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Some Asian accountancy students are landing jobs way before they graduate, especially if they had been interns in the firm in their earlier undergraduate years and deemed good enough to be offered a permanent place, according to a Singapore publication.

Is it OK for accountants to give their less profitable clients the boot and only keep the ones that make their firms the most money? Read more in the Accounting Tomorrow blog.

Is it OK for accountants to give their less profitable clients the boot and only keep the ones that make their firms the most money?

When Ashly Bower's mother graduated from Bowling Green State University in 1979, she was one of only a few accounting students at the Ohio school. The younger Bower started helping her mom with tax work in the sixth grade. Now at 23, Bower is poised to be the fourth generation of CPAs in her family, starting with her maternal great-grandfather. She is a student ambassador for the Ohio Society of CPAs and speaks with students about accounting, dispelling myths and explaining what it takes to become a CPA.Her profile appears in a story by Brandi Barhite in the Toledo Free Press: http://tinyurl.com/co3dvj

When Ashly Bower’s mother graduated from Bowling Green State University in 1979, she was one of only a few accounting students at the Ohio school.

Our Facebook friend Jane Lee of the Ohio Society of CPAs shared a link touting the benefits of becoming a CPA.

Our Facebook friend Jane Lee of the Ohio Society of CPAs shared a link touting the benefits of becoming a CPA.

Many of us are cutting down our conference and travel budgets, however, ladies if you have some extra dough and a special interest in intergenerational relations within the female gender, you may just want to consider adding another to your list. A three-day women and power summit is being offered by the Omega Institute Center for Holistic Studies this fall targeting women of all ages.

Many of us are cutting down our conference and travel budgets, however, ladies if you have some extra dough and a special interest in intergenerational relations within the female gender, you may just want to consider adding another to your list. Read more on the Accounting Tomorrow blog.

With the employment outlook turning bleaker by the day, many white collar moms who opted out of the workforce to focus on their kids are scrambling to get back in, according to a recent story in Time Magazine.