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Derivatives tripped up regulators: Geithner
in Sox First, on July 11, 2009
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is pushing the Obama administration's plans to regulate the exotic and opaque derivatives market, something that's long overdue. Let's face it, the US Government wasn't even aware of how serious a problem it's been. Associated Press rep...
Freecom Hard Drive Secure: Added layer of security to your data
in The RFID Weblog, on July 10, 2009
From now on stealing data will not be a piece of cake for the thieves from your external hard drives with the availability of RFID backed Freecom external HDD . The Freecom external HDD is secured by RFID access card which is used to lock and unlock the HDD. Within a matter of seconds you get ...
Why it matters if your neighbor's struggling to pay the mortgage
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 9, 2009
You might not want the federal government to bail out your neighbors who took out bad mortgage loans and now can't pay their monthly bills on time.
Most of them were greedy, you might say. They took out odd mortgage loans with artificially low initial interest rates all so they could move...
ETF und Indexfonds - vergleichen lohnt sich!
in Das Börsen Weblog, on July 8, 2009
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Gehören Sie auch zu den Pechvögeln, die durch die Finanzkrise Geld verloren haben? Da sind Sie nicht allein. Doch wo manche Bank gerade einmal ein bis zwei Prozent für Festgeld locker macht und im Fall der isländischen Kaupthing sogar pleite geht, gibt es ein Finanzprodukt, dass a...
Apple's lack of enterprise ambition
in The CIO Weblog, on July 8, 2009
eWeek's Don Reisinger has an editorial up titled "Should Apple Even Care About the Enterprise?" in which he answers unequivocally "no." Reisinger lays out all the usual points; Apple is a hardware, rather than software business, with a decidedly consumer focus, limited...
The world's oldest bible reunited online
in Wangtam, on July 7, 2009
• The world's oldest bible reunited online
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• Paging Dr. Grey
• Nokia denies plans phone running Google's Android
• Apple may add micro projectors to iPhones, iPod touches
• Internet, Twitter blocked in China city after ethni...
Neuer CIO bei SAP
in Das CIO Weblog, on July 7, 2009
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Nachdem ich bereits vor wenigen Wochen - hier im CIO Weblog - über die Einrichtung eines neuen CIO-Offices nebst personeller Neubesetzung bei der Metro Group berichtet hatte, ist nun das nächste hochkarätige Unternehmen an der Reihe. Die Rede ist von SAP und laut Computerwoche ...
Save On Car Insurance by Raising Your Deductible
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on July 6, 2009
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Car insurance is one thing that few people like to change. Once they get it, they often leave it alone. Unfortunately, this can mean that you are throwing some of your hard-earned money away. Saving money, however, means that you need to be willing to analyze your current expenses an...
Novitec Rosso Ferrari Scuderia 16M
in Wangtam, on July 4, 2009
官方新闻稿:
Some Like It Even Hotter: NOVITEC ROSSO Tunes the Ferrari Scuderia Spider 16M - 696 hp / 512 kW, 682 Nm and More than 330 km/h
How can you make a Ferrari Scuderia Spider 16M, built in a limited edition of just 499 vehicles, even more exciting and more exclusive? Easy, just take it to N...
World Bank finally catches up with Siemens
in Sox First, on July 3, 2009
Seems like regulators are finally dealing with bribers and cheaters. But they're taking their time. Two years after Siemens executives were convicted of paying bribes to get business, the World Bank has announced it will impose a $100 million penalty on the German conglomerate and bar it ...
The Goldman Sachs-Rolling Stone slugfest
in Sox First, on July 3, 2009
Hard to go past Matt Taibbi's piece in Rolling Stone where he accuses it of engineering every market manipulation since the Great Depression. Taibbi doesn't pull any punches either. He calls it the "Wall Street bubble mafia". He writes: "If America is circling the drain...
Outsourcing Trends
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on July 2, 2009
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Here's an interesting article on outsourcing trends (made more interesting because I am quoted in it).
In any case, I believe that outsourcing could be at the leading edge of the recovery, as careful organizations try to grow their footprints without growing their head c...
