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Hank Barry, the former CEO of the early music-sharing service Napster, is encouraged by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed rules for crowdfunding as they set the stage for this nascent form of investment.

International network BDO is celebrating its 50th anniversary with BDO 50 for 50, a global campaign encouraging the network’s independent member firms to donate at least 50 hours of professional or practical assistance to charities and community organizations in their local communities.

The American Institute of CPAs announced the 37 members of the 2013 Leadership Academy graduating class.

The American Institute of CPAs announced the 37 members of the 2013 Leadership Academy graduating class.

The American Institute of CPAs announced the 10 recipients of the 2013-14 AICPA/Accountemps Student Scholarship, the annual award bestowed to undergraduate and graduate-level accounting majors who become CPAs and demonstrate academic and leadership excellence.

Is your accounting firm more like a famous rock band or a garage band? Angie Grissom and Scott Bradbary of The Rainmaker Companies gave an entertaining keynote speech at Accounting Today’s Growth & Profitability Summit on Monday comparing how many accounting firms can effectively act like rock bands.

Syracuse, N.Y., accounting firm Dannible & McKee is sending teams of volunteers to participate in the United Way of Central New York’s Days of Caring Oct. 21-24.

The American Institute of CPAs announced that 97 accounting students were awarded the AICPA Scholarship for Minority Accounting Students for the 2013-14 year.

CPA and consulting firm Wipfli closed all of its offices Sept. 26 so hundreds of employees could give back locally through the firm’s ninth annual Community Day.

Jackson Hewitt is gearing up this tax season to offer its tax customers help with signing up for the Obamacare health insurance marketplaces, despite the technical problems that have plagued the new exchanges since they launched at the beginning of this month.