Karen Vangyia: Excels as First Female Managing Partner at KPMG St. Louis Karen Vangyia, a 1993 graduate with a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Missouri State, is also the first female managing partner at KPMG’s offices in St. Louis. “Certainly as someone who grew up in St. Louis and went to high school and college in Missouri… this is humbling and something that I … [Read more...] about Alumni Spotlight
By James Philpot, Ph.D. So, you have a valid last will and testament. Are you also prepared for the possibility that you could be alive, yet unable to manage your assets? My recent contributions to this column have covered estate planning documents; in this column I will discuss another useful estate planning document, the durable power of attorney for property. A … [Read more...] about Bears Business Brief: POA a document for disaster
President Obama has been sounding the alarm recently about the threat of cyberterrorism and cyberwarfare. At a recent fundraiser, he said that the White House is bracing for a possible “doomsday scenario” where hackers crash our banking system, wipe out the identities of millions of people through a breach of government systems and disrupt the delivery of power through an … [Read more...] about Bears Business Brief – How to shield yourself from cyberthreats
In my previous column, I discussed the notion of market efficiency, as described by the so-called Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH). The EMH proposes that the market prices of securities quickly and correctly reflect all available information. One of the key assumptions of the EMH is that investors are rational. The notion of behavioral finance, which started gaining traction … [Read more...] about Bears Business Brief – Are you a rational investor?
By Rayanna Anderson, MBA In 2008, 60 percent of small business owners reported they wanted to leave their business within 10 years and 70 percent revealed they wanted to leave their companies by 2020, according to the Apogee Center, a nationwide group that works with businesses to complete business exit or succession plans. History reveals that one-third of these owners … [Read more...] about Bears Business Brief: What is your business worth?