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John Wolfgang, co-founder of UHY International, has stepped down as chairman of the global organization.

In an exclusive interview with Accounting Today, Leslie Seidman chair of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, detailed the current status and likely future timeline for the four main remaining part of the board’s convergence agenda with the International Accounting Standards Board.

Accounting firms that want consistently profitable results need a clear view of job status and the anticipated results, and the information needs to be easily accessible for all levels of the organization.

Only 19 percent of top executives at U.S. businesses are feeling optimistic about the health of the economy over the next 12 months, according to a quarterly survey by Grant Thornton, a huge decrease from the 50 percent who said they felt optimistic in the second quarter.

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The American Institute of CPAs announced its annual public service award recipients this week, honoring Johnny K. Hudson with the 2011 Public Service Award for Individuals and two firms with the 2011 Public Service Award for Firms.

For many accounting firms today, it’s about survival of the fittest as they are forced to find new ways to build business and grow revenue or face the uncertainty of a merger. To that end, I believe a well-implemented customer relationship management (CRM) system can help pump up those sales and maximize revenue while improving employee productivity

Financial Accounting Standards Board chair Leslie Seidman is planning for a multilateral way of working with the International Accounting Standards Board in the future, even as her term approaches an end next year.

PricewaterhouseCoopers US has published a new edition of its annual guide, “Managing Your Wealth: Guide to Tax and Wealth Management.”