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CPAs Emit Faint Glimmer of Hope

A recent survey of CFOs and controllers shows a slight rise in their hope that their business will expand in the next 12 months.

November 18, 2009

The optimism of high-level accountants, including CFOs, has been inching up. Although perhaps centimeters would offer a more appropriate measurement of how they've changed their outlook compared with the first half of the year. Read more...

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