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Int'l Business Times
14-05-2025
- Business
- Int'l Business Times
Remote Quality Bookkeeping: A Trusted Back Office Partner For Businesses Nationwide
For 25 years, Remote Quality Bookkeeping has helped small and mid-sized businesses handle their financial operations. With a mission to deliver accurate, secure, cost-effective, and personalized financial support, they leverage cutting-edge technology such as encryption, OCR, and work document management and workflow. Remote Quality Bookkeeping is a collaborative team using industry-specific expertise to ensure clients receive precision and peace of mind. Remote Quality Bookkeeping is known for catering to various industries, from retail franchises to independent service providers and growing e-commerce ventures, with its comprehensive services. It offers complete back-office solutions, essentially serving as a client's full accounting department. Remote Quality Bookkeeping also delivers individual services like payroll processing, forensic accounting, tax planning assistance, and sales and meals tax reporting. For those seeking unique or complex operations, the firm provides customized accounting workflows and processes. The Maine-based company stands out for solving challenges small and mid-sized business owners face. Many struggle with the assumption that accounting software alone is enough to keep their finances in order. Unknown to them, without the expertise to ensure accurate input and interpretation, misleading reports are inevitable. Remote Quality Bookkeeping assists in filling such gaps. It turns raw transaction data from bank accounts, loans, and credit cards into clear, timely financial statements that business owners can use. It avoids communication breakdowns that usually occur in larger, less personalized firms. The firm's streamlined approach meets GAAP regulations, meaning clients aren't left in the dark, whether reconciling accounts, navigating payroll intricacies, or managing complex sales tax obligations. This commitment to client success has been shaped by founder and president Mark Kilduff since Remote Quality Bookkeeping's early days. The firm's history began when Kilduff was working alongside a tax attorney, helping prepare clients for audits by painstakingly reconstructing financial records from the ground up. That early experience taught him the importance of accuracy, structure, and trust. After years of traveling from site to site doing hands-on bookkeeping, Kilduff realized the inefficiency of the traditional model. A pivotal moment occurred when he began hosting QuickBooks files on a dedicated server, enabling remote access. When a snowstorm once shut down most of the state but didn't affect his ability to work, Kilduff knew he was onto something. The company was then born, initially named "Remote QuickBooks," before it was changed to Remote Quality Bookkeeping, which captured the firm's essence even better. The company grew as the demand for reliable, remote financial services increased. Remote Quality Bookkeeping created repeatable systems for common industries to serve large networks of clients. In addition, it maintained flexibility through what it now calls the flexible service model, allowing clients to pick and choose only the services they need. This means clients aren't locked into bundled pricing or cookie-cutter packages. With such agility, a high standard of security, and 24/7 network monitoring, Remote Quality Bookkeeping maintains the intimate, high-touch experience its clientele valued from the beginning. Remote Quality Bookkeeping remains focused on innovation and value creation. It intends to continue empowering businesses so they can turn their vision into reality. "Reaching our 25th anniversary reflects the trust our clients placed in us, as well as the dedication of our team to never let them down," says Kilduff. "Every financial report we deliver, every question we answer, it all adds up to our mission of helping our clients succeed in the long run."
Business Recorder
23-04-2025
- Business
- Business Recorder
Oil prices stage recovery on new Iran sanctions
NEW YORK: Oil prices rose more than $1 per barrel on Tuesday as new US sanctions against Iran and rising equity markets helped spark a recovery rally from the prior session's steep selloff. Brent crude futures rose $1.74, or 2.6%, to $68 per barrel by 12:16 p.m. ET (1616 GMT). The US West Texas Intermediate crude contract for May, which expires on Tuesday, was up $1.96, or 3.1%, to $65.04. The more actively traded WTI June contract gained $1.92, or 3.1%, to $64.33. The United States on Tuesday issued fresh sanctions targeting an Iranian liquefied petroleum gas and crude oil shipping magnate and his corporate network. Although talks between Washington and Tehran over the latter's nuclear program made progress over the past weekend, failure to reach a deal could weigh heavily on Iran's oil exports amid tightening US sanctions, said John Kilduff, partner at New York-based Again Capital. 'Either some nuclear deal is agreed or the US tries to drive Iran's oil flows to zero, and its increasingly looking like a zero-flow scenario,' Kilduff said. A surge in equity markets, indicative of higher risk appetite from investors, also aided oil prices, Mizuho analyst Robert Yawger said. US stocks rose on Tuesday as investors focused on corporate earnings, after President Donald Trump's mounting criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell led to a sharp selloff in the previous session. Brent and WTI benchmarks fell more than 2% on Monday due to the progress in US-Iran talks and the equities selloff. Despite Monday's recovery, concerns that US tariffs could slash global economic activity will continue to weigh on oil prices going forward, analysts warned. The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday slashed its economic outlook for this year, citing US tariffs at 100-year highs and rising trade tensions between Washington and Beijing. Meanwhile, Russia's economy ministry cut its forecast for the average price of Brent crude in 2025 by nearly 17% from its projection in September, according to documents seen by Reuters. US crude oil and gasoline stockpiles were expected to have fallen last week, while distillate inventories are likely to have risen, a preliminary Reuters poll showed on Monday, ahead of weekly reports from the American Petroleum Institute and the Energy Information Administration.
