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Mass. Society Honors Women to Watch

Financial services provider Fidelity Investments released the results of its Higher Education Generational Survey, examining the retirement savings and investing behavior of 600 higher education employees across three generations.

SEC WARNED AGAINST CONDORSEMENT APPROACH

IMGCAP(1)]It's difficult to regulate good management practices, yet those in power - Congress, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and various self-governing standards bodies - are bound to continue to attempt to make good management practices the rule, rather than the exception.

Accounting Today's Growth & Profitability Summit speaker Jeffrey Ma ended his keynote address in Las Vegas by discussing one very big blackjack hand.

Still feeling shaky about the economy? Not sure whether to pull the trigger on that massive technology investment or acquire that Chicago office? Your instincts are good: America is in a period of economic winter, and we haven't bottomed out yet.

Accounting firms generally are not who you think of when you mention "innovation," yet many firms excel at innovation and there is a pattern to their success. Innovation is directly linked to growth and not an epiphany like many think; but rather a process that combines hindsight, vision and insight. The accounting profession is going through significant changes and I am often told by firm leaders they just don't have the next generation of leaders in their firms.

Faced with the confluence of a still uncertain economy, ongoing fee and margin pressures, torrid competition for clients, and new business and the continual challenge to sustain growth, running some of the nation's top accounting firms has undoubtedly caused a number of sleepless nights for more than one managing partner.

Doug Shulman was confirmed as the 47th Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service in March 2008.

Return preparers will have much to discuss with their clients about their 2011 returns, both before and after the year's end.