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JPMorgan Chase Officials Testify before Senate about London Whale Blunder
JPMorgan Chase & Co. needs to win back public trust after losses on a derivative portfolio swelled to more than $6.2 billion and eroded confidence in the largest U.S. bank, a company risk manager told lawmakers. Read more »
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Accountants’ Confidence Makes Up Some Lost Ground
January 15, 2013While still predicting contraction in both the short- and the mid-term, the January edition of... Read more »
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Audit Committees to Face Fresh Challenges in 2013
January 9, 2013Audit committees are confronting another challenging year, with continued economic uncertainty,... Read more »
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January Accountants Confidence Index -- Executive Summary
January 4, 2013Editor-in-chief Dan Hood gives an executive summary of our January ACI, the first of the New Year. Read more »
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Accountants Confidence Index -- January 2013
January 4, 2013The 3-month and 6-month readings are averages of the ERC's growth predictions, weighted most... Read more »
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ADP Finds Private Sector Added 215,000 Jobs in December
January 3, 2013Payroll giant ADP reported Thursday that private sector employment increased by 215,000 jobs from... Read more »
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Queue Associates Opens Hong Kong Office
January 2, 2013Microsoft Dynamics partner Queue Associates Inc. is opening a Hong Kong office and, effectively,... Read more »
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Investing in Finance Pays Off
January 1, 2013IT resources and systems aligned with the finance department's needs lead to higher return on... Read more »
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Small Business Leaders Urge Closing of Corporate Tax Haven Loopholes
December 14, 2012Hundreds of business leaders who are part of a trio of advocacy groups have signed a letter... Read more »
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Grant Thornton: CFOs Less Worried by Fiscal Cliff
December 13, 2012Chief financial officers of U.S. companies aren’t overly concerned about the fiscal cliff,... Read more »
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ADP Offers Year-End Payroll Tax Tips for Small Biz
December 12, 2012The Small Business Services division of payroll provider ADP has created a series of tips for... Read more »
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Cut Spending, Reform Taxes, Say Ohio CPAs
December 11, 2012Nearly all Ohio CPAs favor spending cuts to reduce the U.S. deficit, though they split fairly... Read more »
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Google Revenues Sheltered in No-Tax Bermuda Soar to $10 Billion
December 10, 2012Google Inc. avoided about $2 billion in worldwide income taxes in 2011 by shifting $9.8 billion... Read more »
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Marcum Begins Tracking Commercial Construction
December 3, 2012Accounting and advisory firm Marcum LLP has introduced the Marcum Commercial Construction Index,... Read more »
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CFOs Concerned about Fiscal Cliff and Taxes
December 3, 2012CFOs in the U.S. remain uncertain about the future of the economy and their own businesses,... Read more »
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Women in Accounting: Breaking the Mold
May 21, 2013
A continued conversation with Marcum’s Nanette Lee Miller and Janis Cowhey McDonagh about the obstacles women in the accounting profession face when trying to make their way into leadership positions.
IMA’s Jeff Thomson on the Role and Skills of Management Accountants
May 8, 2013
Institute of Management Accountants president and CEO Jeffrey Thomson discusses why accounting students should consider management accounting as a career, and the IMA's partnership with John Wiley & Sons.
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Top 10 Tech Initiatives -- 2013
May 5, 2013
The AICPA's annual list of IT priorities for accounting firms.
Common E-mail Security Mistakes
April 23, 2013
These five bad habits can make your confidential information -- and that of your clients -- easy to steal.
The Art of the Tax Cartoon
April 9, 2013
A selection of tax cartoons from Philly tax firm Drucker & Scaccetti's 'Finding Humor in Taxes' exhibit.
