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American Football World Cup American Football World Cup is an international competition held every four years since 1999 to decide on a "world champion" of American football. Italy hosted the 1999 Cup and Germany hosted the 2003 Cup.
American Forces Press Service The American Forces Press Service (AFPS) is the news service provided by the American Forces Information Service, part of the United States Department of Defense. It supplies news stories pertaining to the activities of U.
American Foreign Service Association The American Foreign Service Association (AFSA), established in 1924, is the professional association of the United States Foreign Service. With over 12,000 members, AFSA represents 23,000 active and retired Foreign Service employees of the Department of State and Agency for International Development (AID), as well as smaller groups in the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), U.
American Fork River The American Fork River, in Utah, flows out of American Fork Canyon in the Wasatch Mountains about 35 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. The river runs a course through northern Utah County and empties into Utah Lake on the north shore.
American Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming The American Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming (AFCG) is a private foundation whose president and primary contributor is David Letterman. The foundation's treasurer is Fred Nigro, who has appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman where he has been identified as Letterman's accountant.
American Foundation for the Blind The American Foundation for the Blind is an American nonprofit that expands possibilities for people with vision loss. AFB's priorities include broadening access to technology; elevating the quality of information and tools for the professionals who serve people with vision loss; and promoting independent and healthy living for people with vision loss by providing them and their families with relevant and timely resources.
American Foursquare The American Foursquare or American Four Square is an American house style popular from the mid-1890s to the late 1930s. A reaction to the ornate and mass produced elements of the Victorian and other Revival styles popular throughout the last half of the 19th century, the American Foursquare was plain, often incorporating handcrafted "honest" woodwork (unless purchased from a mail-order catalogue).
American Free Corps The American Free Corps, also called the "George Washington Brigade", was a fictitious unit of the Waffen-SS which was created for the purpose of propaganda. It was to be composed of recruits, mostly United States prisoners of war.
American Free Press The American Free Press (AFP) is a weekly newspaper published in the United States which often focuses on the issue of the role of Zionism in the United States. It was founded in 2001 as the successor to The Spotlight, which ceased publication in 2001 when its parent company, Liberty Lobby, was forced into bankruptcy.
American Freedom Train The American Freedom Train was a special exhibit train that toured the United States in the latter half of the 1940s, and again with different equipment for the United States Bicentennial celebrations. Both trains were painted in special red, white and blue paint schemes, and both toured the 48 contiguous states with displays of Americana and related historical artifacts.
American Friends Service Committee The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) affiliated organization which works for social justice, peace and reconciliation, abolition of the death penalty, and human rights, and provides humanitarian relief. The group was founded in 1917 as a combined effort by American members of the Religious Society of Friends and assisted civilian victims of war.
American Frozen Food Institute American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) is a trade association and lobbying group based in McLean, Virginia for manufacturers and distributors of frozen food. AFFI promotes frozen food to consumers and other groups, and organizes conventions for its members.
American Fugitive: The Truth About Hassan American Fugitive: The Truth About Hassan is a film, directed by Jean-Daniel Lafond, about an exiled American political activist named David Belfield. American Fugitive:The truth about Hassan, InformAction Belfield is alleged to have assassinated a former Iranian diplomat, who supported the Shah of Iran, in 1980.
American Funds The American Funds is a family of 30 mutual funds managed by Capital Research and Management, part of the Capital Group Companies. The American Funds family is well respected in the industry for its consistently superior performance, its highly capable research team, and its expertise in global investing.
American game show winnings records American game shows through the years have had their fair share of high money winning contestants. No matter when the shows aired, there has always seemed to be at least one contestant who's made some sort of run at a record total.
American gamelan American gamelan could refer to both instruments and music; the term has been used to refer to gamelan-style instruments built by Americans, as well as to music written by American composers to be played on gamelan instruments. American gamelan music usually has some relationship to the gamelan traditions of Indonesia, as found primarily on the islands of Java and Bali in a variety of styles.
