Members in the news

California CPA, Sept, 2008

During June and July, KSEE-TV's "Central Valley Today" program interviewed Adam Blitz, Kendall Wheeler and Gary Istanboulian on various financial topics ... Michael Eisenberg discussed charitable donations with Mainstreet.com (June 24), investment risk with TheStreet.com (June 30), the mortgage crisis with KFWB-AM (July 1), and the importance of personal financial checkups with the Dallas News (July 21) ... On June 17, Conrad Hewitt was cited in WebCPA regarding the need for education for the IFRS ... The June 23 San Fernando Valley Business Journal quoted Craig Szabo about accounting and environmentalism ... Louis Barbich was featured in a June 27 San Francisco Businesss Times article regarding CAMICO ... Stuart R. Josephs' article "Watch Out for Private Annuities" was published in the July Journal of Accountancy ... Burstyn Harmon wrote an article for the July 1 Nonprofit Times about the IFRS ... The July 1 Wall Street Journal published a letter by Royal Dellinger about the presidential campaign ... In July, letters by Ira Landis ran in the Los Angeles Times and the North County Times ... Mary Kay Foss discussed the business mileage deduction in the June 30 CCH News-Federal newsletter ... The July 9 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette interviewed Fred Bogart regarding the filing of late returns ... On July 11 KGO-TV (San Francisco) interviewed Gregory Desmond about how the stock market affects retirement ... An interview with Wilson Cheung was published by CEOCFO July 11 ... The July 11 San Francisco Business Times quoted Suzanne Holl regarding accounting firms protecting themselves from liability claims ... Rusty Roy was interviewed in the July 11 Alascadero News regarding debt management for college graduates ... The July 14 North Bay Business Journal quoted Doug Paul and Buddy Wall regarding tax planning in light of the uncertainties presented by a new president ... In the July 14 Press-Enterprise (Riverside), Michelle Herting discussed why it is difficult for small businesses to get loans ... Gloria Birnkrant provided money tips in the July 18 CPA Trendlines ... In the July 18 San Francisco Business Times, Anne Yamamoto, Chris Province and Arlene Mose offered their opinions on new tax rules regarding verification of client taxes ... In the July 20 Sacramento Bee, Bruce Kajiwara answered a reader's question regarding investments and retirement ... Michele Rogers participated in a money makeover in the July 20 ... The July 21 Orange County Business Journal published several articles on the status of the accounting profession in Orange County that featured comments by Morton Pincus, Robert Lucenti, Andrew Talley, Dean Samsvick, Glenn Carniello, Kevin O'Connell, Michael Moreland and Randy Redwitz ... In the July 31 Wall Street Journal, Scott Haislet discussed mortgage options ... "Money Sense," a WISN-AM (Milwaukee) radio program, interviewed Mitch Freedman Aug. 8 about green investment strategies.

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