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Infinite Ties, a client advisory services education and training platform, launched a yearlong learning track designed for professionals working in CAS.The Staff and Senior Certification Program aims to create a community of CAS professionals and to fill the training gap in the accounting profession for CAS staff and seniors. “We’ve experienced firsthand that because CAS professionals are often required to be immediately billable, there’s been little time or capacity for proper training,” Christine Triantos, founder of Infinite Ties, said in a statement. “Most existing CAS education is theoretical. This program is different — it’s practical, interactive and built with real-world application…

President Donald Trump displays the signed bill during a ceremony for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act has plenty for businesses and business owners to like, according to experts from Top 100 Firm Bennett Thrasher.”First, we can all take a deep breath on what was otherwise looming as a huge overall tax increase,” said Tim Watt, a partner in the tax department. “Then you look at the law itself, and it largely adds more permanency and predictability to the pre-existing law, with some enhancements. So it’s a little bit of a ‘back…

Companies are praising President Donald Trump’s new tax law as a boost to spending power.The One Big Beautiful Bill Act — also known as OBBB — will help free up cash due to provisions that allow companies ranging from health-care giant Johnson & Johnson to technology consultant Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. to immediately expense domestic capital costs.”It gives a definite advantage to domestic R&D,” American Institute of CPAs Vice Chair Jan Lewis said in an interview, “whereas if those R&D expenses are incurred outside the U.S., they still have to be capitalized and amortized.”While many companies have not stated…

Customers walk out of a Taco Bell and Pizza Hut restaurant during lunchtime in Los Angeles, California. Kevork Djansezian | Getty ImagesLooking for the next CEO for your restaurant chain? Try mining the ranks at Yum Brands.The restaurant conglomerate, which owns Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell and reported quarterly results Tuesday, has supplied rival eateries with CEOs for decades. Between its globally recognized chains, massive international footprint and company culture, Yum has quietly become an incubator for future industry leaders.”They have such a strong focus on leadership development, and in the past couple of decades, they have had very,…

Fox Corp. will launch its direct-to-consumer streaming service, Fox One, on Aug. 21, ahead of the NFL season, the company said Tuesday.The new streaming service will cost $19.99 per month, and pay TV subscribers will receive access for free, said CEO Lachlan Murdoch during the company’s earnings call.Fox One will host the entirety of the Fox TV portfolio — namely, live sports such as NFL and MLB that appear on its broadcast network, as well as news programming from its Fox News and Fox Business cable TV networks.Fox airs NFL games on Sundays during the regular season, which kicks off…

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the two largest American banks previously rejected him as a customer, reviving claims that conservative clients were being unfairly denied accounts.Trump told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” in a wide-ranging interview that JPMorgan Chase informed him he had 20 days to move “hundreds of millions of dollars in cash” to another bank. He didn’t say when this happened.The president said he then approached Bank of America to “deposit a billion dollars-plus” and was told the bank couldn’t provide him an account, Trump said.”[Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan] said, ‘We can’t do it,'” Trump said. “So…