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Boston Fed chief Eric Rosengren painted a generally encouraging picture for the U.S. economy, noting "signs of underlying strength" despite lingering fiscal uncertainty as the calendar flipped to 2013.

California's new 1 percent lumber tax has cost lumberyards and hardware stores thousands of dollars and turned business as usual on its head, raising the ire of retailers and contractors struggling to bounce back from the housing slump.

A state plan to encourage investment in Wisconsin companies has so far provided tax breaks for investors in an eclectic group of businesses, including some in old-line, slow-growth industries, but has failed to catch on among smaller start-up firms with the most potential to create jobs, the Journal Sentinel has found.

Accountants and business leaders say small businesses can take steps to protect themselves from employee theft. Good accounting practices are a must.

A husband and wife from Brooklyn, Conn., have been charged by federal prosecutors with conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and four counts of tax evasion.

Rhode Island legislators at the highest levels of the General Assembly are promising to take a "serious look" at ways to reduce the state's 9-percent corporate tax rate.

Interview with Michael Hsu of DeepSky an innovative CPA firm and part of the "movement" of young professionals in the CPA profession. Tom Hood recorded this interview at the Verasage Summit in January, 2011 in California.

People who own and operate small businesses in small towns may want to hear what Marc Willson has to say about remaining relevant to consumers in an era when online orders are replacing storefronts.