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The Center for Audit Quality capped a 10-city tour focusing on the modernization of financial information with a stop in the nation’s capital.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has settled accounting fraud charges with ProQuest, a company that produces databases of archived information, and its former CFO.

H&R Block has named a new president and CEO, Russ Smyth, the former president of McDonald's Europe.

The tab for the proposed bailout of mortgage securities concerns Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could run as high as $25 billion, according to an estimate released by the Congressional Budget Office.

Rev. Al Sharpton and his National Action Network have settled tax charges with federal prosecutors and agreed to pay between $2 million and $9 million to the Internal Revenue Service.

Joe Francis, founder of the Girls Gone Wild video series, pleaded not guilty to two counts of federal tax evasion, saying he was being victimized by the Internal Revenue Service's whistleblower program.

The Social Security Administration unveiled a new online calculator to help people plan for their retirement.

Eight state CPA associations have signed deals with LeapFile, a company that provides secure file transfers, to offer some of its services to their members for free.

A Senate subcommittee plans to release another blockbuster report on the use of foreign tax havens after the first reports caused repercussions both here and abroad.

Inflation at its highest levels in 27 years, screams one headline. Manufacturers pass price increases along to consumers, screams another. “Consumers make changes – but will they last?” asks another recent headline.