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Warren, Averett, Kimbrough & Marino has introduced a new information technology and business intelligence consulting service.

The American Institute of CPAs is pushing back against the Department of Labor’s proposed changes to the definition of the term “fiduciary.”

Organizations in financial services industries are being specifically targeted in Web attacks, according to a principal for a large accounting and consulting firm. And those attackers increasingly are highly sophisticated criminals, not the hackers of the past.

Sageworks has been mulling the introduction of an online service that would allow small and midsized business owners and CFOs a way to see how their business stacks up against competitors.

Vincent Gray, mayor of Washington, D.C., has asked Big Four accounting firm Deloitte to analyze the District's school budget as it faces a deficit of roughly $600 million.

With the tax deadline quickly approaching, businesses are reviewing their bookkeeping to find possible deductions, including some valuable ways to write off expenses.

The increased use of mobile devices in the workplace has emerged as the top business technology concern for CPAs and financial executives, according to a new survey by the American Institute of CPAs.

Ernst & Young has become a corporate member of the Cloud Security Alliance, making it the first of the Big Four firms to join the nonprofit organization.

The outlook for small business expansion remained bleak for most of 2010 as fewer and fewer business owners sought to access credit; a trend that has continued since 2009, according to a new report.

IMGCAP(1)]Credit scores have become a major factor for consumers and businesses that seek financing ranging from mortgages, car and student loans to business credit lines and bank loans.

Accounting and advisory firm Baker Tilly has joined the NetSuite Solution Provider program and will use the Web-based service as part of its own cloud computing consulting practice.

Organizations are expected to invest more money to protect personal information in response to increased government regulation and enforcement and to stem the rising tide of risk, according to a new report released Wednesday by Ernst & Young.

The American Institute of CPAs has developed new reporting standards aimed at cloud computing providers, health care claims processors, and other information system service organizations, which will ultimately replace those offered through SAS 70.

Like others, we're watching the trumpeted "Blue Ribbon Panel" on accounting standards for private companies. Unlike others, our expectations are very low because we aren't confident this group understands what reforms are needed.

IMGCAP(1)]Because of challenging economic times and confusion in the audit review process, impairment testing has become a hot topic.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has acquired the publishing division of Chicago-based consultancy PDI Global Inc. for undisclosed terms, effective Tuesday.

CBIZ Tofias has helped several of its life sciences clients in Massachusetts gain $2.5 million in tax incentives from the state government.

An overwhelming majority of small business owners plan to spend more money on their businesses in 2011, according to a new survey.

IMGCAP(1)]Every day, many small and midsized business owners find themselves in need of new funding for all kinds of good reasons: working capital, business expansion, hiring and building additions, to name a few.

Okay, we'll admit it up front: We are inveterate wordsmiths who love using words to make our points. Over the previous 15 years that we've produced this column, we've even invented a few to describe some financial reporting issues, such as "pfooling of interests," "volatilaphobia" and, more recently, "duh-preciation."