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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board released two preliminary reports Tuesday offering previews of its 2015 inspections of firms that audit publicly traded companies and broker-dealers.

Financial stress rates for U.S. workers are among the highest they have been over the last five years, as workers contend with greater financial burdens and debt, according to a new survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Becker Professional Education, the global professional education, subsidiary of DeVry Education Group, announced on Tuesday the recipients of more than $250,000 in scholarship funds from its annual Newton D. Becker Scholarship Program. As a result of the program, more than 125 CPAs will receive full or partial scholarships for Becker’s CPA Exam Review.

Intacct and athenahealth, a provider of network-enabled services and mobile applications for health care providers, have partnered to offer a comprehensive cloud-based financial solution for hospitals.

Epicor announced an alliance with ADP to offer Epicor ERP and Epicor HCM customers in North America expanded integration with the company’s payroll solution, ADP Workforce Now.

The number of accounting-related securities class-action filings increased for the third year in a row in 2015, according to a new report.

The American Institute of CPAs has begun offering intermediate and advanced certificates to CPAs who perform “single audits” of governmental entities and grantees and audits of employee benefit plans.

William "Bill" Sharkey recently received the College Mentors for Kids' 2016 College Mentor of the Year in the Accounting, Legal & Finance category, the Indiana CPA Society announced this week. Sharkey has been involved with student initiatives at PwC and the Indiana CPA Society's diversity initiatives.

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A number of mobile tax apps could be putting users’ personal information at risk of exposure to hackers, according to security researchers.