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Seven percent of chief financial officers in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area and 9 percent in the West Palm Beach market expect to add accounting and finance staff during the first quarter of next year, according to the most recent Robert Half International Financial Hiring Index.

NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) Organizations seeking to reduce risk, contain costs and improve productivity received a boost today when legal business consulting firm Lexakos announced the acquisition of key assets from premier information technology staffing firm, The Wilson Group, and the launch of a new business unit called Lexakos Consulting and Staffing Services Group.

Eight percent of chief financial officers in the greater Triangle plan to add accounting and finance staff in the first quarter of 2009, while 6 percent plan cuts. (RHI)

The hiring of full-time accounting and finance professionals in the Charlotte market is expected to remain flat in the first quarter, according to a survey by Robert Half International Inc. (RHI)

LOS ANGELES, CA (MARKET WIRE) SenditCertified(TM) (www.senditcertified.com), a division of BioConfirm, LLC, has revealed plans to officially launch a groundbreaking technology in January 2009 that will change the express mail and overnight delivery services industry for the better.

WASHINGTON, DC (MARKET WIRE) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is constitutionally ineligible to serve as Secretary of State in the Obama administration.

NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP has been honored with Aid for AIDS International's My Hero Award, commemorating the firm's outstanding contribution in the fight against the spread of HIV and AIDS. The award was presented at AFAI's annual My Hero Gala on December 1, 2008 in New York City.

BakeMark USA, a manufacturer and distributor of bakery ingredients, has selected Travers Collins & Co. as its new agency of record.

Donald Hoerl will remain regional director of the Denver office of the Securities and Exchange Commission, but lose the “acting” part of his title.

Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC law firm plans to merge with Indianapolis-based Ice Miller LLP on Jan. 1, the Indianapolis Business Journal reported, citing “several sources in the legal community.” (TM) (HUM) (BFB) (ASH) (CHDN) (CELL) (GABC) (IFC)