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Employment in the private sector increased by 157,000 from May to June on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the latest figures from payroll giant ADP, indicating that the May slowdown in employment may have been a pause.

Some 79 percent of CEOs helming real estate and hospitality companies indicated they were optimistic about the economy, according to a survey conducted by Big Four firm Ernst & Young.

Small business employment rose slightly in June, according to Intuit, as employers added 45,000 positions to their payrolls.

President Obama took to Twitter for the White House’s first-ever Twitter Town Hall, answering questions from his “tweeps” about taxes, the economy and other subjects.

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An entrepreneur has launched a new employee benefits service promising companies access to a network of CPAs who will offer prepaid tax preparation and year-round tax advice to their employees.

Office Depot has teamed up with Superior Financial Group to offer SBA loans of between $5,000 and $25,000 to qualified small business customers.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board today announced the awarding of 52 merit-based scholarships in the inaugural year of its new program.

Check out the digital edition of the July 2011 issue of Accounting Today.

A little over a year after announcing its creation, Sage North America’s Payment Card Industry certified payments platform Sage Payment Processing, powered by Sage Exchange, is now integrated with Sage ERP Accpac.