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A number of years ago, I once took a food-safety class where the instructor had a simple adage when dealing with food that may have been left out or refrigerated a tad too long.
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Will you be attending Accounting Today's second annual Growth & Profitability Summit, October 25-27, in Las Vegas?
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Congratulations! Your firm has weathered the opening act of the recession. You're more profitable. You're refocused on business development. You've figured out this "social media thing:" You have a presence on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
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The Financial Accounting Standards Board has added a new project to its crowded agenda: the impairment of intangible assets with indefinite lives.
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The Securities and exchange commission's proposed changes to broker-dealer financial reporting regulations could have a major impact on auditing firms that service broker-dealers.
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It's no secret that today mergers and acquisitions are an extremely active part of the accounting profession. These combinations are due to numerous reasons, with retirement, leadership and growth at the top of the list. As owners reach retirement age, they are looking for an exit strategy. At the same time, growing firms are looking for merger candidates to gain clients, to gain access to needed staff skills, or to establish a presence in a desired market location. With a marketplace like this of buyers and sellers, it's no wonder there is plenty of activity!
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As last month's one-two punch of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee devastated the East Coast with massive flooding, widespread power outages and as-yet-uncalculated billions in damages, many of that region's accounting firms were forced to implement disaster recovery programs before business slowly returned to normal.
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The Financial Accounting Foundation is poised to release the proposals of its trustee working group for changing the structure and process of the Financial Accounting Standards Board's oversight of standards for private companies and nonprofits.
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