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<description><![CDATA[ AccountingWEB.com offers a wealth of news and features. With a wide range of resources including a peer-to-peer discussion forum, tools and software, white papers and job opportunities. AccountingWEB.com provides a comprehensive service for anyone involved in accounting and finance. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SEC gives initial approval to measure on pay transparency]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The SEC voted unanimously in favor of putting out a rule that would require all public companies to disclose more about executive compensation and corporate governance that might affect their risk management.    <a target="_blank" href="http://www.accountingweb.com/item/107865/883/0/0"><i>Read More >></i></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:03:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Plante & Moran merges with Cincinnati accounting firm]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Jackson, Rolfes, Spurgeon & Co. (JRS), one of Cincinnati's largest public accounting firms, has announced its merger with Plante & Moran, PLLC, the 12th largest public accounting and management consulting firm in the country. The merger will take effect July 1, 2009. This merger brings benefits to the Cincinnati clients of both firms and provides added opportunities for the JRS staff.    <a target="_blank" href="http://www.accountingweb.com/item/107862/883/0/0"><i>Read More >></i></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:58:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[J.H. Cohn donates $150,000 to Cohn for Kids]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Through its 18th Annual Charity Golf Invitational, J.H. Cohn LLP, one of the largest independent accounting and consulting firms in the United States, donated a total of $150,000 to two <i>Cohn for Kids</i> affiliated charities: Special Operations Warrior Foundation and Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation.    <a target="_blank" href="http://www.accountingweb.com/item/107860/883/0/0"><i>Read More >></i></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:17:51 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Illinois CPA Society prepares for annual Accounting and Finance Showcase]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Now in its 29th year, the Illinois CPA Society will once again host its premier annual event for business and financial professionals. The Midwest Accounting & Finance Showcase is being held on Tuesday, August 25 and Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois.    <a target="_blank" href="http://www.accountingweb.com/item/107859/883/0/0"><i>Read More >></i></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:07:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Webinar series: Seven keys to successful CPA firm management]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Bay Street Group LLC and Capstone Marketing, two leading marketing and market research firms to the CPA profession, have joined forces to conduct a ground-breaking and comprehensive investigation into the critical success factors for today's accounting firm.       <a target="_blank" href="http://www.accountingweb.com/item/107855/883/0/0"><i>Read More >></i></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:33:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Taxpayer Advocate addresses tax preparer oversight, OIC, taxpayer services]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson delivered a report to Congress this week that identifies the priority issues the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate will address in the coming fiscal year.       <a target="_blank" href="http://www.accountingweb.com/item/107850/883/0/0"><i>Read More >></i></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:01:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[$65 billion Ponzi scheme equates to 150 Years in prison for Bernie Madoff ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An "extraordinarily evil" fraud that took a "staggering toll" on its victims... that's what the judge said when he sentenced  Bernard Madoff, age 71,  to the statutory maximum, 150 years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme estimated at $65 billion.  No parole is available. For good behavior, he could get 15 percent of the time knocked off, leaving him 127 years to serve.    <a target="_blank" href="http://www.accountingweb.com/item/107844/883/0/0"><i>Read More >></i></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:41:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[AccountingWEB announces 2009 accounting scholarship award winners]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[AccountingWEB, the online daily news magazine and resource center for members of the accounting profession, is pleased to announce its 2009 scholarship winners. Entrants were required to write a 500-word essay on the topic of "Green Accounting Firms." Essays were judged in a variety of areas including creativity, innovation, quality of writing, structure, logic, and sources/research.                 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.accountingweb.com/item/107841/883/0/0"><i>Read More >></i></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:25:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[72% of employers will strengthen employment brand to prepare for economy turn-around]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As the nation works toward recovering from one of the steepest downturns in U.S. history, employers are preparing now for when the economy rebounds, according to a recent CareerBuilder survey. Seventy-two percent of employers who have employment brands say they are taking measures to strengthen those employment brands today, so they are competitively positioned for an upturn down the road.   <a target="_blank" href="http://www.accountingweb.com/item/107839/883/0/0"><i>Read More >></i></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:02:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New MBA grads looking at alternative careers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As anyone from the MIT Sloan School of Management Class of 2009 will tell you, looking for work this spring has been no picnic. But now that most of them have landed jobs, they might also admit that the global economic downturn had some unexpected benefits.    <a target="_blank" href="http://www.accountingweb.com/item/107838/883/0/0"><i>Read More >></i></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:54:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CPA firms predict economic recovery will begin late in 2009]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Forty-seven percent of small- to medium-sized CPA firms believe the economy will begin to recover in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' 2009 CPA Firm Top Issues Survey. Ten percent of firms believe the economy is already improving.    <a target="_blank" href="http://www.accountingweb.com/item/107824/883/0/0"><i>Read More >></i></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:28:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How to lose $7 billion in taxpayer money without really trying]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[How did the IRS manage to pay out $7 billion in improper child tax credits in the tax years, 2004-2007? That's the question that the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) wanted to answer.        <a target="_blank" href="http://www.accountingweb.com/item/107823/883/0/0"><i>Read More >></i></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:20:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The King of Ponzi schemes goes to jail]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Allen Stanford is a 59 year-old Texas billionaire - worth about $2.2 billion according to Forbes - with homes in Texas, Florida, St. Croix, and Antigua. He's a golf and cricket promoter. He's a dual citizen of the United States and the nation of Antigua and Barbuda, and he's the first person knighted by Antigua and Barbuda (in 2006). And... he's currently sitting in a Houston jail.    <a target="_blank" href="http://www.accountingweb.com/item/107809/883/0/0"><i>Read More >></i></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:34:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA["Salt of the Earth"  accountant finds prostitution doesn't pay]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Last year, Phoenix police shut down a large prostitution ring involving more than 100 prostitutes, some of whom still lived at home with their parents. So far, the participant facing the harshest penalty is the group's accountant, 57-year-old Peter Shifman.     <a target="_blank" href="http://www.accountingweb.com/item/107818/883/0/0"><i>Read More >></i></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:25:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Can accountants build it? Yes, they can! Helping Habitat in NC]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[When you think of accountants at work, images of calculators and sharpened pencils spring to mind. But employees at Cherry, Bekaert & Holland LLP traded in the tools of the trade for hammers and nails when they volunteered to help build a Habitat for Humanity house in Raleigh, NC.  <a target="_blank" href="http://www.accountingweb.com/item/107813/883/0/0"><i>Read More >></i></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:03:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Intuit announces winners of $20,000 grants]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[One plans to bring new services to a low-income Hispanic community. Another wants to revitalize a small town devastated by a tornado. A third plans to offer new job training to the unemployed. Yet another wants to assist those on the verge of financial disaster.   <a target="_blank" href="http://www.accountingweb.com/item/107807/883/0/0"><i>Read More >></i></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:26:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Contrary to reports, DOJ will continue probe of UBS Swiss bank account holders]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, a Justice Department spokesman denied reports that the department is planning to drop enforcement action against UBS bank and its more than 50,000 U.S. bank customers who might be evading U.S. taxes with their Swiss bank accounts.        <a target="_blank" href="http://www.accountingweb.com/item/107802/883/0/0"><i>Read More >></i></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:51:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CPAs are asked to voice opinions on today's economy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As part of an industry that is closely tied to and deeply affected by the nation's economy, CPAs have been provided an open platform by <i>U.S. News & World Report</i> to voice their opinions about the current economic recession, rapidly changing regulations and related financial topics.    <a target="_blank" href="http://www.accountingweb.com/item/107801/883/0/0"><i>Read More >></i></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:45:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Accountant charged with threatening life of prosecutor]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau said his office takes the charges very seriously that an accountant convicted of grand larceny 14 years ago and arraigned on similar charges in April threatened to kill the prosecutor who handled both cases.  <a target="_blank" href="http://www.accountingweb.com/item/107798/883/0/0"><i>Read More >></i></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:38:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FASB Codification will be provided to faculty and students for free]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On July 1, 2009, the FASB Accounting Standards Codification will become the single official source of authoritative, nongovernmental U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP). As part of its educational mission, the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF), in a joint initiative with the American Accounting Association (AAA), will provide faculty and students in accounting programs at post-secondary academic institutions with the Professional View of the online FASB Codification.    <a target="_blank" href="http://www.accountingweb.com/item/107797/883/0/0"><i>Read More >></i></a> ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:04:26 GMT</pubDate>
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