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Government accounting association award named for Goodfellow
The state chapter of a government accounting association has named an award after a partner at Albany, N.Y., financial and management consulting firm BST. (Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:24:18 GMT)

Accounting, Finance Salaries on the Rise
Oct. 23, 2007 (SmartPros) Starting salaries for accounting and finance professionals are expected to increase an average of 4.3 percent in 2008, according to the annual salary guide by Robert Half International. (Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:44:33 GMT)

Accounting Management Solutions Names Daniel Davis as Director of Life Sciences Practice
Accounting Management Solutions, Inc., New England's leading provider of outsourced accounting, financial management, and recruiting services, today announced that Daniel R. Davis has been named director of its life sciences practice. (Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:00:00 GMT)

Axiom Management Names Kabani & Co. as Independent Accounting Firm
Axiom Management, Inc. , a full-service staff recruitment, fulfillment, human resources management company, and a recognized authority in the areas of safety/risk management and workplace compliance requirements, announced today it has named Kabani & Company, Inc. as its independent Certified Public Accounting firm effective immediately. (Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:00:00 GMT)

ACCOUNTING EDUCATORS OPINIONS ABOUT ETHICS IN THE CURRICULUM: AN EXTENSIVE VIEW
In this paper, we present the results of a comprehensive survey of accounting faculties' opinions and practices regarding ethics education. (Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:17:18 GMT)

Intuit Offers Free QuickBooks Accounting Software
Intuit Inc. , the Mountain View, Calif., company behind QuickBooks, the accounting software that integrates with a number of decorated apparel industry software programs, has just announced the availability of QuickBooks Simple Start 2008 , a free accounting software package for budding entrepreneurs. (Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:13:18 GMT)

US accounting chief calls for ‘unity’ timetable
US authorities need to draw up a “national plan” for moving to a single set of global accounting standards, according to the chief US standard setter – a shift that could come in as little as four years. (Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:53:50 GMT)

McDermott appoints VP and chief accounting officer
Energy services company McDermott International has appointed Dennis Baldwin as its vice president and chief accounting officer, replacing Michael Taff, who was appointed as senior vice president and CFO earlier in the year. (Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:27:46 GMT)

Citigroup SIV Accounting Looks Tough to Defend: Jonathan Weil
Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The more Citigroup Inc. says about its structured investment vehicles, or SIVs, the more questionable the bank's accounting for them is beginning to look. (Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:50:22 GMT)

Associate Accountants of Largest Accounting Firm Seek Overtime Pay in Class Action Lawsuit
Two associate accountants previously employed by one of the Big 4 Accounting Firms filed a motion for class certification that seeks to certify a class of all associates and senior associates employed by PriceWaterhouse Coopers ("PwC"). The lawsuit claims that PwC's associates and senior associates were improperly denied overtime pay and other benefits during their employment with PwC. (Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:01:00 GMT)

Community College of Denver audit finds accounting errors
Millions of dollars were incorrectly entered into budget ledgers while the college president used her office to work another job, send out personal gifts and cover her husband's cell phone use. (Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:28:09 GMT)

Robert Half releases 2008 guide to accounting and finance salaries
Starting salaries for accounting and finance professionals are expected to increase an average of 5.5 per cent in Canada in the coming year, according to the just-released 2008 Salary Guide from Robert Half International. (Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:00:00 GMT)

Outdoor Channel Holdings Augments Finance Team with Appointment of Chief Accounting Officer
TEMECULA, Calif.----Outdoor Channel Holdings, Inc. today announced the appointment of Shad L. Burke as its chief accounting officer. (Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:30:00 GMT)

U.S. Faults Its Bid to Replace Iraq?s Accounting System
An American project to replace the Iraqi government?s opaque and easily manipulated accounting system has failed to achieve its goals after four years and more than $38 million. (Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:03:51 GMT)

$38 Million Computerized Accounting System Proving Useless in Iraq
A $38 million U.S. effort to create a computerized accounting system for the Iraqi government has been suspended because the Ministry of Finance there has continued to use a paper system, according to the latest report of Stuart W. Bowen Jr., the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction. (Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:19:43 GMT)

