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My academic career predates the "sky is falling" period that beganin the fall of 2008. I find myself wondering how to reconcile theevents in that short span of time to the common body of knowledgepreviously embraced. In particular, I am increasingly curious as to howthose responsible for filing, auditing, exercising oversight andinvesting in today's market setting answer a small set of queries.

The House Small Business Committee held hearings on expanding access to capital to small businesses suffering from the credit crisis.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has named Robert E. Moritz as the firm’s U.S. chairman and senior partner for a four-year term beginning July 1.

The IRS said a tax break is now available to purchase new motor vehicles in states that do not have a sales tax.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner described a series of reforms that the Obama administration wants to make to executive compensation practices, including support for “say-on-pay” legislation that would give investors more input into executive pay packages at public companies.

Former BDO Seidman Chairman and CEO Denis Field, and a former BDO tax partner, along with five other lawyers and bankers from outside the firm, have been indicted in a tax fraud case involving tax shelters marketed by the firm that allegedly generated over $7 billion in fraudulent tax losses.

London, Johannesburg, Shanghai, Stockholm and Melbourne – these are just some of the places interns at KPMG have been able to travel, thanks to their Global Internship Program.

Washington D.C. –President Obama is expected to outlinenext week a proposal for a financial regulatory overhaul, a revamp designed toboth bolster investor protection while streamlining the current structure.

Despite glimmers of positive economic data on theeventual road to recovery, first quarter bankruptcy filings in the U.S. hit333,477, thehighest levels since2005 according to data released from The Administrative Office of the U.S.Courts.

Washington D.C.- Senate Finance Committee Chairman MaxBaucus, D-Mont., and Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, have introduced legislationto improve and simplify the research and development tax credit.