| 
Results for agencies. Search took 0.60 seconds.
The Mother of all Dashboards
in The CIO Weblog, on July 1, 2009
...ade implementation a priority and federal CIO Vivek Kundra has been cracking the whip on government agencies which have been slow to comply with the disclosure requirements. I have no doubt this is vi...
Saving Money on Your Car Insurance Tips
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on June 26, 2009
... © Fabio Aro
Car insurance agencies love some people because they do not think to ask questions about what they are buying. One thing that you definitely want to talk about is what kind of auto ...
Did Sonia Sotomayor's mortgage views help send county into recession?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 23, 2009
...r stations putting the blame for the country's mortgage meltdown on the poor and on the federal agencies that tried to get them into homes.
Their reasoning goes like this: Fannie Mae and Freddie ...
Beware of loan-modification scams
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 21, 2009
... received any satisfaction from your lending company, contact one of the many non-profit counseling agencies available to homeowners. You can find a list of these agencies at the HUD Web site.
Don...
Does Obama's patchwork overhaul go far enough?
in Sox First, on June 18, 2009
...will try to kill the package. And secondly, the administration has done nothing to pull the ratings agencies, which caused the problem in the first place, into line. All it's done is the equivalen...
IBM's confusing cloud strategy
in The CIO Weblog, on June 15, 2009
...ategy, the company said, is the culmination of 100 prototype projects with companies and government agencies over the last year, and its research partnership with Google.
Yeah... difficult to pull t...
Want a better credit score? Manage your money
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 12, 2009
...e bureaus own.
Study your reports and look for any errors. If you do find a mistake, write to the agencies to correct it. This can boost your credit score. Be warned, though, that this is a slow pro...
Express News: Free News Application for Android Smartphones
in The Smart PDA, on May 26, 2009
...e are the main features of the Express News App:
It brings feeds from more than 300 popular news agencies including AP, Canadian Press, and AFP. Feeds include up-to-date headlines with full stories...
Britain to lose AAA rating, US is next
in Sox First, on May 23, 2009
... a budget deficit to save the financial firms that had been given AAA ratings by those same ratings agencies....
Merced County California Looking for Entrepreneurs
in TJ's Weblog, on May 21, 2009
...inistration outpost to provide support and advisory services for small companies and startups. Some agencies, such as the Los Banos Redevelopment Agency, which works in the western area of Merced Coun...
Ratings agency crackdowns
in Sox First, on May 1, 2009
...
Ratings agencies did a lot to bring on this recession by giving dysfunctional outfits a clean bill of health. Now they're being held to account, not before time. Standard & Poor's, Moo...
Pandemic preparation in the IT department
in The CIO Weblog, on April 28, 2009
...s is their wont, news media seem to be blowing the disease all out of proportion and public health agencies have reacted defensively so as to avoid any accusations of under-reaction. Still, it's a...
To panic, or not to panic
in The CIO Weblog, on April 22, 2009
...ter-prone Western towns are naturally better prepared for these issues, I think he denigrates other agencies and organizations by suggesting they aren't ready for similar outages, whether natural ...
ACTU Issues Warning About Nanomaterials
in Nanotechbuzz, on April 18, 2009
...containing nanomaterials, a labelling requirement for products containing nanomaterials, and for agencies to develop nanotechnology handling standards," writes The Age's Dan Harrison .
&qu...
Microsoft Stops Mainstream Support For Windows XP
in Wangtam, on April 16, 2009
...ated Media Planning Toolkit
• A Brief History of CPUs: 31 Awesome Years of x86 ...
Bailout funds sink without a trace
in Sox First, on April 6, 2009
... to the number of TARP oversight bills passed into law and comprehensive accountings made to public agencies or the public. Absolutely zip. As US PIRG reports: "Six months, $565 billion, 24 hear...
Introducing IPREDator
in P2P File Sharing, on March 27, 2009
...viders have historically kept user logs, which were often eventually surrendered to law enforcement agencies," writes the NZ Herald's Pat Pilcher . "According to The Pirate Bay, no data...
OMNIBUS Bill Passes: AIP Funded for Over $300 Billion
in The Aviation Weblog, on March 12, 2009
...he omnibus Bill that will provide funding for DOT, FAA and a few other federal departments and agencies. The bill provides the funding through fiscal year 2009.
The highly controversial measure, ...
