U.S. Wholesale Prices Decline the Most Since 2010
| May. 16, 2013: |
Dragged down by a declining cost of food and energy, wholesale prices slid the most in more than...
read more
|
|
IPOs in U.S. on Track for Biggest Year Since 2007
| May. 13, 2013: |
At the current pace of capital-raising, the U.S. initial public offering market is headed for it...
read more
|
|
More in U.S. are Finding Value in Financial Literacy
| May. 9, 2013: |
It's unlikely the U.S. will adopt national standards for financial education, as the U.K. an...
read more
|
|
House Will Take its Time with the Internet Sales Tax Bill
| May. 8, 2013: |
The House of Representatives will spend more time considering the Marketplace Fairness Act than ...
read more
|
|
Youth Unemployment in the U.S. Holds Grim Ramifications
| May. 7, 2013: |
The percentage of young adults without jobs is greater now in the U.S. than much of Europe. This...
read more
|
|
U.S. Manufacturing Sector Sputters
| May. 6, 2013: |
Although the overall U.S. unemployment picture improved last month, it got no help from manufact...
read more
|
|
Caturano: Getting Ready for a Sea Change in GAAP
| May. 3, 2013: |
The Financial Accounting Standards Board is finalizing its approaches on revenue recognition, le...
read more
|
|
Fed is Open to Increased Bond Buying if Economy Falters
| May. 2, 2013: |
The Federal Reserve said it will keep buying bonds at $85 billion a month and is prepared to exp...
read more
|
|
Companies, Investors Eye Social Media for Material Information Releases
| May. 1, 2013: |
U.S. companies are planning to use social media to post material information -- but most will pr...
read more
|
|
Post-Closing Claims Common With Private Company Acquisitions
| Apr. 30, 2013: |
Two-thirds of private companies acquired last year had post-closing escrow claims, according to ...
read more
|
|
House, Senate Leaders Work for Overhaul of U.S. Tax Code
| Apr. 29, 2013: |
In what could signal a break in the budget logjam on Capitol Hill, the majority Republican leade...
read more
|
|
Official: Transfer Pricing Needs Better Enforcement, Not Rewrite
| Apr. 26, 2013: |
Better enforcement of transfer pricing laws already on the books is the place to start for gover...
read more
|
|
What You Need to Know About the New 3.8% Net Investment Income Tax
| Apr. 25, 2013: |
With tax season over, practitioners should make sure they focus on 2013 tax changes. A big one i...
read more
|
|
Senator's Pending Retirement Allows Focus on Rax Reform
| Apr. 24, 2013: |
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, says the absence of a re-ele...
read more
|
|
How to Get IRS Help and Information More Efficiently
| Apr. 23, 2013: |
Getting information and help from the Internal Revenue Service can often be a time-consuming pro...
read more
|
|
When Double-Entry Accounting Moved into the Industrial Era
| Apr. 19, 2013: |
This week's move by the International Integrated Reporting Council to introduce a new corpor...
read more
|
|
Young Americans Seek Fewer Home, Car Loans Because of College Debt
| Apr. 18, 2013: |
Today's young consumers, increasingly burdened by student debt, are less likely to borrow mo...
read more
|
|
More U.S. Companies Make Suppliers Wait for Payments
| Apr. 17, 2013: |
Companies are expanding aggressive cash-management practices they adopted in the credit crunch. ...
read more
|
|
Gold Price Takes Biggest One-Day Fall Ever Recorded
| Apr. 16, 2013: |
The price of gold bullion posted its biggest one-day decline on record, falling more than $125 a...
read more
|
|
Long-Term Unemployment is Changing the Workforce
| Apr. 15, 2013: |
Research shows that workers left unemployed for six months or more are much less likely to find ...
read more
|
|
U.S. Job Creation is Hampered by Immigration Rules
| Apr. 12, 2013: |
Immigrants or their children founded 40% of the companies in the Fortune 500 but today, severe l...
read more
|
|
More U.S. Workers Say Their Jobs are Causing Them Stress
| Apr. 11, 2013: |
Although some indicators have shown improvement in the U.S. economy, 83% of workers said they ca...
read more
|
|
GAO Warns of Insolvent Multiemployer Pension Plans
| Apr. 9, 2013: |
A "significant" number of multiemployer pension plans are still viewed as critical or ...
read more
|
|
House Suspends National Debt Limit Until May
| Jan. 25, 2013: |
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a measure suspending enforcement of th...
read more
|
|
Institutional Investors are Ready to Shift From Debt to Equities
| Jan. 23, 2013: |
Strategists are increasingly looking to pension funds and insurers to rebalance investment portf...
read more
|
|
Debt-Limit Increase May be Near, GOP Officials Suggest
| Jan. 18, 2013: |
Senior House Republicans say they may back a small, interim increase of the U.S. debt limit, a m...
read more
|
|
Convergence at a Glance
| Jan. 17, 2013: |
Paul Pacter, whose term as an International Accounting Standards Board member expired at the end...
read more
|
|
December Retail-Sales Growth Surprises Economists
| Jan. 16, 2013: |
Retail sales in the U.S. increased more in December than many experts had expected as consumers ...
read more
|
|
SEC is Set to Ease Restrictions on Investment Advertising
| Jan. 15, 2013: |
The Securities and Exchange Commission is drafting rules that would let companies use advertisin...
read more
|
|
U.S. Paychecks Shrink as Tax Cut Expires
| Jan. 14, 2013: |
Americans are seeing decreased take-home pay after a 2-year-old tax cut expired. About $125 bill...
