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Deloitte announced this week that beginning September 2016 professionals celebrating the arrival of a new child, caring for a spouse or significant other, or supporting aging parents, will have extra support from the firm with the new Family Leave Program.

The Connecticut Society of CPAs (CTCPA) New and Young Professionals Group recently held their seventh annual Charity Kickball Tournament in Plainville. Approximately 100 up-and-coming CPAs competed in friendly competition that resulted in $1,825 raised donations for the Foundation for Life, a non-profit organization seeking to improve the quality of life for families and individuals in the Northeast.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants have released a new report on how companies can deal with enterprise risk management to minimize business disruptions.

Cornell University will launch a new master’s degree in accounting, dubbed the "Master of Professional Studies in Management," at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management in Fall 2017, the Cornell Chronicle reports.

The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) announced on Tuesday the launch of IIA Learning OnDemand, an online, self-paced learning resource that provides continuing education opportunities and tools to support internal audit professionals in their daily lives.

The staffing company Accounting Principals analyzed the best states for accounting and finance professionals to live in by tracking the number of accounting and financial positions in each state from 2009 to 2016 to see how well each state’s job prospects are growing. Texas came out on top.

Top executives whose pay is linked to the stock prices of the companies they oversee are more likely to make stealth disclosures when their companies are forced to restate their financials, according to a new study.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy’s National Registry of CPE Sponsors has opened a newly redesigned website where organizations, continuing professional education providers, state accountancy boards and CPAs can find information about providing and taking CPE courses across the country.

The Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants (VSCPA) announced this week the launch of LEAD (Learn, Engage, Advocate, Drive), a new initiative looking give professionals the proper resources to develop into future leaders.

The Sarbanes-Oxley provision requiring senior financial officers to adopt a code of ethics tended to reduce the number of earnings restatements by their companies, according to a new study.