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While there were no real surprises in the State of the Union speech, it did flesh out some tax proposals that will be acted on in the days ahead, according to observers.

Marks Paneth & Shron LLP has appointed Donald M. May, a valuation specialist with nearly 20 years of experience, as a director in the MP&S Litigation and Corporate Financial Advisory Services Group.

John R. Schnitzer has been elected to serve as the managing member of Smith Elliott Kearns.

CFOs were more optimistic about the economy and their own companies in the fourth quarter of last year, according to a new survey.

Swiss authorities said they would continue talks with the U.S. to resolve an impasse over the disclosure of secret bank accounts at UBS after a Swiss court blocked a deal reached by the two governments last year.

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted to issue interpretive guidance on how public companies should disclose any business and legal developments related to climate change.

Timothy L. Christen, chief executive of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, has been appointed chairman of the American Institute of CPAs’ Major Firms Group.

Waddell, Smith, Magoon & Freeman has merged with two local firms in the Atlanta area, Gruber & Co. and Pechter & Associates., expanding WSM&F’s client base and combined revenue by about 40 percent.

A bipartisan pair of Senators, Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, have proposed giving employers payroll tax break for hiring unemployed workers.

In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama proposed using money repaid by financial institutions to the Troubled Asset Relief Program to help small businesses.