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Walden Siew

@waldensiew

Journalist, editor/writer, media professional | Bureau chief @WSJCFO https://xitter.cf/t.co/SmQw1GZqHO

 New York
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Joined January 2009
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Intuit is accelerating the pace of its stock buybacks and ending scheduled stock sales by its senior management team to help shore up its stock wsj.com/cfo-journal/intuit-h… via @WSJ @waldensiew
Exclusive | Intuit Halts Management Stock Sales, Accelerates Buybacks

Exclusive | Intuit Halts Management Stock Sales, Accelerates Buybacks

The moves by the financial technology company are meant to shore up a sagging stock price as investors worry AI will degrade software providers’ businesses.

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A warning from a delivery driver. Furniture barricades. Hiding in closets. Inside a gunman’s rampage at an iconic New York office tower. wsj.com/us-news/inside-the-n…
Inside the Nightmare at 345 Park Avenue, a Manhattan Office Tower Under Attack

Inside the Nightmare at 345 Park Avenue, a Manhattan Office Tower Under Attack

Employees at firms including Blackstone and KPMG hid and set up barricades during the gunman’s rampage.

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Hasbro wants teens and adults to buy more of its products to boost growth as tariffs loom large over the industry wsj.com/articles/move-over-k… via @WSJ @JenKayW
Move Over, Kids. Hasbro Wants Adults to Play.

Move Over, Kids. Hasbro Wants Adults to Play. 

The toy and game company wants teens and adults to buy more of its products to boost growth as tariffs loom large over the industry.

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KPMG is integrating many member firms, particularly smaller ones, into larger operations wsj.com/articles/kpmg-shrink… via @WSJ @markgmaurer
KPMG Shrinking Number of Country Units in Revamp of Global Structure

KPMG Shrinking Number of Country Units in Revamp of Global Structure

The Big Four accounting firm aims to integrate many member firms, particularly smaller ones, into larger operations.

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ICYMI, read CEO Brief: 4 Questions With Edelman CEO Richard Edelman linkedin.com/pulse/ceo-brief… via @LinkedIn
CEO Brief: 4 Questions With Edelman CEO Richard Edelman

CEO Brief: 4 Questions With Edelman CEO Richard Edelman

This week marks the fifth anniversary of the Covid shutdown, and this year marks the 25th anniversary of the Edelman Trust Barometer, which has shown an erosion of public trust in corporations,...

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Finance chiefs at the WSJ CFO summit discussed the impact of new trade and DEI policies under the Trump administration, as well as the potential for corporate tax changes wsj.com/articles/finance-exe… via @WSJ @kcbroughton @markgmaurer @JenKayW
Finance Executives Seek Stability Amid Erratic Tariff Shifts

Finance Executives Seek Stability Amid Erratic Tariff Shifts

At WSJ CFO summit, executives from Johnson & Johnson to Apollo weigh in on Trump-induced volatility.

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The deal would make Blackstone, which manages more than $1.1 trillion in assets, one of the largest private-equity firms with a stake in an accounting firm wsj.com/articles/blackstone-… via @WSJ @markgmaurer
Blackstone Buying Stake in Accounting Firm Citrin Cooperman

Blackstone Buying Stake in Accounting Firm Citrin Cooperman

New Mountain Capital is selling its stake in accounting firm Citrin Cooperman to an investor group led by Blackstone, the first flip of an audit firm by a private-equity investor. 

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From the implementation of AI and merger plans to the search for greater efficiencies, here's what CFOs are focusing on in 2025 wsj.com/articles/from-m-a-to… via @WSJ @waldensiew
From M&A to AI, How CFOs Are Mapping Out the Year Ahead

From M&A to AI, How CFOs Are Mapping Out the Year Ahead

Corporate leaders are searching for greater efficiencies and implementing acquisition plans heading into 2025.

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In 2025, Accounting Rulemaker to Explore Non-GAAP and R&D Spending wsj.com/articles/in-2025-acc… via @WSJ @markgmaurer
In 2025, Accounting Rulemaker to Explore Non-GAAP and R&D Spending

In 2025, Accounting Rulemaker to Explore Non-GAAP and R&D Spending

The Financial Accounting Standards Board will evaluate two weighty issues in 2025 on how companies report their performance metrics and research and development spending as it looks to refill its...

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Corporate bond issuance surged in 2024, fueled by spreads that hit historically low levels wsj.com/articles/credit-spre… via @WSJ @kcbroughton
Credit Spreads Haven’t Looked This Good Since the 2000s. Can They Get Better?

