“We have never allowed ourselves to celebrate victory” over Covid-19, said Tim Zue, who developed more than 20 scenario plans for the Red Sox when the pandemic took hold last year.

Aerospace and defense giant Lockheed Martin Corp. named a longtime company veteran to take over as acting chief financial officer following the sudden exit of its current CFO.

Tool maker Stanley Black & Decker Inc. will require its U.S. employees to wear masks regardless of their vaccination status starting Friday, but won’t mandate inoculations for fear workers might quit or strike, the company’s finance chief said.

Language-learning platform Duolingo Inc. joined a group of companies that have allowed their employees to sell a portion of their shares soon after going public, easing the typical six-month lockup, its finance chief said.

XPO Logistics Inc. has named a new finance chief just as it prepares to spin off a business unit that generates over a third of its revenue and focus solely on the booming transportation sector.

Suppliers are pushing back on elevator maker Otis Worldwide Corp.’s efforts to lock in prices for steel and other raw materials, the company’s finance chief said.

Whirlpool Corp., which manufactures washing machines, KitchenAid mixers and other home appliances, is considering additional price increases should inflation outpace its forecasts.

Finance chiefs are still trying to get employees to move away from Microsoft Excel, the ubiquitous spreadsheet program loved and loathed by accounting professionals.

Exxon hired a company outsider to lead its finances, a move that comes as the energy giant faces investor pressure to take more steps to transition away from fossil fuels.

Levi’s is working to pay down the debt that the jeans maker took on during the onset of the pandemic, joining other publicly traded companies that have reduced their financial obligations.