A judge has ordered celebrity mom, Dina Lohan, to undergo psychiatric evaluation. The family qualifies for a group rate under its medical plan. Actually, daughter Lindsay is financing a new movie with points earned from her Frequent Treatment plan. ... A news item this week says that an examination of DNA has led scientists to conclude humans interbred with a mystery species, one other than the Neanderthals and the Denisovans. I think that explains some of my cousins. There was another story that a two-headed stingray had been found. I think they are from the same part of my family.

Finley & Cook has been named Serenic's Partner of Excellence for the third time in four years. Serenic says the award is based on revenue attainment, customer retention, marketing efforts and commitment to Serenic. The Shawnee, Okla.-based accounting firm's business includes a specialty in tribal accounting. The Serenic practice is headed by Linda O'Neal. The firm also handles Dynamics CRM, and Serenic Navigator works with Dynamics Nav. Finley & Cook has handled the Serenic line since 1999.
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Exact Online may have been discussed in the same breath as the proliferating crowd of low-end accounting software packages. In terms of price, it's not in the same league, but after all, it is designed for manufacturers and wholesale distributors. As the cloud application was rolled out this week in the United States, Exact detailed a price that's far above Xero, Kashoo or the Kashoo-based Paychex Online Accounting.

QuickBooks Online subscriptions were up 29 percent over a year ago with only a little help from the new version introduced in October. And that contributed to what Intuit CEO Brad Smith said, during the company’s earnings call for the first quarter ended October 31, was a strong start to fiscal 2014. And the number of active users of QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions rose 19.7 percent over last year’s corresponding period.