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Phoenix
Accounting firms feeling strain of job shortage
Cindie Hubiak, president and chief executive of the Arizona Society of CPAs, said she receives numerous calls every week from employers seeking accountants. “New regulatory measures have increased the demand for experienced CPAs, causing there to be a shortage nationally and in the Phoenix area,” she said.

San Francisco
Acquisitions fueling growth at Burr, Pilger & Mayer
The 250-person accounting, consulting and wealth management firm has acquired two competing firms in Walnut Creek and San Jose in the past four months and intends to expand to the North Bay next year.

South Florida
Ex-SEC official joins fast-growing consultancy
Charles Harper, who first gained recognition battling fraud as head of the SEC’s Florida office, has joined Navigant Consulting’s Miami office as a director for securities fraud and forensic investigations.

Posted at September 30, 2006
Filed Under BSG [CPA TRENDLINES] |

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