Industry Leaders
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Former FASB Chairman Robert Herz on Challenges in Accounting Standard-Setting
April 26, 2013Robert Herz, the former chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, has written a new book on his experiences leading FASB, with reflections on his experiences leading the board through the financial crisis and its efforts to converge U.S. GAAP with International Financial Reporting Standards.
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Kayla Gillan of PwC on Providing Help to Investors
February 12, 2013Kayla J. Gillan, a former deputy chief of staff at the Securities and Exchange Commission and founding member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, has been tapped to lead PricewaterhouseCoopers new Investors Resource Institute.
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Tweedie Hopes to Internationalize Valuation Profession
October 5, 2012Sir David Tweedie led the International Accounting Standards Board for a decade until the end of his second term in June of last year, and now he is getting set to make a similar impact on the valuation profession.
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J.H. Cohns Tom Marino Plans Future after Reznick Merger
August 22, 2012J.H. Cohn CEO Tom Marino said Wednesday that his firm will remain in the Nexia International accounting firm network after it merges in October with Reznick Group, and will be renamed CohnReznick, with him and Reznick managing principal Ken Baggett leading the combined firm as co-CEOs for the next three years.
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Dodds Wish List for Future Financial Reform
June 20, 2012Former Senator Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., ushered the landmark financial reform legislation through the Senate in 2010 before retiring from his 30-year distinguished career in that chamber. He is now chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America.
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Women in Accounting: Breaking the Mold
May 21, 2013
A continued conversation with Marcums 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.
IMAs 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.



