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On Tuesday, FIU’s College of Business announced that PwC has donated $100,000 in support of FIU's School of Accounting.

Business leaders are expanding their companies to foreign countries more out of a “fear of missing out,” rather than a positive desire for growth, according to a new survey by Grant Thornton.

On Tuesday afternoon, the second day of events at Practitioners Symposium and Tech Conference in Orlando, Fla., Sarah Cirelli, interactive marketing manager at WithumSmith+Brown, spoke to an audience on the advantages on creative marketing in her presentation titled, "Video Strategy to Break Through Your Marketing Barriers."

On Tuesday morning, the second day of events at Practitioners Symposium and Tech Conference in Orlando, Fla., Richard Caturano, the national leader of culture, diversity and inclusion at McGladrey and chairmen at the AICPA, addressed an audience on the merits of diversity in business in his presentation titled, "The 'I' in Diversity & Inclusion."

On Tuesday morning, the second day of events at Practitioners Symposium and Tech Conference in Orlando, Fla., Dave Maney, Founder/CEO of Deke Digital held a presentation on producing smarter social media content entitled, "Inbound Lead Generation Using Social Media."

Lixil Group, the Japanese company that owns the American Standard brand of toilets, sinks and other bathroom fixtures, is seeing its profits go down the drain after the company reported accounting problems last week.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that total nonfarm employment increased last month by 280,000, with job gains mostly occurring in professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, and health care. However, employment in accounting and bookkeeping services declined a bit.

The AICPA released a report on Thursday summarizing key stakeholders’ input on potential ways to adapt the next version of the Uniform CPA Examination.The report, Invitation to Comment Results: Maintaining the Relevance of the Uniform CPA Examination, is part of a practice analysis – an extensive research project designed to determine the knowledge and skills required of newly licensed CPAs.

Hiring at small professional services firms grew a bit last month, according to the latest figures from CBIZ.

On Tuesday, EY announced a significant expansion to its EY Scholars Master’s Program, awarding 53 students from across the country the opportunity to participate in this year’s program. The program covers up to 100% of tuition and fees for each student’s master’s degree program, providing a group of underrepresented interns the opportunity to continue their education and succeed in the growing professional services industry.