American goulash American goulash is a casserole or hot dish that is characteristic of American school hot lunch programs of the 20th century. As a descendant, of sorts, of Hungarian goulash, the only real connection seems to be the name, and the inclusion of beef and tomatoes.
American Gastroenterological Association The American Gastroenterological Association is a medical association of gastroenterologists. About 14,000 scientists and physicians are members of the organization, which was founded in 1897 and is the oldest medical association in the United States.
American Gear Manufacturers Association The American Gear Manufacturers' Association or AGMA is the responsible authority for the dissemination of the knowledge pertaining to the design and analysis of gearing. The methods that AGMA presents are in universal use when strength and wear of gears are the primary considerations.
American Gem Society The American Gem Society (AGS) is a trade association of retail jewelers, independent appraisers, suppliers, and selective industry members, which was founded in 1934 by Robert M. Shipley, who also founded the (GIA).
American Geological Institute The American Geological Institute (AGI) is a nonprofit federation of 44 geoscientific and professional associations. Together, these organizations represent more than 100,000 geologists, geophysicists, and other earth scientists.
American Geophysical Union The American Geophysical Union (or AGU) is a nonprofit organization of geophysicists, consisting (as of 2006) of over 49,000 members from over 140 countries. AGU's activities are focused on the organization and dissemination of scientific information in the interdisciplinary and international field of geophysics.
American Girl (company) American Girl (formerly Pleasant Company), a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc., is a direct marketer, children's publisher, and experiential retailer that provides an array of premium-quality books, dolls, clothes, toys, and accessories for girls ages 8 and up, Bitty Baby dolls are for ages 3 and up.
American Girl (song) "American Girl" is the title of a 1977 single released by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from their breakthrough self-titled album. The lyrics were written by Petty, and feature an allusion to his days growing up in Gainesville, Florida in mentioning Route 441.
American Gladiators American Gladiators was a TV show that ran between 1989 and 1996. It was a physical game show, in which the contestants (two male and two female) matched themselves against the program's stable of athletes in a variety of feats of strength and agility.
American Glaucoma Society The American Glaucoma Society is a subspecialty society in ophthalmology that promotes education and research about glaucoma among physicians and scientists. Founded in 1985 by thirteen original members, it now has more than 400 members.
American Goldfinch The Eastern or American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) is a typical North American seed-eating member of the finch (Fringillidae) family, averaging 11 cm in length. It breeds across southern Canada from British Columbia to Newfoundland and through most of the United States north of the Gulf and core Southwestern States.
American Gothic American Gothic is a painting by Grant Wood, from 1930. Portraying a pitchfork-holding farmer and his daughter in front of a house of Carpenter Gothic style, it is one of the most familiar images in 20th century American art.
American Graffiti American Graffiti is a 1973 film directed by George Lucas. It tells the story of a group of middle-class American teenagers in small-town California, on the last night of the summer vacation after their graduation from high school.
American Grand National The American Grand National is a United States steeplechase horse race for thoroughbreds sanctioned by the National Steeplechase Association. It was first held in 1899 at Morris Park in New York covering a distance 2-1/2 miles.
American Guild of Judaic Art The American Guild of Judaic Art is a national non-profit membership organization based in Owings Mills, Maryland that is dedicated to the promotion of Jewish art and culture in society. Its membership includes Jewish artists, galleries, museum curators, collectors, and academias in the field of Jewish studies and art history.
American Guild of Musical Artists American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) is a trade union that that represents opera, dance, and concert musicians. AGMA is a branch of the Associated Actors and Artists of America (also known as AAAA, the 4As, the Four A's, and the Associated Actors and Artistes of America)
American Guild of Variety Artists American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA) is an American entertainment union that represents live performers. AGVA jurisdiction includes some stage productions, dance productions, variety shows, touring productions, and theme parks.
American Gulf War Veterans Association The American Gulf War Veterans Association (AGWVA) was established with one goal in mind: To obtain treatment for those service members and their families who experience symptoms collectively known as the "Gulf War Illness". However, there is more to this issue than meets the eye.
