Sun.Nov 06, 2022

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Furniture Hedging

Corporate Finance

Although many people may not consider sports gambling as a hedge, and it a straight bet, it is not a hedge, a Houston furniture store owner successfully used sports betting as a hedge. Jim McIngvale offered purchasers of more than $3,000 in furniture their money back if the Houston Astros win the World Series. When the Astros won the World Series Saturday, McIngvale was obligated to pay these customers back.

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3 Ways to Build Trust with Your Suppliers

CFO News Room

The pandemic-related disruptions of supply chains around the world have painfully brought to light flawed supplier relationships. They have made it abundantly clear that trust between companies and their suppliers is integral to building a resilient supply chain. But how do firms work to develop and maintain trust? And, if trust has been reduced, is it possible to change course and create a better relationship?

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Comparing ERP for Biotechnology Industry

Navigator SAP

Biotechnology entails the study of living organisms and their practical applications to solve real-world challenges. The field has benefited society through innovations that address climate risk, food security, and infectious diseases—and enhance the quality of human life.

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Liberalism’s Greatest Gift | AIER

CFO News Room

Watching Ken Burns’s, Lynn Novick’s, and Sarah Botstein’s brilliant 2022 documentary, The U.S. and the Holocaust , is difficult. The viewer’s heart is wrenched by photos and home movies of innocent people who would shortly be murdered simply because of their identity. Also distressing is encountering evidence of two other ugly realities: American antisemitism of the era, and the extent to which this bigotry affected American officials’ cold political calculations.

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Live Demo - Supercharge your Month End Close

Automation generally supercharges any process and brings its value to the forefront. See how infusing automation such as ART (our month-end close solution), into your close can get you to the next level of closing. We will share a live demo of SkyStem's solution, ART and share the key elements of month-end close automation. Through ART, we'll take a look at: What month-end close automation entails Which process steps can and should be automated Benefits of achieving process automation, and Why i

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Elon Musk interviewed by Ron Baron

Barry Ritholtz

Elon Musk interviewed by Ron Baron at the 29th Annual Baron Investment Conference on 4 November 2022. Ron Baron and Elon Musk CEO, Tesla Motors & CEO / CTO, SpaceX are also discussing about Twitter and Tesla Stock. Elon recently finalized Twitter deal. Also Elon Musk motivation and what motivates Elon are being discussed. The post Elon Musk interviewed by Ron Baron appeared first on The Big Picture.

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Short-term I Bond investors: Be patient with your exit strategy

Tips Watch

By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Even before I Bond investors crashed the TreasuryDirect website in late October, many financial journalists were pondering this question: “How fast can you get out of I Bonds?

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6 CFO tips for taking a company public

The Finance Weekly

CFOs are well experienced finance professionals who know how to lead their team and the finance company through many different scenarios. Supposing a CFO has a couple years of experience, they have been through many ups and downs, uncertainties, and market changes that would have left them prepared for future challenges. One of the most difficult time periods that a CFO can go through is when the company decides to go public.

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Webinar- Update on the Latest Features in SAP Revenue Accounting and Reporting (RAR) to Help Optimize RevRec in 2023

Bramasol

SAP Revenue Accounting and Reporting (RAR) provides market leading capabilities within the overall Automated Revenue Management portfolio of solutions, which are available in the SAP S/4HANA enabled Intelligent Enterprise. In this webinar , experts from Bramasol and SAP’s core RAR team will cover the newest features such as Event Based Revenue Recognition (EBRR), Contract Based Revenue Recognition (CBRR), Optimized Contract Management (OCM) and more!

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Venture capital investments in Asia: China made up 80% of Q3’s largest deals

Future CFO

When it comes to venture capital investments in Asia, the top 10 deals were secured among China and Indonesia, said KPMG recently. In addition, China clinched the eight top deals, KPMG noted, adding that Shenzhen-based electric vehicle battery maker Sunwoda EVB raised US$1.2 billion, the largest deal during Q3 in Asia and the third largest globally.

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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Digital Solutions Economy in the Media and Entertainment Industry

Bramasol

This new episode in our ongoing series on the Digital Solutions Economy (DSE) provides an overview of how DSE is impacting the Media and Entertainment industry. Previous episodes in this series include: DSE in the Semiconductor Industry. DSE in the Medical Device industry. DSE in Utilities industry. DSE in the Energy Sector. DSE in Transportation. Overview.

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Six ways to look more confident during a presentation

Future CFO

Research says using these six persuasive body-language positions during a talk can lead to success. The post Six ways to look more confident during a presentation appeared first on FutureCFO.

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Links 11/6/2022 | naked capitalism

CFO News Room

Pictured: Gimp Man ‘is spotted flopping to the floor, writhing and grunting by stunned 19-year-old’ as police arrest man in his 30s in hunt for bodysuited figure who has terrified Somerset villages Daily Mail. There’ll always be an England! Travelers have a lot to say about shrinking airplane seats CNN. Climate. Report: 90% of all U.S. coal plants are contaminating groundwater Grist.

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10 Sunday Reads

Barry Ritholtz

Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: • Federal Officials Trade Stock in Companies Their Agencies Oversee : Hidden records show thousands of senior executive branch employees owned shares of companies whose fates were directly affected by their employers’ actions, a Wall Street Journal investigation. ( Wall Street Journal ). • How America turned against the First Amendment : Moderation laws.

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Your Accounting Expertise Will Only Get You So Far: What Really Matters

Speaker: Victor C. Barnes, CPA, MBA

In the climb from contributor to leader, the rules quietly change. If you’re aiming for the summit, the air gets thinner—and what got you here won’t be enough to get you to the top (a concept first popularized by Marshall Goldsmith in his book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There ). What made you successful early in your finance career—technical accuracy, sharp analysis, flawless execution—won’t be what carries you to the next level.