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[IMGCAP(1)] Adam Wolf isthe type of guy you’d want to bring along to a networking event or have as aguest at a dinner party. He’s got a plethora of stories to tell, is a fast (andsmooth) talker, and naturally knows how to bring people who would benefit fromeach other together.

Later this week, I plan to drive down to the City ofBrotherly Love to drop my eldest off at college. She's a bit later in startingthan most of her fellow graduates, but her university of choice operates on aco-op program that includes working sessions spliced between classroommatriculation.

CCH and Global Tax Management are partnering on a sales and use tax system that can work with a corporation’s Oracle software.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board are once again coming under pressure not to tighten up the loose standards for banks that helped lead to the financial crisis.

Linda Stiff, the former acting commissioner of the IRS, plans to retire this fall.

Eighty-nine percent of financial executives view mandatory conversion to International Financial Reporting Standards to be either highly likely or somewhat likely in the U.S., according to a new survey by Deloitte.

The Accreditation Council for Accountancy and Taxation elected several new officers and directors in August 2009. New ACAT officers include:

A Howard University professor argues there should be an increased commitment to diversity in the accounting profession.

Nearly 70 percent of nonprofit organizations in the mid-south plan no salary raises this year, according to a survey by accounting firm Watkins Uiberall.

Blackbaud has created a more affordable version of its nonprofit accounting software for small organizations that only require one to three users.