BILD ist dabei: BLÖD-Bank flutet den Geldmarkt
in Bauen - aber richtig, on July 1, 2009
© MPD01605 442.240.000.000 Euro umfaßt der größte Kredit aller Zeiten von BLÖD B ank L äßt Ö ffentlichkeit D umm! Schulden haben die gegenwärtige Misere verursacht. Noch mehr Schulden sollen die gegenwärtige Talfahrt bremsen. Wer das glaubt, ist blöd! Deshalb wurde eine bekannte Zent...
Immobilien-Finanzierung: Kein Eigenkapital - Kein Eigentum
in Bauen - aber richtig, on June 29, 2009
© CBP Linienstraße 219 Berlin Jede Immobilie, die mit einer Hypothek belastet ist, droht zu einer platzenden Blase zu werden, zu einer Illusion, weil der Kreditgeber seinen Launen folgt. Gehen Sie mit einem Revolverheld spazieren, der wild herumballert? Wahrscheinlich nicht, Sie können j...
Was hat die Versicherungsbranche mit der Finanzkrise zu tun?
in versicherungsintern, on June 26, 2009
© Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com Die Antwort ist einfach: Überhaupt nichts! Deshalb verwundert die Aussage "Die Wirtschaftskrise hat vor allem die Banken und Versicherung hart erwischt." sehr. Sie grenzt fast an Irreführung.
Wenn ein allgemeiner Trend zum Sparen einsetzt, ...
Pensioners kidnap and torture their investment adviser
in Sox First, on June 25, 2009
Working as an investment adviser these days is dangerous. You risk incurring the wrath of financial crisis victims. And it doesn't matter how old they are either. Here's an extraordinary story about a financial adviser who was kidnapped and tortured by angry pensioners after he had lo...
How to Save Money When You Buy Auto Insurance
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on June 23, 2009
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Buying auto insurance is not the same thing as buying an electronic item in a store - although it would be nice if it were that easy. Instead, in order to find a good deal and save money on auto insurance, you will need to do some research and shop around.
Getting the best deal...
Survival strategies for a deepening recession
in Sox First, on June 23, 2009
The green shoots are turning into yellow weeds. The World Bank forecast for the global economy is a sobering read. According to the World Bank, the global economy will shrink by nearly 3 per cent this year, a situation created by plunging trade and business lending. And world trade will contr...
Bankers' pay soars despite crisis
in Sox First, on June 22, 2009
It's hard to believe but bankers are now raking in enormous bonuses despite the global financial crisis. The Financial Times reports that Merrill Lynch, UBS and Citigroup are actually cranking up pay for investment bankers to stop them leaving. Market rates for bankers have been running c...
Gibt es auch eine russische Immobilienblase?
in Bauen - aber richtig, on June 17, 2009
© APA Helmut Fohringer Ungedeckte Investitionen und spekulative Geldausgaben auf Kredit unterliegen weltweit mathematischen und wirtschaftlichen Gesetzmäßigkeiten. Warum sollte dies in Russland anders sein? Alexey Tschuwin, Chef der Sparte Baufinanzierung bei der russischen Sperbank, im ...
The slow recovery
in Sox First, on June 16, 2009
So the International Monetary Fund has given the US economy, and by implication the Obama administration, a big tick of sorts in its latest report . The IMF projects that the economy will contract 2.5% in 2009 but grow by a modest 0.75% in 2010. It's not huge but at least it's headed in...
The Coming Solar Revival
in IfEnergy, on June 15, 2009
Forbes had an article earlier this month on SunPower and the solar energy revival it expects to see soon... This guardedly optimistic outlook came Tuesday... and follows an abysmal period in which new commercial-scale solar business has stalled due to the lack of bank funding for projects. The...
How'd the mortgage meltdown happen? NPR knows
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 15, 2009
One of the problems with the mortgage mess that is still slowing the nation's economic recovery is that so few of us regular homeowners understand how everything went so bad so fast. I mean, I cover this stuff for a living, and it confuses the heck out of me, too.
