Logistics is all the buzz these days but there is nothing new about it.  Imagine you were Hannibal crossing the Alps with elephants, where does one get Elephant Food in Boerne Switzerland? Here is a column about the Great White Voyage.   Austin Bay makes it clear that this was no mere stunt. Indeed TR…

Alan Greenspan has written an itneresting piece in the Wall Street Journal. He confesses that after a half century of watching markets, well the FED cannot stop a bubble of speculation until it bursts of its own accord. This is another way of saying, no matter what I did at the FED after 9/11 it…

Irecently remarked to Deputy Vice Provost Garry Ross that I did not mind what they made on Wall Street as much as I minded the lack of accountablity.  Ben Stein agrees in this article.   AS with 9/11 and the FBI, DEA, CIA, etc, no one gets fired,where is the justice?

Go to the bottom of the finance.yahoo.com page. You will see a section on Global Investing with a list of coutnries. Click on a few of them.  You will be able to see for example how the Austrailian All Ordinaries Index did versus the US Market. You can click on World Indices and see how…

Okay our previous post was all about bonds, what companies owe.  What about stocks?  Glad you asked. You should have a handle on commonc stock and preferred stock by now.  For more on this a great source is Chart School. Take the topics in order. Start with the Overview Tab.  This takes you to another…

Okay here are  a few reading assignments.  Next semester in Inter II we will be studying liabilities. Students typically do not have a good background on the equity / liab side of the balance sheet.  So I am spotlighting a few resources for you.  You may want to bookmark some of these for future reference.…

The post about Apple has drawn the most comments. SO I direct you attention to Open Season on Apple.  Hey it is tough staying at the top and everyone has their sites set of Jobs and company.  There are several articles at this link, are you reading Fast Company, I am!  This is an innovative…

The one worthwhile thing that MSFT did was to force a standard on everyone.  It was not always that way.  Here is a site that offers you a window into the past, take a look. Interesting photo of the actual garage in which Woz built the original apple.

Jerry Flint  suggests that once a customer is lost, it is very difficult to get he or she back.  Indeed, he suggests that most customers don’t care what Detroit is building. Getting those folks back into the showrooms will be very difficult. So not only do dissatisfied customers switch, they may not come back. This…

We marked another milestone for UNT Dallas Campus and the accounting program in particular this evening.  UNT Dallas Campus graduated its first accounting major! At left April Young is feted by Dr. Price at the graduation ceremony. Dr. Price always does things right!  After the ceremony, April, her Mom, Damon and Katrina Cornish enjoy a…