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Students at the Colorado Springs and online campuses of Colorado Technical University will now be able to sit for the Certified Financial Planner exam.

The Treasury Department has proposed a new bill to more strongly regulate credit-rating agencies and hopefully reduce conflicts of interest.

For those who need some help navigating through cyberspace and all social media has to offer, the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants has posted a primer on what to use, when.

Payroll-processing companies increasingly see the CPA firm as a convenient way to attract small businesses as clients.

Seven in ten Americans ages 45-74 say they plan to work in retirement or never retire, according to AARP. In stark contradiction to the single paradigm of “retirement” as an end to work, older Americans are redesigning the whole notion of life and work.

A meeting at the AICPA offices earlier today of the Global Accounting Alliance featured some spirited debate over the growing complexity of financial reporting and how it can be made simpler and more useful.

How many seniors does it take tochange a light bulb? It only takes one, but it can be a lot more rewarding ifit takes two – a senior and a youth, a grandparent and a grandchild, an “acorn”and an “oak.”

David Friehling, the CPA who acted as Bernie Madoff's accountant for 17 years, has waived his right to a grand jury, signaling that he is likely to plead guilty soon.

More and more people are tweeting these days and now the North Carolina Young CPAs have currently joined the ranks.

CIT Group is moving nearer a deal to get help from the Treasury and the FDIC as the firm struggles with a cash crunch that threatens to choke off credit to small businesses.