How FinancialForce crushes it in SaaS accounting (ZDNet)

Financialforce.com customers are showing early success. They’re demonstrating an enthusiasm for accounting I’ve not seen in years

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How FinancialForce crushes it in SaaS accounting (ZDNet)

Yao lectures about accounting (The Maroon)

One Loyola professor was selected out of a pool of 200 to speak in Saudi Arabia about his knowledge in forensic accounting, which later led to another lecture in Amsterdam….

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US House Panel Approves A Toned-Down Accounting Proposal (Nasdaq)

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The House Financial Services Committee agreed by voice vote to a much toned-down proposal Thursday that would allow a systemic risk council of regulators to offer advice about accounting rules that could pose problems to the broader marketplace.

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The Financial Accounting Foundation Appoints Marcia L. Taylor to a Second Term with the Governmental Accounting … (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

NORWALK, Conn.—-The Financial Accounting Foundation today announced that Marcia L. Taylor, CPA, has been appointed to a second five-year term as a member of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board beginning July 1, 2010.

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$867K for Little Shell tribe in Mont. on hold after state auditors blast accounting practices (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

BILLINGS, Mont. - State agencies have withheld $867,000 in grants and stimulus money from a Montana Indian tribe since auditors revealed lax accounting practices had opened the door to potential financial abuse.

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$867K for Little Shell tribe in Mont. on hold after state auditors blast accounting practices (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Berwyn accounting firm joins New York company (Daily Local News)

By SARAH E. MORAN BERWYN — Berwyn accounting firm Carrow, Doyle & Associates has joined the Philadelphia office of Citrin Cooperman, a regional accounting and business consulting firm based in Manhattan.

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SaaS based accounting SW attracts Indian SMBs (CIOL)

KOLKATA, INDIA: India SMBs are on track to spend US$30 million on accounting software in 2009, showing a 5 per cent growth over 2008. Small businesses are generating a major portion of accounting software spending, contributing nearly 85 per cent of the total.

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SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPER FOR AAAJ - ACCOUNTING AND POPULAR CULTURE (Accounting Education)

The objective of this special issue is to recognise the richness in exploring the inter-linkages between accounting and popular culture.

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NEW GERMAN DRAFT ACCOUNTING STANDARD ON DEFERRED TAXES (Accounting Education)

The draft German Accounting Standard No. 24 (E-GAS 24) Deferred Taxes has been made available freely (NB only available in German).

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Converse professor named top accounting educator (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 3:15 a.m.

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Converse professor named top accounting educator (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)