read more
|
|
CPAs: Federal Deficit Must be Fixed Without Delay
| Jan. 10, 2013: |
Fifty-four percent of CPAs said cutting the federal budget deficit should be the government'...
read more
|
|
Researchers: Social Security Office Hides Fiscal Bomb
| Jan. 9, 2013: |
Obsolete forecasting techniques used by the Social Security Administration have concealed how so...
read more
|
|
U.S. Could Default on Debt as Soon as Feb. 15, Analysis Shows
| Jan. 8, 2013: |
The U.S. government will run out of money to pay its bills sometime between Feb. 15 and March 1,...
read more
|
|
Democrats, Republicans Draw Lines With Taxes, Debt Ceiling
| Jan. 7, 2013: |
Republicans and Democrats set the stage for another clash as they made the rounds of Sunday morn...
read more
|
|
How States are Faring in the Recovery
| Jan. 4, 2013: |
It has been five years since the start of the Great Recession, but its impact continues to be fe...
read more
|
|
"Fiscal Cliff" Legislation Includes Huge Number of Tax Provisions
| Jan. 2, 2013: |
The American Taxpayer Relief Act, passed by Congress on Jan. 1, permanently extends a large numb...
read more
|
|
France Will Rewrite 75% Tax Rate Thrown out by Court
| Dec. 31, 2012: |
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said the government will revise a law imposing a 75% tax...
read more
|
|
3 IT Challenges to Plan for in 2013
| Dec. 28, 2012: |
The global IT governance organization ISACA is drawing attention to three trends it says will &q...
read more
|
|
U.S. Government Will Reach Debt Ceiling Monday, Geithner Says
| Dec. 27, 2012: |
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said in a letter to Congress that the U.S. government's ...
read more
|
|
SEC Preps High-Tech System That Gives it Real-Time Trading Data
| Dec. 26, 2012: |
The Securities and Exchange Commission is testing software for a system that will give it, for t...
read more
|
|
Fed Will Give Up Collective Opinion on Economic Forecast
| Dec. 20, 2012: |
The Federal Reserve said it will no longer try to forge a consensus opinion about a forecast of ...
read more
|
|
Companies Gear Up For the Affordable Care Act
| Dec. 19, 2012: |
Companies are examining various approaches to dealing with the Affordable Care Act, including re...
read more
|
|
Opposing "Fiscal Cliff" Plans Start to Look Similar
| Dec. 18, 2012: |
President Barack Obama proposed leaving in place Bush-era tax cuts for Americans with annual inc...
read more
|
|
U.S. Economy Could Grow Faster than Expected in 2013, Experts Say
| Dec. 17, 2012: |
The economy in the U.S. could be considerably stronger next year than previously believed, leadi...
read more
|
|
Governors Push for Online Sales Tax Legislation
| Dec. 13, 2012: |
Governors urged Congress to pass legislation that requires online retailers to collect and remit...
read more
|
|
Aides: Deal to Avert "Fiscal Cliff" Starts to Take Shape
| Dec. 11, 2012: |
President Barack Obama and U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, have proposals on the table ...
read more
|
|
Questions Remain on Benefits of IFRS Adoption in U.S.
| Dec. 10, 2012: |
The Financial Accounting Standards Board and regulators appear to be increasingly skeptical over...
read more
|
|
Even After Election, Pessimism Persists About U.S. Economy, CPAs Indicate
| Dec. 6, 2012: |
For the third consecutive quarter, CPA decision-makers in the United States have lower optimism ...
read more
|
|
Oil Production in U.S. Rises to a 15-Year High
| Dec. 5, 2012: |
U.S. monthly oil production in September rose to its highest level since 1998, the Energy Inform...
read more
|
|
Corporations Lack Cash in U.S. But Hold Money Offshore
| Dec. 4, 2012: |
Major U.S. companies are holding a large amount of cash offshore to avoid taxes while letting ca...
read more
|
|
PCAOB: Auditors Need to Consider "Fiscal Cliff" Uncertainty
| Dec. 3, 2012: |
Auditors need to take into account the uncertainty caused by the "fiscal cliff" as the...
read more
|
|
"Fiscal Cliff" Talks are Getting Nowhere, Boehner Says
| Nov. 30, 2012: |
No real progress has been made in talks between Republican leaders and the White House, and ther...
read more
|
|
CPAs Hope Fiscal Talks Will Resolve Key Tax Issues Soon
| Nov. 29, 2012: |
Accountants must keep an eye on the progress of the "fiscal cliff" talks as many key t...
read more
|
|
Americans are Steadily Reducing Debt, N.Y. Fed Says
| Nov. 28, 2012: |
Household debt in the U.S. declined $74 billion, to $11.3 trillion, in the third quarter, the Fe...
read more
|
|
U.S. Corporations Speed up Dividend Payouts
| Nov. 27, 2012: |
Many U.S. companies plan to issue fourth-quarter dividends next month, instead of January, to be...
read more
|
|
U.S. Holiday-Shopping Season Gets Strong Start
| Nov. 26, 2012: |
U.S. retail sales during the long Thanksgiving weekend reached $59.1 billion, 12.1% higher than ...
read more
|
|
Corporate Giants Get Contracts Meant for Small Businesses
| Nov. 19, 2012: |
About 45% of the $10.6 billion designated by U.S. acquisition rules to be awarded to small busin...
read more
|
|
