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| Promoting your business using Facebook |
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  Many businesses use Facebook purely as an opportunity to post link upon link. But to work as an effective business tool, online activity needs to take place as part of a dialogue, not a one-way broadcast. |
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| Networking is making your own luck |
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| Networking is not about finding somebody who is going to take time and interest to promote your career. That's a friend or a mentor, but they are few and far between. Networking is about serendipity: making your own luck. |
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| A foot in the door: Identifying myths, realities behind temporary work |
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| Temporary work remains a bright spot in the current job market, but many people might think that project assignments aren't available in their industry or at their experience level. |
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| Financial Accounting Foundation names Schroeder to lead review of accounting standards |
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 The Financial Accounting Foundation has announced that Mark Schroeder, a recently retired senior partner at Deloitte & Touche LLP, has been named post-implementation review leader. |
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| KPMG expands capabilities by acquiring Grant Thornton's supply chain advisory services practice |
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| KPMG LLP, the U.S. audit, tax, and advisory firm, this week announced it has expanded its restructuring capabilities through acquisition of the Supply Chain Advisory Services practice of Grant Thornton LLP. |
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| McGladrey acquires Caturano and Company |
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| RSM McGladrey, Inc. and McGladrey & Pullen, LLP, a leading provider of assurance, tax, and consulting services, this week announced the acquisition of Caturano and Company, Inc., a New England-based full-service accounting, auditing, tax, and business advisory firm. |
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| Direct Marketing Association Challenges Colorado Sales Tax Law |
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| The Direct Marketing Association has filed a lawsuit against Colorado's Internet sales tax law. The DMA suit asserts that the law and regulations violate both the U.S. Constitution and the Colorado Constitution. |
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| FASB Releases Proposal on Disclosure of Certain Loss Contingencies |
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| The FASB released its Exposure Draft of a proposed Accounting Standards Update, Contingencies (Topic 450): Disclosure of Certain Loss Contingencies. The 30-day comment period ends August 20, 2010. |
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| Top Reasons to Convert to a Roth IRA |
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| Taxpayers who have had adjusted gross income above $100,000 were precluded from converting a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. However, beginning with the 2010 tax year, this limitation will be lifted, thereby giving many more taxpayers the opportunity to convert to a Roth IRA. Should your client convert? |
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| Do We Have to Audit Cash? |
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| Most of us would quickly respond "yes" to the title question. After all, cash is highly susceptible to misappropriation, and falsifying cash disbursements is the means for perpetrating and covering most frauds. In spite of this, my answer would be, "Not always!" |
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| Would you like to learn how to simplify retrieving and presenting your spreadsheet data? Christopher J. Wood, CPA (aka Captain Excel) will present a live webcast on July 27 demonstrating some of the powerful functions in Excel (like Lookup Wizard and Vlookup) as well as key drop down menus. Don’t miss Excel: Building a Better Reporting Template. |
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