Irish Independent
22-04-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Kilduff's concern as Dundalk's hard work not translating into goals
Twice at the Easter weekend, the 36-year-old saw his side battle hard to make a breakthrough against both Treaty Utd on Good Friday and against Finn Harps on Easter Monday only to see them squander the lead cheaply on both occasions. That has seen the Lilywhites' lead at the top of the table cut from seven points heading into last weekend to just three points now. While Dundalk have scored in every game and remain unbeaten, only twice this season have they won a game by more than a single goal, with top scorer Dean Ebbe now having gone over a month since he found the net from the penalty spot in the 2-1 victory over this Saturday's opponents Longford Town on March 21. Kilduff, who scored 31 goals in 82 appearances for the club in his own playing days, said it was a concern how hard his side were having to work for goals right now given their dominance. 'Massively, it's something that we're aware of,' he said when the goals issue was put to him on Monday. 'We're trying to convert now. We've seen everyone ourselves and we know that we're dominant in possession and we know that we're trying to really impose ourselves and dominate the games and we're doing that to a point but unless you're putting it on the scoreboard then you're not dominating anything. 'You might dominate possession and chances created but we've got to get that killer edge now back into our game. Again, it's Vinnie coming up with a goal – a huge goal in that moment – and you think that might be the one because we were knocking on the door for a long time but it's just a frustrating evening for us. 'We've given away two leads this weekend but this (Finn Harps) is worse because we had Treaty to remember but when you do it again it nearly feels unforgiveable. 'The league is hard. We're in the second round now and teams know what we're trying to do and we know what they're trying to do so there's an element of them setting up to frustrate to then try and nick one and we've allowed the same pattern happen twice now. 'Instead of going for the jugular like we spoke about and really burying the game, we'll never get to coast home. We're not built for it. We're built to go the other way and it's a frustrating thing.' ADVERTISEMENT Learn more Despite seeing his side's lead cut at the top, Kilduff said it was just important to learn the lessons from a bad weekend ahead of this Saturday's trip to Bishopsgate (kick-off 7.30pm) to face a Longford Town side who are the only team who have led against Dundalk this season. 'It was too early even if we won the games to be talking about leads. It's neither here nor there. We're just trying to learn as quickly as we can and in football you've got to because it's never easy. 'Tonight it's that feeling of we were dominant, we were in possession, we got the goal and then we nearly celebrate because we got it but the game is not over. That's the overriding feeling for me. Football gives you nothing and it is summed up in that last 72 hours of football for us. 'Sean (Keogh) didn't mean to make the mistake but he has left it short. It doesn't matter. He has put in a great corner for the goal and he's a huge player for us. Everyone makes mistakes and usually when defenders or goalkeepers make mistakes it costs a goal. 'It was probably just symptomatic of how we approached that last 10 minutes which was similar to Treaty where we needed to keep going and doing what got us ahead. I don't want to call it complacency because we're adamant that is never going to happen here but it's hard to say after doing it twice now that that can't be a term that we've got to consider. 'We're not going to panic or anything like that. We were never entitled to anything this year. 'We had a good start but I said from day dot that all we've had is a good round of games. The second round of games was always going to get harder and there's still the third and fourth round to come. We're learning the hard way and we've got to learn quickly but if we can dust ourselves off now. 'It's probably great that we don't have a full week to wait. We play again in five days and hopefully we can get that out of the system and get the sting in the tail again. We're on a journey here, rebuilding as a club and as a team but we just need to learn from this so it doesn't happen again.' While his side remain unbeaten, Kilduff said he isn't too concerned about that. 'They feel like losses but at the other side of things we're still unbeaten. No one has turned us over yet but at the same time we know against Treaty twice and again tonight they were ones where three points got away. 'If you look at all the results so far this year, no one is blowing anyone away with cricket scores or anything like that. It's quite the opposite. They're tight games, they're cagey and they're going to come down to fine margins and tonight we learned that if you don't do the basics right then you can drop points on any night. 'Of course it's a huge positive to be still unbeaten. Still no team has managed to beat us yet and we'll take resolve from that but I would have had more points if I had lost tonight and won on Friday so I don't really read too much into that. 'Of course it's a nice little thing to be unbeaten but you might not win the league if you draw all your games. You've got to be winning football matches and you've got to be turning good performances and great opportunities and great phases of play into wins and goals. I'm hoping that it is coming but we've been threatening that it has been coming for a while. 'It's a disappointing one tonight but we'll dust ourselves off and go again,' said Kilduff.
