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  • Firm News -- May 18
    Recent anniversaries, awards, office openings and more.
    Published - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 9:59pm
  • People News -- May 18
    Recent hires, promotions, awards and more.
    Published - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 9:54pm
  • Skoda Minotti Acquires IT Firm
    Ohio-based accounting firm acquires IT firm PBnJ Solutions.
    Published - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 8:26pm
  • BKD Annoints Next CEO
    Regional MP Ted Dickman to take helm in June
    Published - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 8:20pm
  • Blackbaud Enhances CRM Product
    Nonprofit software maker Blackbaud Inc. has enhanced its CRM offering with new features.
    Published - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 7:20pm
  • eFileCabinet Inks Digital Signature Partnership
    Doc management developer eFileCabinet Inc. has partnered with e-signature provider RightSignature to offer digital signatures across the suite of eFileCabinet products.
    Published - 2 days ago, 18 May 12, 6:34pm
  • Auditing and Accounting Standards in Transition
    A group of high-ranking officials in accounting and auditing standard-setting organizations discussed the changing standards for mandatory audit firm rotation, private company accounting and other controversial issues at the American Institute of CPA…
    Published - 3 days ago, 18 May 12, 12:06pm
  • Man Arrested for Using Dead Preparer's Identity to File Tax Returns
    An Essex County, N.J., tax return preparer who allegedly filed hundreds of phony federal income tax returns using the identity of a dead return preparer whose business he bought was arrested by federal agents early Thursday morning.
    Published - 3 days ago, 18 May 12, 8:37am
  • KPMG Partners with ServiceNow for Professional Services Offerings
    KPMG has signed a partnership with cloud-based enterprise IT operations automation service provider ServiceNow to deliver professional services offerings.
    Published - 3 days ago, 17 May 12, 8:43pm
  • Peachtree Now Officially Sage 50
    Long-standing accounting software brand Peachtree is now Sage 50 Accounting, as Sage North America officially released the 2013 product line to the U.S. market.
    Published - 3 days ago, 17 May 12, 7:04pm

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    • newDeloitte Digital debuts to help clients provoke and harvest the value of digital disruption
      Back in January, we announced the acquisition of Übermind, a mobile-focused digital agency. Since then, we’ve been working on a bigger initiative that has evolved into Deloitte Digital.This week, we’re excited to introduce you to Deloitte Dig…
      Published - 13 hours ago, 20 May 12, 2:42pm
    • Should big data drive big decisions?
      This year, many companies are taking on big data - ramping up tools and technologies to find signals and insight in unstructured, often external, and generally messy data.Big data analytics can open a window into an intricate world of customers, e…
      Published - 12 days ago, 9 May 12, 3:28pm
    • Unlock the potential in your data
      Business analytics uses data to drive business strategy and performance. It includes a range of capabilities - from looking backward to evaluate what happened in the past, to forward-looking approaches like scenario planning and predictive modeling.…
      Published - 12 days ago, 9 May 12, 3:27pm
    • Talent Edge 2020: Redrafting talent strategies for the uneven recovery - Perspectives from the Oil & Gas sector
      While other sectors are focusing more on developing leaders and succession planning, Oil and gas sector’s primary focus is recruiting hard-to-find skill sets in the face of looming talent shortage. Read this report to learn more about the key tale…
      Published - 17 days ago, 3 May 12, 4:37pm
    • HR in the financial services industry? Most are paying too much.
      We all know the financial services industry has been under the microscope in the past few years, but a new Deloitte Consulting benchmarking study focuses the attention on a different aspect of FSI operations: HR. What’s revealed may seem like pili…
      Published - 18 days ago, 2 May 12, 3:57pm
    • Turning strategic ambiguity into strategic clarity
      Explore how CFOs can leverage data and the planning and performance management cycles to address multiple aspects of strategic risk, and in the process create opportunities for themselves to serve as business strategists and catalysts.
      Published - 18 days ago, 2 May 12, 3:56pm
    • Deloitte acquires assets of CRG Partners
      Acquisition propels Deloitte’s growth in the restructuring marketplace.
      Published - 18 days ago, 2 May 12, 3:54pm
    • Solving the value puzzle - Factors mid-market companies should consider when evaluating M&A targets
      An M&A deal can present game-changing opportunities for mid-market companies, which can open doors to new markets, fill gaps, improve operational performance and grow value. Potential buyers should balance financial hindsight with strategic foresig…
      Published - 18 days ago, 2 May 12, 3:52pm
    • Risk analytics: The three-minute guide
      Many organizations want to take advantage of the benefits of risk analytics to proactively identify and understand sources of risk to limit risk exposure, or to take certain risks to generate returns. Risk analytics can help establish a baseline for…
      Published - 25 days ago, 26 Apr 12, 10:56am
    • Risk Intelligence trends and imperatives
      A Risk Intelligent Enterprise is one where boards and executive-level management integrate risk considerations into strategic decision making, where business units and functions incorporate Risk Intelligence into every action they undertake. And man…
      Published - 25 days ago, 26 Apr 12, 10:55am

