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Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., has introduced legislation that would provide additional assistance for workers who have exhausted their unemployment insurance and are living in states like Nevada with elevated unemployment rates.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has voted to extend the comment period by an additional 30 days for its proposed standards on the disclosure of loss contingencies.

A new study finds that investors are not only skeptical of upbeat financial forecasts from the management at public companies, but they often believe downbeat forecasts are overly optimistic and less credible than positive news about the company’s outlook.

A federal appeals court has ruled against New York City in its bid to collect about $47 million in property taxes from two foreign governments that have been using parts of their United Nations missions for non-diplomatic purposes.

The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards has hired a group of agencies to lead a branding and public awareness campaign to raise the profile of the board.

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Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., has proposed a set of tax breaks to encourage investment in the commercial space industry as a way to cushion the blow from recent cutbacks in the space program.

PricewaterhouseCoopers vice chairman Greg Garrison gave a keynote address at the Ascend National Convention in New York this week in which he called on organizations to better manage their diversity efforts.

Americans continued to show concern about the state of the economy and their personal finances in August, according to a new survey that found feelings of financial security once again on the decline.

A former manager at Jackson Hewitt has admitted to falsifying more than 52 tax returns.