Cathy Liles has been promoted to office managing partner at Dixon Hughes Goodman's Danville location

The Securities and Exchange Commission has voted to require national securities exchanges and the Financial Institution Regulatory Authority to establish a market-wide consolidated audit trail to enhance the ability of regulators to monitor and analyze trading activity.

Submissions for our August Accountant of the Month close next Tuesday, July 17

McLean, Koehler, Sparks & Hammond has affiliated with Hunt Valley-based Callan & Palmer.

A bill to provide tax credits to small businesses that hire new workers has been blocked by Senate Republicans after Democrats refused to allow GOP-sponsored amendments on extending the Bush individual income tax cuts.

Recent promotions, new hires and more

Recent network memberships, awards, new Web sites and more

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is inviting comments on its proposed Disclosure Framework, requesting input on ways to improve the effectiveness of disclosures in notes to financial statements.

Legislation to provide tax credits for small businesses that hire new workers has made progress in the Senate, with lawmakers voting 80 to 14 to advance the bill past a procedural hurdle Tuesday, but Senate Democrats blocked an attempt Wednesday by Republicans to add an amendment that would extend the Bush tax cuts for another year.

The Obama administration announced a series of actions Wednesday to aid small businesses and create jobs.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has strengthened corporate governance and improved audit quality in the past decade, according to a new report by Ernst & Young.

Armanino Consulting, a Microsoft Dynamics reseller and the business consulting division of Top 100 Firm Armanino McKenna, has partnered with business software provider Axonom to launch a "fully unified" ERP/CRM product for semiconductor and high-technology electronics companies.

Capital markets executives at leading investment banks have conflicting views on the recently enacted JOBS Act, according to a new study by accounting and consulting firm BDO USA LLP.

Top 20 Firm Moss Adams LLP has launched FastForm, an online tool to help nonprofits and tax-exempt organizations fill out the complex Form 990.

One employee's trash is another's welcoming gift

A new Web site aims to draw attention to accountants in the Seattle area.

After looking into the role of the auditors in the recent accounting scandals at camera-maker Olympus Corp., Japan's Financial Services Agency ordered KPMG Azsa LLC and Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC to improve their systems -- though it noted that it had not found "any intentional acts or grave negligence."

The July edition of Accounting Today's Accountants Confidence Index marked a major milestone when, for the first time since it was started last fall, the short-term ACI reading indicated that the panel of accountants expect a contraction over the next three months.

An executive summary of our monthly ACI for July

Check out the digital edition of the July 2012 issue of Accounting Today.