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Sometimes you just need advice from someone who has been there before. At the Association for Accounting Marketing Summit in Washington, D.C., those needing a primer heard from a team of experts what they should know when entering the field of accounting marketing.

Master motivator and $100 million salesman Sean McArdle kicked off the 21st Association for Accounting Marketing Summit here with a keynote about mastering the challenge of change.

An invitation-only group of more than 100 multigenerational leaders recently met at the Crowne Plaza in Independence to identify priorities to help the region become more of a talent magnet and jumpstart its economy.

IMGCAP(1)]Affluent families are not feeling so affluent these days. The financial crisis has left its mark and eroded a tremendous amount of confidence, as well as wealth.

While it's still too early to know all the financial consequences the health care bill may have for business owners, they should start now to consider financial strategies to manage possible increased costs, taxes and borrowing rates.

Will they or won’t they? That’s the question as the Supreme Court nears the end of its term this month, and court watchers eagerly await a ruling in a case challenging the constitutionality of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

A difficult economy and an expense charge of $18.7 million at payroll and benefits outsourcing provider Paychex Inc. forced an 11 percent plunge in its fiscal 2010 profits to $477 million for the year ended May 31.

An appeals court has overturned a $521.7 million jury verdict against BDO Seidman in a case brought by Portugal’s Banco Espirito Santo International.

Top companies were able to dramatically reduce their corporate risk profile, and maintain compliance with sales and use taxes and value-added taxes, by leveraging automated tax management tools, ranging from tax calculation engines, filing and remittance systems, to audit control solutions, according to a new report.

Robert Blake, the actor who played Baretta on the TV series of the same name, is facing a $1.1 million tax lien from the state of California.