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The SEC is coming out firmly against a proposed amendment that would create an oversight council of bank regulators that would have the ability to rewrite accounting standards.

Four teams of four students will test their accounting knowledge during the second Long Island Accounting Challenge sponsored by Margolin, Winer & Evens.

Corefino CEO Karen Watts was at the Financial Executives International conference in New York to talk about her company’s back office outsourcing approach.

IMGCPA(1)] Max Bassman CPA and senior accountant at Isdaner & Company has reason to celebrate – he was selected for the Pennsylvania Institute of Public Accountants’ 40 Under 40 list.

Washington has continued to be abuzz with talk of new ways to pay for health care reform, despite the passage about a week ago of the House version of the bill.

I spent a good portion of the week in Atlanta covering Sage Summit, Sage’s customer conference. And execs there just loved the story of college student Andrew Yellis – and when you read what happened, you’ll know why.

The search for the South’s Funniest Accountant has ended and Gilbert Lawand, a former Ernst & Young manager and self-employed CPA, has taken home the title.

It may seem ghoulish, but there does seem to be a controversy brewing over the appropriate tax treatment of sales of anatomical specimens such as human eggs and blood plasma, and even black market sales of kidneys and other vital organs.

Fifth graders at Brecksville-Broadview Heights Central School are getting a special treat from local CPAs today – they’re going to play the stock market and learn the risks and rewards of real-life investing.

One great thing about attending Sage Summit as a member of the press is that you get one-on-one meetings with the company’s executives.