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Small business owners are not optimistic about the current state of the economy, according to a new survey by the National Federation of Independent Business.

We all want to do more productive, efficient work.

The House Ways and Means Committee has passed a bill aimed at forestalling the spread of the alternative minimum tax for another year.

Financial regulators from around the world are setting up a monitoring group that will work with international accounting standards-setters.

The Internal Revenue Service has granted an extension to victims of the Midwest floods so they will have more time to make their quarterly estimated tax payments.

It takes solid strategies and steps to grow a niche business, and Gale Crosley, president of Crosley + Co., shared some of her strategies with approximately 100 participants during a pre-conference session at the Forum for Women in Accounting here.

The labor union Unite Here has started a Web site to provide information about the progress of a class-action lawsuit against PricewaterhouseCoopers over the firm's overtime policies.

JK Harris, a firm that advertises its ability to help taxpayers solve their problems with the Internal Revenue Service for pennies on the dollar, has agreed to pay $1.5 million in restitution to former clients and change its advertising as part of an agreement with attorneys general in 18 states.

Class-action lawsuit firm Milberg LLP has cut a $75 million deal with federal prosecutors to avoid misconduct charges.

Citigroup settled a longstanding civil complaint from the Securities and Exchange Commission over improper accounting during the economic crisis in Argentina in late 2001.