Accounting students need to kow more about the derivatives market. Take a look at the ever reliable Wikipedia article on puts and calls.   The basics of puts and calls are covered at this cboe site. In concert read the article on derivatives. You will need this knowledge when we get to the section on accounting…

MSO bought Ermeri’s cookbooks, tv shows, and kitchen products.  Check out the details here. For an outlay of $50 M Martha says she will add $14 M per year in revenue, net or gross she did not say. So, real mystery, why did Foodtv and Emeril split the blanket. Foodtv does not seem to have…

The Dallas Investor Forum has Albert Meyer as its guest this past Saturday, here is his profile. Albert’s Investing Tenets Allocate capital for the long term by finding companies worth holding “forever” Invest only in high-quality companies that shine after our rigorous due diligence process Focus on management integrity, good corporate governance, earning quality, free…

The Fast 50 is Fast Company’s list of the 50 most innovative companies in the US.  Unlike Forbes or Fortune’s list of simply the biggest companies this is  list of those that really bring something to the table thru innovation. Method at leftn founded in 2000n sold $100 M of eco friendly cleaing products last…

Tata is clearly employing Deming’s TQM in its takeovers.   I asigned Tata as one of the companies in the auto industry to take a look at.  This article shows that Tata adapt itself, printing brochures in Korean and enrolling managers in Korean language class in its bid for Daewoo. Tata is 66% owned by…

Okay I’ll  see you and raise $1.4 B a point.  In this case a point would be a one dollar per share increase in the MSFT bid for YHOO.  Nothing has surfaced in the two weeks since the offer was made. This article makes the point that paying lawyers, investment bankers and such millions is…

It has been said that the most efficient from of government is a benevolent king. Seems that works well in the media business too.   One guy companies like Murdoch’s News Corp are moving ahead, Time Waner is not. Facebook is  a one guy company.  Ross Perot, Gates, and Dell were one guy companies when…

After doubling this pat year AAPL has given back two thirds of the gain. While analysts delight in its user friendly high tech gadgets, it is gadgets that get hit in a recession.  Read this article to learn how consumers really ‘feel’ about the economy.

I told you things were changing fast at Lancaster Hospital, no kidding, it closed today. Patients were transported to other hospitals. The entire 300+ staff was let go.  I guess the metrics were more negative than we thought.  The hospital was owned by a private company.  The first link is to the WFAA report, the…

INvestors are learning that near cash is not cash.  The City of Springfield MA got $14 M back from MER.  MetroPCS and Basil Maher were not so lucky.  Seems  MER and Lehman respectively mixed their money with sub prime debt and whoops the cash was not there when they wanted it. Lehman and MER were…