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Eide Bailly has merged in R T Higgins & Associates, expanding the firm’s presence in Colorado and with oil and gas industry clients.

Green Hasson & Janks has hired two new directors as part of the firm’s strategic growth initiatives.

Financial management software provider BlackLine Systems has added a new customer service offering to help maximize use of its Financial Close Software Suite.

Stephen C. Van Arsdell has been named chairman and CEO of Deloitte LLP’s accounting, auditing, capital markets and risk advisory subsidiary Deloitte & Touche LLP.

ParenteBeard partner David Duffus has been appointed to the board of directors of the nonprofit group Pittsburgh Cares.

The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil injunctive action Friday against the former CFO of carbon fiber manufacturer Zoltek Companies, charging him with accounting violations.

IMGCAP(1)] Ultimately, everything within the four walls of a cubicle is judged by a single variable: productivity. Production has become the end all be all of performance reviews. Measuring productivity is cold and calculating, with a complete disregard for anything outside the realm of ratios, percentages, and dollar signs.

The Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act of 2010 is basically a bailout for states that are living beyond their means and have problems meeting their payrolls.

As the estate tax remains in temporary limbo this year until Congress decides what to do, the IRS at least is sending a clear message. It doesn’t want an estate tax return for those who died this year.

An IRS official repeatedly reassured an audience of tax preparers that the agency isn’t aiming to take away their livelihoods or weed out people when its new registration, testing, education and e-file requirements take effect next tax season.