The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has reproposed amendments to PCAOB auditing standards for public comment, which would require disclosing the names of engagement partners who led the most recent audit of a company. The changes would also require dislcosing the locations and extent of participation of other firms and individuals who took part in the audits.

Thomson Reuters has made a major change to its leadership with the replacement of presidents of three business units. Thomson name new heads of its Legal, Intellectual Property & Science; and Global Growth & Operations businesses with the current occupants leaving the company effective January 1.

Sage has launched the Accountants Business Cloud in the United Kingdom, an information and resource site that is likely to be introduced in the United States. There are resources for marketing and news about compliance and legislation in the British version.

Intuit CEO Brad Smith saw his compensation relatively unchanged for the year ended July 31. As reported recently in SEC filings, the company said Smith received $12,463,669 for fiscal 2013, down about $100,000 from the prior year. Smith's pay suffered from a sharp drop in non-equity incentive compensation, which was mostly offset in areas such as option and stock awards.