Accounting
Small Business Optimism Rebounds Heading into 2014
Small business owners are feeling more confident about prospects for 2014, according to a new nationwide survey.
Financial Accounting Foundation Appoints New Board Member
The Financial Accounting Foundation has named investor Ann M. Spruill to its Board of Trustees.
Two Steps to Successfully Integrate QuickBooks with Multiple Sales Channels
Companies that sell through several channels (i.e. physical stores, web stores, online marketplaces, etc.) are finding it more and more difficult to handle the “transaction shuffle.”
San Jose Minimum Wage Rises to $10.15 Per Hour
Even as California and the rest of the nation move toward raising the minimum wage to $10 an hour, San Jose's lowest-paid workers are about to get even bigger paychecks and should continue to earn more than their peers for years to come.
Long-Term Unemployment Benefits End
All extended federal benefits ended last week because the budget deal reached by U.S. Senate and House negotiators didn't include extension of the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation program. The added benefits were authorized in 2008 and extended 11 times as the recession and its effects dragged on.
Tips for Fraud Prevention in 2014
With fraud costing entities around the globe an estimated 5 percent in lost revenues, the world’s largest anti-fraud organization urges business owners and managers to make fraud prevention one of their top new year’s resolutions for 2014.
Why Some See Work as a Calling, Others Say it’s Just a Job
Why does one person see work primarily as a means to a paycheck, while another sitting in the next cubicle expects work to provide genuine fulfillment?
Former Chicago Comptroller Pleads Guilty to Kickback Scheme in Ohio
Former Chicago Comptroller Amer Ahmad pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to charges stemming from a kickback scheme he ran with his friends while he was deputy state treasurer in Ohio.