You can't rely on the main...
Hard times for logistics and transportation companies...
in Supplychainer, on June 11, 2009
The economic downturn has given the logistics and transportation a hard time. To give some examples of the reasons:
- As people are buying less, there are less requests to transport products to retail stores.
- Manufacturing sector, especially parts and component manufacturers see a dramatic ...
Hedge Fund Competing To Buy British Bank
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on June 9, 2009
BlackRock , Inc. confirmed that negotiations are ongoing with U.K.'s third-largest bank, Barclays Bank plc, about the potential purchase of Barclays Global Investors (BGI), including the iShares business.
BlackRock's BGI buyout will break its own record in a hedge fund transaction,...
Banks to face more stress tests
in Sox First, on June 9, 2009
Last month, I did a blog entry questioning the bank stress tests, pointing out that the bar had been set too low. At the time, I raised the question of whether the tests had been put in place to stop the panic, not to fix the banks. More a political ploy than anything else. Now, the Congressi...
Wells Fargo accused of pushing bad loans on African-Americans
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 8, 2009
Whenever I tell people that borrowers shouldn't always be blamed for the bad mortgage loans that they take out, I get sneers. These borrowers should have done their homework before taking out a mortgage loan that they eventually wouldn't be able to pay, people will say to me.
What they...
Subprime and racism
in Sox First, on June 7, 2009
One of the things that has disturbed me the most about the subprime crisis is the impact it's had on the African American and Hispanic communities, and the way banks had targeted these people for predatory and toxic loans. As Melvin Oliver and Thomas Shapiro wrote in The American Prospect ...
Banks fight to keep accounting tricks
in Sox First, on June 6, 2009
US accounting standard setters might be tightening the rules for banks, forcing them to take off balance sheet toxic vehicles on to their books but don't expect the banks to take that lying down. Up until now, the banks had kept assets and liabilities including mortgages and credit-card re...
Mortgage giant Mozilo charged with fraud
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 5, 2009
I'm always amazed that so many people pin the blame for our nation's current housing crisis on homeowners facing foreclosures. Yes, some of these homeowners — but not nearly all of them — were greedy, and tried to buy too much home for their income levels. But if you want to pinp...
Apps adoption not so terrible
in The CIO Weblog, on June 5, 2009
In the face of recent assertions that "the Cloud isn't enterprise-ready" or "cloud adoption is more theoretical than real right now" it turns out that the people who actually have the data say they are doing just fine. Google Enterprise president David Girouard, in a...
Der Etikettenschwindel um die Finanzkrise tangiert die Versicherungswirtschaft nicht
in versicherungsintern, on June 5, 2009
© Markusram Völlig zu Recht kritisiert Frank Wiebe vom Handelsblatt das "Märchen von der Gier", das landauf landab in Verbindung der der weltweiten Finanzkrise leichtfertig und unbedacht kolportiert wird. Denn die Spatzen, welche diese Mär von den Dächern pfeifen, übersehen...
Delahaye Book Beats Depression for the Quickest of Clicks
in Classical Drives, on June 5, 2009
Though I've seen few such cars in person I've always admired France's Delahaye for its beautiful bodies. Award-winning artist Michael Furman obviously feels the same. Delahaye Styling and Design , a book by Richard Adatto and Diane Meredith, features original photography by the a...
Attraktiv wohnen in Muenchen: Hirschpark oder Hirschgarten?
in Bauen - aber richtig, on June 4, 2009
© CBP Am Hirschgarten Mit unseren beiden Objekten PARK RESIDENZ und PARK LOUNGE präsentieren wir Ihnen zwei unterschiedliche Architekturkonzepte direkt am Park.
Zwei moderne fünfgeschossige Punkthäuser mit insgesamt nur 27 Wohneinheiten entstehen im Westen der Wohnanlage mit Blick auf d...
Is manufacturing dead?
in Sox First, on June 3, 2009
Much has been written about the decline of manufacturing and the demise of General Motors highlights the problem. Which makes the observations in Robert Reich's blog on the future of manufacturing. Reich argues that the bailout of GM is just buying time. It won't create jobs and it wo...
