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Voting Opens for 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards!
Voting in the 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards is now open. Readers can vote for the programs, hardware, services, and other technologies they use and trust.
July 28, 2013
How Federal Disaster Loans Work
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is a major partner with FEMA which offers low-interest disaster loans to homeowners, renters and business of all sizes. Small businesses, and most non-profit organizations can apply for working capital loans to cover operating expenses during federally declared disasters.
July 28, 2013
Credit report errors cost Equifax $18.6 million court judgement
A jury Friday awarded an Oregon woman $18.6 million after she spent two years unsuccessfully trying to get Equifax Information Services to fix major mistakes on her credit report. The judgement, likely to be appealed, appears to be one of the largest awarded to a consumer in a case against one of the nation’s major...…
July 26, 2013
NC tax overhaul means credit for early-stage investors will expire
Investor groups say the upcoming expiration of a state tax credit designed to spur investments in early-stage businesses will make it harder for young technology companies to raise the capital they need to survive and thrive.
July 26, 2013
RootWorks’ NGAF Roadmap Now Available On Multiple Platforms
RootWorks, the accounting profession’s premier member-based education firm, today announced it has released its Next Generation Accounting Firm Roadmap on multiple platforms, giving members access via the web and a mobile app.
July 25, 2013
Firm Staffing – Is the term “Best and Brightest” just an illusion?
In recent conversations about leadership training the words “best and brightest” slip off the tongue of firm leaders like a battle cry. We want to teach and motivate our best people to the highest level in the firm and we do not want to lose them to other firms or companies.
July 25, 2013
PwC’s M&A outlook shows deal makers focus on execution
PwC's M&A Outlook Reveals Dealmakers' Increasing Focus on Quality Execution in Competitive M&A Market
July 25, 2013
In some states, sales taxes take a summer break
Additional Savings on Energy-efficiency Purchases
July 25, 2013
Survey: NY Area Employers Say Hiring Not Affected By Health Reform
A new employer health insurance survey from HealthPocket and HealthCareReform.com finds that 87 percent of businesses located primarily in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania will not change their hiring decisions in response to health reform.
July 25, 2013
SBA gives grants to support R&D, small business innovation
Supporting programs for innovative, technology-driven small businesses under SBA's Federal and State Technology (FAST) partnership program, the U.S. Small Business Administration has granted 20 awards, of $95,000 per award, for FY 2013 to 20 state and local economic development agencies, business development centers, and colleges and universities. Candidates were submitted by the governors of all…
July 25, 2013
Ohio Worker’s Comp system denies that it overbilled employers
Backed by business and labor groups, the state agency for injured workers has filed new legal documents in its fight to overturn a judge's ruling that some employers were overcharged $860 million in workers' compensation premiums from 2001 to 2009.
July 25, 2013
Many Ohio cities face severe fiscal troubles, solvency issues
Twenty-four governments and six school districts across Ohio are under state supervision to help them avoid a fate similar to what befell Detroit last week when it became the largest U.S. city in history to declare bankruptcy.
July 24, 2013
New York Accounting Firm Wins Top Advertising Award
WeiserMazars LLP, accounting, tax and advisory services firm, received first place in the Ad Campaigns with a Spend of Over $25,000 category for its “Exactly Right” campaign.