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Likening the varying facets that comprise the corporate culture at Denver-based Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman to the makeup of a tree transcends mere arboreal allusion.

Louisiana CPA firm Postlethwaite & Netterville has been growing - especially in the past year-and-a-half, as the Baton Rouge-based firm expanded its operations, acquiring Lafayette-based Veazey & Co. in January 2009, and the audit and tax practices of New Orleans-based Legier & Materne in December 2008.

We begin by repeating this Feb. 24, 2010, quote from the American Institute of CPAs' Barry Melancon: "Our increasingly global economy makes it clear that the U.S. should move toward a single set of high-quality, globally accepted accounting standards for public companies."

Financial executives think so.

More than a decade ago, my wife and I lugged ourthen-small offspring for a number of weekends one summer on car-shoppingexcursions.

As the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board accelerate their convergence efforts, some financial executives are worried that it might be way too much to absorb.

Intuit reported a 13 percent jump in revenue to $1.6 billion for its fiscal third quarter, which ended April 30, largely on the strength of tax season.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., plans to convene a hearing to consider White House proposals for reducing waste and overpayments in the unemployment insurance program.

ParenteBeard has introduced an Emerging Growth Business Services Practice to service startup and early-stage companies.

Fraudulent financial reporting by U.S. public companies often results in bankruptcy or business failure, according to a new study, and often results in significant immediate losses for shareholders and penalties for executives.