Credit Spreads Haven’t Looked This Good Since the 2000s. Can They Get Better?

Corporate bond issuance surged in 2024, fueled by spreads that hit historically low levels.

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Will 2025 Be the Watershed Year for Return-to-Office Mandates? That Depends. wsj.com/articles/will-2025-b… via @WSJ @JenKayW
Will 2025 Be the Watershed Year for Return-to-Office Mandates? That Depends.

Will 2025 Be the Watershed Year for Return-to-Office Mandates? That Depends. 

Years after the Covid-19 pandemic normalized remote work, recent developments have executives wondering which companies will pull staff back to the office next—and who will benefit.

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Investor-relations departments are turning to generative AI in preparing the rollout of quarterly earnings: the wording, the likely analyst questions and whether the company’s message is landing wsj.com/articles/when-ir-met… via @WSJ @markgmaurer @kcbroughton @JenKayW
When IR Met AI: How the Technology Is Shaping Earnings-Day Prep

When IR Met AI: How the Technology Is Shaping Earnings-Day Prep

Generative AI is being increasingly used by investor-relations departments to predict and ready answers to analyst questions on earnings calls, refine word choice in prepared remarks and more.

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"No industry should feel safe." Robby Starbuck, the conservative activist who pushed Tractor Supply and other companies to abandon their diversity efforts, says he is preparing a new list of targets. on.wsj.com/4hKzJlj
Companies Walk a Tightrope on Diversity; ‘No Industry Should Feel Safe.’

Companies Walk a Tightrope on Diversity; ‘No Industry Should Feel Safe.’

A conservative activist has pressured companies from Tractor Supply to Deere and Lowe’s to ditch their DEI programs. Now he’s taking aim at more companies.

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Despite Geopolitical Tensions, China Is Big Business for Western Consulting Firms wsj.com/world/china/despite-…
Despite Geopolitical Tensions, China Is Big Business for Western Consulting Firms

Despite Geopolitical Tensions, China Is Big Business for Western Consulting Firms

Deloitte, Ernst & Young and others have signed thousands of contracts across China as Washington and Beijing seek to untangle economies.

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Owners of 12-foot skeletons keep them up all year long, drawing neighbors’ ire. Anger over ”The Big Leboneski.” ⁦@JenKayW⁩ wsj.com/lifestyle/halloween-…
The Battle Over the Halloween Craze That Won’t Die

The Battle Over the Halloween Craze That Won’t Die

Owners of 12-foot skeletons skirt HOA rules by keeping ‘Skelly’ up year round, drawing neighbors’ ire; ‘The Big Leboneski’  

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Dockworkers Launch Strike at Ports From Maine to Texas wsj.com/articles/dockworkers…
Dockworkers Launch Strike at Ports From Maine to Texas

Dockworkers Launch Strike at Ports From Maine to Texas

Retailers say they can weather a short shutdown but prices are likely to rise and shortages might grow in a prolonged walkout.

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The nuclear power industry is set to add “gigawatts upon gigawatts” of capacity in coming years, GE Vernova CEO Scott Strazik says wsj.com/articles/ge-vernova-… via @WSJ @waldensiew
GE Vernova CEO Appraises Nuclear Power Prospects, Offshore Wind Business

GE Vernova CEO Appraises Nuclear Power Prospects, Offshore Wind Business

The nuclear power industry is set to add ‘gigawatts upon gigawatts’ of capacity heading into the 2030s, while offshore wind needs to sort out its business model, according to GE Vernova CEO Scott...

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Good start to the day. Looking fwd to GE Vernova CEO @ScottStrazik on #RenewableEnergy w/@kenbrown12 #JournalHouse #ClimateWeekNYC
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Target Names PepsiCo’s Jim Lee as Finance Chief wsj.com/articles/target-name… via @WSJ @ColinKellaher
Target Names PepsiCo’s Jim Lee as Finance Chief

Target Names PepsiCo’s Jim Lee as Finance Chief

New CFO joins the retailer as it emerges from a challenging couple of years.

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Big Rate Cut Forces Fed to Contend With New Obstacles wsj.com/economy/central-bank…
Big Rate Cut Forces Fed to Contend With New Obstacles

Big Rate Cut Forces Fed to Contend With New Obstacles

How big will the next cut be? And what’s the right interest rate anyway? Still, Fed Chair Jerome Powell made one thing clear: He really wants to stick the landing.

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