Even Hollywood hates mortgage loan officers these days
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 1, 2009
Drag me to Hell , the new movie by Sam Raimi, received mixed reviews last week. But it certainly can't be the critical darling of mortgage loan officers.
That's because the star of the film, the person being dragged to Hell, is a mortgage loan officer at a California bank. And she's ge...
National Venture Capital Association: Suggestions and Blind Spots
in TJ's Weblog, on May 25, 2009
Around the beginning of May I saw two different pieces of news on the NVCA that have hung around in my mind as I've read through other piece of economic news. The first piece, at Red Herring , simply outlined some suggestions the NVCA made at its annual meeting in Boston at the end of April...
Hallo! Mein Name ist Carsten Reuter,
in Mein Diabetes Blog, on May 22, 2009
ich bin 40 Jahre alt und ich möchte mich heute als neuen Co-Blogger von Ilka und Finn vorstellen. Wie die beiden ja bereits angekündigt haben, werde ich ab sofort regelmäßig über meine Erfahrungen mit der neuen Insulinpumpe Accu-Chek Combo von Roche Diagnostics berichten.
Schnüffelei oder einfach nur Kundendienst?
in versicherungsintern, on May 22, 2009
© LuChOeDu Der Schweizer Tagesanzeiger prangert am 18. Mai 2009 an: "Viele renommierte Unternehmen durchleuchten ihre kunden mit ausgeklügelter Software, ohne sie zu informieren. Das ist oft illegal."
Da stellt sich unwillkürlich die Frage, wie innovative Versicherer ver...
The recession: blaming the business schools
in Sox First, on May 21, 2009
How much are business schools to blame for the recession? Writing in The Times , Phillip Delves Broughton says MBA should actually stand for Master of the Business Apocalypse. Broughton writes: "Harvard Business School alumni include Stan O'Neal and John Thain, the last two heads of ...
Employee disengagement in a recession
in Sox First, on May 21, 2009
A key problem in this economic climate is working out how to keep your staff motivated and engaged. That's particularly hard at a time like this when money is scarce. It's a point examined in this piece here . Still, while the piece points out that companies are recognizing it as proble...
Why is Apple Rejecting PhoneGap-Built iPhone Apps?
in Wangtam, on May 20, 2009
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Wurde Steve Jobs tatsächlich das Opfer eines Hackers?
in Pimp your Mac, on May 19, 2009
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Ein unbekannter Hacker mit dem Nickname "orin0co" behauptet, dass der Apple-Chef Steve Jobs ihm auf den Leim gegangen sei. Mit einer Phishing-Mail will der mysteriöse Hacker Steve Jobs die Zugangsdaten zu seinem Amazon-Konto entlockt haben und so Zugriff zu dessen...
Cashing in on the disgust with banks
in Sox First, on May 19, 2009
Last week, I did a blog entry looking at how banks were going to face more intense competition in the wash-up from this financial crisis. To put it bluntly, banks will be losing market share to such forces as peer-to-peer lending, Islamic finance, boutique advisory firms and retailers setting ...
Nokia Announces World's Cheapest G3 Phones
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on May 18, 2009
Hey times are tough here in the US- Nokia realizes that not everyone wants to break the proverbial bank just to enjoy the high-speed capabilities of the G3 network. As such he world's top handset maker has unveiled its 2720 Fold and 7020 series phones, including the 2730 Classic - the chea...
Financial crisis winners to hurt banks
in Sox First, on May 15, 2009
Who are the big winners coming out of this financial crisis? And how will they threaten to destroy banks? The Economist identifies four big winners that will decimate the banking sector. These include the advisory boutiques which are cashing in on the banks destroying their reputations and da...
More bad news: Housing foreclosure activity remains at record levels
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 14, 2009
You can always count on RealtyTrac for bad news, at least these days.
The online provider of foreclosure data didn't disappoint this month, when it released its April foreclosure report . The report showed that housing foreclosure activity remained at record levels during the month.
