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Top 100 Firm McGladrey LLP has signed a definitive agreement to acquire considerably all of the assets of the Oklahoma City-based firm Cole + Reed. The deal is expected to close on December 1.

Avalara and GlobalCollect announced a strategic partnership to provide payment and indirect tax compliance services to ecommerce companies trading cross-border.

On Nov. 21, more than 250 high school students in the Rochester area will attend the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants Rochester Chapter's "World of Accounting" event, to be held at the HSBC building in Rochester. The half-day program will feature a variety of speakers, including CPAS and IRS Criminal Investigation Division special agents, to introduce the profeesion as a career choice available in public, private, and government settings.

BDO USA LLP has entered into an agreement to acquire Top 100 Firm UHY Advisor's Texas practice. The deal is expected to close on December 1.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is doing more rigorous cost/benefit analyses of any new changes in accounting standards, and in some cases that is causing some of the divergence from the International Accounting Standards Board, according to FASB officials.

Neat, provider of smart organization systems for small businesses and home offices, announced new integrations with Intuit’s QuickBooks Online.

Josh Braunstein, vice president of research and learning at Wolters Kluwer CCH, discusses how the company is integrating its tax research with popular search engines, in an interview at the CCH Connections conference in Orlando with AccountingToday.com editor-in-chief Michael Cohn.

Last week I wrote about wanting to always be the “other guy’s accountant.” I received a number of calls and emails asking how I do it so here is a follow-up.

Jody Padar, CEO and principal of the New Vision CPA Group in the Chicago area, announced “The Radical CPA: New Rules for the Future-Ready Firm,” a new online workshop on "radical transformation of the accounting firm business model," as well as a book by the same name.

Sageworks has introduced Sageworks CFO, a financial analysis suite of tools for CFOs, financial professionals and executives.