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GranthamPoole named Intuit Solution Provider

RIDGELAND a ' GranthamPoole CPAs has been selected as an Intuit Solution Provider by Intuit Inc., the maker of QuickBooks.



Human Capital: People on the move, July 28

Paul Murdock was named director of consulting and professional services for the U.S. securities market within Wolters Kluwer Financial Services ' enterprise risk compliance business.



Race dominates IRT project debate

Metro Writer Race dominated Wednesday's council meeting when opposition parties tore into the city's Integrated Rapid Transit project in a heated debate saying the project's first phase was unconstitutional as it would benefit those already privileged.



Indian film biz to grow by 12% a year

The Indian film biz is set to grow by 12.4% a year to reach Rupees 170.5 billion by 2014 from $2 billion in 2009, according to a report released by PricewaterhouseCoopers.



Free tax checkup

Jackson Hewitt Tax Services is offering a free, mid-year tax checkup to help taxpayers make sure they're on the right course.



Al khaliji looking to complete IBQ due diligence in 8 weeks

Al khaliji expects due diligence on International Bank of Qatar to be completed in eight weeks, according to its top official.



H&R Block Taps Fallon as Lead Agency

H&R Block has confirmed hiring Publicis Groupe's Fallon in Minneapolis as its lead creative agency.



Let's champion our business successes

Arriva headed the Journal Top 200 list of the biggest companies in the North East by turnover for the second year running.



China leads emerging markets in investment opportunities

China's investment opportunity index ranks first among 27 emerging economies, according to a report released by Grant Thornton LLP, a well-known accounting firm.



Virtual Filesystems Are Virtual Office Documents

Use libferris, XML and XSLT to create virtual filesystems and virtual documents.



Bruce Rohde, former CEO of ConAgra, joins board of H&R Block

Bruce Rohde, former chairman and chief executive of ConAgra Foods Inc., has been named a director at H&R Block.



Leaving Big Accounting Firm for Hollywood

John Finn loves accounting so much that he co-wrote a song about it for his band, Pispoure, in which he plays bass guitar when not busy with his main gig: running a small accounting firm and software company for the television and film industry.



Few surprises on Senate race contributors

While Democrat Jack Conway's campaign finance report has names like former Disney chief Michael Eisner and television talk show host Maury Povich, Republican Rand Paul's has names like Pittsburgh teacher David DiFilippo.



Online ad market close to a 100m

A new report says total spending on online advertising in Ireland last year was €97.2m. The report was carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers on behalf of IAB Ireland, the trade body for the online advertising industry.



A Contract With God to Be Adapted into Film

Just about every comic book ever drawn is in consideration for a big-screen adaptation these days.



Bouygues Backhauls With AlcaLu

Alcatel-Lucent today announced that Bouygues Telecom of France has selected the Alcatel-Lucent IP/MPLS-based mobile backhaul solution to flexibly support the anticipated smartphone data deluge.



Do As I Say: Leaders Seen Grappling with Ethical Tone from the Top

While leaders articulate a company's ethical values, they are not measured and are often undermined by their own leadership teams' behaviors, PwC survey finds By Editorial Staff New York - July 26, 2010 - Setting the right ethical tone from the top is viewed as an increasingly important leadership skill that can make or break relationships with ...



Fiji Times has 2 months to sell 90 percent of shares

The Fiji Times newspaper which is 100 percent owned by News Limited has two months from tomorrow to sell 90 percent of its shares to locals, and Fijivillage has received information that a number of local investors have shown interest in acquiring the shares.



OpenOffice.org 3.3 Definitely On Its Way

OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 was released on June 4 and a new master workspace was branched off for the upcoming 3.3 on June 5. The code in this branch will be stabilized and later become the product release that will find its way onto your desktops.



Newly named Intuit Health looks to hire 20

California-based giant Intuit 's $91 million purchase of software firm Medfusion has generated a new name for the Cary operation, where the company is looking to fill 20 open positions.