This is the internship guide posted on the Tx State Website, yes there are rules. http://www.txstate.edu/accounting/forms/internshipguide.pdf Click to read internship experiences at various firms. Grant Thornton Padgett PWC KPMG Ernst and Young Deloitte Johnson and Johnson I will be adding more firms to this list.

Here is a series of articles about CFOs being charged and convicted of various crimes. Again with CFO ifyou will click on print at the upper right side of the page it is much easier to read the article. We will be discussing ethics in all our classes this semester.  And the end result of…

Tenet Healthcare  has certainly had its share of troubles.  Financial analysis is all about separating the probable from the probably nots.  THC is based in Dallas and has had little more than bad news the last few years.  Read the artilcle and we will examine the balance sheet in class on Monday in Intermed I…

IHOP purchased much larger Applebes.  Read the article to see how IHOP is changing strategy. IHOP used to finance their franchisee’s in their buidlings. Now they simply take a fee and let the franchise do their own financing.  Capital expenditures dropped about $130 M and revenue dropped from $80M to $60M. As the CFO says,…

In an effort to unload inventory, Hovnanian Builders announced a $100K price reduction in many of its homes. I can’t tell you how many as its server is overrun with inquiries!  The CEO was interviewed on Neal Cavuto’s show Friday afternoon saying that even with three times as many servers their internet site was overwhelmed.…

Can Designers Manage?   Click to read how companies are sending designers to business class, but wa can’t get too focused on numbers or we would not be designers.  I continue to read more and more about the importance of design.  Check out my Sept 24 2006 post on the importance of design in business success.…

One of the signs of increased globalization as well as new money is the move into the lusury hotel business. Click there for a link to the TAJ Hotel Site, while I found the print hard to read as it is faintly printed, the international scope of the organization is clear.  I recall that one…

I wondered why Apple did not bring out  an iPod that would work offf the iPhone architecture but without the phone part, well they did, click for the iTouch.  Also the Nano s have been upgraded.   Okay, anyone want to buy my literally like new 2 GB Nano, it has 500 songs on it?

Please make a note on your  syllabi, assigment sheets, etc. My home e mail has changed to dennis.elam@att.net Nix the Tx.rr.com address

You do a lot more impromptu speaking   than you realize.  Every time you are called on in class is a chance to improve your abilty to project yourself to others.  Click on the hyperlink to get some great tips on how to do this well. In the business world you will be judged by…