David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an expert in the fields of financial accounting, corporate and individual tax planning and preparation, and investing and retirement planning.

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Before it took over her life, Leila Gharani mostly took Microsoft Excel for granted. She was working on a process optimization project for a large paper-products manufacturer—a job that, to hear her ...

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