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Employers added 163,000 jobs last month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, but the unemployment rate nevertheless increased a tenth of a percentage point to 8.3 percent.

A professional image is important in the office. But while interacting with clients and representing your firm in the community, have you ever given thought to the way you present yourself online or on other communication platforms?

Knight Capital Group’s massive $440 million trading loss is being blamed on a software glitch from a new trading system that sent a stream of bogus trades for a half hour before it was finally shut down.

A proposal by the Obama Administration regarding grantor trusts has estate planners on edge as they ponder its implications.

An Internal Revenue Service employee who owned a Sears Hometown Store on the side has pleaded guilty to concealing records in a U.S. Department of Labor investigation of his retail employees’ wages and hours.

The American Institute of CPAs has written a letter to the Internal Revenue Service, recommending that the IRS delay matching the basis information the law requires brokerage firms to report about taxpayers’ capital gains and losses with what taxpayers report on their income tax return.

The House passed Republican-sponsored legislation Thursday to streamline congressional procedures and pass comprehensive tax reform next year.

The Senate Finance Committee approved legislation Thursday extending dozens of tax cuts known as tax extenders, including the alternative minimum tax patch, which have either expired or are scheduled to expire at the end of the year, while paring back approximately 25 percent of the traditional tax breaks in the name of tax reform.

The Information Technology Alliance, an independent membership association of mid-market technology consultants and providers, is going for a younger look.

Mark Cohen returns as director in the firm’s Financial Advisory Services division