Focused crawls are collections of frequently-updated webcrawl data from narrow (as opposed to broad or wide) web crawls, often focused on a single domain or subdomain.
Due to stakeholder attention on climate change and COVID-19-driven emphasis on the health and safety of employees and customers, sustainability risks increasingly demand the attention of CFOs. By viewing environmental, social, and governance efforts as growth levers, CFOs can integrate them into a business strategy that fosters resilience and adaptability while creating long-term value.
Deloitte’s Chief Global Economist Ira Kalish examines the implications of a study indicating that the sharp decline in economic activity during the pandemic is principally the result of consumer fears about the virus, not lockdowns. He also discusses the latest U.S. employment report and how the new North American free trade agreement could impact the auto sector.
Deloitte CFO Janet Lewell discusses how to develop long-term growth strategies and opportunistic investments in the current crisis environment, with steps to monitor and guide effective plan execution.
Some internal controls have not kept pace with the evolving business environment, leading to wasted resources, misalignment of objectives, or worse, a compliance breakdown. Many companies focus on incremental change to improve compliance programs, but a more transformational approach that leverages technology to produce fresh insights may be the better route.
Data wrangling technologies can help tax functions weighed down by complexity and mounting regulatory requirements take a lead in digital transformation. Capable of retrieving and transforming raw data for analysis and reporting, these tools allow tax teams to deploy and support other advanced digital applications, such as robotic process automation and analytics, for greater efficiency and transparency.
Deloitte’s Chief Global Economist Ira Kalish discusses the threat to economic recovery posed by the resurgence of the pandemic in several U.S regions. He also examines the implications of the latest data on U.S. income and spending and forward-looking economic activity in the U.S., the eurozone, and the UK.
