Category Archives: The Business World

Two Pages In The Wall Street Journal

Two pages in today’s Wall Street Journal encapsulate, for this observer, the dilemma our politicians face as federal spending spins out of control. 
Page A4:
Jobless Rate is Key to Fate of Democrats in 2010

…But one item may prove key: the national unemployment rate, which hit a 26-year high last month at 9.8%
…President Obama and the [...] Read more »

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Globalization – An Illustration

A new semester means another opportunity to rant about textbook prices – but we’ve been over this before, so I won’t waster our readership’s time. Instead, a tale of global business, intrigue, and, hopefully, happiness.
Some background. That great engine of entrepeneurial opportunism, E-Bay, also operates as another company called Half.com. Half.com specializes in [...] Read more »

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TaxMan

The first day of classes for the fall semester. A heavy load of business oriented classes, mostly as a requirement for my minor. The most daunting is Taxation, an upper level accounting course. The professor is a seasoned veteran of the public accounting wars who returned to the (relative) safety of academe to earn her [...] Read more »

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