American Gun American Gun is a 2005 film movie produced by Participant Productions, IFC Films, IFC First Take, and Spirit Dance Entertainment. It was written in 2001 by Steven Bagatourian and Aric Avelino and directed by Avelino as his directorial debut.
American Gymnosophical Association The American Gymnosophical Association is believed to have been started in the early part of the 20th Century, inspired by the idea that nude sunbathing was a healthy way of life. This belief seems to have first gained popularity in Germany in the 1890s following the publication of two influential books, Heinrich Pudor's The Cult Of The Nude, and Heinrich Ungewitter's Die Nacktheit (Nakedness), a utopia of nude living.
American hip hop The United States was the nation of origin of hip hop, a cultural movement that began in the 1970s in New York City, among primarily African American and Hispanic audiences. For many years, hip hop remained known only in a few neighborhoods in New York, but it began to spread to nearby urban areas like Philadelphia and New Jersey.
American Handball Championship The American Handball Nations Championship, also called PanAmericano, is the official competition for senior men's national handball teams of North, Center, Caribbean and South America, and takes place every two years. In addition to crowning the Pan-American champions, the tournament also serves as a qualifying tournament for the World Championship.
American Heart Association The American Heart Association (AHA) is a non-profit organization in the United States that fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke.
American Hebrew Academy The American Hebrew Academy (AHA) opened on September 10, 2001 in Greensboro, North Carolina, as America's first and only liberal, coeducational, pluralistic Jewish boarding school. Modeled after the best college preparatory schools in the nation, AHA prepares each of its students in many aspects.
American Heritage Girls The American Heritage Girls was formed in 1995 by a group of parents from West Chester, Ohio who were unhappy that the Girl Scouts accepted lesbians as troop leaders, allowed girls to substitute another word more applicable to their belief for "God" in the promise, and allegedly banned prayer at meetings.American Heritage Girls is a Christian] [[Scouting group modeled after young women's organizations such as the Girl Scouts of the USA and Camp Fire USA.
American High (Television) American High is a documentary television show about the lives of fourteen students at Highland Park High School, located in the city of Highland Park, Illinois. The series originally aired on FOX and received rave reviews, but was canceled after four episodes.
American Highway Users Alliance The American Highway Users Alliance (AHUA) is a non-profit advocacy group formed in 1932 representing motorists and automobile-related businesses in the United States. The group supports building roads and streamlining environmental approval for highway construction, claiming that increased capacity will reduce congestion and increase safety for automobile users.
American Historical Association The American Historical Association (AHA) is the nation's oldest and largest society of historians and teachers of history . Founded in 1884, the Association promotes historical studies, the teaching of history, and preservation of and access to historical materials.
American Historical Review The American Historical Review (AHR) is the official publication of the American Historical Association (AHA), a body of academics, professors, teachers, students, historians, curators and others, founded in 1884 "for the promotion of historical studies, the collection and preservation of historical documents and artifacts, and the dissemination of historical research." The AHR and AHA are for those interested in all periods and facets of history, not (as some might assume, given the name) only or even primarily for those with a professional interest in American History.
American History X American History X is a 1998 film directed by Tony Kaye and written by David McKenna. It stars Edward Norton in the lead role, and co-stars Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Lien, Ethan Suplee, Fairuza Balk, Avery Brooks, Elliott Gould, and Stacy Keach.
American Home The American Home is a center of intercultural exchange located in Vladimir, Russia. The home is designed to model a typical American suburban home and its main focus is the ESL school that provides lessons for Russian students.
American Home Mortgage Investment Corporation American Home Mortgage Investment Corporation () is a mortgage lender in the United States which is a real estate investment trust (REIT). The company states that it is focused on earning net interest income from self-originated loans and mortgage-backed securities, and through its taxable subsidiaries, from originating and servicing mortgage loans for institutional investors.
American Homecoming American Homecoming is a rock band formed in Highland Park, Illinois in 2003. The band began performing under the name “Midfield” but changed to “American Homecoming” in January 2005 after a number of personnel changes.
