Rochester – October 13, 2026 -- Fee structure is only one of at least five factors business owners should weigh before hiring an outsourced CFO, according to a HelloNation article featuring Tracey Rink, CPA, of Bowers Accountants & Advisors.

Los Gatos – – October 13, 2026 -- Age Safe America has relaunched its Aging in Place Home Safety Advisor program, a 15-module business course and certification track aimed at people who want to build home safety assessment practices for older adults, as 64.6 million Americans are now 65 or older.

Buenos Aires – October 13, 2026 -- Coalfire, a cybersecurity and compliance services provider, has opened Argentina Integrated Solutions (AIS) in Buenos Aires, adding delivery capacity to its global operating model.

Redmond – October 13, 2026 -- Halfpricesoft.com has added an IRS-authorized direct e-filing module for Form 941 to its ezPaycheck payroll software, with e-filing priced from $5.95 per form ahead of the November 2, 2026 third-quarter filing deadline.

E-file module covers 941, 940 and other 94x forms inside the application

The update lets employers submit quarterly Form 941, annual Form 940 and other 94x series forms directly from ezPaycheck. A dedicated portal tracks submission status and lets users resolve filing errors immediately.

Birmingham, Mich. – October 13, 2026 -- Only 14% of Finance leaders say their AI investments have delivered "enterprise value and decision impact," even though 74% now use AI to reduce manual work, according to OneStream's inaugural Forward Finance Index.

The survey covers 1,300 CFOs and equivalent Finance leaders at mid-market ($500M-$999.9M revenue) and enterprise ($1B-$10B+ revenue) organizations in the U.S., U.K., and France. It benchmarks them across five areas: AI strategy, data, workforce, operations, and IT collaboration.

Los Angeles – October 12, 2026 -- Marketing Maven, an integrated marketing and public relations agency, ranked No. 22 among the nation's top professional services PR firms in O'Dwyer's annual rankings, placing it inside the category's top 25.

O'Dwyer's has compiled its PR firm rankings since 1968. The Professional Services category covers PR work for law firms, accounting firms, financial advisors, architects and consultants. Rankings draw on documentation submitted by participating firms and allow industry-specific comparisons across numerous PR specialties.

Lehi – October 12, 2026 -- Gargle, Inc., a dental-focused digital marketing company, is extending its search measurement to cover how dental practices appear in AI-generated answers on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google's AI search experiences, alongside traditional Google rankings.

The company delivers the analysis through its AI Search & Marketing Visibility Report and ongoing search optimization services. Both are designed to show practices where they stand across traditional and AI-driven discovery channels.

York, Pa. – October 12, 2026 -- Misunderstanding owner classification remains one of the leading causes of payroll errors among small businesses in York, according to David Riggs of Accounting Services of York, LLC, in a HelloNation article. Misclassification leads to incorrect tax payments and potential legal issues, the article says.

Torrance – October 12, 2026 -- Twelve architecture and engineering firms have won BQE Software's 2026 Operational Excellence Awards, and 24 more earned honorable mentions. Rankings come from actual performance data in the BQE CORE platform, not from nominations, subjective judging or a popular vote.

Global – October 12, 2026 -- Customers who log in daily, attend every training session and open every email can still be unhealthy accounts, according to Marley Wagner, head of customer success programs and strategy at EverHealth. She argues that health scores should measure whether customers achieve what they bought the product to do, not how active they are.