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The Securities and Exchange Commission voted unanimously to propose a whistleblower program to reward individuals who provide the agency with high-quality tips that lead to successful enforcement actions for financial fraud.

Two of Intuit’s add-ons for its QuickBooks software received Awesome QuickBooks Add-on awards from the Sleeter Group.

Accounting and point-of-sale software developer Cougar Mountain Software has introduced Cougar iVault, an online data storage and backup service that offers data security, storage, and disaster recovery.

Major Sage reseller and technology consultant Net@Work has gone fully nationwide with its acquisition of Seattle-based Forepoint LLC.

Ernst & Young has appointed a former Spanish government minister, Juan Costa Climent, as its global leader for climate change and sustainability services.

Six Texas-based CPAs won elections on Tuesday for seats ranging from the U.S. House of Representatives to the Texas Railroad Commission, while other CPAs around the country both won and lost.

A new survey reports that 47 percent of women in accounting and finance are satisfied with their careers and only 19 percent believe they are equally compensated for their work.

It’s no secret that the Internal Revenue Service has been especially vigilant in the past couple of years about tracking down hidden foreign sources of income.

Web-based document storage service SmartVault has received the 2011 Awesome QuickBooks Add-on award from the Sleeter Group.

Attitudes toward the economy have improved over the past month among both small and midsized businesses, according to a new survey.