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Bankers' pay soars despite crisis
in Sox First, on June 22, 2009
... us now that the bankers are working out ways of getting around crimping bonuses in response to the bailout rules of the Troubled Asset Relief Program. Instead of bonuses, you just boost the base sala...
Digital Britain on Filesharing
in P2P File Sharing, on June 21, 2009
...ctics for the UK's approach to filesharing.
" Ofcom will work with ISPs to send written warnings to those who are illegally sharing files with their peers," writes Telegraph.co.uk...
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Swine flu and crime
in Sox First, on June 10, 2009
...ents who are actually sick from the virus. As if that's not bad enough, there are reports of warnings from the Australian Crime Commission that organized crime syndicates could cash in on the p...
Banks fight to keep accounting tricks
in Sox First, on June 6, 2009
...rule change. They are also spending millions lobbying Congress. Not content with their $700 billion bailout, the banks want to keep investors in the dark. There's nothing US banks hate more than t...
Is manufacturing dead?
in Sox First, on June 3, 2009
...he 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 won't save GM. Manufacturing ...
More on the Satyam-PWC scandal
in Sox First, on May 27, 2009
The implosion at Indian IT specialists Satyam raises many questions about corporate governance. As Madhukar Angur says in the Deccan Herald , the debacle suggests we have learned very little since Enron and WorldCom. And that's despite governments around the world tightening their corporat...
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The problem with economists
in Sox First, on May 18, 2009
... society to provide as much insight as possible into the workings of the economy and in providing warnings about the tools it created." <>br />It's unlikely that economists didn'...
Bankroll blues
in Sox First, on May 7, 2009
...worth of assets that created the meltdown were owned and financed by investment banks now receiving bailout money. Investment banks owning and financing subprime lenders included Merrill Lynch, JPMorg...
Taiwan Approves Three-Strikes Law
in P2P File Sharing, on April 30, 2009
... in a legal gray area," notes enigmax at TorrentFreak .
"By requiring ISPs to pass on warnings from rights holders to P2P users, the bill is designed to encourage self-correction by users...
Swine flu hits business
in Sox First, on April 30, 2009
...the World Health Organization promoting swine flu to level five of its six-level pandemic alert and warnings in The Economist that there is little hope of having enough antiviral treatments for all ...
Big bonuses at imploding banks
in Sox First, on April 26, 2009
...heir bonuses are bigger than last year. That includes UBS which despite gettiong a Swiss government bailout is paying its "star" 15-20% more. Until the banks are sorted out, the financial c...
TARP fraud investigations
in Sox First, on April 21, 2009
...g entry looking at how the TARP cop Neil Barofsky bemoaning the lack of accountability for the bailout funds being put up by US taxpayers. Clearly, the system is open to fraud and now we have th...
Climate change flood warning
in Sox First, on April 20, 2009
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Dire warnings from Energy Secretary Steven Chu that some islands in the Caribbean will disappear and that Louisiana and even northern California could be overrun with rising water as a result of...
Here we go again
in The CIO Weblog, on April 6, 2009
...ISun? SunBM?) this actually seemed like a good deal for both parties on the face of it; Sun needs a bailout, IBM could use some fresh faces (as is ever the case at IBM). IBM, however, can go out and b...
Bailout funds sink without a trace
in Sox First, on April 6, 2009
... I did a blog entry bemoaning the lack of oversight into the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) bailouts. Some of the banks have not been able to say where the money has gone. Now, the US Public...
G20 and FASB: the banks win again
in Sox First, on April 3, 2009
...vestment community, and the regulators are worse off. The change in the accounting rules is another bailout for the bankers!" Is it any wonder, as ethicist Dov Seidman writes, that the real pr...
Bailouts total $3 trillion with no oversight
in Sox First, on April 2, 2009
...tor General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program Neil Barofsky there were $3 trillion worth of bailout programs, the equivalent of an entire agency or three just to stop the US financial system f...
G20 protest meltdown
in Sox First, on March 28, 2009
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London is bracing itself for the G20 protests with warnings from one of the organizers that there could be "real bankers hanging from lamp posts". Regardless of the hyperbole, it's a...
