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Testing AI in the finance function: McKinsey
CFOs should strive to be enablers — not gatekeepers — of generative artificial intelligence adoption within their organizations, beginning with experimental use cases in the finance function, according to a guide published by McKinsey. While generative AI is still in its early days, the array of possible enterprise use cases is already wide and varied, and the…
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Volunteers are needed for Branson’s finance committee
The City of Branson is looking for volunteers to serve on its finance committee. Applications are being taken until the end of the day on Monday, December 4.The finance committee consists of the mayor, the Branson Board of Aldermen, the city administrator and citizens who are appointed for a one-year term. Those who apply must…
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MnDOT says nearly 230 projects advanced or completed in 2023
Listen to this article A major bridge renovation in downtown Minneapolis and a three-year fix of Highway 52 in southeast Minnesota are among the high-profile road and bridge projects completed during the 2023 season, the Minnesota Department of Transportation said Monday. MnDOT, which officially wrapped up its construction season Monday, said nearly 230 projects overall…
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Dem-Con pays $11M for landfill expansion site
Listen to this article A final resting place for construction and industrial debris is about to get bigger in Scott County. Dem-Con Cos., a Shakopee-based provider of construction and demolition recycling and other waste management services, has paid $11.26 million in cash for a 100-acre landfill expansion site in Scott County, according to a certificate…
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Startup The People’s First Company aims to ‘democratize’ real estate
Listen to this article When Andy Smith was growing up, he said he was ingrained with the idea that middle-class families were limited in the ways they could grow economically because of how investing of any kind was seen as out of reach. Families didn’t have the money to invest, and industry lingo confused and…
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Inside Hamas’s sprawling financial empire
Viewed from one of Istanbul’s glitziest restaurants, the Bosphorus looks sublime. The venue is a favoured haunt of mandarins, businessmen, minor celebrities—and Hamas’s financiers. A man on whom America has imposed sanctions for funding the Islamist group describes his various board seats. “It’s ridiculous,” he says, of America’s accusation, but eventually admits, “now, if you’re…
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Americans critical of economy despite falling inflation and low unemployment
Listen to this article WASHINGTON — Inflation has reached its lowest point in 2 1/2 years. The unemployment rate has stayed below 4% for the longest stretch since the 1960s. And the U.S. economy has repeatedly defied predictions of a coming recession. Yet according to a raft of polls and surveys, most Americans hold a…
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Meet Fatima
Mother’s money Fatima is the oldest member of a “El Lama El Helwa,” a group of 29 women in Cairo who meet regularly to pool their money and make collective financial decisions. It’s one of many Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) groups CARE has worked with around the world since 1991. As the women…
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University of Nebraska at Kearney Announces Strategic Budget Cuts to Address Financial Challenges
Post Views: 812 KEARNEY – In a significant restructuring effort, the University of Nebraska at Kearney announced Monday that it will discontinue several academic degrees and faculty positions due to changing enrollment trends and fiscal challenges. The realignment is in direct response to a $58 million budget shortfall projected for the University of Nebraska System…
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Gov. Evers urges Joint Finance Committee to release approved funds to Native Nations
MADISON, Wis. (WSAW) – Gov. Tony Evers has directed the Wisconsin Department of Administration to submit a formal request to the Republican-controlled Joint Committee on Finance to release $2 million in already-approved funding for Tribal Assistance Grants for the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior…
