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American Institute of CPAs’ president and chief executive Barry Melancon reiterated his organization’s stance that fair value accounting was not a primary cause of the current economic distress and that the private sector — rather than Congress — should continue to set accounting standards.

Financial Accounting Standards Board Chairman Robert Herz was pressed to make changes in mark-to-market accounting standards in as soon as three weeks during a contentious congressional hearing.

Senior accounting majors at four colleges in Long Island, New York are gearing up to show their skills at a quiz-show style event on March 25, knowing that whichever school wins will have bragging rights for the remainder of the year.

Senior accounting majors at four colleges in Long Island, New York are gearing up to show their skills at a quiz-show style event on March 25, knowing that whichever school wins will have bragging rights for the remainder of the year. Read more on Accounting Tomorrow's blog.

The adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards in the U.S. looks to be increasingly in doubt.

Looking for some beginner advice on how to maximize your "tweet" potential and navigate around social networking's latest party? One novice Twitter user (from Dublin, Ireland) offers his advice into the mix.

An Ohio CPA urges the National Taxpayer Advocate to lobby elected officials to do their own taxes.

Attendance at Convergence, the annual Microsoft Dynamics user conference, fell well short of original expectations as the economy took a toll on attendance by users, but resellers came to the show in numbers.

Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen has tapped a CPA, Charles L. Harrison, to lead the state’s “implementation” of the stimulus funding it receives.

Michigan CPA firms Frank & Freedman and Hirsch, Subelsky & Associates have merged to form Frank, Hirsch, Subelsky & Freedman.