Oil shock ahead
in Sox First, on March 27, 2009
...remain low. So far, there's been no sign of global co-ordination. Add to that the reports of warnings that oil prices have bottomed out and are likely to soar again. Investors are betting on a ...
Insomnia a Growing Problem for Many: Conventional Cures Are Not Always Enough
in Straightfromthedoc, on March 26, 2009
...gation to detail the reality of living as a writer with insomnia.
"We hear a lot of ominous warnings about the dangers of sleep deprivation. To address the problem experts tell us to follow a f...
Why Geithner's plan won't work
in Sox First, on March 23, 2009
So Timothy Geithner outlines his plan to save the US financial system this morning in The Wall Street Journal . in that piece, he unveils the Public Private Investment Program which will use US Treasury Capital and financing from the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a...
Are Visa Rules a Form of Protectionism? India Thinks So...
in Global Mobility Report, on March 22, 2009
...lus money. It's protectionism, say Indian critics, that Congress has banned companies receiving bailout money from hiring foreigners on H-1B visas. The problem is not just the H-1B visa. Many U.S....
The politics of AIG
in Sox First, on March 16, 2009
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The political fallout from the AIG bailout will be massive. With $165 million in US taxpayers' money going to pay executive bonuses, the Obama administration is bailing itself for a backlash. ...
Climate change battle lost?
in Sox First, on March 9, 2009
...e placing too much emphasis on technological solutions that have yet to be invented or proven. The warnings coincide with findings from the supercomputer at the UK Met Office, reported here , that t...
Warnings from Buffett
in Sox First, on March 2, 2009
Some dire predictions from billionaire Warren Buffett. In his letter to shareholders , in Berkshire Hathaway's 2008 annual report Buffett says the economy will remain a shambles this year "and, for that matter, probably well beyond", although he does see better times down the tra...
Norman: Take A Pay Cut
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 28, 2009
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And now we learn that Wells Fargo Bank , recipient of some 25 billion dollars in taxpayers' bailout money and the new owner of Wachovia Corporation is dropping the Wachovia name from the Cha...
Dubai bailout
in Sox First, on February 23, 2009
The meltdown from the credit crisis, combined with a 74% drop in oil prices, is hurting Dubai which has the world's tallest building, most expensive hotel suite and largest man made islands. Dubai borrowed $80 billion to turn itself into a regional financial and tourism hub and, according to...
Is Mexico still a viable near-shore location?
in Supplychainer, on February 19, 2009
...tance countries such as India and China (you still remember $100 oil prices, right?). However, such warnings usually have an eye-opening impact and some may wonder: "Is Mexico still a viable loca...
GM and Chrysler's begging bowl
in Sox First, on February 18, 2009
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And so the bailout continues. Last week, I did a blog entry looking at whether GM and Chrysler will go bust. Now the two companies are begging for more , with GM saying it could need as much as...
Will GM and Chrysler go bust?
in Sox First, on February 10, 2009
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Irony of ironies. Will the bailout of US automakers lead to them going out of business? Will it send GM and Chryler bankrupt? That's the question now being raised. As Forbes points out, the...
TARP shortchanged taxpayers $78 billion
in Sox First, on February 7, 2009
...n a post last week, I talked about the total lack of transparency in the US Government's bank bailout package. The upshot is that it's likely to mean taxpayers' money is going down the d...
Ford May Sell Volvo To China
in Exclusive from our news room , on February 5, 2009
It's lose-lose everywhere for the Ford Motor Company these days. Ford sales are at their lowest in 27 years and the company is trying desperately to avoid having to ask for government bail out money.
Trying to sell off Volvo, one of the company's many bad investments, to the Chinese, is For...
Bank bailout failure
in Sox First, on February 3, 2009
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If nothing else, the latest events are showing us that Bush's bank bailout strategy was a complete and absolute failure. First, we had the reports last week of four banks closing in January...
Bailout transparency problems continue
in Sox First, on January 31, 2009
The Financial Times reports that the Obama administration is expected to come out with a "big bang" announcement next week that will see a bank clean-up, measures to reduce home foreclosures and moves to to kick-start credit markets. The FT says the measures might include the purchas...
Wall Street bonus time, despite recession
in Sox First, on January 29, 2009
... bankers. Not one bit. The New York Times reports that despite all the losses and taxpayer-funded bailouts, financial companies in New York collected an estimated $18.4 billion in bonuses for the ye...