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    • Elderly Suicide Kit Seller Sentenced for Failing to Pay Taxes
      A federal court has sentenced a 92-year-old woman who sold kits to help people commit suicide to five years' probation for failing to file tax returns.
      Published - 12 days ago, 8 May 12, 8:00pm
    • Tax Preparer Omitted Marijuana Sales from Returns
      An Alaskan tax preparer has been charged with six counts of preparing false income tax returns for clients whose main business was selling illegal drugs.
      Published - 33 days ago, 17 Apr 12, 8:30pm
    • Hotel's Accountant in Residence Enjoys Luxury Suite as Tax Deadline Nears
      "Only two things in life are certain," Marc Albaum tells his clients. "I can help you with the other one."
      Published - 38 days ago, 13 Apr 12, 4:01am
    • Mega Millions Winners Will Owe Jackpot of Taxes
      The three winners of the record-breaking $656 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot will owe at least 25 percent of their winnings to the Internal Revenue Service.
      Published - 50 days ago, 31 Mar 12, 8:59pm
    • Stache Act Would Trim Taxes for Mustachioed
      Now that the payroll tax cut extension is safely out of the way, the latest tax legislation gambit in Congress appears to be a tongue-in-cheek effort to provide an annual $250 tax deduction for people with mustaches.
      Published - 82 days ago, 29 Feb 12, 10:53am
    • McGladrey, CPA2Biz Align on Client Accounting Services
      McGladrey Technology Solutions, the technology services arm of the major CPA firm, has partnered with the American Institute of CPAs' marketing arm, CPA2Biz, to identify and build integrated, add-on applications for CPA2Biz's Web-based outsourced fin…
      Published - 12 Dec 11, 4:29pm
    • Herman Cain Slays 'Tax Monster' in '9-9-9: The Movie'
      Embattled Republican Presidential candidate Herman Cain has released an animated campaign video in which his "9-9-9" tax plan slays a monster: the federal Tax Code.
      Published - 29 Nov 11, 5:44pm
    • Texas Court Upholds 'Pole Tax' for Strip Joints
      The Texas Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of a special $5 fee charged to patrons of strip clubs in the Lone Star State, overturning lower court decisions.
      Published - 30 Aug 11, 10:11pm
    • Guess Who's Not Getting Audited by the IRS
      Georges Marciano, the co-founder of jean maker Guess?, Inc., recently lost his bid in a federal court to force the Internal Revenue Service to audit his tax returns.
      Published - 13 Jul 11, 10:03am
    • SEC Stops Online Bid to Acquire Pabst Brewing Co.
      The Securities and Exchange Commission has stopped a pair of advertising executives who launched a campaign to buy Pabst Brewing Company by soliciting investors on Facebook and Twitter.
      Published - 8 Jun 11, 7:50pm

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