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CPA Ontario announced on Friday that Matthew Roman of Toronto has won the Ontario Gold Medal, awarded to the top writer of the Common Final Examination (CFE) in the province. The CFE represents a national three-day evaluation test that challenges students' essential knowledge, professional judgment, ethics, and communication ability on their way to becoming CPAs.

Accounting School Guide, an online resource created to "give accounting students an unbiased, accurate assessment of different accounting schools and degrees," recently listed their ranking of their top 10 online accounting schools for undergraduates.

CohnReznick has opened a high-tech “Innovation Lab” in its New York office, providing clients with access to the latest visualization and collaboration technology where they can brainstorm with the firm on solutions to their business problems.

EY, the official professional services provider of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, announced this week that they will host a number of events during this year's Summer Games, as part of the firm's Building a Better Working World campaign.

Robert Raiola, an accountant at PKF O’Connor Davies who specializes in tax issues for sports and entertainment figures, has been selected by Topps for its Allen & Ginter line of collectible baseball cards.

It’s one of my favorite weeks of the year! And this year I’m lucky; it’s in Chicago, my hometown. How cool is that? So, of course, I invited everyone! From impressive celebrity speakers, to new accounting tech, to invaluable time spent with our New Vision customers - what’s not to love?

The new lease accounting standard will have an impact beyond the usual suspects of airlines and retailers, with even cloud computing providers taking a hit, thanks to their leases of computer servers.

The National Society of Accountants (NSA) announced on Monday that 32 students have earned scholarships via the Society's Scholarship Foundation for 2016, totaling $35,300 overall. Since the Foundation's inception in 1969, over $1 million in scholarships have been awarded to undergrad and graduate students pursuing an accounting career.

AffordableSchools.net, an online resource focusing on affordable higher education institutes and academic programs, recently announced their ranking of the 25 Most Affordable Online Masters of Accounting Degrees. American Public University System (Charles Town, W. Va.) was placed first, with the University of Massachusetts-Lowell (Lowell, Mass.) and Western Governors University (Salt Lake City, Utah) taking second and third, respectively.

The Internal Revenue Service spent $10.71 million on guns, ammunition and other military-style equipment from fiscal year 2006 to FY 2014, according to a new report.