A judge ruled that billionaire William Koch can't block Crestview Partners LP from forcing the sale of Koch's Oxbow Carbon LLC so the private equity firm can cash out its $150 million investment in the energy company. New York-based Crestview didn't improperly conspire with Oxbow executives to oust
See Original Article

CHICAGO (SUN TIMES MEDIA WIRE) – Southwest Airlines canceled more than 200 flights out of Midway International Airport Sunday after running out of the product they use to de-ice planes.
See Original Article

A few accountants recently called me to vent about being shorthanded and asked for suggestions how they could get through tax season without turning down any business or dropping clients. There are many reasons how they ended up in this situation, but it really doesn't matter. What matters is how
See Original Article

First of all, my advice to my children was always find something you love to do for a living, become good at it, and the money will follow. I never pressed accounting or tax on my kids. About two years ago, I was supposed to represent a client before the IRS in Miami, which is about 4 ½ hours from where I
See Original Article

Reversing a period of significant growth, the number of CPAs at the Big 4 accounting firms in Philadelphia declined by almost 3 percent while midsize firms on the list saw an increase of almost 8 percent, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal's annual list of the largest CPA firms published on
See Original Article