Accounting

 New App Offers Collaborative Financial Management

September 10, 2013 

New App Offers Collaborative Financial Management

There's a new collaborative financial management app that lets users securely establish and manage their social financial relationships. The new Yodlee app, called Tandem, allows users to set up financial circles from their phone contacts and social networks, with varying degrees of account access.

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September 10, 2013 

xTuple 4.1 Features Open Source Business Intelligence Integration

xTuple, developers of open source enterprise resource planning software, announced the release of an updated version of its accounting, CRM and ERP software. xTuple 4.1 adds sales to the mobile web offering and includes new manufacturing and distribution features.

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September 10, 2013 

SMB Optimism Stays Flat in August

Small-business optimism remained flat in August, dropping 0.1 points from July for a final reading of 94.0, showed NFIB’s Small Business Economic Trends, a monthly survey of small business owners’ plans and opinions.

 State Likely to Raise Tax on Beer

September 9, 2013 

State Likely to Raise Tax on Beer

Buying a light beer could soon make your wallet lighter, as Wyoming lawmakers are considering a proposal to raise the state's lowest-in-the-nation tax on beer.

 Detroit pension fund pays out nearly $1B in bonuses

September 9, 2013 

Detroit pension fund pays out nearly $1B in bonuses

One of Detroit's two pension funds handed out nearly $1 billion in bonus cash payments over two decades to retirees and active employees' retirement accounts instead of reinvesting the extra earnings for the future, according to a Free Press review of city records.

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September 9, 2013 

The Benefits and Challenges of Cloud Accounting

Accounting firms across the country are looking to the cloud to transform their client accounting services. They are looking to move from simply transactional bookkeeping services to higher value advisory services more in line with the CFO function.

Jim Boomer