Continental is proud to partner with ¡Adelante! on the “Destino: Latinoamérica” program helping to prepare Hispanic students for the highly competitive job market and leadership opportunities of tomorrow.  “Destino: Latinoamérica” is a contest for Hispanic college students to compete for a chance to win airline tickets by writing an essay about Latin America’s influence on…

This CFO article How Extreme is the Makeover mya be the most important you will read in your college career. An overview from the FASB is here. FASB news release is here.  FASB full exposure draft and more than you want to know is here. The upshot of this is that the IFRS and the FASB…

Gov Perry  wrote an op ed explaining his position in the Sunday SA Express News.  The Governor's position is interesting and constructive. He opposes taking Federal money for the reason that this will extend unemployment benefits. These must be paid by state employers. The Governor believes that more taxes on  potential employers is not the answer. …

Mike Huckabee is hosting a television show thinly disguised as his campaign for the Presidency in 2012. Tonight  he broadcast from Elkhart IN, spotlighting a town that won't give up and just wants a hand up, not a helping hand. Right… Seems the claim to fame here is that Elkhart is the RV manufacturing epicenter…

Well I guess that settles that, about the best cafe that is. Johnny Dee and the Rocket 88s performed at  the Floore Country Store in Helotes this March 22.  A beautiful Sunday afternoon to celebrate rock and roll and raise a bit of money for Veterans.  The chap on the left sure does a great…

 A good friend called to report that the bay areas of south Texas are already seeing the crimp from reduced trade. The US has stopped cross border trucking. And so Mexico has trade sanctioned 90 US food and consumer items, making them uncompetitive in Mexico. Meanwhile the US helps suppliers for US automakers Ford GM…

Thomas Ellis and Dr. Granville Coggs, Tuskegee Airmen, visited the San Antonio A & M Campus February 25, 2009. We were delighted at their stories and affable manner. Dr. Mary Grams and Exec Dean Dr. Carolyn Green visit with Carolin Sinkfield, Dept Educaiton, and Dr. Granville Coggs. Six of the airmen live here in San…

Fed Chief Bernake said the FED has helped the situation. I guess this means that the entire banking system has not completley melted as CITI has rallied from 1.05 to nearly 3 bucks. And frankly I think that is what he means, the entire system did not collapse.

I visited he Cortez SA Public Libarary this morning, try it you will like it. Cortez is handily located just one stoplight north of Gillette at Hunter and Poteet. It is well laid out with windows on the north and south walls for natural light without the harsh afternoon sun. They have a nice periodical…

In a case reminiscent of the KPMG $450M non deductible fine by the IRS, a BDO former partner plead guilty to conspiring to tax fraud.  Please read this article. Now, things are not quite as they appear. After all People do not go to cpa firms merely to have their tax returns prepared, HR Block…