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Legacy Business Models Break
Legacy Business Models Break
January 12, 2026  |  What's Trending

“Your margin is my opportunity” was Jeff Bezos’s way of describing Amazon’s hunger for bloated profit pools. In 2026, the real question isn’t whether margins...

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North American Middle-Market Firms Signal Major Working Capital Expansion in 2026
North American Middle-Market Firms Signal Major Working Capital Expansion in 2026
January 12, 2026  |  VISA

The “2025–2026 Growth Corporates Working Capital Index: North America Edition,” a collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and Visa, examines how middle-market companies across the United States and...

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SAP Product Chief Says Data Foundations, Not Storefronts, Now Define Retail Success
SAP Product Chief Says Data Foundations, Not Storefronts, Now Define Retail Success
January 12, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

Watch more: Monday Conversation with SAP CX’s Balaji Balasubramanian Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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Survey: 40% of Hourly Workers See No Benefit From Economic Growth
Survey: 40% of Hourly Workers See No Benefit From Economic Growth
January 12, 2026  |  Economy

Liquidity stress in the U.S. economy is no longer a background condition. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Why Today’s CFO Is Part Economist, Strategist and Risk Officer
Why Today’s CFO Is Part Economist, Strategist and Risk Officer
January 12, 2026  |  CFO

The CFO’s mandate has traditionally been to optimize within existing systems. Finance chiefs manage costs, allocate capital, forecast with increasing precision and ensure their company...

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AI Doers Drown Out AI Naysayers
AI Doers Drown Out AI Naysayers
January 12, 2026  |  What's Trending

By the end of 2025, the conversation around autonomous AI changed in a way that had little to do with public debate and everything to...

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Walmart Teams With Google to Promote ‘Agent-Led Commerce’
Walmart Teams With Google to Promote ‘Agent-Led Commerce’
January 11, 2026  |  Walmart

Walmart has launched an agentic commerce partnership with Google. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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Agriculture Executives Move AI Into Farming’s Economic Core
Agriculture Executives Move AI Into Farming’s Economic Core
January 11, 2026  |  artificial intelligence

At CES last week, executives from agriculture, genetics and crop-protection companies in a panel discussion described how artificial intelligence (AI) is moving upstream into the...

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CFPB Requests $145 Million in Funding After Court Order
CFPB Requests $145 Million in Funding After Court Order
January 11, 2026  |  CFPB

Russell T. Vought, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), has requested a $145 million transfer from the Federal Reserve to fund...

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