Small-business accounting platform Xero announced a 20% increase in operating revenue for the first half of its fiscal year, attributing it to a growing user base and higher average revenue per user.

The accounting software company reported year over year growth.

Cracks are forming in the trajectory of profits, and just as worryingly in the makeup of the profits themselves.

Companies are undoubtedly raising prices. The question is whether they are exploiting a surge in consumer demand or merely passing on their own higher costs.

The exit of David Knoch is the latest change at the growing and rapidly pivoting tax-focused IBD formerly known as HD Vest.

The tight labor market prompted wage increases to accelerate at the end of the year.

Is quarterly reporting really valuable enough to investors to justify the time and cost spent to compile the reports?

Companies report fluctuations in revenue and expenses over time in a way that makes the earnings growth look steady across quarters.

Analysts are more likely to highlight the negatives instead of the positives, according to new research.

A tweet from President Trump has the commission looking at easing the burden on public companies.

The executive must attend to a close family member who has recently learned of significant health challenges, a spokeswoman says.

Touting figures may give companies a short-term boost, but often leads to a long-term drop.

Profs. Miller and Bahnson reprise an old column to take down an old proposal that's gained some new adherents.

Bullish, for now. That’s the takeaway from second-quarter earnings.

President Donald Trump brought a long-simmering debate on Wall Street to the surface Friday when he prodded regulators to look into scaling back how often publicly traded companies report financial results.

Corporate executives and their accountants have long contended that the use of adjusted earnings, which ignore costs like acquisition expenses, interest payments or just about anything they find inconvenient, gives investors a better picture of companies’ performance. Under no circumstances is it manipulation, they say. But a new study suggests it just might be.

Many companies may be engaging in revenue management, along with earnings management, to meet or beat analyst expectations, particularly in the technology and health care industries, according to a new study.