Accounting

January 6, 2014 

For accounting professionals looking to make a positive impact on their company’s bottom line, keeping a close eye on cash flow can mean the difference between profit and loss. As keepers of the books, finance managers are in prime position to evaluate expenditures, find ways to save the business money, and stand out as a…

January 3, 2014 

It is hard to imagine a more disastrous year for technology than 2014 will be. Sure, there will be a few little bright spots in terms of falling costs for hardware and storage. But three significant trends are converging that will make things difficult at best for the tech side of the accounting profession: Innovation will...…

Dave McClure

January 2, 2014 

Small business owners are feeling more confident about prospects for 2014, according to a new nationwide survey.

January 2, 2014 

The Financial Accounting Foundation has named investor Ann M. Spruill to its Board of Trustees.

January 2, 2014 

Companies that sell through several channels (i.e. physical stores, web stores, online marketplaces, etc.) are finding it more and more difficult to handle the “transaction shuffle.”

Jeff Grundey

January 1, 2014 

Even as California and the rest of the nation move toward raising the minimum wage to $10 an hour, San Jose's lowest-paid workers are about to get even bigger paychecks and should continue to earn more than their peers for years to come.

January 1, 2014 

All extended federal benefits ended last week because the budget deal reached by U.S. Senate and House negotiators didn't include extension of the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation program. The added benefits were authorized in 2008 and extended 11 times as the recession and its effects dragged on.

December 30, 2013 

With fraud costing entities around the globe an estimated 5 percent in lost revenues, the world’s largest anti-fraud organization urges business owners and managers to make fraud prevention one of their top new year’s resolutions for 2014.

December 30, 2013 

Why does one person see work primarily as a means to a paycheck, while another sitting in the next cubicle expects work to provide genuine fulfillment?

December 30, 2013 

Former Chicago Comptroller Amer Ahmad pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to charges stemming from a kickback scheme he ran with his friends while he was deputy state treasurer in Ohio.

December 30, 2013 

One of the amazing things about business is that when one industry prospers, outsiders often find a way to tap into that success. A growing industry can need new suppliers, distributors or back-office service providers, or a booming field may need new competitors.

December 30, 2013 

Despite lingering questions about the new Affordable Care Act, nearly half of the Certified Public Acountants that were surveyed in the state of ...