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Your weekend rundown for finance leaders who’d rather skip the filler.
🧭 HEADLINES THAT MATTER
Trump Tariffs = 4.9% Price Bump
The Tax Foundation says import duties are now directly inflating prices by 4.9 percentage points, higher than earlier White House claims.
👉 CFO takeaway: Revisit pricing assumptions and supplier contracts before Q4 budgets lock in.
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Tesla CFO Defends Musk’s $1 Trillion Package
Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja publicly backed Elon’s controversial pay deal, calling it “for the benefit of shareholders.”
👉 CFO takeaway: Expect renewed scrutiny around comp plans and shareholder optics in 2026 proxy season.
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Small Biz Jobs Fall by 40K
ADP data shows small businesses shed ~40,000 jobs in September, while large firms added 33,000.
👉 CFO takeaway: Credit tightening is hitting Main Street first, a signal to revisit liquidity buffers.
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AI Agents Go Mainstream at Salesforce
At Dreamforce, “Agentforce” dominated sessions; 12,000 customers already using it. still just 8% adoption.
👉 CFO takeaway: AI agents are real but not mass-adopted yet. Early adopters will own efficiency bragging rights by 2026.
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Wonder Bread Parent Swaps CFO
Following weak Q2, the food maker hired a former Total Wine exec as CFO to help revive growth.
👉 CFO takeaway: FMCG sector watching leadership shake-ups closely as margins stay thin.
Intel Beats Q3 Forecasts
Cost cuts and strategic reinvestments are finally paying off; stock up post-earnings.
👉 CFO takeaway: Efficiency discipline is outperforming market sentiment again.
Deloitte’s AI Report Refund Saga
Australia’s government forced Deloitte to refund $60K over an AI-generated error-ridden report, now a global warning sign.
👉 CFO takeaway: start auditing your AI-driven deliverables before clients or regulators do.
⚡ FAST RECAP
4.9% → Added inflation from tariffs
40K → Small biz jobs lost in Sept
$1T → Musk’s defended pay plan
8% → Salesforce AI-agent adoption rate
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