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The Grant Thornton Foundation donated $101,954 to the Red Cross relief efforts for victims of the Japan earthquake and Pacific tsunami.

Tene Thomas, tax partner of professional services firm McConnell Jones Lanier & Murphy, was selected as a Who’s Who in Black Houston.

Bob Farrell took the job of CEO of Edgar Online only about two months ago, but he is already planning to grow the company dramatically.

The Virginia Society of CPAs announced the winners of the Outstanding Member of the Year and Top 5 Under 35 awards at its annual business meeting last week in Richmond, Va.

Three Accounting Education Research Grants totaling $20,160 were awarded to faculty and postdoctoral researchers by the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy.

You've probably noticed that most new software is now developed for the web instead of the desktop. This actually isn't a trend; instead, I expect web-developed software to become the norm, at perhaps even an accelerated pace, in the years ahead.

Grant Thornton’s St. Louis office launched a new career development program for women last week with a food bank volunteer event.

The two founding members of the new CPA Caucus in Congress, Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., and Mike Conaway, R-Texas, gave an entertaining talk during a luncheon Monday at the AICPA’s Spring Meeting of Council.

Any accountant that has ever dealt with the IRS knows it’s typically not a smooth process.

Recent graduates feel mixed about the financial value of college, according to Fidelity Investments’ recent Cost-Conscious College Graduates Survey, which studied how class of 2009, 2010 and 2011 graduates are faring in terms of college debt levels and securing jobs.