Live Away from Your Favorite Baseball Team’s Market? You Almost Lost Access to their Games…
Back when I was attending the University of Southern California & North Carolina at Chapel Hill, my biggest annoyance was not receiving Boston Red Sox games in my dorm. Of course, I could have sprung for the Extra Innings package, but I was in college…I didn’t have that kind of money to spend on TV! […]
Virginia Tech Campus Tragedy
As a partial alum of UNC-Chapel Hill, and thus a member of the ACC, I wanted to reach out to the community at Virginia Tech and offer my condolences to the students, faculty, family members and friends affected by today’s terrible tragedy. BREAKING — Shooter On Virginia Tech’s Campus (At Least 22 Dead) A tragedy […]
Tax Credits for College Tuition, Senior Tax Administrator Style
I just finished and submitted my taxes! I’ll be getting a refund on both my state and local taxes (albeit only $3 from Taxachusetts) Although both my refunds are relatively low, I’m still very pleased. In the middle of last year, I used the handy dandy IRS Withholding Calculator to figure out that I had […]
Their Product, My Money: In the End, Who Should Have What?
The assignment for this essay was to “…think about the elements of product return policies. Make a list of at least 6 elements or attributes of the return policy (e.g., no questions asked, money back guarantee, etc) that make the product more appealing. List these attributes in the order of their importance and describe the […]
Competition: Driver of a Productive Market
The assignment for this essay was to “…briefly explain in your own words, each of the various external environments that affect marketing. In your opinion, which of the external environments has had the greatest impact on consumer’s abilities to shop and consume products? For this part, do not quote the book. I want you to […]
I’m a Browsing Maniac
Ever sit down at your computer to do something wicked productive, say write a blog post, e-mail, or essay, and instead up with a browser window that looks like this? The joke is, Flock [a “social web browser” based on Firefox, with cool stuff like integrated del.icio.us, flickr, and my new favorite, snippets – see […]
Down with Textbooks! What Schools, Publishers and You can do to Reduce Textbook Costs
Ah, college textbooks, the fine print on your college bill. It literally sickens me thinking about the literally thousands of dollars I’ve spent on college textbooks during my college, ahem, journey. Everywhere I’ve gone, students always complain about the high costs of textbooks and the low (if any) re-sale value. It seems colleges are listening […]
AIG and General Re Fraud
In late 2000, American International Group (AIG), one of the largest insurance companies in the world, struck an intentionally fraudulent deal with General Re Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, so that AIG could add $500 million in reserves to its balance sheet for the last quarter of 2000 and first of 2001. In a plot […]
U.S. GAAP vs. International GAAP vs. Unified GAAP
For many years, the standards that dictated the accounting industry on an international setting were as diverse as the world’s population. Each country used to have their own accounting standards applicable in their country. As many corporations have become international, these individual standards caused a large amount of rework and comparison issues for accountants and […]
Prestigious Education: What is it?
An article on Boston.com, The Triumph of Victor Valley Alums: Or why you shouldn’t sweat it if you don’t get accepted to an Ivy League school, goes into a detailed discussion on why high school seniors shouldn’t worry if they didn’t get into the absolute top tier of schools. Tom Keane, tells high school seniors […]