Boeing’s finance chief Greg Smith served as a steady hand during the aircraft manufacturer’s recent years of tumult. Finding a successor after his unexpected departure might be tough.

Expedia’s finance chief plans to spend more on marketing while keeping overall costs under control as the online travel company looks to benefit from the resurgence in domestic travel.

Executives at American companies are bracing for higher taxes following the unveiling of President Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, which is proposing to raise the corporate tax rate to 28% from 21%, and increase taxes on companies’ foreign earnings. Here is what chief executives and chief financial officers are saying about the tax plan.

Dell Technologies Inc.’s plan to spin off its stake in software-giant VMware Inc. will help its finance chief shrink the personal-computer maker’s mountain of debt.

Levi Strauss & Co.’s finance chief is ramping up the jeans maker’s capital spending, aiming to spend two-thirds of it on digital initiatives to aid the company’s recovery from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

Auditors and finance chiefs of some of Germany’s biggest businesses are worried that a new regulatory proposal intended to improve audit quality in the wake of the Wirecard scandal will lead to higher costs and less competition.

General Mills Inc.’s finance chief plans to reduce the food maker’s reliance on costly contract manufacturing once pandemic-driven demand for its products tapers off.

Corteva Inc. has hired a veteran finance executive as its new chief financial officer, weeks after the agricultural products company averted a potential proxy fight with an activist investor.

Marriott International Inc.’s finance chief plans to hold the purse strings tight as the hotel operator looks to Covid-19 vaccines to help its business recover from the harsh declines caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Finance executives are trying to steer a more stable course for their corporate stock, and hope educating shareholders on the prospects of the company will help their cause.