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Jim Landrigan has joined Atlanta accounting firm Windham Brannon to lead their Global Expatriate Advisors team.

Manufacturing Information Systems has signed a deal with Sage North America to bundle its Small Business Manufacturing software as a component of Peachtree Quantum Manufacturing Edition.

Financial Executives International is looking for nominations for its 2009 Hall of Fame.

The International Accounting Standards Board has published draft guidance to try to settle the controversial issue of fair value measurement and calm some of the recent political pressure.

Three former senior finance executives with medical supply company Cardinal Health have agreed to pay $245,000 in civil penalties to settle SEC charges that they engaged in a fraudulent earnings and revenue management scheme.

Silicon Valley chip manufacturer Xilinx has lost an appeals court ruling in a tax dispute with the IRS that could have implications for other multinational companies that use transfer pricing.

Jeffrey Taylor, former United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, has joined Ernst & Young as the Americas Leader of the firm’s Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services area within the Americas Assurance practice.

James Kinney, partner-in-charge of the financial services group at Weiser LLP, was recently elected chairman of the board of the Fair Media Council, an organization that keeps its members educated about current trends and happenings in the local media.

The Financial Accounting Foundation’s board of trustees has appointed David Sundstrom, auditor-controller for Orange County, Calif., to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board.

The IRS offered guidance to businesses that plan to claim a newly expanded work opportunity tax credit for eligible unemployed veterans and unskilled younger workers.

Thomson Reuters’ Tax & Accounting business plans to begin offering its Financial Analysis CS software free of charge to accounting firms starting June 1.

Proposed contract-based standards for revenue recognition are attracting some support, but also raising questions, according to a new survey.

Robert Bertucelli, a CPA in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., is merging his CPA practice into Satty Levine & Ciacco, a firm based in nearby Jericho, N.Y.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released FASB Statement No. 165, “Subsequent Events,” setting standards for the disclosure of events that occur after the balance-sheet date, but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued.

Prophix Software, a provider of forecasting and financial analysis applications, has rolled out Financial Controller, a module that streamlines the financial consolidation and closing cycle processes.

Abak Software has released version 7.0 of its Abak time, billing and project management software.

A Florida company has introduced an affiliate program that allows accounting firms and law practices to provide business incorporation services to clients if they don’t already have them.

Federal tax revenues plunged 34 percent in April to $266 billion, compared to $404 billion in April of last year, according to a new study.

Accounting and finance staffing company Robert Half Management Resources offered advice for companies to position themselves to take advantage of a future economic recovery.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has frozen the assets of Houston CPA and lawyer Daniel J. Petroski, along with a former finance professor at Texas A&M University, alleging that they bilked at least 60 investors out of more than $19.5 million in a foreign exchange trading scam.