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Legal matters, mega alliances, and yet another cloud bookkeeping product on the market were the big items on tap this week and I'm here to tell you what I think about it all.

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The chairmen of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards are both set to retire on June 30 as their terms near an end.

A new small business-focused cloud bookkeeping product has been launched by Cheqbook, a Hawaii-based company that offers color-coded alerts and categorization for all entries.

Accounting Today is issuing a call for nominations for its annual Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting list.

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The U.S. Small Business Administration has issued four final rules in the Federal Register, increasing the size standards for small businesses in 70 industries, including finance.

Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-N.Y., the ranking Democrat on the House Small Business Committee, has introduced two bills to foster entrepreneurship and help small firms grow and succeed.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is expected to issue a document Thursday proposing to improve the financial reporting of insurance contracts, including the measurement of insurance liabilities and the related effect on the statement of comprehensive income.

BDO USA LLP has tapped into Alaska, Minnesota and the Northeast for its latest additions.

The American Institute of CPAs is increasing its webcast options to allow CPAs to attend AICPA conferences virtually.

Andrew Fastow, the former CFO of the bankrupt energy-trading firm Enron, admitted to the wrongs he committed, but also blamed the accountants at the defunct firm Arthur Andersen, in a speech at the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ Global Fraud Conference.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued a proposal to improve disclosures of uncertainties related to an organization’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Some clients are like barnacles on the hull of a ship, according to leading QuickBooks consultant and advisor Joe Woodard: “They drag you down.”

Thomas Wilson, chief operating officer of the Charlotte, N.C.-based accounting firm, Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP, died on June 19.

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