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In conjunction with the United Nation’s International Women’s Day commemoration tomorrow, www.sechistorical.org is saluting nine women at the forefront of financial regulation.

Bill Gates took aim at the accounting tricks used in state budgets, saying that even “Enron would blush.”

The American Society of Women Accountants has joined the National Coalition of the National Women’s History Museum, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving women’s contributions to society.

The SEC has ordered KPMG’s member firm in Australia to pay over $2.7 million for audits and other services it did for two unspecified Australian financial companies in which there appear to be violations of independence rules.

Raleigh, N.C.-based Hughes Pittman & Gupton was named a 2011 Green Plus Mover of the Year last week by the Institute for Sustainable Development for its internal and community-focused environmental initiatives.

The agreement to pass $4 billion in spending cuts and table far more draconian spending cuts for a while has forestalled the threat of a government shutdown for another two weeks.

The U.S. CPA exam will be administered internationally for the first time this August in Japan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates.

A new report by the Government Accountability Office reveals an unsurprising fact, that the federal government wastes a ton of money, but exposes it in some surprising ways.

Plante & Moran will be entering the blogosphere with Managing Partner Gordon Krater at the helm, posting about culture and leadership issues.

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett can always be counted on for some choice words of wisdom in his annual shareholders letter, and among them were some perceptive remarks about one of his holding company’s investments: Geico.