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Accounting firm Templeton & Co. has combined practices with James Machen Chartered, a CPA and consulting firm based in Boca Raton, Fla.

The American Institute of CPAs has introduced ABMonline, the Web version of the Accountant's Business Manual.

The American Institute of CPAs told the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department of its strong opposition to tax patents in a letter commenting on proposed regulations.

Congress can't seem to agree on what to do about an economic stimulus package, which could mire the effort to produce an effective package in time to do some good.

David B. Duncan, former global engagement partner for Enron at the defunct audit firm Arthur Andersen, agreed to an injunction by the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle charges that he broke securities laws when he signed false and misleading audit reports.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has voted to adopt Auditing Standard No. 6, "Evaluating Consistency of Financial Statements," and an accompanying set of amendments to its interim auditing standards.

Billy Beane, vice president and general manager of the Oakland A’s, the keynote speaker at the recent Winning Is Everything Conference, explained how mathematics is transforming America’s pastime. Yes, I said mathematics.

A man who was rumored to be Babe Ruth's nephew and namesake, George Herman Ruth, and a fellow jail inmate, were convicted of defrauding the Internal Revenue Service of approximately $360,000 after filing false tax returns while in jail.

Sage Software named MIS Group as its overall business partner of the year for 2007 for North America.

Marks Paneth & Shron has merged with Schneider & Associates, adding four new partners to its Woodbury, N.Y., office.