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As CFOs Prepare for an Unpredictable 2024, Here’s What Tops Their Checklists From managing talent and controlling costs to monitoring macroeconomic trends and forging new partnerships, corporate finance chiefs are girding for volatility and uncertainty ahead.

17 Organizing Musts to Successfully Finance Your Next Business Step If you're considering financing to rocket your business to the next level, your records need to be firmly grounded. Here are 17 things you should be organizing now.

Don’t count on a soft landing for the world economy Inflation has fallen, but vulnerabilities remain.

You’re Probably Still Eating Too Much Sugar Sugar is lurking in our coffee and our foods. Here’s how to reduce the amount of it you eat.

The Most Creative Side Hustles We Learned About in 2023 Here are some of our favorite side hustle stories that we reported on this year.

This Stat Could Transform How You View Economic Growth When the focus shifts to working age instead of total population, Japan goes from laggard to leader.

The Return of Student-Loan Payments Has Been a Logistical Nightmare Surprise bills, long waits and conflicting information are frustrating borrowers.

Secure Your Funding — How Small Business Owners Can Level Up Their Negotiation Tactics With Venture Capitalists Even if your business is very small or you're new to the business world, you don't need to be intimidated when working with venture capitalists.

‘Thrifting’ Extends to Holiday Shopping Too Did you know: Roughly 17% of gifts this holiday season will be a resold item.

Most Businesses Miss This Critical Revenue-Driver. Here's How to Avoid That Mistake. Comprehensive knowledge of how customers use your product makes possible a variety of improvement pathways, including more effective upselling.

Bah Humbug! Many Christmas Favorites Got More Expensive This Year—Sorry, Eggnog Lovers The Dairy Treat is Now 24% Pricier Than in 2022, While Chocolate Chip Cookies and Ham are Also More Expensive

Ignorance or Arrogance? How Good Leaders Handle Uncertainty Uncertainty in entrepreneurship is a given, but you don't have to respond with ignorance or arrogance.

Which economy did best in 2023? Almost everyone expected a global recession in 2023, as central bankers fought high inflation. They were wrong.

How the Elf on the Shelf Took Over Christmas Love them or hate them—the elves’ empire is growing.

Is the 'Big Ease' coming in 2024 or will rate-cut hopes get dashed? As 2024 comes into view, investors, economists, business leaders and everyday consumers from London to Lyons to Los Angeles share a common hope: Let the interest rate cuts begin!

Meet the New Economy, Same as the Old Economy GDP, unemployment, and even inflation look a lot like the prepandemic economy. The big changes are beneath the surface.

Why This CEO Thinks You Should Ditch Your Credit Cards Affirm’s Max Levchin says buy-now, pay-later loans offer an alternative to a world of forever debt. Federal regulators aren’t so sure.

Waste of Money or Worth It? Longevity Treatments at Your Gym Fitness centers get into antiaging, with IV drips, peptide injections and infrared saunas.

What’s Next for Interest Rates? An Era of ‘Peak Uncertainty.’ Many investors are keenly focused on one question: When will the Fed start cutting interest rates?

Ask These Questions About Your Business as You Look Toward 2024. Executives: Use these three questions as a check-up on your business heading into an uncertain future.

Giant food companies are quietly ruining your favorite snacks — and hoping you don't notice For the most part, companies aren't required to announce when they change their recipes, so it can be hard to tell when the snacks you enjoy undergo a transformation. Fortunately, journalists and observant consumers have uncovered enough pieces of the puzzle to get an idea of what's happening.

Start The Year Strong — Adopt These 9 Money-Making Habits for Entrepreneurial Success in 2024 An entrepreneur of 20-plus years reveals his 9 money-making habits to keep growing his business year after year.

Year-End Checklist — How Small Business Owners Can Finish 2023 Strong Here's what to focus on to ensure your small business finishes the year strong and is prepared for the upcoming year.

The experts: wine writers and sommeliers on 20 ways to choose cheap reds, whites and fizz What can you learn from the weight of the bottle, the style of the label and the year of production? More than you might think. Wine professionals reveal what to look for – and what to avoid.

Your Personality Type Determines Your Leadership Potential. Here's How to Find It – And Unlock Its Full Power. A thorough understanding of your strengths and weaknesses is integral for success. These are proven ways to identify your unique approaches and how to make the most of them.

Christmas Didn’t Start Out as a Shop Fest. Here’s How It Became One. On Dec. 23, 1823, an anonymous poem about a “jolly old elf” with a “sleigh full of toys” was published in the Troy, N.Y., Sentinel. Christmas has never been the same since.

Two Out of Three Expect to Have a Better Financial Year in 2024, Fidelity Survey Shows Inflation squeezed household budgets in 2023, pushing 35% of respondents to a survey conducted by Fidelity Investments to report they are in worse financial shape than they were this time last year. Most respondents said they expected to have a better financial year in 2024 and have a plan to do so....