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CFOs Keep Moving on Growth, Despite Concerns on Iran and Inflation
Cutting costs remains finance leaders’ top priority, but growth has moved sharply higher on the agenda.
January 8, 2017
Economy Looking Up, Consumers Resilient, Says Survey
TD Economics projects real GDP growth of 1.6 percent in 2016, 2.2 percent in 2017 and 2.0 percent in 2018, with the unemployment rate falling from its current level of 4.6%, to 4.4% by the end of 2018.
January 8, 2017
Risk Management Top Concern for Audit Committees
Overall, audit committees are largely satisfied that their agendas are properly focused on legal and regulatory compliance issues, maintaining internal controls over financial reporting, and key assumptions underlying critical accounting estimates.
January 5, 2017
Mortgage Applications Decrease Over Holidays
New applications for residential loans took a turn for the worse during the holidays, though purchase-money activity mostly held up compared to a year previous.
January 5, 2017
Nonprofit Finance and Accounting Trends for 2017
Increase in more part-time, outsourced staff; greater number of for-profit CFOs moving to nonprofits; and clustering of services predicted for nonprofit sector
January 5, 2017
New Comprehensive Reference Book on Accounting for Law Firms
Law Firm Accounting Demystified will be made available in multiple formats and is being released at the perfect time for firms looking to close the books on 2016 and ensure that their accounting is clean, correct, and compliant heading into the new year.
January 2, 2017
Mortgage Rates Increase for 9th Consecutive Week
Mortgage rates inched upward, but it was enough to extend the climb to a ninth consecutive week, with the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate now at 4.32 percent, according to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey. The 30-year fixed mortgage has an ...
January 2, 2017
Beverage Industry Trends for 2017 are Changing What Consumers Buy
Many brands have already taken out preservatives and removed artificial ingredients - the next challenge is to leverage packaging to convey and deliver freshness without the chemicals that consumers view as undesirable for their health. Brands need to ...
January 2, 2017
New Rules Affect Fishing and Seafood Industry
The new protections are called the Seafood Import Monitoring Program, and they are designed to stop illegally fished and intentionally misidentified seafood from getting into stores and restaurants by way of imported fish.
December 28, 2016
Mortgage Applications Rise Despite Worsening Rates
Even though interest rates on home loans have ascended to the highest level in more than two-and-a-half years, new mortgage applications still accelerated. Loan applications during the week ended Dec. 16, as measured by the Market Composite Index ...
December 28, 2016
Many Companies Unprepared for Changes to Accounting Standards
The new accounting standard goes into effect starting at the end of 2017, but the influence of the new guidelines will impact companies much earlier, as any customer contract that extends beyond the start date will be affected. Furthermore, impacted ...
December 28, 2016
R&D Spending Moving from Physical Products to Software and Services
By 2020, companies will have shifted the majority of their R&D spending away from product-based offerings to software and service offerings, according to the 2016 Global Innovation 1000 Study from Strategy&, PwC’s strategy consulting business.
December 28, 2016
SmartVault Launches e-Signature Solution
SmartVault’s e-signature solution is powered by RightSignature and gives SmartVault customers a convenient and efficient way to request signatures on documents directly from the SmartVault Connected Desktop and SmartVault Portal.