Firm Management

A-lign CPAs has partnered with an accounting professor at the University of Richmond in efforts to bridge the communication gap between accounting educators and the profession.

Distinguished professors recognized for leading edge research and innovative teaching methods

The chief financial officer for the City of South Miami has been recognized by the American Institute of CPAs.

GoDaddy, provider of domain names, web hosting and SSL certificates, has entered into an agreement to acquire Locu, a San Francisco-based company that helps local merchants ‘get found’ online.

Thomson Reuters has entered into an agreement with Claims-X-Change to provide benefits administrators, insurers, brokers, attorneys and advisors with a web-based tool to perform nondiscrimination testing of employer-sponsored benefit plans. The tool is accessible through Thomson Reuters Checkpoint, the industry-leading and award-winning online research platform.

These new tools include the Bounce, a learning framework based on the latest competency research about the top five critical success skills for the future, social learning tools to increase learner engagement, a leadership academy, on-demand leadership courses and a learning management system that supports a strategic and systematic approach to talent development and succession planning.

Paychex, Inc. and São Paulo-based Semco Partners today announced a joint venture agreement to expand Paychex’s services into Brazil. Paychex is a provider of payroll, human resources, insurance and benefits services for small and medium-sized businesses.

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