Martin Crutsinger

AP Economics Writer

4 CFOs Who Are Doing it Right

4 CFOs Who Are Doing it Right

Successful CFOs don't have super powers, just powerful new tools, like self-driving software and blockchain. This white paper discusses the new tools and provides four CFOs who are using them to their fullest potential.

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Wholesale Prices Up 0.3% as Food Costs Jump

Food costs rose 2.4 percent, the biggest increase since a 5.6 percent surge in May that was tied to shortages caused by the pandemic.

In this May 10, 2020 photo, a shopper pushes his cart past a display of packaged meat in a grocery store in southeast Denver.

September US Wholesale Prices up 0.4% Amid Higher Food Prices

It reflected in part a 1.2 percent increase in food costs, the sharpest rise since a 5.6 percent spike in May when many food plants were shut down.

In this Dec. 12, 2019 file photo, workers process chickens at the Lincoln Premium Poultry plant, Costco Wholesale's dedicated poultry supplier, in Fremont, NE.

US Wholesale Prices Up 0.3% in August Amid Lower Food Costs

The latest producer price index — which measures inflation before it reaches consumers — followed a 0.6% surge in July.

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May Wholesale Prices Rose 0.4%

The increase followed three straight months of decline.