Acc...
Es ist gerichtet: Berliner Filz paart sich mit Kölschem Klüngel
in Bauen - aber richtig, on May 13, 2009
© Peter Kurth Im Nachgang zum 10. Mai 2009 paßt der nette Herr mit dem strahlenden Lächeln, der sich in seiner Funktion als Aufsichtsrat mit einem schlechten Gedächtnis herumplagt - zumindest was die Gründe betrifft, welche in 2000 und 2001 die Landesbank Berlin in die roten Zahlen brachte...
Hedge Fund Administrator of The Year
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on May 13, 2009
Along with an award for Hedge Fund Administrator of the year for their alternative investment services (AIS), the Bank of New York Mellon received 6 other awards at the International Custody & Fund Administration (ICFA) Global Awards 2009 in London.
BNY Mellon also received the award for Wh...
Downturn easing without recovery
in Sox First, on May 12, 2009
On one hand, we have billionaire financier George Soros saying that all the stimulus packages are starting work and that the financial crisis is easing. He predicts that Asia will be the first to emerge out of the crisis, and that China will overtake the United States as the world's growth...
Credit card losses to hit banks
in Sox First, on May 11, 2009
Obama's battle to overhaul the credit card industry and rein in their exploitative practices is likely to turn into a sideshow when you take a look at the impact that credit card losses will have on the US economy and US banks. Credit card debt is the ticking time bomb for banks, says the...
Google Chrome ads on TV
in Wangtam, on May 10, 2009
• Google Chrome ads on TV
• Verizon to Support Bans on Driving While Texting
• NASA astronaut will tweet, take YouTube questions ... live from space
• Guest post: Hackintosh FAIL
• Mozilla Prism v1.0
• Google Chrome 2.0.172.23 Beta
• Nuts: Twitter Inventor About To Launch His Next Proje...
Verkauf der Berliner Immobilien Holding steht an
in Bauen - aber richtig, on May 10, 2009
© BIH GmbH Reuters Deutschland meldet am 8. Mai in Bezug auf die Berliner Immobilien Holding: "Die Immobilien umfassen 4,7 Millionen Quadratmeter in ganz Deutschland. Die Transaktion wäre einer der größten Immobiliendeals seit langem. Die Finanzverwaltung hält sich aber weiterhin ...
Wann implementieren Versicherer Elemente von Social Business?
in versicherungsintern, on May 8, 2009
© Yodel Anecdotal Versicherungsgesellschaften zählten zu den ersten Unternehmen, die EDV, IT und Computer einsetzten, um Zahlen und Daten zu bewältigen. Die unterschiedlichen Begriffe sind historisch bedingt. Genau diese Computer-Branchen sind prädestiniert, aus dem Trend " Social B...
Lasche US-Bankenaufsicht: Sexy Banks in transparent Pants
in Bauen - aber richtig, on May 8, 2009
© markhillary Da hilft nur noch Humor! Und den liefert Tobias Bayer scharf wie Tabasco-Sauce in seinem Kommentar am 7. Mai 2009 in der financial times deutschland: "Was fehlt in der gesamten Kreditkrise, ist eine Regierung, die mit eitlen, aktionsarmen Lustspielchen aufhört. Das b...
No recovery yet
in Sox First, on May 8, 2009
Is the US economy on its way to recovery or not? Some would point to the results of the bank stress tests as a green shoot with 10 of the 19 largest banks needed to boost their capital by a combined total just shy of $75 billion. Not as much as many expected, prompting officials and industry ex...
Bankroll blues
in Sox First, on May 7, 2009
Two alarming reports, both from the Centre for Public Integrity , show how entrenched the banks are in the political system and how close they are to politicians. Is it any wonder the US Government won't crack down on them? First comes its report showing that that the top 25 originators ...
