Technology February 9, 2026
Botkeeper is Closing Its Doors
In a statement posted on the Botkeeper website over the weekend, Enrico Palmerino wrote that the automated bookkeeping platform he founded in 2015 is shutting down.
January 2, 2013
Six Reasons the Windows “Frankensystem” Will Fail
Windows 8 was supposed to be a game-changer. The kind of break-out, wildly creative idea that would capture the imagination of the tech world and the Twenty-Somethings.
Taxes January 2, 2013
Road Runner: U.S. Goes Over Fiscal Cliff, Spins Feet, Gets Back to Solid Ground
From Jan. 2013: After failing to reach a fiscal agreement and "stepping over the cliff," lawmakers figuratively spun their feet in the air, then reached an agreement.
January 1, 2013
Happy New Years 2013!
Happy New Years, everyone! Wishing you a successful year and happiness.
December 31, 2012
What the Expiration of the Payroll Tax Holiday means, plus 2013 Withholding Tables
Curt Brand, a partner at Ryun, Givens and Company, explores the expiration of the payroll tax holiday and 2013 withholding tables. The firm and Brand can be contacted at cbrand@ryungivens.com or 515-225-3141. More at http://ryungivens.com.
December 31, 2012
Big-time bowl games can create big-time financial issues for some schools
On a Sunday afternoon in early December, the Northern Illinois football team gathered on campus to learn its fate.
December 31, 2012
Maine launches Project Login to double state’s computer science graduation rate
The mismatch between existing and future jobs in Maine, and the workers willing and able to do them, applies across many fields, from hospitality to advanced manufacturing.
December 31, 2012
Las Vegas man barred from preparing tax returns for others
Man is accused of various violations at his tax practice, including preparing false tax-return forms with fabricated businesses and income, selling deceptive loan products, preparing false W-2 forms and filing tax returns without customer consent or authorization.
December 31, 2012
2013 California tax withholding tables available; PayrollMate.com updates software
Real Business Solutions, a payroll and 1099 solution provider, is helping small businesses and tax professionals comply with the changes to the California withholding tax tables introduced by the Employment Development Department (EDD) starting January 1, 2013.
December 31, 2012
Failing Congressional action, fiscal cliff will dig into Americans’ paychecks
Failing Congressional action by Monday, $536 billion in tax increases and $100 billion in spending cuts will kick in, sending the nation over the so-called "fiscal cliff."
December 31, 2012
Sales tax rises to 8 percent in Richmond County on New Year’s Day
Augusta, Georgia, shoppers will pay an extra penny on every dollar starting Tuesday as collections begin for a new sales tax to fund special transportation projects over the next decade.
December 31, 2012
Minnesota business owners urge quick landing from cliff
Count Intertech owner/CEO Tom Salonek among the swelling ranks of small-and-large business bosses who want a sooner- rather-than-later escape from the fiscal cliff.
December 31, 2012
Judge OKs settlement in Thornburg Mortgage collapse
A federal judge in Albuquerque has approved a settlement that would return $11.5 million to pension funds that lost millions on mortgage-backed securities sold by Thornburg Mortgage, the Santa Fe-based firm that has since gone bankrupt.