Sunday August 18 There are still thihngs to be invented, look at Never Wet. I think this product has a big future. 

Friday July 19 2013 Regarding our post earlier today on New York's attitude towards Texas, one student admits to being from New York but never really thought about allegiance to one state or the other. Clearly she is not ready for the realization that nirvana has indeed arrived for her.  She has fled the land…

Friday July 19 2013 The announcement by MSFT of earnings and a write off on its 'high profile Surface RT Tablet' (the WSJ description not mine) offers a good deal of insight on why we study accounting.  E/S  Expectations were for 75 cents, actual versus  66 cents I assume the R & d expenditures were capitalized…

Monday June 10 2013 National Envelope files for bankruptcy, again. National Envelope makes some 37 billion envelopes a year, But in this e mail age that is not enought to rescue the firm. by the way NE is located in Frisco, Texas and employes 1600 people. Other names have had difficulty with the transition to the…

Wednesday May 29, 2013   Dear Colleagues,   I will be in Romania for two weeks. I was invited to be the plenary speaker at a management conference at the University of Babes Bolyai in the city of Cluj Napoca on June 7 & 8. I suggested that I could also teach two weeks prior to the conference. They said yes and  provided…

Friday May 17 2013 Here is another article on the cost of college. Your take?

Thursday April 25 2013 Microsoft peaked in market cap in 1999. Here is an interesting comparison between Apple and MSFT. Both have lots of cash and market share. But after peaking in 1999 MSFT stock has gone nowhere even with a dividend. This article notes that Apple is liable to repeat the pattern.  There are many refernces…

Wednesday April 24 2013 Tired of drooling over those Air Force guys flying drones with video all over the world?  Well wait no longer. THe DJI Phantom Quadcopterwith GO Pro Mount has arrived. Yep just mount the latest wi fi enabled Hero 3 Go Pro underneath the coptor, and with its 300 m range, you will…

Monday April 15 2013 The South San Antonio Chamber of Commerceis sponsoring Entrepreneur NIght here Wednesday April 17 2013 Tables from 4 30 – 5 30 Lectures from 5 30 – 7 PM Topics include Using your Chamber Membership to expand your business HOw to publicize your business How to Hire the Right People Resources…

Monday April 8 2013 The Irish betting company Intrade  may be facing insolvency. We are studying options in ACCT 3312, notice the SEC accusess Intrade of utlizing option trading that is not approved. A crash in brokerages often accompanies or begins a fall in markets. While this is a quirky non mainstream brokerage it bears…