American Horse Council The American Horse Council (AHC) is a trade organization representing the horse industry in Washington, DC. It lobbies before Congress and Federal agencies for the interests of the horse industry, and serves as a unified voice for the horse industry.
American Horse Shows Association The American Horse Shows Association was formed in 1917, originally a representation of 50 horse shows in the United States. In 2001, the AHSA changed its name to USA Equestrian, and was later dissolved in 2003 with the formation of the present governing body, the United States Equestrian Federation.
American Hospital Association Founded in 1898, the American Hospital Association (AHA), located in Chicago, Illinois, is the national organization that represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities. The AHA provides education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends.
American Hot Rod Association The American Hot Rod Association, also known as AHRA, was, until the emergence of the IHRA, America's second largest drag racing sanctioning body. The AHRA began in 1956 in Kansas and organized nationwide drag racing events until the end of 1984.
American Hot Wax American Hot Wax is a 1978 biopic film telling the story of Cleveland, Ohio disc jockey Alan Freed, who was instrumental in introducing and popularizing rock 'n' roll in the 1950s. Freed is often credited with coining the term "Rock 'n' Roll.
American Hunters and Shooters Association The American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA) is an association of hunters and shooters in the United States that was founded in 2005. As an advocacy group it presents itself as a force of moderation and "common sense" in the debate over gun politics in the United States.
American cheese American cheese cheese is a common processed cheese marketed by Kraft Foods, Borden, and other companies in the United States, and to some extent elsewhere. It is orange, yellow, or white in color and mild in flavor, with a medium-firm consistency, and melts easily.
American Chamber Ballet The American Chamber Ballet was a troupe of 15 professional dancers operating out of Carnegie Hall and touring throughout the United States during the 1970s. The company was presented by Kazuko Hillyer International and Pacific World Artists, with nearly 100 performances scheduled in its final year.
American Chamber of Commerce in Kyrgyzstan The American Chamber of Commerce in Kyrgyzstan was founded in cooperation with the US State Department in 2005 to promote and support the development of international and especially American business in Kyrgyzstan.
American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei The American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei (AmCham), founded in 1951, is a non-profit non-partisan business organization dedicated to promoting the interests of international business in the Republic of China. AmCham currently has over 900 members representing approximately 500 companies, and has become the largest and most effective business organization in Taiwan.
American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union The American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union or Amcham EU represents American companies with interests in the European Union, towards the institutions and governments of the European Union on trade, investment and competitiveness issues. The organization wants to promote a better understanding of European and American positions on business matters.
American Champion American Champion Aircraft Corporation, located in Rochester, Wisconsin, is a manufacturer of general aviation aircraft. Founded in 1988 on the acquisition of the Citabria, Scout, and Decathlon, it has been producing replacement parts for these aircraft since that time; it has as well been producing new aircraft since 1990.
American Chartered Bank American Chartered Bank is a full-service commercial and retail bank, serving privately owned small- and medium-sized businesses and individual customers throughout the Chicagoland area. American Chartered Bank is distinguished by its focus on business owners, providing innovative products and services with exceptional customer service.
American Chemical Society The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a learned society (professional association) based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has over 158,000 members at all degree-levels and in all fields of chemistry, chemical engineering and related fields.
American Chestnut The American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) was one of the most important forest trees throughout much of the eastern United States and southeasternmost Canada. A rapidly growing deciduous hardwood tree, it reached up to 30-45 meters (100-150 ft) tall and 3 meters (10 ft) in diameter, and ranged from Maine and southern Ontario to Mississippi, and from the Atlantic coast to the Appalachian Mountains and the Ohio Valley.
American Chinese cuisine American Chinese cuisine refers to the style of food served by Chinese restaurants in the United States. This type of cooking typically caters to Western tastes, and differs significantly from the cuisine of China.
American Chiropractic Association The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) is a professional organization representing Doctors of Chiropractic. Its mission is to preserve, protect, improve and promote the chiropractic profession and the services of Doctors of Chiropractic for the benefit of patients they serve.
