The selection of VAR Stars for 2012 has been announced by Bob Scott, editor of Bob Scott's Insights, a sister publication to The Progressive Accountant. The names of the 100 business chosen for this annual honor were published this month and can be found at www.bobscottsinsights.com.

A partner at Fargo, N.D.-based Eide Bailly has been barred from practicing before the Securities and Exchange Commission for three years. J. Brian Laib drew the suspension for work conducted at a firm that merged with Eide Bailly in August 2008 and for work at the Fargo firm that involved a company and its officers, who have been the subject of legal action by the SEC and the state of Texas. .