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INSIDE Public Accounting reveals nation?s top 200 accounting firms

The Platt Group, publishers of INSIDE Public Accounting (IPA), recently has released its inauguralBeyond the IPA Top 100, a ranking of the nation's top 200 accounting firms.

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Focus on positive leadership when things go wrong

By Maynard Brusman

Are you appreciated by company managers? Do you have the opportunity to do your best work? Are you clear about what is expected of you at work? Does your manager provide employees focus? People at work who are fully engaged can answer these questions with a clear yes and sense of gratitude.

Most of us start a job motivated to perform our best, but sometimes working for an ineffective manager can negatively affect your motivation. Positive leaders help people tap into their intrinsic motivation to improve performance.

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Report: Room for improvement in corporate risk oversight worldwide

The worldwide economic crisis has put a spotlight on corporate risk, but a large percentage of companies around the globe do not have strong risk oversight protocols, according to a joint research report by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

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Herz to retire as chairman of FASB

Robert Herz, chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), will retire as of October 1, two years before his current term expires.

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Obama wants to expand, extend business tax credits

President Barack Obama has proposed a 100 percent bonus depreciation business tax incentive for 2011 to encourage business investment. Obama also wants Congress to make the research-and-development tax (R&D) credit permanent. The official announcement of his plan was made during a political speech Wednesday in Parma, Ohio.

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