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The Obama administration has proposed a new bill that would toughen the standards for all types of investment advisors.

New York's typically dysfunctional State Senate finally reunited after a month of chaos and was busy passing bills into the wee hours last night.

A good way to think about consolidating student loans is protection, according to Tom Taylor, CPA/PFS at Taylor & Company in Towson, Md. If you have variable-rate federal student loans, you can convert your variable interest rate to a fixed interest rate.

A Tax Court decision last week could allow entrepreneurs and investors in small businesses to deduct losses against salary and investment income even for LLPs and LLCs.

Congress is divided on how to pay for health insurance reform and the legislation may not arrive by August, as planned.

A Highland, Utah high school accounting teacher has been named a “Rising Star” by the Utah CPA Foundation for doing an outstanding job teaching accounting principles in her classroom.

Tax protestor Ed Brown is finding out that it probably wasn't a good idea to line his property with pipe bombs and black powder cans to keep away federal agents.

The AICPA, NASBA and Prometric have just announced that they've now administered 1 million sections of the computerized Uniform CPA Exam.

The Big Four accounting firms are bringing in talent from Europe to build their sustainability practice in the U.S. and help companies deal with a cap-and-trade scheme.

Is it impossible to retain the best of Generation Y? No. You can retain the best people indefinitely, “one day at a time,” as long as you are willing to keep making it work for them. At least, according to Generational Guru Bruce Tulgan.