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The Texas Society of CPAs has elected a new chairman, Steven R. Goodman, along with a new board and officers.

Accounting software developer Crouch Slavin & Co. has merged with i.c. bleu, a developer of human resources applications for mid-market businesses.

The KPMG Foundation has granted $410,000 in scholarships to 41 minority doctoral scholarships for the 2008-2009 academic year as part of its effort to increase the number of minority students and professors in business schools.

Host Analytics, a developer of on-demand financial and corporate performance management applications, has appointed a new CEO and chief marketing office.

Investment banking firm Duff & Phelps has entered into a global alliance with World Tax Service Alliance and acquired WTS's U.S. member, World Tax Service U.S., for an undisclosed sum.

Accounting software developer Open Systems has released OSAS Banking for companies that need to do electronic banking.

VSP Vision Care has hired former U.S. Solicitor General Ken Starr to represent the eye care insurance provider in an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on its tax-exempt status.

The Internal Revenue Service's process for collecting unpaid taxes is overly complicated and delayed, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.

Florida accounting firms Cross, Fernandez & Riley and Beckert, Price & Rowse plan to merge August 1, allowing CFR to expand operations in a populous part of the state.

Two Southern California accounting firms have joined forces, with Newport Beach-based Squar, Milner, Peterson, Miranda & Williamson merging with Los Angeles-based Thomashow, Brown & Paialii.