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Don’t expect things to just happen in your career or expect others, especially employers, to know what you are thinking.

States that pursue a course based on free enterpriseprinciples fare better economically than those who don't, according to a newstudy prepared by The Praxis Group for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

The Software and Information Industry Association - theprincipal trade association for the software and digital content industries --and cloud computing provider NetSuite are partnering to help educate softwarecompanies about new business models, expanding regulatory requirements, and thechallenging customer dynamics of the business software industry.

The Internal Revenue Service is requesting membershipnominations for the Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee, a panelthat provides recommendations to IRS leadership on a wide range of informationreporting and administration issues.

In addition to the recent case against Swiss bankingconcern UBS, the government will probe thousands of additional cases of U.S.citizens evading taxes through offshore bank accounts, a senior attorney forthe Justice Department said at a lecture here.

Lou Grumet, who served as executive director at the NewYork State Society of CPAs since 1998, has resigned citing health reasons.

The American Society of Women Accountants and the American Woman’s Society of Certified Public Accountants has named Chicago-based BDO as one of the 2010 Best CPA Firms for Women.

At last week's Senate grilling of Goldman Sachs, I wassomehow reminded of a scene in one of the Pink Panther movies when the bumblingInspector Clouseau asks a passerby if his dog bites.

CCH has improved the exemption management features in thelatest version of its CorpSystem Sales Tax Office software.

Forty-one percent of companies have needed to increasetheir collections efforts and more than half have been contacting theircustomers more frequently to receive payment, according to a new survey.