Eide Bailly has hired two business development directors. The Fargo, N.D.-based accounting firm has brought on board Jason Watson and Brett Cunningham to help grow its business.

Resources, information and product offers for North American businesses coping with the global COVID-19 pandemic are being offered by Xero. The cloud software company has made them available  through a resource page​ that helps organizations understand what government support they can access.

Sales tax software company Vertex ramped up spending this year, the company reported to the SEC. The figures are shown in the S-1 form filed as the company announced plans for an initial public offering.