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The Securities and Exchange Commission charged six “expert network” consultants and employees with insider trading on Friday, putting in doubt the expertise of those involved, not to mention the hedge funds and traders who hired them to provide the inside tips.

Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Business finished in the top three of the Public Accounting Report’s 29th Annual Survey of Accounting Professors for the 16th consecutive year.

Managing a family office or philanthropic foundation can be difficult, so it helps to get training at an early age, and among the descendants of the late bandleader Lawrence Welk, that education starts before they can even legally buy champagne.

To celebrate its 13th straight year of being named to Fortune magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” list, Plante & Moran, PLLC, challenged partners and employees to spread the word via a Facebook status update that announced the honor and linked through to a survey of 15 local women’s shelters the firm supports.

For all the talk of corporate tax reform to lower the rate in the U.S., many companies have long been taking matters into their own hands, paying taxes at rates far lower than the statutory level of 35 percent.

Rebecca Ryan, founder of Next Generation Consulting, tells Accounting Tomorrow readers about the "candy store" that awaits them as early adopters of future trends. Also, what the acronym STEEP should mean to you.

D.C. metropolitan-area CPA and advisory firm Bond Beebe kicked off its first Tax Season Walking Challenge this week, encouraging employees and partners to get on their feet from Jan. 31-April 15.

The Senate Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight held a hearing Tuesday on improving federal contract auditing, which will become increasingly important as the federal government professes to tighten its belt and rein in its budget deficit.

The American Society of Women Accountants issued its first special report, titled “Missing the Top Rung on the Career Ladder,” which examines the education and career options for women at every professional level.

The Baruch College Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program will be preparing free tax returns for eligible New Yorkers from this Friday, Feb. 4, through Friday, April 15, at seven locations in the city.