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Ernst & Young Hosts Events to Enhance Diversity and Inclusiveness
By Anne Rosivach
Nearly 150 ethnically diverse students from 73 campuses in the United States traveled to New York City to attend Ernst & Young LLP's (E&Y) sixth annual Discover Ernst & Young event January 4–6. Accounting and business majors interacted with firm leaders and E&Y personnel, who were eager to present the challenges and exciting potential of an accounting career at E&Y.
Free Spreadsheet-Based Form 1040 Available for 2011 Tax Year
By David H. Ringstrom, CPA
Parking and Mass Transit Employee Benefits: NTEU's Kelley Wants Parity
Insight: 'Make Britain more equal - let workers learn'
Insight: Tuition fees not an issue as desire to attend university remains high
Recent YouGov research has found that the desire of young people to attend university is not on the wane, as recent high profile media coverage would suggest, with 80% of 16-18 year olds still wanting to study at university.
Learning Awards 2012: A quick round-up
12 strange celebrity businesses
Celebrities are always looking for ways to keep the cash coming in. They never know when they'll be between projects and need to buy a helicopter or new mansion or 20-carat diamond.
To prepare for these unexpected emergencies, many stars try their hand at running a side business or two. Starting clothing lines, restaurants, and production companies are some of the most common, but other celebrities think outside of the box. Way outside of the box. These 12 bigshots got into some industries that don't exactly fit their famous personalities or the demands of consumers.
Why sticking together might help you stick at it
Nick Giles, who started his company with a friend two years ago, explains how going into business with someone else can be a powerful driver behind entrepreneurial success.
According to a new report from the insurance company Aviva, one in four of the UK’s entrepreneurs are about to throw in the towel. The poll asked: "How do you feel about running a company in the current tough economic climate?" One in four agreed with the statement: "I am actively considering returning to work as an employee." A third said they had lost enthusiasm for their business, while half said it is “too tough to be a business owner in the current climate.”
While these are undoubtedly tough economic times, these numbers imply that more than a million of the UK's four million small business owners are ready to pack up and go back into employment.
That is a statistic that I find hard to believe however difficult the current economic conditions, not least because of the personal motivations that are involved in setting up a business but also the satisfaction of running something of your own.
Five ways to squeeze every penny out of your website
Any small business relying on a good search engine position to succeed will know that getting to the top of the Google tree is a real challenge - for many it’s a preoccupation, for others it seems like a distant ambition. Yet whatever the skills and resources we have to throw at our search strategies, we all get traffic - but very few of us make as much money out of our site visitors as we could.
Companies eyeing the Cloud to improve business intelligence efforts
One in three organisations will move to the Cloud to enhance their business intelligence capabilities in the next 12 months, analyst Gartner has said.
Satmetrix marries NPS with sentiment for new social media measurement tool
Satmetrix has launched a range of new tools that it says make business sense of social media content and will change the way businesses measure and use social media.
Social search and the customer experience: The perfect match?
Colin Shaw and Eleanor Cheatham explain why social search will take hold and rapidly redefine the nature of marketing, ecommerce and the digital customer experience.
Excel Tip: Table Feature Enables Effective Analysis
By David H. Ringstrom, CPA
Romney Pays Low Tax, But It's Perfectly Legal
By Ken Berry
