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September 19, 2017 

This is a tantalizing brave new world for younger accountants who like the idea of turning their penchant for number-crunching into a sexier profession, but what about those who are, ahem, reaching their golden age? It kind of sounds like rather than ...

Gail Perry

September 19, 2017 

The Culture of Lean? What is the first thing that comes to your mind after reading that? I am willing to bet a lot of money it isn’t what the rest of this piece is about.

Michael Wherry

September 19, 2017 

The word innovation is thrown around a lot in our profession. Everyone wants ideas for doing things faster, easier, cheaper, or better. But rather than drive innovation from within the firm, they’re trying to keep up with what others are doing ...

Jim Boomer

September 18, 2017 

While rents for both houses and apartments have slowed significantly over the past year, median rent for houses rose 1.3 percent annually to a monthly rent payment of $1,404, but median rent for apartments rose 0.5 percent, to a monthly rent payment ...

September 18, 2017 

According to the survey, digital’s influence on grocery overall has nearly doubled year over year and has similarly driven increasing impact on the in-store shopping experience. Since 2013, digital’s influence in-store across all retail sectors has ...

September 18, 2017 

The rise of customer choice will have profound implications on the design and distribution of products, and will likely force companies to shift roles. Platforms that offer the ability to engage with different financial institutions from a single ...

September 18, 2017 

Commercial real estate price growth in large markets is expected to flatten over the next year, but strong leasing demand and investor appetite in smaller markets should keep the sector on solid ground, according to the latest National Association of ...

September 18, 2017 

The financial pressures many millennials with student debt are now experiencing appear to somewhat come from not having a complete understanding of the expenses needed to pay for college. Only one-in-five borrowers indicated in the survey that they ...

September 18, 2017 

Workers in a recent Robert Half Management Resources survey cast a vote of confidence for executives leading their firms. Approximately eight in 10 professionals polled feel at least somewhat confident in the ability of senior management to grow the ...

September 18, 2017 

What can firms do to better prepare themselves for disaster? How can they carry through their trusted advisor role to help clients recover? With technology in today’s environment, we all know it’s easier to prepare and plan for a natural disaster ...

Scott Cytron

September 18, 2017 

The hardest problem in B2B payments isn’t moving the money. It’s simple enough to get payment to suppliers electronically through a credit card or ACH network. What’s hard is vendor enablement—knowing which suppliers accept what payment type, and ...

Sue Ellen Hodnot

September 18, 2017 

With so much focus on Cloud and Mobile, can you imagine using your technology with no hardware? Hardware has become so cheap, reliable and generally good, many of us take this part of our technology experience for granted. It has been ten years since ...

Randy Johnston