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The judge presiding over the KPMG tax shelter case has agreed to sever the four tax evasion counts for one of the defendants from the rest of the charges relating to the tax shelter.

The Institute of Internal Auditors has published a pair of Global Technology Audit Guides discussing business continuity management and information technology audit plans.

Kaspersky Lab rolled out the latest versions of its antivirus and security software.

The Securities and Exchange Commission held a roundtable discussion on the performance of International Financial Reporting Standards and U.S. generally accepted accounting principles during the subprime crisis.

When I am a loss for the subject of a column, all I have to do is go to the Internet and I quickly find something to write about. What I found is a SEC press release that states the SEC has charged a mutual fund manager with violating socially responsible investing restrictions in socially responsible mutual funds that investors were told would not contain securities issued by companies involved with producing weapons, alcohol, tobacco, or gambling products.

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., called for an "emergency energy rebate" of $1,000 to be offered to families this fall, along with a $50 billion stimulus package to help jump-start job creation.

The American Institute of CPAs will hold a workshop next month devoted to retaining and developing women leaders at accounting firms.

Intuit has integrated the latest version of its Intuit Online Payroll software with its QuickBooks accounting software.

The Internal Revenue Service has seized over $24 million from two companies that were processing payments for an Internet gambling site, Bodog.com.

Retirement management may be a classic win-win scenario.A fast-growing segment of the population urgently needs sound retirement advice and related services, while the accountants who provide them can derive considerable economic (and emotional) rewards for doing so.