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Deloitte launched a new online community Web site on Tuesday where industry insiders can share insights into business analytics and research.

IMGCAP(1)][IMGCAP(2)]In the wake of the scandal involving alleged phone and email hacking by News Corporation, many tax and accounting professionals are invariably questioning the security of their own client communications.

IMGCAP(1)]Limited capital is a reality of business.

IMGCAP(1)]If there ever were a “good year to die,” that would have been 2010.

KPMG has released a report in which the firm identifies the key traits of employees who could be committing fraud against their employers.

IMGCAP(1)]While I’m not in the business to take issue with great minds like Newton’s (or even my wife’s and kids’), since I don’t have a great mind to go to battle with, Newton’s third law of every action having an equal and opposite reaction probably does not cut it too well when referral opportunities are given out.

A 1 percent improvement in pricing can lead to better profits, according to a new survey by Deloitte LLP.

New Jersey-based WithumSmith+Brown is the latest CPA firm to join cloud financial management and accounting applications provider Intacct as a business process outsourcing partner.

IMGCAP(1)][IMGCAP(2)]Tax compliance, tax provision, sales and use tax, transfer pricing, and state tax apportionment—automation is available for each of these laborious tasks.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited plans to work with a nonprofit organization on developing disclosures by companies of their water usage as fresh drinking water increasingly becomes a scarce resource.

Accounting and business advisory firm Sikich LLP has begun offering a subscription-based human resources consulting service to business clients.

After the passage of a New York State law allowing same-sex couples to marry, a New York City wealth management firm has named a new CPA partner to provide same-sex couples with financial planning advice.

Reinsel Kuntz Lesher LLP has added a Senior Living Services Consulting Group, brought over from ParenteBeard, to its services.

There has been a growing demand over the past 10 years for information on corporate behavior, which could include environmental impact, employee health and safety initiatives, community development, supply chain practices, and a host of other topics. A lot of these issues are addressed through sustainability reporting.

Twenty-four percent of homeowners say they have challenged their property tax assessments at some point, according to a new survey.

SIB Development & Consulting has formed a strategic partnership with BookKeeping Express to offer SIB’s services for reducing businesses’ monthly expenses through BookKeeping Express’s 30-plus franchise locations.

Enterprise Worldwide and Acuity Capital are teaming up to help CPA firms offer merger and acquisition intermediary services in their practices.

Ernst & Young has launched a new Web site to assist financial institutions in complying with the new U.S. tax regime under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

Balance Financial, a consumer finance software and services company, has introduced a set of bookkeeping products and services called Balance Certified Pro.