The Blog just about  constitutes a course in itself.  One of my aims here is to get you the student the chance to read and view the news using critical thinking, and another  great accounting phrase, professional skepticism.  So let’s look at a few past posts and what has happened since. 9/25/06 I noted that …

Thank you Jordan (see his post about DELL) which is the perfect introduction to my next obsession, I think the entire MBA degree as it exists should be junked, everyone is offering the same MBA. Instead if UNT Dallas wants to differentiate itself, we should focus on DESIGN. I will post some of my articles…

Just a few years back Mike Dell suggested the best Apple Computer could do was to liquidate all assets and distribute the cash to the shareholders.  Look who’s laughing now.  Read the latest at Mike Dell replaces Rollins as CEO. Rollins fired as CEO, a new lawsuit alleging concealed kickbacks from Intel, laptop recalls, failing…

As I have remarked in other posts, it is always interesting to read publications written in other countries to get a different perspective.  Page A5 of this Weekend’s WSJ refers to this article in The Economist .  Handily I found it and linked it right there for you.  Spotty electricity and no you can’t fire…

Pete Kendall ran another of my observations at his Socionomics Site.   Socionomics is the study of how popular culture influences events and eventually markets. In short the market reflects the feeling and moods of its millions of participants.  While bull  markets reflect ebullience and upbeat emoticons, bear markets are wrought with fear and despair.  Clearly…

NOte to classes, I see that sociology is the most popular major here at UNT Dallas, in respect to that I am posting one column that has zip zero nada to do with accounting.  Okay, so maybe I have posted some others but, just to keep things interesting, whaddya all think? Ugly Betty, A Different…

Jason asked my opinion about the decline of the Big 3 automakers. Good question, but before I launch right into that it is necessary that you ramp up your knowledge of open shop, closed shop,  union shop versus right to work laws and particularly right to work states. Take a look at the UAW web…

NO honest, that’s what the ad says!  Check out Invest In Macedonia.   This is one of the oldest civilized areas of Europe, conquered by Alexander the Great.  CHekc out hte advantages, the stock exchanges, the flat tax on profits, why can’t our Congress figure that out. The race to attract business is on with Ireland…

On page A4 of the Monday January 29, 2007 WSJ are a couple of interesting items.  GMAC is still trying to get the accounting right of its sale of 51% of GMAC to Cerberus Capital.  Meanwhile at Porsche which has stayed in the car business, first half net rocket to 1.05 billion Euros.  IT now…

Santa Clara University,  a Jesuit institution, received a $20 M gift for a new library. The donors, the Sobratos, were grateful for an eductatin grounded in ethics.  A tip of the hat to our Librarian, Leora Kemp, for bringing this to my attention.  Click here to read the donor’s comments. He states outright that a…