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Employment in the private sector increased by 201,000 from July to August, according to payroll giant ADP’s National Employment Report, beating analyst expectations.

Approximately one year after joining the company as president and chief operating officer, Laurie Schultz was officially appointed chief executive of audit and risk management software developer ACL, effectively replacing Harald Will.

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Personal finance and accounting software can be used to keep track of expenses such as food and clothing, but it can also be handy for tracking spending on environmental choices such as using mass transit instead of a car, or buying organic food instead of processed food.

Former President Bill Clinton delivered a scathing indictment of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan’s economic and tax plans to an enthusiastic crowd at the Democratic National Convention, exhorting the crowd to re-elect President Barack Obama.

The Private Company Council that the Financial Accounting Foundation is setting up is intended to serve as the voice of millions of privately held companies during the standard-setting process.

Bain Capital LLC and Apollo Global Management LLC are among the private equity firms subpoenaed by New York’s attorney general in an investigation into whether they are depriving the state of tax revenue, according to two people familiar with the matter.

A pilot program aimed at providing tax refunds on prepaid debit cards ran into a series of problems before the Treasury Department ultimately discontinued it.

The IRS is providing tax relief to individuals and businesses affected by Hurricane Isaac.

Deloitte is teaming up with Olympic and Paralympic athletes to present a month-long, 10-stop national campus tour targeting career-minded students.