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Deloitte LLP CEO Barry Salzberg was named executive of the year in the services category at the 8th Annual American Business Awards gala ceremony in New York.

Senior finance executives are expected to provide more detailed information to corporate boards since the economic downturn, but the information is often not perceived as accurate by the executives themselves, according to a new survey.

Nearly 1,300 prisoners claimed over $9 million in First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credits, according to a new government report.

What’s the COAP program you ask? It’s the Career Opportunities in the Accounting Profession program sponsored by the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and its Foundation for Accounting Education (FAE). It’s not new – the program, which was developed to expose promising minority high school students to accounting and business careers, has been in effect since 1987.

Gulf Coast residents contending with the oil washing up on their shores could find that the checks from BP come with a few mucky strings attached.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has integrated the latest tax holidays into its Sabrix sales and use tax solutions.

The Center for Audit Quality’s Research Advisory Board has picked three scholarly auditing-related research projects to fund this year.

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted unanimously to propose rule amendments to help clarify the meaning of a date in a target date fund’s name and enhance the information provided to investors in these funds as they invest for retirement.

Investors tend to pay heed to whistleblower reports of financial fraud despite company denials, a new study suggests.

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board has issued a document outlining its preliminary views on how to improve pension accounting and financial reporting by government employers.