WOW, is this going to happen?  A tip of the hat to alert student April Young who spotted this comprehensive article about redoing financial statements. This link also includes a link to a sample of what the new statements would look like.  Basicaly they take from the operating financing investing format of the cash flow…

All I have tried to get on MY UNT twice now, and each time it gave up, apparently all 33,000 of you are trying to access your grades at the same time overloading the server. I will try again tomorrow morning early since there will of course not be anyone trying at 5:30 AM. DLE

Here is a link to the latest rally for The Fair Tax.  The book was written by the talk show host Neal Boortz, himself a lawyer, and Congressman John Linder. Seems the latest version of the Fair Tax Bill has 60 sponsors.  Boortz claims that congressmen are getting asked at every town hall meeting in…

Rupert Murdoch is trying to take over the Wall Street Journal.  Click to read the story.  We have discussed numerous take overs in class and you have reported via books and movies on them.  Please click on the graph yours truly has thoughtfully provided at left.  Note this is a WEEKLY graph going back several…

I have enjoyed www.finance.yahoo.com but hey, here is a new kid on the block Go to www.businessweek.com then click on companies on the info bar Then you are to Company Insight Center, put the symbol in on the right and viola Lots of info, is it as good as finance.yahoo I report, you decide!

I have certainly advocated reading sources outside this country to improve one’s perspective.  So click on Project Syndicate.  This is a compilation of columns from newspapers around the world.

Hungarian born Sarkozy won election with a whopping 84% of the electorate voting. He won on a 53-47 tally. He has opposed the 35 hour work week and promised to revive the sluggish economy.  I suggested  a few blogs back that this would be a decisive election for Western Europe which is in danger of…

A socionomic sign of a market top is the trashing of formerly worshipped celebs.  Lately we have had a slew of them. Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Don Imus, David Hasslehof, and now the ultimate disgrace since Sophia Loren was jailed for non payment of taxes, yes, Paris Hilton sentenced to 45 days for driving without…

Her is the link to a new scholarship. It is available to Cedar Valley CC students. Thinking you might know someone who is interested, I put this up. Notably, the benefactor, Karrington and Company is interested in interships for our UNT Dallas students.  Remember that most firms hire from their intern programs.

I noted in Intemed Class Wed that Donald Trump was selling real estate seminars at $49 a weekend across the country.  This is amazing given that most real estate indices have collapsed, some mortgage firms are already bankrupt, and we have chronicled the sub prime meltdown here in detail.  I also suggested that this was…