The Latest

It would be difficult to imagine more diverse classmates than Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. and former heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner.

Now that McGladrey & Pullen has completed its acquisition of RSM McGladrey from H&R Block, the reunified firm no longer needs to say that it operates in an alternative practice structure.

XBRL-based collaborative data product provider Calcbench has launched Calcbench.com, an online system designed for professional users to quickly access and work with public corporate financial data in Extensible Business Reporting Language format.

BDO International said Friday the worldwide revenue of its network of accounting firms increased 7.36 percent for the year ended Sept. 30, 2011, to $5.672 billion, mainly due to growth in Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

PwC Adds Risk Assurance Partner

Grant Thornton has finalized its deal to acquire the assets and practices of New England accounting and consulting firm CCR LLP, effectively acquiring the firm.

Financial information monitoring and benchmarking services provider iLumen said Friday that it now integrates with Intuit’s QuickBooks accounting products.

Accounting firms need to do a better job of getting found online, according to a new study by Online Marketing Group, When Will SEO and Accounting Firms Add Up?

The nation’s unemployment rate fell four-tenths of a percentage point to 8.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, marking the lowest unemployment rate since March 2009.

Senate Democrats and Republicans were unable to muster the necessary number of votes to pass two competing bills to extend the expiring payroll tax cut on Thursday night.