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The AICPA released a list of five financial tips for newly-employed young people on their Insights blog on Tuesday.

Some of New York’s most ambitious young CPAs will gather in Midtown Manhattan this Friday for NextGen 2015, an annual interactive career development conference hosted by the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.

As the most recent group of college grads earns their diplomas, they may not necessarily have everything they need to enter the working world. That's at least according to a new survey by Accountemps - a division of global staffing firm Robert Half - that found that more than half (56 percent) of accounting and finance professionals said they felt only somewhat prepared for their first job after graduation.

The Anti-Fraud Collaboration, a joint effort of the Center for Audit Quality, Financial Executives International, the Institute of Internal Auditors and the National Association of Corporate Directors, has released the third in a series of case studies examining how to identify and stop accounting fraud in an organization.

Concur, the leading provider of integrated travel and expense management solutions and services, announced on Monday partnerships with both Lyft and HotelTonight. The partnerships look to continue the company’s commitment to meet modern business travelers’ needs for on-demand services, while also providing finance and travel managers greater visibility and manageability for business expenses.

The traditional summer ritual of back-to-school shopping is turning into more of a year-round endeavor, according to new surveys by Deloitte.

Deloitte is supporting this year's Special Olympics World Games Los Angeles (LA2015), taking place from July 25 to August 2, 2015. Deloitte was closely involved in preparing the winning bid that brought the 2015 Special Olympics to Los Angeles and has committed pro bono services to aid in the planning and execution of the event.

Marvel Entertainment Group, the company behind the superhero comic books and hit movies, landed in Tax Court this week, and lost a battle against the Internal Revenue Service.

A U.S. Senate committee voted on Thursday in support of opening up banking services to state-legal marijuana businesses, according to a release by the National Cannabis Industry Association.

To help improve financial awareness across generations, CalCPA Institute, along with the California Society of CPAs and the California Jump$tart Coalition is holding the California Financial Literacy Summit on July 30 at the San Jose Marriott. It will bring together experts and leaders from government, business, education and other fields who are concerned about financial illiteracy in the state.