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Only 51 percent of Americans believe they will have enough money to enjoy a comfortable retirement.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC will pay $153.6 million to settle SEC charges that it misled investors in a complex mortgage securities transaction just as the housing market was starting to plummet.

A new salary survey by the Institute of Management Accountants has found that Certified Management Accountants and CPAs earn substantially more than those without certification.

The Texas Society of CPAs introduced Money Management 101, a 20-page guide of financial basics to alleviate the stresses of personal finance for Texas college students.

Global business consulting and internal audit firm Protiviti Inc. has added a Time & Expense Management module to the Protiviti Governance Portal for Internal Audit, which lets organizations access a comprehensive internal auditing workflow anywhere, anytime.

Morgan Holmes and Bill Amon have joined the Los Angeles office of national tax firm WTAS as managing directors in the commercial tax practice.

Capital markets executives at leading investment banks predict continued growth in the number and size of initial public offerings on U.S. exchanges during the remainder of 2011, according to a new study by BDO USA LLP.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has issued a concept release that aims to overhaul the auditor’s reporting model, describing different alternatives to provide more information to investors from the auditors of publicly traded companies.

The Internal Revenue Service is unable to detect whether its employees are complying with the tax laws, according to a new government report that identified 133 potentially noncompliant IRS employees.

CPA and business advisory firm CCR just completed their 4th Annual Community Day of Caring in Boston; North Grafton, Mass.; Mystic Conn.; and Providence, R.I.