An 83 percent majority of CFOs favor separating the roles of CEO and chairman, according to a survey by Grant Thornton.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., has proposed a $150 billion Emergency Stabilization Fund to help small businesses, universities, students and municipalities cope with the credit crisis, with the money coming from the $700 billion financial bailout package.

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Krista McMasters hasn't celebrated her new executive position at regional CPA and business advisory firm Clifton Gunderson just yet.

The Internal Revenue Service said it would send compliance questionnaires to about 400 colleges and universities asking about their unrelated business income, endowments and executive compensation practices.

As evidence of weakness in the overall labor market, jobs in the private sector fell by 8,000 over September with medium and large businesses especially hard hit — reporting losses of 30,000 and 6,000, respectively.

Red Wing Software, a provider of financial management products for agribusiness and producers, has unveiled CenterPoint Payroll Version 4, an upgraded version of its payroll product.

Barry Salzberg became CEO of Deloitte LLP in June of last year after serving four years as U.S. managing partner and has steered the firm toward increased revenues, better education, green consulting and even an employee video festival.

The Treasury Department's Advisory Committee on the Auditing Profession has approved and adopted a final report with recommendations on how to improve the sustainability of the profession, but not without some dissension.

Payroll and benefits outsourcing provider Paychex Inc. posted first-quarter profits of $148.1 million, a 2 percent dip from the year-ago period.

Neil Romano detests the word "accommodation" when it refers to people with disabilities.

KPMG plans to host a 48-hour worldwide recruiting fair over the Internet next week.

Approximately $7.6 billion of potentially collectible taxes is lost annually due to withholding noncompliance, according to a report from the Treasury Department's inspector general.

Federal taxes are the most important issue for small business owners, according to a survey by payroll processor PayCycle.

Despite the gloomy employment statistics reported by the Labor Department, payroll processors are still seeing increases in hiring by small businesses.

Employment in the private sector fell by 33,000 jobs in August, according to the latest monthly report by payroll giant ADP.

Comparatively few universities will be educating students in international accounting standards this academic year, despite plans by the Securities and Exchange Commission to impose the new standards on U.S. companies.

Chief financial officers plan to hire more accounting and finance employees in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to a newly released survey.

Drake Software has enlisted InterceptEFT to provide direct deposit of payroll through Drake's Client Write-Up software.