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President Barack Obama's proposed overhaul of corporate taxes would reduce the basic tax rate from 35% to 28% while eliminati -More- 

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A slew of billion-dollar deals involving some of the biggest names in technology and a resurgence of private equity-funded tr -More- 

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Several recent legislative and regulatory developments aim to expand exemptions from Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404(b).  -More- 

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President Barack Obama's proposed FY 2013 budget includes several items that would affect estate planners.  -More- 

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On Tuesday, the Dow Jones industrial average crossed 13,000, a symbolic threshold, for the first time since the global financ -More- 

The foreign-exchange market is slowing down for the first time since the global financial crisis started in 2008.  -More- 

The Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, released a plan to gradually shrink the govern -More- 

EU governments are supporting rules that would rein in trading of certain credit default swaps and limit short selling as the -More- 

China's manufacturing output is set to decline for the fourth consecutive month, according to a widely followed index.  -More- 

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James Kroeker, chief accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission, said he is optimistic about moving toward internat -More- 

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The Federal Reserve has taken a larger regulatory role after the financial crisis, rewriting rules governing the U.S.  -More- 

Services that provide financial advice on the Internet could shake up the world of traditional financial advisers, writes And -More- 

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Corporate theft typically increases during an economic downtown, writes Amy Waldron, CPA, of CNA.  -More- 

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While compensatory stock options have fallen out of favor, use of restricted stock awards has increased.  -More-