July 26, 2014
Feds Charge Pennsylvania Woman with Embezzling $562K
Felicia Anne Straub knew that her boss suspected someone was embezzling from the Whitehall Township repo business where she worked as an office manager.
July 22, 2014
Pay Raises for Recent College Grads Fall Short of Average
Salaries for recent college graduates have risen at less than half the pace for all U.S. workers since the recession, an analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco found.
July 22, 2014
Improving ‘Quits Rate’ Shows Workers Have More Confidence in Job Market
Five years into recovery from the Great Recession, the economy is still too weak to stimulate the kind of dynamic labor market in which workers routinely move from one employer to another, building their careers and bank accounts and advancing the nation's long-term growth prospects.
July 21, 2014
Ex-Cons Get Boost to Start New Businesses
Ted Stanton lives in a 120-square-foot subsidized room in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, which he has converted into an incubator for his candy startup, Good Karma Karamels.
July 21, 2014
Former Director of Georgia State Fair Convicted of Embezzlement
Jurors deliberated about 90 minutes before finding the former Georgia State Fair director guilty of fiduciary theft. The trial began Monday in Bibb County Superior Court.
July 18, 2014
California Sees Increase in Productivity, Decrease in Jobs
Manufacturing jobs in California have decreased dramatically -- 40% of them gone in less than 25 years -- but productivity in the state is leading the nation.
July 16, 2014
Xero Offers Integration with Online Banking Platform
The online small business accounting system Xero now has the ability to integrate with Silicon Valley Bank, a technology and start-up focused financial institution, the companies announced on Wednesday morning.
July 16, 2014
New Hampshire Enacts Paycheck Fairness Act
The N.H. Paycheck Fairness Act, or Senate Bill 207, eliminates loopholes, increases wage transparency and ensures workers have the resources to earn a fair and equal paycheck without fear of retaliation.
July 15, 2014
Are There Enough IPOs to Accelerate Growth in Middle Market?
A new report shows that even though IPOs have increased this year, too few are on track for the rest of 2014.
July 14, 2014
Americans More Confident in Personal Finances, Savings
Sixty-four percent of respondents have some type of emergency savings – even if it’s less than three months’ expenses, found the latest results of Bankrate's Financial Security Index. The monthly survey also found measures how secure Americans feel about their personal finances compared with 12 months ago and is conducted via telephone interviews conducted by…
July 11, 2014
Intuit CEO Brad Smith Discusses Small Business Finances with President Obama
Brad Smith, the CEO of Intuit, which makes QuickBooks, TurboTax and many other personal and small business management systems, met with President Barack Obama on Friday to discuss how big business and government can work together to support small business. Smith joined other leading executives at a roundtable discussion during which the companies will champion…
July 11, 2014
National Society of Accountants Announces 2014 Scholarship Winners
A total of 33 students have earned scholarships from the National Society of Accountants (NSA) Scholarship Foundation. Together, they will receive $34,450 in scholarship awards.