Gaps In the Schedule
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 28, 2009
...es, sports writer, Steve Elling lambastes Chrysler Corporation for wasting taxpayers' money - bailout money, if you prefer - on the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.
Except it wasn't called that t...
A Wall Street Bailout?
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 22, 2009
Frank Thomas has taken on the USGA again in his weekly Frankly Golf e-newsletter.
A reader writes to ask Frank about the square groove rule change announced by the USGA last August.
The reader is dead certain that the USGA is manufacturing rule changes on equipment simply to line the pock...
US economy, Pearl Harbor and Barack Obama
in Sox First, on January 20, 2009
...t be some danger signals. Last week, the US Senate released the second portion of the $700 billion bailout fund but a vote of 52 to 42 suggests there could be future resistance to more bailouts and ...
Charities Given a Helping Hand
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on January 7, 2009
...s; Nonprofits that are struggling because their donors lost money with Bernard Madoff are getting a bailout - but not from the government. Richer foundations are stepping in to help.
Human Rights Wat...
More bailouts on the way
in Sox First, on January 3, 2009
...ons in deep trouble. The nation's top number crunchers reckon they'll treat each potential bailout on a case by case basis, looking at such issues as how much the collapse would hurt creditor...
More handouts: who's next?
in Sox First, on January 2, 2009
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Who the hell do these people think they are? Banks? Car makers? Bailout-mania is gathering momentum. Now the New York Times reports that the steel industry is lining up for its share, mostly in...
Toyota and Honda revising JIT methods to avoid future crisis problems
in Supplychainer, on January 1, 2009
...ercedes-Benz, BMW and Hyundai, among others.
"We continue contingency planning even after the bailout," Mike Goss, a spokesman for Toyota's North American manufacturing unit in Erlanger...
Wicked Winter Weather
in Eagle Par Birdie, on December 31, 2008
...them.
5:40 PM TV weatherman Ed Bain in Victoria, shaking uncontrollably, tells
viewers that snow warnings have been extended. This weather pattern could go
on for days. Mercury plunges to Winnipeg...
Key2SafeDriving: Keeps cell phone habits under check when you are on the wheels
in The RFID Weblog, on December 27, 2008
...uld find a lot of takers among parents of young children who don't feel like listening to their warnings of safe driving and following traffic rules. As of now there are no plans to commercialize ...
Corporate jets nosedive
in Sox First, on December 26, 2008
... market is still booming, reports Associated Press with financial firms that received billions in bailout dollars still owning and operating fleets. But, as the report says, some are starting to sca...
Automaker bailout: at what cost?
in Sox First, on December 19, 2008
...nt businesses." The other big concern is the signal this, combined with the $700 billion bank bailout, might send out to other dysfunctional industries. Like housing? Do they get bailouts too? ...
Goldman Sachs tax lurk
in Sox First, on December 17, 2008
...0.7 billion by selling $10 billion of equity to the US Government as part of its $700 billion banks bailout and the rest from investors including Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. That's mo...
SEC and Madoff: shutting the stable gate after the horse has bolted
in Sox First, on December 17, 2008
...f's victims would regard the SEC as having much integrity or effectiveness. The SEC was getting warnings about Madoff as far back as 1999, so it's remarkable that the regulator avoided doing a...
More law suits for big tobacco
in Sox First, on December 16, 2008
...laintiffs should be allowed to sue at all given US law requires tobacco companies to place rotating warnings on their packaging and advertising. Basically, the argument goes that smokers were misled i...
How Madoff played the SEC for suckers
in Sox First, on December 15, 2008
...he weekend, I did a blog entry condemning the Securities and Exchange Commission for ignoring the warnings it was receiving about swindler Bernard Madoff. Now Bloomberg reports that the SEC never...
Lou Dobbs, the Auto Bailout and Outsourcing (and Outsourcing Contracts)
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on December 13, 2008
...ry vocal about conditions to be placed on the automobile companies in the event that they receive a bailout. Chief among them is preconditioning the bailout money on such companies not outsourcing job...
