The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is dropping a lawsuit against a group of payday lenders associated with an American Indian tribe in a sign the regulator is changing direction under Mick Mulvaney, the acting director appointed by the Trump administration. The agency had accused the
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Baker Tilly Virchow Krause announced on Tuesday a list of nonprofit organizations highlighted by the firm's “Baker Tilly Wishes” campaign. This year's recipients include the Hackensack University Medical Center Foundation, the Wounded Warrior Project and the Rape Crisis Center. “Our people
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Turkey drew closer to its threatened offensive against Kurdish separatist fighters in northwest Syria, sending top security chiefs to Russia to seek permission to use Syrian airspace for strikes. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu dismissed U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's attempts to allay Turkey's
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As Washington lurches toward another showdown over funding the U.S. government, financial markets remain focused on all the benefits that the recently-passed tax overhaul bill will have on corporate America's profitability amid a backdrop of synchronized global economic growth. And why wouldn't
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PKF O'Connor Davies, LLP, the nation's 28th largest accounting and advisory firm, announced today five new Firm partners. Joseph Ali, John Apisa, Alexander Buchholz, Michael Ruggiero and Karen Taylor-Burke were all named as part of the 2018 Partner Class. “We welcome Joe, John, Alex, Michael
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