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A roundup of merger & acquisition activity among accounting firms

New books, software, hardware and services of interest to accountants

The July 16, 2012, homepage for Yahoo! had an article called "Six Careers for People Who Don't Like People." As I read the article, my worst fear was realized: Heading the list was "Accountants."

Find out if offering family office services is right for your firm

What do you think when you hear the word "coach?"

Partners are the culture in a professional service firm -- what they believe, what they reward, what they do, and how they do it determines what and how things get done.

Boy, did President Obama create a furor in a Roanoke, Va., speech in July, where he said, "If you have a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."

Denver-based Top 100 firm Hein & Associates didn't want to be anyone's secret -- even a good one, as managing partner Brian Mandell-Rice had become accustomed to hearing from clients.

A roundup of news from the previous month

Collecting required continuing professional education credits is fast becoming a solitary experience for many CPAs, with sophisticated Web-based learning on the threshold of overtaking traditional live events.