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Tag: COVID-19

Banks like Citigroup Push for a Return to the Office

Banks Push for a Return to the Office

Banks like Citigroup Push for a Return to the Office

The Covid-19 pandemic was supposed to revolutionize the modern workplace. Companies were going to reimagine what constituted “the office” and take a whole new approach to work-life balance. But apparently, the finance sector missed the memo...

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Silent Companies on Vaccine Mandates

Companies Staying Mum on Potential for Vaccine Mandates

Silent Companies on Vaccine Mandates

Public health experts have warned for months about the possibility of vaccine hesitancy thwarting efforts to control the Covid-19 pandemic. Polling conducted as late as October found that only half of Americans intended to get vaccinated. E...

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Since When is a Covid-19 Vaccine Bad for Business?

Since When is a Covid-19 Vaccine Bad for Business?

Since When is a Covid-19 Vaccine Bad for Business?

In the hellacious year that is 2020, the sight of semi-trucks pulling away from loading docks constitutes cause for celebration. Such was the scene over the weekend at a Pfizer manufacturing plant in Michigan, where onlookers cheered as del...

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COVID-19 Tests Limits of Non-GAAP Reporting

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How many times can you write off a one-time cost? How often can a non-recurring expense recur? What is the sound of one hand clapping? These are not riddles posed by a Zen master. (Okay fine, except the third one.) Instead, they are account...

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SEC Exercises Patience in Enforcing New Lease Accounting Standard

Leased office space with retail options

Parents have an instinctive sense of which household rules to enforce ruthlessly (“don’t lie” comes to mind), and which to be more lenient with (curfews, maybe). As it turns out, the same can be said of the Securities and Exchange Commissio...

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