Quick! You are feeling romantic, and your significant other is nowhere to be found!!!!! What do you do?!?!If your first thought is the following: "Walk out of the hotel room, take the elevator down to the lobby, slip $10 to the hotel clerk for an adult movie, and go back to your room,".........................congratulations, you are an auditor.This is not a normal reaction, unless you are out of town at least 40 weeks per year. To be honest, I'm not sure that it is a normal reaction even then, but I don't plan on traveling down that road.

Family Wealth Management, Inc. has announced the addition of Doug Wheat as a financial planner with the firm. Wheat will provide personal financial planning and wealth management services to the firm’s clients. “The addition of Doug to our team will allow us to expand our fee-only financial planning and investment management services,” said Rich Chase, the President of Family Wealth Management.

The Nashville, Tennessee office of public accounting firm Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC, one of the Southeast’s ‘Top Four’ accounting and business consulting firms and a top 40 firm nationally, has announced the addition of Jennifer Bailey as a staff accountant in the firm’s tax group.A resident of Murfreesboro and native of Marshall, Michigan, Bailey joins the firm full-time after completing a successful internship earlier with CRI. She holds a B.B.A. degree in Accounting from Middle Tennessee State University, where she is currently pursuing her Master of Accountancy degree.

Fargo, ND-based Eide Bailly LLP, a certified public accounting and business advisory firm, announced its partners have re-elected Jerry Topp to serve another three-year term as managing partner/CEO. Topp has served as the Firm's managing partner/CEO since 2003. Under his leadership, the Firm has doubled in size — in revenues, staff, partners and number of offices.In addition, the partners also re-elected Keith Severson, Sioux Falls partner, and Kevin Andersen, partner-in-charge of the Boise office, to serve additional three-year terms.

Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C. is pleased to announce that Kristina Drzal Houghton, CPA, MST, a partner in that firm, has been honored by The American Society of Woman Accountants (ASWA) Educational Foundation with the foundation's Balance Award. This award honors individuals and companies on the national, regional and local levels for their commitment to work/life balance within the accounting profession.

The Nashville office of public accounting firm Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC, one of the Southeast’s ‘Top Four’ accounting and business consulting firms and a top 40 firm nationally, has announced that partner Scott Schumpert has been awarded the accredited in business valuation (ABV) credential as administered by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).The ABV credential is conferred upon CPAs who have demonstrated the skill, education, and experience necessary to satisfy stringent requirements designed to address certain areas of skill, education, and experience c

The Atlanta office of public accounting firm Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC, one of the Southeast’s ‘Top Four’ accounting and business consulting firms and a top 40 firm nationally, has announced that Samuel H. French has earned his CPA designation.A resident of Atlanta and native of Cleveland, Tennessee, French joined the firm in 2004. He holds a B.B.A. degree in Accounting from the University of Tennessee.

On December 8, 2008, Sally Glick was named as the first woman to become a principal at the New Jersey firm, Sobel & Co., LLC, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants. Glick, serving as the firm's chief marketing officer and growth strategist since 2005, is proud of the honor and recognizes the responsibilities inherent in her new role. "Today there is greater acceptance than ever before for nontraditional (non-CPA) professionals like myself to be recognized for our contributions as leaders in our firms.

KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax, and advisory firm, presented a $1 million check to Major League Baseball (MLB) Charities for the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) program at Game 2 of the 2008 MLB World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL."RBI presented by KPMG" is a MLB youth outreach program designed to increase participation among boys and girls in baseball and softball, encourage academic achievement and teach the value of team work. KPMG Chairman Timothy P.