American Chocolate The American Chocolate later known as Walter was an American assembled car manufactured by a noted vending machine company from 1903 to 1906. The cars were built from imported components, and were 30, 40, and 50hp models.
American Chopper (specials) The American Chopper Series consists of main episodes on the building of each project bike and also specials etc. These episodes listed consist of the original Pilots, Specials and other episode that cannot be categorized.
American Choral Directors Association The American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is a non-profit organization with the stated purpose of promoting excellence in the field of choral music. Its membership comprises approximately 20,000 choral directors representing over a million singers.
American Idol (season 6) The sixth season of American Idol premiered on the FOX Broadcasting Network on January 16,2007 and will run until late May. Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson returned to judge once again, and Ryan Seacrest returned as host.
American Idol Best of Show "American Idol Best of Show" is an upcoming episode of the animated series Drawn Together. It is scheduled to air during the second half of the show's third season, which is projected to begin in October 2007.
American Idol Rewind "American Idol Rewind" is a television series for syndication, that premiered on September 30, 2006. The hourlong weekly series is a repurposed edition of the first season of American Idol, featuring present day interviews with the top ten contestants, semi-finalists and rejected auditioners in addition to extra audition and Hollywood Week footage never previously aired.
American IG American IG is the name of a company, and it owes its genesis to a German business conglomerate, namely, Interessens-Gemeinschaft Farbenindustrie AG, or IG Farben for short. The business and the industrial empire, which the “IG” controlled and commanded has been described as “a state within a state”.
American Independent Business Alliance The American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) is a non-profit organization that represents the interests of local independent businesses. It helps communities launch, sustain and network Independent Business Alliances (IBA).
American Independent Network The American Independent Network was one of the first major attempts at building a low-powered network, consisting of -LP and -CA stations. It was similar to the older Channel America (and its successor, America One (A1)), and was the foundation for Urban America TV (UATV).
American India Foundation The American India Foundation (AIF, founded 2001) is a nonprofit American development organization "charged with the mission of accelerating social and economic change in India." It has raised over $30 million since 2001, and is one of the largest American organizations supporting development work in India.
American Indian College Fund Based in Denver, CO, The American Indian College Fund provides scholarships and other support for the nation's 32 tribal colleges and universities. Tribal colleges, the vast majority of which are located on or near reservations, provide opportunity and access to post-secondary education where once there was none.
American Indian Dance Theatre American Indian Dance Theatre is a professional performing arts company presenting the dances and songs of Native Americans in the United States and the First Nations of Canada. The group was founded in 1987 and includes members from many different tribal backgrounds.
American Indian Defense Association The American Indian Defense Association (AIDA) was an organization founded in 1923 by social worker John Collier, that fought to protect religious freedom and tribal property for Native Americans in the United States. - Article about The Merriam Report URL last accessed 2006-11-18 In the 1920s Antonio Luhan a member of the Taos Pueblo showed John Collier the poor living conditions in American Indian communities.
American Indian Exposition The American Indian Exposition, held annually during the first full week in August at the Caddo County Fairgrounds in Anadarko, Oklahoma, is one of the oldest and largest intertribal gatherings in the United States. Sponsored by fifteen Plains Indian tribes (Apache, Arapaho, Caddo, Cheyenne, Comanche, Delaware, Fort Sill Apache, Iowa, Kiowa, Osage, Otoe-Missouri, Pawnee, Ponca, Sac & Fox, and Wichita), representatives from up to fifty other tribes participate in any given year.
American Indian Higher Education Consortium The American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) was formed in 1972, in order to represent the interests of the newly emerging tribal colleges. One of the most significant achievements of AIHEC was to work with the United States Congress to grant land-grant status to 29 tribal colleges.
American Indian LA Film and TV Awards The American Indian LA Film and TV Awards, first created by Roscoe Pond in 2004, are a collection of film and television awards aimed at Native American actors and productions. The award ceremony is held in Los Angeles.
American Indian Movement The American Indian Movement (AIM), is a Native American activist organization in the United States. AIM burst on the international scene with its seizure of the Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters in Washington, D.