Audit finds $1.2m in accounting errors
STRATFORD — Accounting errors and long-term mismanagement of finances in several town departments have been uncovered, including police pension deductions and grant irregularities, according to (Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:35:32 GMT)

Boston-Based Feeley & Driscoll, P.C. Named Best of the Best by Inside Public Accounting
Feeley & Driscoll, P.C., a regional public accounting and business consulting firm with offices in Boston and Nashua, was recognized by INSIDE Public Accounting as Best of the Best for 2007. The only firm in New England to be recognized for two consecutive years, Feeley & Driscoll has been named to the list for six of the last seven years. (Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:01:00 GMT)

FASB ACCOUNTING STANDARDS CODIFICATION APPROACHES CONSTITUENT VERIFICATION PHASE
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has announced its plan for the late-2007 or early-2008 release of the FASB Accounting Standards CodificationTM (Codification) for verification by constituents. (Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:32:22 GMT)

OCTOBER DECISION SUMMARY, CANADIAN ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD
An executive summary of discussions and decisions with respect to the topics addressed at the October 9, 2007 meeting of the Canadian Accounting Standards Board has been posted, including: International Activities, Publicly Accountable Enterprises Strategy, Asset-Backed Commercial Paper.... (Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:32:32 GMT)

More than $1 billion in accounting-related charges for Navistar
Company discloses accounting errors, some intentional Navistar International Corp. unveiled its restated financial data for the 2003-2005 fiscal years this morning, showing a significant reduction in profits over those years thanks to $1.12 billion in accounting-related charges. (Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:04:41 GMT)

ASB PROPOSES AMENDMENTS ON FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS: EXPOSURES QUALIFYING FOR HEDGE ACCOUNTING
The UK and Irish Accounting Standards Board (ASB) has this week issued an exposure draft of amendments to Financial Reporting Standard (FRS) 26 (IAS 39) ‘Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement – Exposures Qualifying for Hedge Accounting’. (Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:47:41 GMT)

Financial Accounting Standards Board Meets with Accounting Standards Board of Japan to Discuss Global Convergence
Representatives of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Accounting Standards Board of Japan (ASBJ) recently gathered in Norwalk for a joint meeting. Led by Robert H. (Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:01:00 GMT)

Fuentes padlocks S. Cotabato accounting office
KORONADAL CITY --South Cotabato Governor Daisy Avance Fuentes padlocked Thursday evening the Provincial Accounting Office after discovering four employees allegedly sneaking out vital documents. (Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:18:27 GMT)

Anadarko Changes Accounting Principle
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. on Thursday said it expects to record a reduction to its retained earnings of about $130 million as a result of an accounting principle change. (Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:57:59 GMT)

Small Business Outsourced Accounting Services Making Big Waves in the Industry
OSI, the outsourced accounting services firm that is revolutionizing the way accounting is handled in the small business sector, will bring top employees to the Sleeter training in Vegas. (Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:01:00 GMT)

Eastern Cape leads in poor accounting
With Limpopo still to be accounted for, Eastern Cape provincial government departments are leading the field when it comes to poor accounting, according to figures released by the Auditor General (AG) on Friday. (Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:12:52 GMT)

New council to set accounting standards in S'pore
A NEW council will be formed to set accounting standards for companies, societies, charities and cooperatives in Singapore. (Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:22:06 GMT)

False accounting charges for 'bulletproof' executive
The chief exec of a company entrusted with providing the US military with protective kit is facing charges of 'pervasive accounting fraud' levelled by the SEC. (Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:43:43 GMT)

Euleen Goh named chairperson of Accounting Standards Council
SINGAPORE : Euleen Goh has been named the chairperson of the inaugural Accounting Standards Council (ASC). She is currently the chairman of International Enterprise Singapore and the former CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Singapore. (Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:29:11 GMT)

Harmening Financial CPA welcomes Claudia Curt, accounting manager
Claudia Curt, of Napa, Idaho, started working at Harmening Financial CPA last September as the accounting manager. "I was looking to make a change and I was tired of traffic. I've liked it over here," Curt noted on her change of scenery. (Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:47:41 GMT)

