The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists showed a 2.5 percent pace. While the survey shows consumer spending slowing to a 2.1 percent rate, Fed officials remain upbeat about the prospects for households. Policy makers this month boosted their median forecast for economic growth
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Derek Carter is chief operating officer of Ceterus, a developer of cloud-based accounting and benchmarking reporting solutions. Voices AI for small business: Is it possible? Derek Carter. Chief operating officer Ceterus. Aided by artificial intelligence, corporate accountants are doing higher-level work.
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For the past five days, a mysterious group has been holding the city of Atlanta for ransom as federal authorities fight a computer attack that has crippled the city.
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Over its lifetime, The Bonadio Group has completed a dozen mergers, and so it's been “very important to perpetuate our culture in all these new offices that have been merged in from outside,” the firm's Rochester office managing partner, Bruce Zicari, told Accounting Today. Brand Integrity, Zicari said,
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Top 100 Firm Dixon Hughes Goodman marked Women's History Month this March with a series of podcast episodes focused on notable female leaders in the profession. As part of the firm's Inclusion & Diversity Council, which seeks to increase the number of women in leadership roles within the firm
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