for...
By David McCann • June 18, 2015 -
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Robust Spending on HR Systems to Continue
Nearly nine in 10 human resources executives plan to spend the same amount or more on HR technology and systems this year compared with 2014, a new survey from Towers Watson found.Technology spending is typically rising in place of other HR priorities, the professional services firm said, and org...
By Matthew Heller • June 16, 2015 -
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GOP Offering Fixes if ACA Subsidies Are Struck Down
Republican lawmakers have floated a number of contingency plans in case the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act’s financial subsidies for qualified individuals buying health insurance through the federal exchanges operating in 34 states.The high court is expected to rule later this...
By Matthew Heller • June 12, 2015 -
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How to Manage the Cost of Expatriate Assignments
As business becomes increasingly global, many organizations will be faced with the need to send employees abroad. In turn, CFOs and their teams will be forced to navigate the financial complexities of these assignments.Expatriate assignments are known to be an expensive endeavor for any company —...
By Brad Veltkamp • June 8, 2015 -
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SEC Mulling Tweak of Pay-Ratio Disclosure Rule
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has requested public comment on the impact of revising a proposed rule that is intended to disclose the income disparity between a company’s top executive and average worker.Disclosure of a ratio of executive to average worker pay is required under the ...
By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • June 5, 2015 -
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May Job Growth Much Higher Than Predicted
The U.S. created more jobs than predicted in May, easing fears that the first-quarter contraction might spell further trouble for the economy.Total non-farm payroll employment increased by 280,000 in May, up from a revised 221,000 in April, the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday. The unemployme...
By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • June 5, 2015 -
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Data-Driven Tools Not a Productivity Panacea
Competition-based management practices may do more harm than good at companies where there is a collaborative, team-based work environment, according to a new study.Researchers at New York University and Columbia conducted a field experiment at a U.S. logistics company to determine how effective ...
By Matthew Heller • June 4, 2015 -
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10 Tips on How to Become a CFO
Top 10 Articles on How to Become a CFO1. The Six Cardinal Rules for Better Resume WritingThis article explores the six challenges resumes must address — and how you can use your resume to sell your achievements, not your responsibilities.2. Nine Things to Ask Your Future Boss, the CEOHow to find ...
By 10Rule • June 2, 2015 -
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Can You Outsmart a Behavioral Assessment?
If you’ve ever been a strong candidate for a C-suite position, chances are you’ve undergone a personality and behavioral assessment. It’s that online questionnaire with hundreds of questions about your preferences, beliefs and feelings, many of them difficult to answer, some repeated multiple tim...
By David McCann • May 29, 2015 -
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Income Inequality Hits ‘Tipping Point,’ OECD Says
The gap between rich and poor in most developing countries has reached its highest level in 30 years, with economic growth disproportionately benefiting higher-income groups while leaving lower-income groups behind, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says in a new report.Th...
By Matthew Heller • May 21, 2015 -
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Nike Planning U.S. Expansion If Trade Deal Passes
In an announcement with an ironic subtext, Nike said Friday it would start making shoes in the United States again if the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal becomes a reality.The footwear company’s announcement was timed to coincide with President Barack Obama’s visit to its Beaverton...
By Matthew Heller • May 8, 2015 -
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Predictive Analytics for Human Capital: Think Outside the Lines
This year is the 200th anniversary of George Boole’s birth. Boole’s ideas are significant to HR and talent leaders, who must make sense of the coming tsunami of big data about their human capital investments.George Boole Boole studied the concept of necessary and sufficient conditions. For exampl...
By John Boudreau • April 27, 2015 -
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Reddit Chief Sees Gender Bias in Salary Negotiation
Reddit’s interim chief executive Ellen Pao has decided that banning salary negotiations during the hiring process would lessen the chance for gender discrimination.Pao announced the move during a Wall Street Journal interview that the newspaper posted Monday, after she lost a gender discriminatio...
By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • April 7, 2015 -
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Patriots Fanhood Was His Destiny, and Other CFO Sporting Tales
Judging strictly by the facts, it seems possible that a tight affinity with the New England Patriots was imprinted on Jim Kelly’s DNA. (Don’t get riled, Buffalo Bills fans. We’re not talking about your Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback.)Kelly, who’s the CFO at SunPath, an administrator of veh...
By David McCann • April 1, 2015 -
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Building a Cyber Security Team from Within
Hijacking technology used to be the favorite hobby of benign oddballs. The Max Headroom incident was inexplicable, but harmless. Gary McKinnon may have hacked the Pentagon, but he was hunting for evidence of UFOs. That’s sadly not the case anymore: cyberattacks can and do inflict real damage.Sony...
By Simon Kouttis • March 31, 2015 -
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Managerial Power Deficit Hurts Female Execs’ Pay
Female executives benefit far less than their male counterparts from an increase in their firm’s market value, and they are more exposed to a decline, according to a new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.Researchers from the New York Fed, Boston University and the University of Sout...
By Matthew Heller • March 26, 2015 -
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5 Ways CFOs Can Enable High Performance
During the past seven years of intense volatility, many companies called on the CFO to take on an expanded role. It was one that looked beyond pure finance, accounting, and compliance and accepted a new level of responsibility for strategic planning, business transformation, and evaluating and pr...
By Christian Campagna and Accenture • March 23, 2015 -
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Supremes’ ACA Ruling Could Jack Up Health Costs
The case before the Supreme Court that may decide the fate of the Affordable Care Act may not have much of an immediate impact on corporate health benefits costs, no matter what the ruling is.Mid-term and long-term impacts are acutely difficult to forecast. But if the court rules in favor of plai...
By David McCann • March 5, 2015 -
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High Court Rules for Employer in Retiree Benefits Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has discarded a legal rule that said the absence of a termination provision specifically addressing retiree benefits in a collective bargaining agreement expressed an intent to vest those benefits for life.A lower court had used what is known as the Yard-Man presumption to ...
By Matthew Heller • Jan. 28, 2015 -
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CEOs in Asia Want More Strategic Thinking From CFOs
Asia-Pacific CFOs should play a more strategic role in the C-suite, their bosses say, rather than lose themselves in the financial nuts and bolts of their jobs, according to a new survey.Among the 178 CEOs, business owners and company chairmen in 13 countries and territories in the region that we...
By Matthew Heller • Jan. 9, 2015 -
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Four Tips for Plan Sponsors in 2015
If your company’s plan is on auto-pilot, it’s time for finance to take control. There are several timely things you should look into, or make sure your benefits department does, in order to improve the plan for the company and your employees in 2015. Here are four of the most important.Roth Featu...
By Michael Clark • Dec. 4, 2014 -
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Do You Need a CFO of IT?
Why is it that months after you approve a multimillion-dollar IT investment, you’re still not sure what you’re getting for your money? Why is it that a software vendor quotes your vice president of sales a dollar amount for a new product, but a full year after implementation, the costs are signif...
By Martha Heller • Nov. 19, 2014 -
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Acclaimed GE Finance Training Program Hits 100
In the same year that Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, setting the First World War in motion, General Electric launched what is now its Financial Management Program (FMP) for entry-level finance and accounting professionals.Among the handful of large ...
By David McCann • Nov. 14, 2014 -
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending Oct. 24
Alfonso Leon has resigned from the top finance spot at Apache. Executive vice president P. Anthony Lannie will become interim CFO at the oil-and-gas production and exploration firm.Fay West Fay West has been promoted to finance chief at SunCoke Energy and SunCoke Energy Partners, effective Oct. 2...
By Joan Urdang • Oct. 24, 2014
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