Innovationsschub parallel zur Krise: Rule Breaking für neue Märkte
in Bauen - aber richtig, on May 6, 2009
© HelpGroup GmbH forward2business.com : "Wie ist Friedensnobelpreisträger Yunus auf die Idee gekommen, dass eine Bank funktionieren kann, wenn sie -anders als alle anderen- Kredite nicht an Reiche sondern an Arme vergibt? Wie kommt man auf die Apple-Idee in eine völlig andere Branc...
Testing stress tests
in Sox First, on May 5, 2009
And so The Wall Street Journal reports that 10 of the 19 banks undergoing stress tests will have to boost their capital and that list might include Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Citigroup. The fundamental question is not just whether those banks are solvent. It's whether the stress test...
More Wall Street greed
in Sox First, on April 27, 2009
Bankers and finance executives might have brought the world to its knees but they haven't learned their lesson. They reckon they're victims. In this striking piece from New York magazine, The Wail of the 1% , bankers say they deserve the be treated with respect. And they don't see ...
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Necessary Attitudes You Need Toward Saving Money
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on April 25, 2009
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If you want to save money this year - even more than you did last year - then you need to develop an attitude toward it. Here are some attitudes you need to have in order to turn around your spending habits and put some money in the bank.
1 . Do You Really Want to Save Money?
It ...
One more step to bank nationalization
in Sox First, on April 24, 2009
While the Federal Reserve says most US banks are well capitalized and will be okay in these stress tests, chances are the public and investors will still have to confront the n-word. Nationalization is on its way. Read carefully between the lines of this otherwise bland New York Time piece ...
Zinslose Verkäuferdarlehen ein realistischer Ausweg aus der Krise?
in Bauen - aber richtig, on April 22, 2009
© CBP Der Anbieter einer Immobilie möchte vermieten oder verkaufen. Jeder Tag des Leerstandes ist ein Verlust aus der Perspektive der Zinseszinsrechnung. So weit so gut. Wenn aber dem Erwerber Eigenkapital fehlt und keine solide Finanzierung durch eine Bank möglich ist, dann bietet sich ...
How a nut case blogger fooled the market
in Sox First, on April 21, 2009
I really don't know what drives US markets sometimes. Today we had a Bloomberg report where US Treasury was called in to deny a blog report that 16 of the 19 banks being stress tested are insolvent. That report contributed to falls in the US market, although some poor company results d...
瑞银计划25亿美元出售旗下UBS Pactual
in Independent Money & Investment Guide, on April 20, 2009
据 nytimes 消息,瑞银(UBS)计划以大约25亿美元将UBS Pactual出售给由Pactual前CEO Andre Esteve运营的BTG Investments。此举只在加强瑞银资产负债表。
据悉瑞银2009第一季度财报将在5月5日公布,届时将有此项出售的更详细信息。
美国银行一季净利42.4亿美元
in Independent Money & Investment Guide, on April 20, 2009
美国银行今天公布了09年第一季度财报,报告显示,得益于住房再融资和交易收入,美国银行第一季度净利润为42.4亿美元,较去年同期的12.1亿美元增长两倍以上超出分析师的最乐观预期。
via marketwatch
Back door bank nationalisation
in Sox First, on April 20, 2009
Earlier this year, I did a blog entry looking at how the Obama administration was opening the door to nationalizing banks where the US government is repaid with common stock giving it a stake in the business. Now the New York Times reports that the US Government is now moving in this directio...
New Hedge Fund Manager at SilkInvest
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 15, 2009
FSA regulated specialist asset management firm, Silk Invest Ltd, has hired John Bates, former Head of Credit Research Africa at investment bank Renaissance Capital, to spearhead its move into Frontier Fixed Income, an emergent hedge fund asset class.
"We will offer a liquid Frontier M...
Logitech Ultimate Ears 700 Break the Sound Barrier and the Bank
in The Gadgets Weblog, on April 15, 2009
logitech has announced a new pair of high-end, audiophile only, quality headphones. The Logitech Ultimate Ears 700 offer noise isolation, superior sound, and a true high-fidelity music experience. Unfortunately, they cost more than my MP3 player.
The Logitech Ultimate Ears 700 do have som...




