Accounting

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Few colleges make it a curricular priority to actually include the review and test preparation process needed to pass examination and obtain licensure as a CPA.

More than 35 million Americans hit stores and websites on Thursday. Sales hit $59 billion.

Thomson Reuters – Accounting CS800-968-8900www.cs.thomson.com From the Nov. 2012 review of client write-up systems. Best Fit: Professional accounting firms seeking write-up and full trial balance functionality as part of a broader integrated professional suite of programs for tax, client accounting, document management and other services. Strengths: Thorough integration with other CS Professional Suite programs Client-side […]

Benefits costs still #1 factor in total reward decisions; recruiting employees increasing in importance.

No longer forced to narrate the train wreck that home sales became in the past five years, real estate economist Lawrence Yun smiled a bit Friday while speaking to reporters during the National Association of Realtors convention.

The U.S. debt is weighing on business owners as they consider adding workers and making other investments, according to a new survey by Sageworks, a financial information company. In the survey, accounting and banking professionals were asked how the national debt affects businesses’ hiring and investment plans.

Tthe National Retail Federation projects that sales during the traditional holiday shopping period (defined as November and December) will rise 4.1 percent, to $586.1 billion.