Ever since my days as a staff auditor at Arthur Andersen, I’ve wondered what it costs to become a partner at a large firm. It’s obviously not something that is widely discussed with staff, so the youngsters all remain clueless. […]

AOL.com and Yahoo! hotjobs By Vicki Salemi If the enrollment numbers are any indication of its widespread appeal, crunching numbers is cool. According to the American Institute of CPA’s, more than 64,000 students graduated with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in […]

Question: What happens if skip an IRS audit? Answer: The IRS will pick a number and tax you based upon that. The number they pick is designed to be painful, in the hope that you will be “encouraged” to cooperate. […]

I found a very interesting study on the pay of school teachers, and I think it’s relevant because I’ve been discussing the high pay of the Milwaukee Public School teachers, but the low performance of the district. Take a look […]

In the game of “where does our money go,” I think these numbers are very important. I wonder if other school districts waste money as well as Milwaukee Public Schools? For the 2007-2008 school year, MPS reports the following:

Today the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ran another story about the Milwaukee Public Schools budget for next year. I’ve pointed out recently that MPS expects a drop in enrollment of almost 5%. Yet spending is going up 1.5%. That’s a gap […]

Then I suggest he start right in his own home. Barack Obama was the recipient of one of those “sweetheart” home mortgages that we’ve heard about. An extra good deal on the mortgage with a below market interest rate and […]

The American Red Cross says this man, who identified himself as James H. Williams, stole $12,000 of debit cards which were meant to go to people who were victims of the June floods in Wisconsin. This picture is him using […]

Over on my public awareness site Pink Truth, we’re often asked about whether someone can make money with Mary Kay Cosmetics. After all, they’ve got a product that you can retail, and you don’t really have to recruit, do you? […]

TheStreet.com By Lan Nguyen Identity theft is a multibillion-dollar problem affecting 8 million people a year. But experts say it isn’t just a consumer issue. In the thousands of cases prosecuted by the U.S. Secret Service in the past six […]