Madoff and SEC neglect
in Sox First, on December 13, 2008
...so slack to pick up what he was doing? More to the point, why did the regulators fail to act on the warnings about Madoff? As The Wall Street Journal points out, the SEC was warned about it nearly ...
Is there a bailout strategy?
in Sox First, on December 3, 2008
The automakers want more taxpayers' money. Now they're asking for $38 billion, not $25 billion and have presented plans, detailed by Forbes , with GM cutting its stable of brands from eight to four - getting rid of Saturn, Saab and Hummer, and paring back Pontiac and focusing on a few n...
Auditors slam bailout
in Sox First, on December 3, 2008
The Government Accountability Office has raised questions about the transparency of the US Government's $700 billion rescue package for profligate banks. In its report , the GAO says nobody really seems to be tracking how the money is being spent. "The banking regulators indicated t...
Why the bailout won't save automakers
in Sox First, on December 2, 2008
US automakers are finishing their restructuring plans as part of their pitch for the the $25 billion in emergency funding but the reality is these companies are losing so much money that it won't be anywhere near enough to save them. Former GM board member Jerome York has told Bloomberg ...
Nokia Pulls Out of Japan
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on December 1, 2008
...dsets, driving up prices for new handsets.
This news comes at a time where Nokia has issued profit warnings for the upcoming year as a result of slumping global sales in this period of economic downt...
China Investment Corp Buys General Motors (Maybe)
in China Venture News, on December 1, 2008
...ying to get Chinese companies to act interested already - in the hopes that Congress would cough up bailout money just to keep GM a wholly American company.
Buick is the most popular foreign car in C...
Who's next in the bail-out bonanza?
in Sox First, on November 28, 2008
Now that Citigroup has been thrown a lifeline, people are asking who's next. Questions are being asked whether Bank of America is next. And will there be more? Paul Miller, a Friedman Billings Ramsey banking analyst, has told Associated Press that more banks will be lining up because th...
Dreadful US data package
in Sox First, on November 27, 2008
...ere's worse ahead. Soon we will hear the figures for car sales and it won't be pretty with warnings that they could drop 17.7% to the worst level in more than a generation.
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Citi slickers
in Sox First, on November 25, 2008
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The Bush administration's bailout of Citigroup might be a sign of more to come, and that's a worry for everyone. Not just American taxpayers but right around the world. The most incompe...
Gouging with the bailout?
in Sox First, on November 24, 2008
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The problem with Paulson's $700 billion bailout is transparency. The auto industry begging for money raises some important question: why are some industries being propped up and others left to...
Maybe Not the Right Time to Go to Thailand...
in Hidden Travel Gems, on November 23, 2008
... wonder if it's a bad time to fly into Bangkok.
The US State Department doesn't have any warnings or alerts up for Thailand at the moment. But Channel NewsAsia calls the situation "t...
Automakers flew to Washington in private jets
in Sox First, on November 20, 2008
...that the chairman of the US Senate Banking Committee Christopher Dodd has told Reuters that a bailout package is unlikely at this stage?...
Automakers heading nowhere
in Sox First, on November 19, 2008
...iliating but it had to happen with the automakers going cap in hand to Washington for a $25 billion bailout. And as the New York Times reports, things are not looking good with politicians suggestin...
Recession: the worst is yet to come
in Sox First, on November 13, 2008
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Any hope of the Paulson bailout or the China stimulus package saving the world has faded with news that Germany has officially entered a recession. Germany is the driver of the European economy...
Bailout blues won't stop foreclosures
in Sox First, on November 13, 2008
The sorry state of the US housing market has become even more apparent with price crashing and foreclosures rising 25% in October, according to the latest reports . But what makes it more appalling is the approach taken by Henry Paulson. Now basically consigned to lame duck status, Paulson has...
GM: Death or bailout?
in Sox First, on November 12, 2008
...automaker will run out of cash . Analysts say the only way it will survive is with a US government bailout. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says GM is too big to fail and she has a point, given the ...
AIG's bigger bailout
in Sox First, on November 10, 2008
Less than two weeks ago, I did a blog entry looking at how AIG was chewing up that $123 billion loan extended by the US taxpayer. Now, The Wall Street Journal tells us that AIG is about to get a bigger package. The worrying part is that we don't yet know what will happen with those cred...