Tips for Dealing with Financial Stress
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on February 22, 2009
...future. Perhaps they are already getting the phone calls or the threats in the mail from collection agencies. If you are in that boat, here are some quick tips for coping.
Develop a Budget - and St...
First Look: Sony Vaio P Series Lifestyle PC
in Wangtam, on February 9, 2009
...teor: Word-of-Mouth Solutions for Advertisers, Publishers & Agencies
• Yaaze.com
• Embedr - Create Video Playlists and Embed Them Anywhere
• INDIA TOURISM, Travel Guide, Tourism in India: Mu...
Need to Save Money on Health Costs?
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on February 8, 2009
...s. She says, for one thing, that many free medical services can be found through various government agencies online. By visiting them, they can tell you where to go.
In that same article, she also me...
Samsung F268- World's greenest phone!
in The Smart PDA, on January 21, 2009
...s and PVC cause a threat to the environment and their usage is prohibited by environment protection agencies. It also comes with an alarm function that alerts the user to turn off the charger when bat...
Fixing the financial system
in Sox First, on January 12, 2009
... has come up with some radical ideas. First, he says there is a need to consolidate the regulatory agencies and establish a super-agency that would have broad powers to regulate investment banks, ins...
Vietnam Mandates Open Source
in HackITLinux, on January 10, 2009
...ser, Thunderbird e-mail client and UniKey Vietnamese keyboard client be installed at government agencies by the end of June," writes PC World's Jeremy Kirk .
"Open source adoption...
Diagnosing the liquidity and credit crunch
in Sox First, on January 6, 2009
...ge because of the way it had been packaged and because of the way the banks had worked with ratings agencies to sell it as low risk. "Because of the reduction of idiosyncratic risk through diver...
139.com : 中国移动用户的网上家园
in Wangtam, on January 2, 2009
...y The Wayside
• ModelXpress.com - a Social Networking for Models, Agencies and Photographers
• Behind the Hype Pop Culture Reviews & Social Commentary
• CouponWorX.com
• ToonieAds.com
• ...
The Madoff lawsuits roll in
in Sox First, on December 24, 2008
...en as the first step towards a full-blown lawsuit and is the first of its kind targeting government agencies over Madoff. Whether the SEC rolls out the "sovereign immunity" defense remains t...
Mexican Drug Lords Making It Big In Europe
in Exclusive from our news room , on December 23, 2008
...#39;s long battle between Mexican drug cartels and various Mexican and American law enforcement agencies along the Mexican - American border has resulted in more narcotics finding their way to Eur...
The Commercial That Chevy Should be Playing Today
in Classical Drives, on December 10, 2008
...ative community when the spot first appeared.
It was the era of the creative revolution, led by ad agencies Doyle Dane & Bernbach (Volkswagen, Avis), Carl Ally (Volvo) and Wells, Rich, Greene...
Citi slickers
in Sox First, on November 25, 2008
...rillion in assets - about one third is off the balance sheet. All this deal does is have government agencies taking $27 billion of preferred shares in Citi, while agreeing to absorb losses above $29 b...
Flood Tolerant Rice Varieties Passes Field Trials
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 23, 2008
...eld trials recently, and are now close to official release by national and state seed certification agencies in Bangladesh and India, according to reports .
A specific gene called Sub1A has been i...
Ratings agency crackdown
in Sox First, on November 12, 2008
...
At long last, the European Union is introducing measures that would bring ratings agencies into line with controls that seek to prevent conflicts of interest, and forces them to be more transpar...
CTO of the United States
in The CIO Weblog, on November 7, 2008
...tes.
Information Technology obviously already plays a significant role in government, and federal agencies major and minor already have CIOs and CTOs who serve admirably or poorly, just as their priv...
Friend Vouch | Influencers
in Wangtam, on November 6, 2008
...or Designers | Content Management System for Ad Agencies | CMS
• iSuki - Welcome to Isuki Online Dating and Social Networking
• Hitwise Ranks Election Traffic To News Sites
• HOW TO: Get More No...
Greenspan's legacy
in Sox First, on October 25, 2008
...As Tom Rutten in the Los Angeles Times notes, did he really expect that banks, brokerages, rating agencies and insurance companies when presented with the chance to make a killing would put the inte...
Credit ratings agencies: we sold our souls to the devil
in Sox First, on October 23, 2008
...
