Accounting

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January 14, 2020 

3 Tips for Redesigning Benefits Packages

In the public accounting field, talent shortages over the past few years have led companies to offer higher pay and additional perks, all of which serve to attract top talent, but don’t always help retain them.

Paul McDonald

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January 13, 2020 

AICPA Presents Professors with Awards for Research

Steven J. Kachelmeier of the University of Texas at Austin and Laura W. Wang and Michael G. Williamson of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, were named recipients of the 2020 Greatest Potential Impact on Management Accounting Practice Award.

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January 13, 2020 

Report Shows Hurdles Faced by Millennial Homebuyers

The majority of millennials not only want to own a home, but 84% of millennials in 2019 considered it a major part of the American Dream. However, millennials are struggling to reach that financial milestone.

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January 13, 2020 

Retail Imports Settle After Year of Tariffs

After a year of fluctuations driven by the uncertainty of the trade war with China, volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to return to its usual seasonal patterns during the first few months of 2020, according to the Global ...

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January 13, 2020 

Cannabis Infused Pop-Up Restaurant Debuts in Detroit

The women will serve a four-course meal rich in vegetables with one lamb chop course that can be substituted for a roasted mushroom dish. The first four plates will feature an element that is infused with THC, the psychoactive element of cannabis.

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January 8, 2020 

Women See Large Growth in Senior Corporate Leadership

The percentage of businesses globally with at least one woman in senior management has risen to 87%, an increase of 12% in the last year, according the latest Women in Business research from Grant Thornton International.

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January 8, 2020 

Farmers Turning to Tractors from the 1970s-1980s

Cost-conscious farmers are looking for bargains, and tractors from the 1970s-80s are well-built and totally functional, and aren’t as complicated or expensive to repair as more recent models that run on sophisticated software.