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Accounting firm Carr, Riggs & Ingram is getting into the star-marking business with its new blog, “Creating Stars.”

Greensboro, N.C.-based accounting firm Davenport, Marvin, Joyce & Co. dove into its 11th year of support for the Guilford County Sheriff’s Department’s Polar Plunge for Special Olympics North Carolina last month.

It used to be that one could send out 100 letters to prospects and get a few meetings, and perhaps even a client. That is a far cry from what it takes to cut through the clutter that our prospects are exposed to these days.

Webroot, a company that develops antispyware and security software, has come up with an unusual promotion for beleaguered taxpayers this season: the opportunity to show a little appreciation to the hard-working folks at the Internal Revenue Service.

Texas-based firm Weaver’s private foundation selected six local affiliates of Habitat for Humanity as “charity of choice” for the fiscal year 2010-11, contributing $42,000 and local employee volunteers.

There are a myriad of different things that you can do with LinkedIn—most of which will require a lot of your time for very little return.

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued an order on Tuesday suspending the former vice president of finance at headphone maker Koss Corp. from appearing or practicing as an accountant before the commission.

The Center for Accounting Education at the Howard University School of Business released a report about the long struggle to promote and retain African Americans in the accounting profession.

High school students are logging online to take the National Financial Capability Challenge and prove their knowledge of saving, budgeting and investing.

Whirlpool Corporation has managed to lower its effective tax rate to zero percent, probably for years to come, thanks to generous tax credits for its Energy Star approved line of energy-saving appliances.