American Indian Movement of Colorado The American Indian Movement of Colorado (Colorado AIM) is a breakaway branch of the American Indian Movement. The Colorado AIM came to nationwide public attention in 2005 because of media attacks on Ward Churchill, who serves on the Leadership Council of the organization.
American Indian Radio on Satellite American Indian Radio on Satellite (AIROS) is a Native American radio service. AIROS has recently decided to change their name to the AIROS Radio Network for branding purposes because few AIROS programs are on the new and popular satellite channels like Sirius and XM Satellite Radio.
American Indian Religious Freedom Act The American Indian Religious Freedom Act (commonly abbreviated to AIRFA) is a 1978 United States federal law and a joint resolution of Congress which pledged to protect and preserve the traditional religious rights of American Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts, and Native Hawaiians. Before the AIRFA was passed, certain U.
American Indian Student Commission The ASUW American Indian Student Commission (AISC) is one of seven commissions established by the Associated Students of the University of Washington to help support the student voice of underrepresented communities.
American Information Exchange The American Information Exchange, aka AMIX, was the brainchild of economist and futurist Phil Salin. Starting in 1984, Salin worked to create an international network for the exchange of information, consulting contracts, computer code and research.
American Institute for Cancer Research The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) is a large American cancer research organization associated with the World Cancer Research Fund umbrella organization. AICR is a "cancer charity that fosters research on diet and cancer prevention and educates the public about the results".
American Institute for Free Labor Development The American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) was founded in 1962 as the international arm of the AFL-CIO in the western hemisphere. AIFLD has been described by former CIA officer Philip Agee as a "CIA-controlled labor center financed through AID.
American Institute Fair (1829) The American Institute Fair was held annually from 1829 until at least 1897 in New York City by the American Institute. The American Institute was founded in 1829 "for the encouragement of agriculture, commerce, manufactures, and the arts.
American Institute in Taiwan The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) serves as the de facto embassy of the United States in Taiwan. AIT exists because the United States, in maintaining diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China and acknowledging its view of the One-China policy, does not officially recognize the Republic of China and hence cannot open an actual embassy there.
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is the professional society for the field of aerospace engineering. The AIAA was founded in 1963 from the merger of two earlier societies: the American Rocket Society (ARS), founded in 1930 as the American Interplanetary Society (AIS), and the Institute of Aerospace Sciences (IAS), founded in 1932 as the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences.
American Institute of Afghanistan Studies The American Institute of Afghanistan Studies, founded in 2003, is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the advanced study of Afghanistan in the United States of America. The institute is housed at Boston University in Massachusetts.
American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is the professional organization for architects in the United States. Organized in 1857, the Institute conducts various activities and programs to support the profession and enhance its public image, including periodically awarding the AIA Gold Medal and the Architecture Firm Award.
American Institute of Architecture Students The American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) is an international organization for college-level students of architecture. It is the primary membership and advocacy organization for architecture students in the United States.
American Institute of Baking AIB International, formerly the American Institute of Baking, is a not-for-profit corporation, founded by the North American wholesale and retail baking industries in 1919 as a technology transfer center for bakers and food processors. Although AIB's history has been traditionally linked with wholesale and retail baking, the Institute currently serves many segments of the food processing, distribution, foodservice, and retail industries worldwide.
American Institute of Biological Sciences The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is a nonprofit scientific association dedicated to advancing biological research and education. Founded in 1947 as a part of the National Academy of Sciences, AIBS became an independent, member-governed organization in the 1950s.
American Institute of Certified Planners The American Institute of Certified Planners (or AICP) is the American Planning Association's professional institute. AICP certifies professionals in the United States in the field of Urban planning and assists planners in the areas of ethics, professional development, planning education, and the standards of planning practice.
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants With over 330,525 CPA members (in August 2006), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) is the largest professional organization of Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) in the United States of America. Approximately 40% of its members are engaged in the practice of public accounting, in areas such as auditing, accounting, taxation, general business consulting, business valuation, personal financial planning and business technology.

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