Frequently Asked Questions: LedgerLink's Spring Is Greener Promotion Do I need to register more than once? No How do I increase my odds of winning? Simply sign into your LedgerLink account once a day through March 31, 2010 to be entered again to win. If you allow your browser to save your log-in information, you will need to click "Sign out" ...

Celebrities. We love to hate them. We also love to watch their every move, laugh at their mistakes and scrutinize their decisions. Like them or not, their celebrity status means not only have they achieved career success, they’ve also got a hell of a lot to lose. And sometimes, whatever actions have helped catapult them to fame or rendered them ...

By Bradley Richardson, Monster Contributing Writer  Over the past few years, many organizations have begun to allow their staff members to work out of their homes. With recent advances in technology, including the Web, email, intranets, modems, cheaper fax machines and voice mail, some people rarely go into the main office anymore. Working out of your home is a mixed ...

Had enough of the winter blues? We have too. So we looked for ways to lift our spirits, at least until "spring forward." What we found is that sometimes, the tiniest changes can have a huge impact on overall happiness. Here are twenty ideas to help you go from grumpy to giddy. 1) Make Your Bed Every Morning I’ve heard ...

"Mr. Comptroller" is cracking the whip. John Liu, who The Post revealed yesterday insists on being addressed as "Mr. Comptroller," has also eliminated casual Fridays and demanded that staff arrive for work by 8 a.m., officials said. "As a practical matter, people who have worked with Comptroller Liu in the past are accustomed to those hours at a minimum," spokeswoman Sharon ...

As an HR professional you're used to talking to people when they've just lost their job. You may know all the right things to say, but when it comes to your friends, it's a whole different ballgame. You want to be supportive. You want to help them see the positive side of their misfortune. You want to buy them a ...

There may be 50 ways to leave your lover (according to Paul Simon), but only seven reasons clients leave their CPAs: 1. My accountant (CPA) doesn't treat me right (two-thirds of the responses). 2. CPAs ignore their clients. 3. CPAs fail to cooperate. 4. CPAs let partner contact lapse. 5. CPAs do not keep clients informed. 6. CPAs assume clients are ...

LedgerLink created the Are You Ready For St. Patrick's Day? quiz to help you learn more about the March 17 holiday. We're providing the answers so you can learn from the quiz, but... h4. Don't cheat! If you haven't taken the Are You Ready For St. Patrick's Day? quiz, go take it first. See answers on the next page... [page] 1) ...

"Why can't we all just get along?" One of the biggest causes of office stress is the inability of coworkers to cope with each other's quirks. An employee's relationship with his/her boss and colleagues is a major factor in determining his/her productivity. Unfortunately, the unpredictable mix of personalities, communication styles, and work habits can lead to dysfunction. Face it. People ...

Anyone who thinks humans aren't self-centered hasn't traveled much lately. Why is my flight late? Where are my bags? You're not going to sit next to me, are you? This line is holding me up. Your incompetence is making my life hell. It's all about us, isn't it? The next time you're at the airport, take a good look around. Notice ...

Health care reform is the law of the land. The U.S. Senate saw to that by passing a series of "fixes" in the reform bill approved earlier by the House and signed by President Obama. In response, the folks at CCH have compiled a summary of the fixes and an examination of the final reform act. The act's impact on the ...

Today’s job market has many couples well aware of the strain unemployment can put on a relationship. Constant stress can cause fights, break up an otherwise healthy relationship, and really put “for better or worse” to the test. Often, coping with this anxiety and pressure can be just as taxing for the employed spouse as it is for the one who ...

The average commute time for workers in the US is 24.4 minutes each way, but for many of us the journeys to and from work are really much longer — or at least they seem that way. But at the same time there’s relief. While most people haven't noticed their commutes getting noticeably shorter, the recession and resulting high unemployment rates ...

CHICAGO, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This year the Christmas Price Index compiled by PNC Financial Services Group puts the cost of buying everything you need for the Twelve Days of Christmas at $21,465.56 - and that's only singing the song one time through. Repeating all the song's verses, for what PNC calls the "True Cost of Christmas," would be $87,402.81. Prices ...

During the holiday season, buying gifts for accountants could be trickier than shopping for someone in any other occupation. Why? Because accountants, by nature, know what everything costs. Still, that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of options, and that’s where we come in. We’ve combed the giftosphere for the best (affordable) selections for the number cruncher in your life. Check ...

Five words of caution for online holiday shopping from the Illinois CPA Society Recent Google/OTX Consumer data shows 64% of consumers have yet to complete their holiday shopping. And if 2008 shopping patterns are any indication, according to comScore Inc., the busy days for online shopping are just ahead. Last year the week before Christmas accounted for 20% of online sales. ...

Photo: shearforce/Flickr (CC) Do your coworkers like you? Or do they avoid you like day-old conference-room bagels? Does it matter, as long as you're getting the job done? You betcha, says a Harvard Business Review report on "Competent Jerks, Lovable Fools, and the Formation of Social Networks" by Tiziana Casciaro and Miguel Sousa Lobo. Like it or not, likeability matters. ...

Finding a job that you like is clearly important to your workplace happiness, but it isn’t always easy – and even when you do there will still be times that you’re not happy. Obviously the best way to cheer yourself up is to turn Super Trouper up to 11 and dance around the room for five minutes, but if you don't ...

More than 13 billion videos were viewed on YouTube in December. To the best of my knowledge, none of them were accounting-related song parodies recorded in Second Life. But that's about to change. Edith Orenstein and Steven Zelin spent some time recently on CPA Island, the MACPA's Second Life home, recording "If I Were An Auditor," a parody of Bobby Darin's ...

It may be considered the root of all evil, but money is also the inspiration for some of the best pop songs since rock music started making parents nervous decades ago. Even though they call themselves "artists," it shouldn't be all that surprising that money has inspired musicians to the extent it has. The music industry is one of the ...