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Tennessee accounting and business consulting firm the LBMC Family of Companies received three awards at the United Way 2012 Community Support and Volunteer Recognition Celebration Feb. 20.

Hoping to tap into the state’s approximate 8,200 fourth- and fifth-year accounting students and last year’s 3,650 Florida-based accounting graduates, according to Florida CPA Today, the Florida Institute of CPAs recently created an intern database for its membership.

The NABE Foundation jointly announced with nonprofit Americans for the Arts that Paul Vancea won the 2013 NABE Foundation Americans for the Arts Scholarship Award.

More financial crimes are turning into cybercrimes, according to a panel of experts who spoke last week at Pace University, requiring stepped up efforts from both law enforcement and financial professionals.

Lawmakers in a number of states are considering either cutting or eliminating their state personal income taxes to boost economic growth, but a new report argues that states with high income taxes often outperform those without personal income taxes.

DoSomething.org and H&R Block’s philanthropic program, H&R Block Dollars & Sense, have teamed up to engage teenagers in a new campaign they hope will overcome the demographic’s typical lack of personal finance knowledge.

We're on a brief hiatus from writing new columns, and while we're away, we'll be reprinting a few columns, starting with this one that dates back to October 2000 but still makes relevant points for today about accounting educators and their frustration with preparing students to enter a profession that hasn't kept up with the times.

The California Society of CPAs recently launched a social networking platform that will enable members to form interest groups and gain greater access to resources.

Accountants who want to offer wealth management services for clients can benefit from a knowledgeable partner, and that’s what Paul Saganey, president of Integrated Financial Partners, hopes to provide.

The KPMG Foundation recently gifted Junior Achievement USA with $1.75 million to redevelop its JA Finance Park middle school financial literacy curriculum that impacts 156,000 students in the U.S. each year.