FPE promotes Ben Cole to partner

Image source: The Motley Fool. DATE Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026 at 4:15 p.m. ET CALL PARTICIPANTS Chief Executive Officer – James G. Conroy Group President and Chief Operating Officer – Michael J. Hartshorn Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer – Bill Sheehan Senior Vice President, Investor Relations – Connie Kao TAKEAWAYS Total Sales —…

Artificial intelligence companies OpenAI and Anthropic PBC, along with more than 100 other tech and financial services organizations, warned that businesses and governments must do more to prepare for and defend against AI-enabled hacks. In an open letter Thursday, the AI startups, along with Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Microsoft Corp. and others, called for organizations, governments…

Who is ultimately responsible for an organization’s AI, and who is to blame when it goes wrong? Processing Content Top 50 firm Schellman, in a recent report, said the answer is usually the technology lead, as they are the one who is often put in charge of purchasing and implementing the firm’s AI solutions. The…

Basis, an AI agent platform for accountants that recently reached a $1.15 billion valuation, has debuted a website that provides a tribute to the accounting profession. Processing Content The site, Ode to Accounting, which opened to the public on Thursday, includes love letters to accounting from accountants and other “people shaping accounting’s future” and allows…

Dive Brief: The former CFO of a Dallas-based Child and Family Guidance Center was sentenced to five years in federal prison for embezzling over $2 million between September 2016 and January 2023 from the non-profit, according to a Friday release from the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. CFGC provides mental and behavioral health…

JCPenney’s Retail Regrets Trade-In program offers consumers a chance to redeem themselves from the folly of shopping at other stores. COURTESY OF JCPENNEY Continuing to build on its mantra of “Yes, JCPenney,” the long-suffering mid-priced retailer continues to hone its marketing message and assortment as it gears up for its latest unconventional campaign, “Retail Rejuvenation,”…