Most accounting programs are totally structured for training for the CPA exam. However  the majority of students do not become CPAs.  Hence many are turned off by the assembly line procedure of intermed accounting texts.  Click here to read about an innovative accounting program.     This will be a great starting point this semester for…

Classes are called off due to bad weather.  While officials usually hit the bad weather panic button a bit eraly, in this case, the roads are completely iced over and this is a good call.  By the way we had quite a nice dedication ceremony yesterday, I will post some photos in the album today…

Click on the CcATS photo or go to click on CcATS  to go to the companion blog I have created about the upcoming symposium.  As you know UNT Dallas is dependent on Community College Students entering to finish a university degree.  Frankly I think CCs are overlooked in the higher ed spectrum.  So I have…

ALERT My new home e mail address is denniselam@tx.rr.com The cell number is awaiting re activaiton this next week. Communication is important.  Everyone assumes that high tech has improved communication, and that is true, when it works.  However, that has not been the case with yours truly due to two unrelated but out of my…

Check out this Business Week article comparing IPOs this past year. China $53 B Britain $48.3 B NY NASD $45.8 B Companies are wanting to go public in their country of origin.  Nothing speaks to globaliztion more than the above statistic.  Not helping are onerous SARBOX requirements for public companies here, none of that overseas,…

It was once said that the Sun Never Sets On the British Empire.  The insinuation was that Britain had imperial power over so many different nations that as the earth turned round, the sun literally never set on one country before it shone on another.  No longer.  Not only has Britain lost India and Hong…

George Will often uses more syllables than necessary, but this is an interesting take on the Ford problem  First George notes that since Americans have on average gained over 20 pounds since 1960, we consume more gasoline just riding around.  Like Jerry Flint, George notes that cost cutting only takes one so far.  Finally a…

The dearth of news over the Holiday Week has pushed the marginal stuff to center stage.  Yes, in case you had not heard, Donald Trump, the most overexposed capitalist of our time, has given Tara Conner , the current Miss USA, a reprieve  and a second chance. The Donald owns both the Miss USA and…

I have tried some other music sites, is it just me or does everyone find the ones besides iTuneslike say napster, overburdened with ads and constantly trying to sell you something else, the ads get in the way of using the site.  At iTunes the focus seems to be solely on the product, no annoying…

I am hesitant to discuss grades. But on the other hand after asking you to take a personal inventory of yourself, I can hardly avoid it.  So let’s look at the Intermed Final. You will recall that the grades on the last examination were, ah er well,  less than what we all had hoped for. …