Business Recorder
22-04-2025
- Business
- Business Recorder
Oil prices stage recovery on new Iran sanctions, equities rally
NEW YORK: Oil prices rose more than $1 per barrel on Tuesday as new U.S. sanctions against Iran and rising equity markets helped spark a recovery rally from the prior session's steep selloff. Brent crude futures rose $1.74, or 2.6%, to $68 per barrel by 12:16 p.m. ET (1616 GMT). The U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude contract for May, which expires on Tuesday, was up $1.96, or 3.1%, to $65.04. The more actively traded WTI June contract gained $1.92, or 3.1%, to $64.33. The United States on Tuesday issued fresh sanctions targeting an Iranian liquefied petroleum gas and crude oil shipping magnate and his corporate network. Although talks between Washington and Tehran over the latter's nuclear program made progress over the past weekend, failure to reach a deal could weigh heavily on Iran's oil exports amid tightening U.S. sanctions, said John Kilduff, partner at New York-based Again Capital. Oil falls on signs of progress in US-Iran talks, demand fears 'Either some nuclear deal is agreed or the U.S. tries to drive Iran's oil flows to zero, and its increasingly looking like a zero-flow scenario,' Kilduff said. A surge in equity markets, indicative of higher risk appetite from investors, also aided oil prices, Mizuho analyst Robert Yawger said. U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as investors focused on corporate earnings, after President Donald Trump's mounting criticism of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell led to a sharp selloff in the previous session. Brent and WTI benchmarks fell more than 2% on Monday due to the progress in U.S.-Iran talks and the equities selloff. Despite Monday's recovery, concerns that U.S. tariffs could slash global economic activity will continue to weigh on oil prices going forward, analysts warned. The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday slashed its economic outlook for this year, citing U.S. tariffs at 100-year highs and rising trade tensions between Washington and Beijing. Meanwhile, Russia's economy ministry cut its forecast for the average price of Brent crude in 2025 by nearly 17% from its projection in September, according to documents seen by Reuters. U.S. crude oil and gasoline stockpiles were expected to have fallen last week, while distillate inventories are likely to have risen, a preliminary Reuters poll showed on Monday, ahead of weekly reports from the American Petroleum Institute and the Energy Information Administration.
Jordan News
08-02-2025
- Business
- Jordan News
Oil prices set for 3rd straight weekly fall on tariff concerns - Jordan News
Oil prices finished with daily gains on Friday after new sanctions were imposed on Iran's crude exports but prices were down for the week as investors worried about U.S. President Donald Trump's renewed trade war on China and threats of tariffs on other countries. اضافة اعلان Brent crude futures settled at $74.66 a barrel, up 37 cents, or 0.5% and poised to fall more than 2% this week. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude finished at $71.00 a barrel, up 39 cents, or 0.55%. Reports of planned tariffs from the Trump administration reined in gains following the sanctions announced on Thursday, said John Kilduff, partner at Again Capital LLC. "We're just trying to make our way through the sanctions/non-sanctions, tariff talk from the White House," Kilduff said. WTI has been left close to $70 a barrel, which seems to be the bottom of the trading range, Kilduff said. "I don't know if oil prices are low enough for the president, but we'll see," he said. Traders were watching statements by Trump throughout Friday for possible changes in U.S. policies that could reshape the market quickly, said Phil Flynn, senior analyst at Price Futures Group. "Trump giveth and Trump taketh away," Flynn said. The U.S. Treasury said on Thursday it was imposing new sanctions on a few individuals and tankers helping to ship millions of barrels of Iranian crude oil per year to China, in an incremental move to increase pressure on Tehran. In Cyprus, the 'frying pan movement' is turning household waste into a sustainability lesson. "The imposition of tariffs and the pauses should be bullish for the oil market because it adds uncertainty, said Michael Haigh, global head of commodities research at Societe Generale. But you haven't seen this response because of demand concerns. Tariffs and tit for tat responses from nations, it hurts global GDP ... and oil demand." Trump has announced a 10% tariff on Chinese imports as part of a broad plan to improve the U.S. trade balance, but suspended plans to impose steep tariffs on Mexico and Canada. "Downside pressure has stemmed from the news flow around tariffs, with concerns over a potential trade war fuelling fears of weakening oil demand," analysts at BMI said in a note on Friday. Oil prices settled lower on Thursday after Trump repeated a pledge to raise U.S. oil production, unnerving traders a day after the country reported a much bigger than anticipated jump in crude inventories. Reuters
