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Mergers and acquisitions valued at $811.8 billion have been announced this quarter globally, up 21% compared with Q1 of 2014, according to Thomson Reuters data. “The deal activity in the first quarter was driven by continuing cash accumulation at companies, […]

Janet Yellen, chair of the Federal Reserve, warned that several studies suggest the U.S. and other countries will grow more slowly than in the past due to declining technological innovation and demographic forces.

Data on first-time jobless claims suggest that a recent slump in U.S. retail sales, housing starts and manufacturing isn’t producing layoffs and that the economic recovery is gaining momentum. The Labor Department said unemployment claims dropped 9,000 last week, to […]

CPAs employ a range of carrot-and-stick tactics to get clients to hand in their tax paperwork well ahead of April 15. These include providing discounts for early filers, increasing fees for those who drag their feet and explaining the penalties […]

Rule-making for the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act might be finished this year, Securities and Exchange Commission chief Mary Jo White told the House Financial Services Committee. Writing rules that are workable and also carry out statutory requirements is turning […]

Although breaches at large companies such as Home Depot and Target make the headlines, small organizations also are at risk of cyberattacks because fraudsters may believe their controls are not as strong. Here’s how companies with limited IT resources can […]

Financial professionals said they prefer solving problems over working with numbers. Find out where making strategic recommendations and learning new technologies fall on the list, which comes from a survey of 2,600 accounting and finance professionals.

Indications that the U.S. Federal Reserve will move to raise interest rates, even as other major central banks continue loose monetary policies, has fueled volatility in the foreign exchange market. Currency markets had a period of relative calm when central […]

The Federal Reserve signaled an increased likelihood of raising interest rates but said it has a less optimistic view of where the U.S. economy is headed. The policy committee said economic expansion has slowed due to a sluggish housing market […]