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One of our clients is the principal-in-charge of human resources at a Top 20 firm. On the whiteboardin her office are written 15 initiatives she's working on. I read the list and asked, "Which of these are critical?"
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Whatever your preferred source of information, discussions about the financial crisis of the past two years are unavoidable.
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When you think about how to increase your firm's profits, what comes to mind? My guess is that training and learning may not make your short list. Soft skills are even less likely to make the cut. The reality is that preparation precedes profits, and many firms miss out on great earning opportunities because they do not invest enough in training their people the right way.
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Despite amassing a grade point average in college that rivaled my points-per-game average as an inept high school basketball player, I actually explored the idea of taking the LSATs and attending law school. Toward that end, I sought out one of the law school professors, a vibrant and charismatic woman who taught contract law. I was not so much focused on her outline of what to expect during the ensuing three years, but was far more entranced by her personal tale of attending law school in the late 1950s at a Northeastern college, which shall remain anonymous.
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The Internal Revenue Service does not always properly authenticate the identity of taxpayers calling its toll-free assistance lines before providing them with confidential tax account information, according to a new government report.
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The International Accounting Standards Board has published a proposed set of changes in the accounting standards for financial liabilities to address what it calls the "counter-intuitive" effects of fair value measurement.
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Trust in financial institutions has been severely eroded by the financial crisis, but a new survey has found that the majority of Americans find statements by spokespeople from accounting firms believable.
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