County scores perfect grade in accounting process audit
TRENTON -- Mercer County government's finances received a clean bill of health in an annual audit. The audit by the Mercadien Group found nothing wrong with the county's accounting, the county freeholders were told at their meeting this week. (Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:31:49 GMT)

'It Is Now Time for the College's Accounting of Events'
Editor's note: A version of the following commentary by O'Brien, president of St. Mary's College of Maryland, was delivered to the St. Mary's County commissioners in connection with last week's public forum on legislative proposals that the county could submit to the 2008 session of the Maryland... (Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:24:35 GMT)

8 straight: WW wins accounting awards
Wayne-Westland school board Trustee Steve Becher couldn't resist asking Deputy Superintendent Gary Martin if he had enough wall space to hang up two new accounting awards. (Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:12:31 GMT)

Is FWISD ready for oversight of bond package?
By YAMIL BERARD As its front line of defense against waste, fraud and mismanagement, the Fort Worth school district plans to add several positions, including an in-house architect, an internal auditor, a financial manager and a chief construction executive, to oversee the $593.6 million bond package. The district is also improving its accounting and business operations. Among the changes is new ... (Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:14:11 GMT)

Bono and Company Under Fire for Accounting
Documents show the band moved its corporate base from Ireland to the Netherlands, where royalties on music incur virtually no tax. (Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:28:38 GMT)

Newsletter for Accounting/ERP Software Professionals Launches Free Beta Service
The Accounting Software Insider has announced today the launch of a Free Beta of its new Accounting Software Insider newsletter. The newsletter is a bi-weekly publication focused on providing all the pertinent and useful news and information about the entire range of business accounting and ERP applications, from QuickBooks to SAP, add in product reviews, competitive pricing, insider ... (Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:32:41 GMT)

Retirees' Costs Worry Officials
There's a big bill in the mail for many state and local governments, including several in the Washington area, as accounting regulations imposed this year begin requiring them to calculate the future cost of retiree health insurance and set aside money to pay for it. (Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:32:33 GMT)

Companies struggling with accounting rules
Some companies still struggle to accurately present their financial reports under new accounting standards, the Securities Commission says. (Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:44:01 GMT)

Accounting industry eyes switch to global standards
For years, the U.S. kept the way companies prepare their financial statements separate from the international accounting standards now adopted by almost 100 countries. (Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:19:20 GMT)

Mark-to-Make-Believe Accounting Claims a Victim: Jonathan Weil
Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Every time a new accounting rule takes effect, somebody's ox is bound to get gored. Yet never in the annals of bean-counting has one company been singled quite out so unfairly as Level 3 Communications Inc. (Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:50:27 GMT)

BIMCOR Selects Eagle for Investment Accounting
Eagle Investment Systems LLC, a unit of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, has announced that BIMCOR, investment manager of the Bell Canada Enterprises' pension fund, with approximately $13 billion under management, has selected Eagle to replace its current investment accounting system. (Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:50:00 GMT)

Veramark Unveils New Call Accounting Software Release, eCAS 5.0
PITTSFORD, N.Y.----Veramark Technologies, Inc. a leading manufacturer of call accounting and enterprise telemanagement solutions, today announced a new release of eCAS®, Version 5.0. (Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMT)

Canon U.S.A. and Barr Systems Sign MEAP Licensing Agreement for a Print Release, Accounting ...
New Solution to Offer Secure Data Center Printing on Remote Office MFP Devices While Tracking Costs LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., August 29, 2007 - Canon U.S.A., Inc., and Barr Systems, LLC, today announced that Barr Systems will license Canon's innovative Multifunctional Embedded Application Platform (MEAP) Software Developers Kit. Using the MEAP SDK, Barr will design and develop an interface between the ... (Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:00:39 GMT)

Fitch Asks 10 Key Questions to Understand Accounting Impact of U.S. Credit Market Turmoil
NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings, in the form of a special report, is today releasing a list of ten key questions to provide insight into the issues that Fitch analysts are addressing when reviewing and comparing the results of issuers affected by the U.S. credit market turmoil of the past quarter. (Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:45:00 GMT)