As the search for culprits behind the meltdown continues, ratings agencies have found themselves in the gun. Executives from Moody's and Standard & Poor's have told Congress that the p...
Forecasts of the economic disaster
in Sox First, on October 13, 2008
...ere handed out well beyond borrowers' ability to repay them. Meanwhile, banks and credit-rating agencies pretended that financial alchemy could convert bad mortgages into AAA assets, and the Fed l...
Russ Busted: Hamilton Named Behind UB Super-User Scandal
in Internet Poker, on September 30, 2008
...eating incidents. Furthermore, the KGC is currently in contact with the appropriate law enforcement agencies and intends to fully cooperate in the prosecution of all individuals involved in the UB che...
AnnualCreditReport.com is the Only Place to Get Your Free, No-Strings-Attached Credit Report
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on September 25, 2008
... said, here are some points to understand, and a little advice:
* There are three credit reporting agencies: TransUnion, Experian, and Equifax. You are entitled a free credit report from EACH AGENCY ...
Showdown: National Accreditation vs. Regional Accreditation
in The Online Universities Weblog, on September 13, 2008
...gain employment. Knowing the similarities and differences between national and regional accrediting agencies can help you make an educated decision." Take a look to learn the facts and choose the...
Data breaches booming
in Sox First, on August 27, 2008
...the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) . The agency found that 449 US businesses and government agencies have thus far reported lost or stolen customer and employee data. And there is still time l...
Britain - The Internet Police
in On Storage, on August 16, 2008
...evaluate our chat, email, and browsing sessions?
Do we want police, government, and sudo-government agencies to view this information?
Regardless, if you live in the UK this is a reality. And if yo...
Wiki-spy
in The CIO Weblog, on August 9, 2008
...hake-up in the wake of 9/11 and the tools and techniques for information sharing within the various agencies were among the factors identified by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks as cont...
New Bill Helps Small Business?
in Biz Plan Hacks, on August 4, 2008
... law that on the face of it may help some small businesses. The bill requires that certain federal agencies with an extramural R&D budget of over $100 million allocate 2.5% of the dollars to the S...
Putting the squeeze on ratings agencies
in Sox First, on August 4, 2008
...
Ratings agencies are now getting sued. That was always inevitable. Just one month after the Securities and Exchange Commission brought down a report slating the agencies for conflicts of i...
30 ideas to be funded - meet ycombinator
in TJ's Weblog, on July 30, 2008
...nnica.
24. A buffer against bad customer service. A lot of companies (to say nothing of government agencies) have appalling customer service. "Please stay on the line. Your call is important to ...
SEC is wrong on short selling
in Sox First, on July 29, 2008
... protected the shared incompetence of a few favored "nationally recognized" credit-rating agencies. It is the agency that watched while auditors became corporate consultants, selling the kin...
Beijing Olympics: Too Black (or Mongolian) to Drink?
in China Venture News, on July 20, 2008
...the Olympics."
The article said the report was somewhat believable because all the government agencies in Beijing are so nervous and paranoid leading up to the Olympics.
So much for " One ...
Ratings agencies up to no good
in Sox First, on July 11, 2008
...
Those ratings agencies have been bad. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission study, reported here , the agencies were assigning top ratings to junk investments, and the analysts knew ...
Moody's subprime error bug
in Sox First, on July 4, 2008
...#39;s not over yet, reports Management Today . And it has further shattered the credibility of the agencies. How could anyone trust them now? "The problem is that these instruments have become ...
Air-Valid : interview with Arnaud Bilquez, CEO
in Les Explorers, on July 2, 2008
...re updated by the airlines CIEs
The opinions of consumers are generated primarily by online travel agencies partners (OTA)
Let me explain:
The airline companies update of their information through ...
Celebrity Product Endorsements
in The Celebrities Weblog, on June 24, 2008
...chools of thought on this subject and actually getting honest information from manufacturers and ad agencies is very difficult. I suppose this data is considered a trade secret.
One would think that ...
Lawsuits come in
in Sox First, on June 18, 2008
...mation about quality and default problems with the CDOs that would have led to downgrades by rating agencies. This case is potentially significant because it's the first of its kind involving two...
