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Public Company Accounting Oversight Board chairman James Doty recently delivered an illuminating history of the accounting profession in New York during a speech.

I recently read an excellent survey report commissioned by CFO magazine, The Senior Finance Team and Corporate Purchase Decisions.

Financial information provider Sageworks recently released a list of the most profitable industries over the past year, and accounting and tax preparation came out near the top.

Employees of St. Louis Park, Minnesota-based CPA firm Froehling Anderson did some heavy lifting at the nearby Voyageur Environmental Center Oct. 28, distributing wood chips around the team building obstacle courses and moving rocks to protect cabins from precipitation runoff.

The board of directors of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy voted at its annual meeting to support the Financial Accounting Foundation’s recent proposal to establish a Private Company Standards Improvement Council.

Washington D.C.-area CPA and advisory firm Bond Beebe raised more than $2,700 in its second year of participation with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night Walk in Rockville, Md., Oct. 22.

Ernst & Young has released a new survey that indicates persistent security threats at organizations despite the move to cloud computing at many companies.

CPAs from Cleveland accounting and consulting firm Howard, Wershbale & Co. will play FETCH! with fifth and sixth grade students at local Kenston Intermediate School Nov. 9.

Accountants who offer financial planning services can provide their clients much-needed help from a trusted advisor.

Some may question whether or not a large designer handbag purchase is a solid investment of one’s hard-earned cash.