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Becker Professional Education, the global leader in professional education and a part of DeVry Education Group, today announced the availability of more than $225,000 in scholarship funds, part of its annual Newton D. Becker Scholarship Program. Through the program, more than 120 CPA's candidates will receive full or partial scholarships for Becker’s CPA Exam Review course.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants held a panel discussion at St. John’s University in New York on Wednesday evening to discuss how accountants and C-suite executives need to manage business risks.

On Wednesday, Deloitte announced that their partnership with the veteran-focused Call of Duty Endowment - a non-profit, public benefit corporation co-founded by Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard - has recognized three organizations that help veterans transition to the workforce with their prestigious "Seal of Distinction Award."

SurePayroll has released the October edition of its Small Business Scorecard just in time for Halloween.

The AICPA and NAF announced on Wednesday a new program that aims to educate and prepare a diverse workforce ready to enter the profession. The AICPA/NAF Recognition Program looks to combine multiple learning platforms and experiences specifically designed to engage NAF Academy of Finance high school students concentrating on accounting, early in their career decisions.

Financial education platform Apptuto recently announced that they have raised $500,000 in angel funding, led by 500 Startups, to reinvent the preparation for accreditation exams. The funding round also included strategic angel investors from the US, Europe, and United Arab Emirates, as well as executives from Google, HSBC, Macquarie Bank, Delta Partners Group, and Roland Berger.

AccountantsWorld CEO Dr. Chandra Bhansali is warning about the tax season crunch that many accountants will be facing in a few months when their clients come in to not only do their taxes, but also close the books on their small businesses, while getting help complying with the Affordable Care Act.

More than a dozen staff members of CPA and business consultants Myers, Brettholtz & Company, PA and their families recently spent a day completing a United Way Day of Caring at Child Care of Southwest Florida's Joseph H. Messina Children’s Center in Fort Myers.

The Illinois CPA Society announced on Tuesday that they're now accepting applications for the Mary T. Washington Wylie Internship Preparation Program. The program looks to help minority students interested in the CPA profession prepare for entry-level accounting internships.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board have delayed the effective date of their converged revenue recognition standard for a year, but companies are going to need the extra time to get their systems adjusted.