Many financial advisors are telling their clients to expect continued market volatility in 2012. That’s according to the latest quarterly survey of advisors from Russell Investments. When asked what they plan to tell clients in preparation for next year, 40 percent of the comments focused on expectations for continued volatility, followed by slow economic growth (15 percent of comments).

Tax professionals have two messages for businesses this time of year — get organized and call your tax professional sooner rather than later.

NEW HARTFORD — Between 2005 and 2010, more than 350 million personal records were exposed in reported data breaches from cyber criminals accessing sensitive company and customer information, along with lost or stolen laptops, thumb drives, and other mobile-data-storage devices.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said in November it is moving to a new phase in its effort to improve the tax-preparation industry with launch of a test of tax preparer competency.

CAMILLUS — Mang Insurance Agency prevents unruly and inebriated wedding guests, whose overzealous Macarena performance causes them to trip over speaker wires, from cashing in on their idiocy.

 More than 9,000 businesses were involved in a merger or acquisition in 2009, according to Mergerstat LLC. The vast majority of these transactions were less than $100 million. By 2012, nearly 62 million baby boomers should be heading for, or already in, retirement, potentially doubling the number of businesses that will have owners seeking an exit.