Thursday  June 14, 2012   Each year the San Antonio chapter of CPAs sponsors FUnlympics, our largest community service event. Teh primary goal of this event is to provide local area children with much needed school supplies for the coming year. In 2012 the event  will be held Saturday July 28 at St Peter St…

Tuesday May 29, 2012 I am seeing more and more articles about the looming college debt crisis.  Howard Gold comments on it in this article. He notes the rise in administrative costs. Mark Cuban doubts the very wisdom of many college programs. Peter Thiel the Pay Pal founder recently appeared on Sixty Minutes offering students an incentive…

Friday May 25, 2012 In the movie, and real life,  Bugsy, Ben Siegel sells more shares of the Tropicana, the first ever big casino constructed in Las Vegas. One mobster notes that 'we will have to deal with these people, some of them are substantial.' Well fast forward seventy years and the Wall Street mobsters…

Monday May 21, 2012 Nassim Taleeb the author of Black Swans remarks on the recent JPM $2B + loss.

Sunday May 12, 2012 Bret Stephens writes on the class of 2012. He explains why a female grad from West Point outperforms a high GPA Ivy League type.  Chrysler is still fighting its reputation for lousy quality. Here is a site whose chief message is quality.  Note that the actual price is never mentioned, you can call hte…

Tuesday April 10, 2012 My modest prediction, among others, is that the Facebook IPO will be near or mark a top in the ascent of the US Stock market. We have more evidence of that today. FB has bought Instagram for $1 Billion. An editorial in the WS on page A 16 marvels at this…

A student requested that I post this announcement on the blog and I am doing so. I wrote an essay on how important graduation is to the school itself. This was written several years back but I will post it as originally written. I will be interested in your reaction. Meanwhile…   TAMU-SA Students –…

Sunday April 1, 2012 Director of Accounting and Finance Project QUEST, a not for profit organization, providing services as aworkforce intermediary, with 18 employees and a $3M budget, seeks Directorof Accounting and Finance.  Hands-on position responsible for accounting andfinance department; human resources, payroll, and benefits. The Directorensures the sound administration of the organization's financial records;provides…

Thursday March 29, 2012 Here is another article on how Don Johnson, the gambler not the tv star, took three casinos.

Friday March 16, 2012 The Master of Business Administration Association Texas A & M University- San Antonio invites you to an open panel discussion involving the process, practices and trends of importing to Texas and the US.   Hear from experts in the field on risks, barriers and recruitment practices to increase trade and sales. Presenters from companies…