This is an article written for mid career folks seeking a big change.  But guess what, Rachelle Canter syas it is still about marketing yourself.  Your mind, your brand and your focus make the difference, AND gee it is still all about marketing and networking not just announcing you are available. We discuss this in…

I have obtained an placed in the library both Gleim Overviews of the CIA and CMA exams that you are welcome to take with you Copies of a CIA and CMA review manual as well as a couple of CPA exam review Q & A, these are on reserve but I urge you to stop…

As the scandals of Enron et al unwound, it was clear that a move was beginning  to inject a greater consideration of ethics into business courses.  Indeed, the State Board of Public Accountancy has now adopted a required 3 hour ethics class for those seeking to take the CPA exam.  I have designed, submitted, and…

Gee time flies.  Seems like yesterday but already Nick Leeson, centerpiece of the movie Rogue Trader, is now out of jail. And guess what, the lad that brought down Barrings Bank with his unsupervised trading of Japanese stock futures, is considering entering the trade again.  The fact that this is occurring against the backdrop of…

Click here to see where your gasoline money is going.   And don’t laugh, click and suf to read just how quickly some of these properties sold out.  This is one of the most lavish web sites I have seen. We clicked on in ACCT 4270, hey it’s pre spring break, at the end of…

Relax, Goldman’s CFO says the subprime mortage meltdown is orderly.  Whew, I know I am relieved.  What does this mean really?  Now David Viniar, CFO of GS,  says he can’t predict the future, an amazing revelation from a firm that banks most of its profits from trading.  He allows that the mortgage business is a…

At one point in the movie Wall Street Michael Douglas taunts Charlie Sheen.  Come on, get me some information (the inside variety) instead of sending it to me.  Someday you could be a player, $40M, $50 M in the bank, your own jet. Hmmm… The best eulogy I read to to Enzo Ferrari was penned…

Here is another view of Ford’s sale of Aston Martin.  I suggested in the last post that I would rather run Aston with its new owners than Ford.  Read this article which also discusses the sale of Jag and possibly Volvo. You will recall that I handed out a column suggesting that Ford in fact,…

Well the fire sale continues. Ford has sold Aston Martin for about $850 M retaining a Preferred Stock Ownership bringing overall cap to $925 M. Not bad for a company that only moves 6500 units  a year. A British concern already invovled with Aston racing officially bought the company but I see that a Dubai…

Oxford Analytica says that new methods of producing energy will not offset the decline in conventional energy sources. Really, gee, I thought Daryl Hannah had all this figured out with ethanol and driving around on leftover Trans Fat French Fry Oil…….