Wednesday, January 26, 2011

#177 McDonald's Set to Raise Prices in 2011


It's not the labor costs forcing the price increase, but the prices of key ingredients.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41231991/ns/business-consumer_news/

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

#176 Steve Jobs Takes Medical Leave

Apple is trying to be more upfront about CEO Steve Jobs' medical issues as he takes his third medical leave. CNBC discussed the ethical issues at this link: http://www.cnbc.com/id/41135014

Saturday, January 8, 2011

#175 Fastest Growing Jobs: Accounting & IT

https://news.fidelity.com/news/news.jhtml?articleid=201101061336CNN_____MONEYMAG_-2011-01-06-pf-jobs-fastest_growing_professions_moneymag-index_htm&IMG=N&cat=default&ccsource=rss-default

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

#174 Smart Shopping in the New Year

A good segment on comparison shopping for Personal Finance students. For Managerial Accounting, a segment that illustrates one of the ultimate truths in that discipline - there are two ways to improve the bottom line: 1) increase revenue or 2) reduce cost. Obviously, in these economic times, many companies are electing to try the second one as the primary option.

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