Accounting Newsletter (9/6/2009)
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Welcome to the Accounting Newsletter (9/6/2009). In this edition we have included news, articles and videos. You can find more resources on our website: AccountingHelper.org.
Accounting News
H&R Block Offers 500 Offices to New Franchisees
KANSAS CITY, MO - ‘When the going gets tough, the tough get going’ isn’t just a bromide administered by football coaches before the big game. A new study* shows that when economic times are tough, a r… (More)
market will cut fat cat pay
A DAY of reckoning is still to come for overpaid executives, a senior figure from one of the ‘big four’ accountancy firms has warned, despite advocating the need for hefty salaries to attract top tale… (More)
What Recession? Accounting Industry Adds 2,300 Jobs in August
While U.S. economy loses 216,000 jobs and unemployment hits 9.7 percent. In today’s monthly employment situation data release, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that total employment in the nation’s accounting and bookkeeping services sector climbed by a seasonally adjusted 2,300 jobs in August from July, to stand at a head count of 943,900. Here’s the Official [...] (More)
Deloitte & Touche Tops BusinessWeek’s Annual List of ‘Best Places to Launch a Career’
The big four accounting firms once again dominate BusinessWeek’s fourth annual ranking of the “Best Places to Launch a Career.” Deloitte & Touche jumped to the No.1 spot, unseating Ernst & Young who ranked No.2. PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG took the third and fourth spot, respectively. (More)
Targeting Small Biz? Twitter Has 7X the Selling Potential of Other Social Nets
Another reason accounting marketers can’t ignore Twitter. According to market researchers Warrillow & Co. at the Corporate Executive Board, most marketers in the small business segment have spent the last few years searching for profitable applications of social media in their advertising campaigns; many to no avail. Home grown social networks have proven to be expensive [...] (More)
Accounting Articles
The Importance of Cash Flow
Cash flow to a business can be a sign of its health or its pending demise. Simply put, cash flow is the money coming in to a business as well as the money going out. This includes everything from sales dollars to expenditures for office supplies. By understanding the true importance of cash flow, small business owners and entrepreneurs will be far more ahead of the game. (More)
Find Out What Great Plains Accounting Software Can Do
Great Plains accounting software, also known by the name Microsoft Dynamics GP, is an integrated solution to handle all of your business’s accounting needs, including general analysis and management of the supply chain, finance, manufacturing, customer relationship, retail, human resource, and project functions. The package was created by the Great Plains Software company, an independent developer of financial software located in Fargo, North Dakota. It claims to be the first accounting software program available in the United States that can support multiple users and work with the Windows operating system. (More)
Customised Bookkeeping Solutions
Different firms have radically different business models and, as such, have different bookkeeping needs and requirements. A firm with the … (More)
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