Samsung announces two Green Phones
in The Smart PDA, on June 18, 2008
...s and PVC cause a threat to the environment and their usage is prohibited by environment protection agencies. Read more about the harmful effects of BFRs and PVC here
The Samsung W510 will be made...
Internet Advertising on the Rise
in BlogWealth, on June 18, 2008
... in the first quarter of 2008. Internet advertising is increasing in popularity because advertising agencies are able to know how many people clicked on their ads, and being able to produce numbers fo...
June 1, 2008: End of Paper Tickets
in Hidden Travel Gems, on June 2, 2008
...onate it to a museum. As of June 1, IATA will no longer supply paper ticket stock to 60,000 travel agencies in 125 countries around the world as it has done for decades."
Read the full report a...
Wi-Fi and Public Safety
in The Wireless Weblog, on May 28, 2008
...9;s going to show up for an emergency-you'll have people who have 4.9, but you might have other agencies who only have 2.4, so you tend to find that both on-ramps are in use in that type of situat...
Tomorrow's hot job: compliance officers
in Sox First, on May 28, 2008
... guidelines issued by the Federal Trade Commission and the federal financial institution regulatory agencies. Companies are looking for people who not only know the laws and regulations but who also ...
The Pirate Bay enters Alexa top 100
in P2P File Sharing, on May 27, 2008
... how much the publicity has helped the site, and probably rather depressing for all the anti piracy agencies.
...
The global food crisis
in Sox First, on May 23, 2008
...rn. Increased fuel prices have also made transporting food more expensive. The World Bank and other agencies will meet next week to work out strategies to solve the problem. But in its paper, The ...
China One Call Providing Emergency Translation Services
in The Flyaway Weblog, on May 16, 2008
...ll cannot locate victims or doctors, as this is being handled by the relevant governmental and aid agencies....
Freddie Mac's accounting tricks fool investors
in Sox First, on May 15, 2008
...#39;s simply incredible. Not too long ago, the powers that be - Wall Street, the Fed, Credit Rating Agencies - used to tell us it was raining while they pissed on our backs. Now they don't even bo...
The Consequences of New Credit Card Regulations
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on May 5, 2008
...on't be surprised to hear that the credit card industry opposes the Fed and related government agencies sticking their noses in its business. And while the card companies may be successful in gett...
Apsara-Travel : interview with Marie-Aude MA
in Les Explorers, on April 23, 2008
... bookings (almost exclusively by internet/ emails) like hotels, visits and activities, local travel agencies, guides, driver... anything he needs. This tailor made guide also includes a detailed progr...
FDA Setting Up Shop in China
in China Venture News, on April 17, 2008
The U.S. Food and Drug Agency looks set to open offices in China next month, according to China Hearsay . FDA officials evidently released the information on Tuesday.
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt called the move "a change in strategy following product safety problems in Ch...
Online High School Pays Students Taking AP Courses
in The Online Universities Weblog, on April 14, 2008
... is called Learning Power. It will operate from an office in Rapid City with an array of supportive agencies, public and private, including NSU and the state Department of Education.
It will run on a...
AOL CEO Randy Falco 致雇员信，回应 AOL、Yahoo 合并事宜
in Wangtam, on April 11, 2008
昨天， 传出了 Yahoo 选择与 AOL 合并的消息 ，这对于相当"困难"的 Yahoo 与 AOL 的雇员们来说却是一件烦恼的事情。即便撇开两者目前尴尬的境况，正常合并的话，由于业务方面的重叠，缺乏互补性，必然有一批裁员。何况是目前 Yahoo 和 AOL 两者都要开始控制成本，裁员的涉及面将会更广，牵扯的雇员会更多。
为此，AOL CEO Randy Falco 今天发表了致雇员信，其中并没有确认 Yahoo 与 AOL 一定会合并的信息，只是谈到了"可能性"，并且对于裁员计划三缄其口，但是莫名其妙的要求雇员们不要为了此事分心，然后大谈一番...
Recession time: the house of cards tumbles
in Sox First, on April 10, 2008
...weaknesses in such areas as risk management, liquidity management and conduit underwriting. Ratings agencies and compensation also needed addressing. Of course, what the bankers are doing is trying t...
Fraudulent firms and lobbying
in Sox First, on April 8, 2008
...nron had gained favours by lobbying Congress, federal and state governments, and various regulatory agencies on 49 occasions. These included the removal of price controls on natural gas, allowing cert...
