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Eide Bailly Merges in Seim Johnson
Eide Bailly, a Top 20 Firm based in Fargo, North Dakota, is expanding to Nebraska by adding Seim Johnson, a firm in Omaha, effective July 25. The merger will add 20 partners and 70 staff members to Eide Bailly, which currently has more than 350 partners and nearly 3,000 staff in the U.S. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Seim Johnson is a $22 million firm, while Eide Bailly earned $521 million in annual revenue. Eide Bailly ranked ...
Read MoreRansomware: How Executives Should Prepare Given the Current Threat Landscape
As the number of ransomware attacks continue to increase, the response at C-level must be swift and decisive. Top executives are increasingly dreading the phone call from their fellow employee notifying them that their company has been hit by a cyberattack. Nearly every week in 2021 and early 2022, a prominent organization has been in the media spotlight as their public relations team struggles to explain how they were attacked and how they can ...
Read MorePEEC and ASB Issue New Requirements for CPAs Regarding NOCLAR
The AICPA Professional Ethics Executive Committee (PEEC) recently developed and approved new interpretations related to noncompliance with laws and regulations (NOCLAR) within the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct. The new interpretations of the "Integrity and Objectivity Rule" (ET §1.100.001 and ET §2.100.001) are titled "Responding to Noncompliance With Laws and Regulations" (ET §1.180.010 and ET §2.180.010). The ...
Read MoreCrises Change, So Make Contingency Plans
A Q&A with Chicago Booth’s René Caldentey about crisis-ready supply-chain management COVID-19 hurt supply chains. Will conflict in Ukraine stress them further? It is obviously having a huge effect on a number of sectors, most notoriously on energy markets, which have an immediate impact on logistics costs. More broadly, it is not just war but the fact that the geopolitical environment of countries and regions changes the way ...
Read MoreHow Leaders Can Make the Most of Remote Work for Employees
For some organizations, it’s back to in-office work as usual, but the majority of enterprises are embracing remote and hybrid models. A new report from Forrester entitled The Anywhere-Work Preflight Checklist shows that when done correctly, businesses embracing remote and hybrid work are able to grow talent, culture and technology over time. However, if the move is not done correctly or at all, companies may experience disastrous ...
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