Accounting rule aims subsidies at the poor
The new accounting standard to be adopted by state enterprises will target state subsidies more directly at low-income earners and reduce overall costs, according a source. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:03:36 GMT)

Maumee accounting firm elevates 2 to shareholders
Michelle Klement has been promoted from tax principal to a tax shareholder and Aaron Swiggum has been promoted from an audit principal to an audit shareholder at William Vaughan Co., a Maumee accounting firm. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:47:55 GMT)

(AFX UK Focus) 2007-10-30 08:49 GMT: Italy to introduce harsher measures on false accounting, statements - report
MILAN (Thomson Financial) - The Italian government could introduce harsher measures on false accounting and corporate statements, the daily MF said citing a bill that could be examined by the cabinet today. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:22:01 GMT)

Italians propose tougher penalties for false accounting
The government of Italy is set to introduce harsher penalties for those involved in cases of false accounting and misleading corporate statements. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:59:01 GMT)

Sage Software Continues Customer-Focused Software Updates With Launch of Sage BusinessWorks 50 Accounting version 8
Sage Software announced today the general availability of Sage BusinessWorks 50 Accounting version 8, the latest version of the company's popular business management solution. Sage BusinessWorks version 8 includes enhancements such as new drill down screens designed to streamline processing and save time, support for the new Microsoft Vista operating system, plus many other new ease-of-use ... (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:00:00 GMT)

INSIDE Public Accounting Recognizes Beers & Cutler as a Best Managed Firm
As part of its annual "Best of the Best" edition, INSIDE Public Accounting has again named Beers & Cutler, the leading accounting and consulting firm focused on the Washington DC region, as one of the best managed firms in the United States. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:27:00 GMT)

(AFX UK Focus) 2007-10-30 13:15 GMT: Italy govt proposes stricter measures for false accounting
MILAN (Thomson Financial) - The government is proposing stricter and harsher measures for the application of jail sentences for false accounting, the news agency Radiocor reported citing a bill approved by the cabinet. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:36:17 GMT)

Italy Government OKs Bill Restarting Tougher False Accounting Fines
ROME (MF-Dow Jones)--Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi's government Tuesday approved a bill that reintroduces tougher fines for companies convicted of false accounting. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:56:58 GMT)

UPDATE:Italy Government Reintroduces Tougher False Accounting Fines
(Adds details on the false accounting bill.) ROME -(Dow Jones)- Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi's government Tuesday approved a bill that reintroduces tougher fines for companies and business executives convicted of false accounting. (Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:26:30 GMT)

Accounting, Finance Worker Confidence Up in Q3
Oct. 31, 2007 (SmartPros) The Accounting and Finance Employee Confidence Index, a measure of overall confidence among U.S. accounting and finance workers, increased 3.5 points to 67.5 in the third quarter of 2007, according to a recent survey commissioned by Spherion Corporation and conducted by Harris Interactive. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:59:53 GMT)

Dell Climbs Out Of Accounting Hell
The PC maker filed its past due financial reports and is now putting its energy into getting back on track. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:26:46 GMT)

Autodesk Chief Accounting Officer Andrew Miller to Present at Goldman Sachs Software Retreat
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WHAT: Autodesk, ( Nachrichten ) Inc. today announced that Andrew Miller, chief accounting officer, vice president finance and corporate controller will present at the upcoming Goldman Sachs ( Nachrichten ) Software Retreat in New York. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:39:01 GMT)

ACS Appoints Ron Gillette to Lead Finance & Accounting Business
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. has appointed Ron Gillette senior managing director, finance and accounting , to lead and transform its global F&A outsourcing business. His focus will be on standardizing the company's F&A processes and management to enable rapid growth in the expanding FAO market. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:15:00 GMT)

Dell restates earnings after internal probe
Dell completed an internal accounting investigation Tuesday and restated its financial results from fiscal 2003 to the first quarter of 2007, bringing it into compliance with listing requirements specified by the Nasdaq stock exchange. (Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:42:03 GMT)

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