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Seen that? - Scientific Atlanta Grows From DVR Sales
in The Digital TV Weblog, on November 8, 2009
...ks of sales Representatives. We are witnessing more companies, especially smaller to mid-sized firms, embracing a commercialization process as a means to create new business. A process approach recog...
Galleon scandal: just the beginning?
in Sox First, on November 8, 2009
...r the Dow Jones Customers' Afternoon Letter with closing prices. Now it has come to the point where firms are spending millions and putting wicked fast computer servers next to exchanges so they can h...
Eight New Insider Trading Arrests, Fourteen Total
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on November 6, 2009
... The SEC’s ongoing investigation of insider trading at hedge funds and stock trading firms has brought allegations against 14 Wall Street professionals.
The charged defendants include hedge ...
Hedge Fund Expert To Launch Own Fund
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on November 3, 2009
...harma has extensive experience in asset management, serving at a number of high-profile Wall Street Firms. He was previously on the Portfolio Management Team of the Merrill Lynch Large Cap Series Fund...
Emanuel presses for another Sarbanes-Oxley exemption
in Sox First, on November 3, 2009
...xemptions dating to 2004. SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro had granted yet another reprieve, giving small firms until next year to start paying auditors to scrutinize their internal controls. But in her pr...
Seen that? - Michelle Wie Blows Another Sony Open
in Eagle Par Birdie, on November 1, 2009
...da. The two became instant millionaires with Mitel before splitting up after selling the company to British Telecom. Cowpland went on to [...] Read More Michelle Wie Wisens Up a...
Seen that? - An introduction to thin provisioning
in On Storage, on November 1, 2009
...ally provided by hedge fund prime brokers. The biggest teams coming from the largest prime brokers, firms like Goldman Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, etc. These prime brokers have tea...
Seen that? - Even Leonardo Da Vinci said....
in Cool Picking, on October 31, 2009
...at Wandalust Almost 150,000 visitors have shuffled through the British Museum's exhibit "Michelangelo drawings: Closer to the Master" since its openi...
Seen that? - SNOCAP nets $15 million more
in Digital Music - The Future, on October 28, 2009
...y, the company plans to announce that it has raised a combined $10 million from two venture-capital firms, Walden Group's WaldenVC and Morgenthaler Ventures."Congratulations! Not much to see ...
Seen that? - Should You Drink Coffee When You're Pregnant
in Well Woman Blog, on October 24, 2009
...lth who says pregnant women can drink, but should not exceed one or two drinks a week. However, the British Medical Association says pregnant women should not drink at all. What about you? Did you dri...
Pay cuts for auto firm executives. What about banks?
in Sox First, on October 23, 2009
...s at these failed companies. But it's a different story with the banks and other financial services firms. The Economist reports that despite the fact that Citigroup and Bank of America lost billi...
Sports Car Clubs Enjoy BC's Fabulous Sea to Sky Highway
in Classical Drives, on October 21, 2009
...haw , April 30th to May 2nd, which it describes as "a budget-minded 3-day driving adventure through British Columbia for pre-1979 touring and sports cars. This is for those who enjoy spirited driving ...
Do the Pitfalls of Outsourcing Outweigh the Benefits?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 19, 2009
...become a vital and active part of outsourcing management – just like it is a vital part of most firms' internal management. Until then, the risk profiles presented by outsourcing deals will be greate...
Seen that? - New Elder Scrolls Oblivion Screenshots Leaked
in XboxSpace, on October 19, 2009
...olls: Oblivion gets an expansion at PCGamers Blog The British gaming magazines PC Gamer and PC Zone have reported that a new Oblivion expansion is in the ...
No autographs, say auditors
in Sox First, on October 18, 2009
...hich could provide useful information to investors and, in turn, provide an additional incentive to firms to improve the quality of all of their engagement partners." The PCAOB says it's in line with...
Big Picture: Venture Capital, Private Equity Still Drying Up
in TJ's Weblog, on October 17, 2009
... I wrote recently about how rosey the venture capital picture was for greentech firms. Several stories (Venture Beat here and here , TechCrunch ) have stressed the continuing downturn in privat...
Seaside Hidaways
in Hidden Travel Gems, on October 17, 2009
...recently took a look at a few of the best choices. ROCKWATER SECRET COVE RESORT, Near Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia
This ragged stretch of the Sunshine Coast is so unspoiled and awe-inspiring, it'...
Shared folders and more in Google Docs
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-14
...llery PHP script | free image gallery script
• Only 17 venture capital firms raise money in Q3 — fewest in 15 years
• Introducing Search Options for mobile
• CleanScores
• T-Mobile halts s...
Car Guy Falls in Love with British Rail
in Classical Drives, on October 12, 2009
...n express train that connects London with Glasgow. Swift, silent and smooth, it was a reminder that British and European passenger trains are vastly superior to ours. This being a classic car site I'm...
Seen that? - Another non-starter: Micropayments
in P2P File Sharing, on October 11, 2009
... 'Will people pay?' Now it's, 'How will they pay?'" says Ian Price, CEO of British Telecommunications' Click and Buy division, [...] Read More Paypal Slashes...
Darwin Celebrated on Galapagos Nature Cruise
in Hidden Travel Gems, on October 11, 2009
...y, 48-person M/V Eclipse will be Randal Keynes, Charles Darwin's great-great-grandson, as well as British actress and conservationist Miranda Richardson. In addition to its simple beauty, the Galapago...
A system to let institutions fail
in Sox First, on October 11, 2009
.... If failure is the only option, then doing it quickly with contractual obligations sold to healthy firms, assets sold off, intra-institutional lending, cancelling debt or equity and special protectio...
Bribery charges turn personal
in Sox First, on October 9, 2009
...as companies? It's particularly pertinent with the Justice Department widening its probe into British defense contractor BAE Systems over allegations of bribery deals with Saudi Arabia, Europe a...
Seen that? - legal file sharing and movie downloads
in TJ's Weblog, on October 7, 2009
...y, the company plans to announce that it has raised a combined $10 million from two venture-capital firms, Walden Group's WaldenVC and Morgenthaler Ventures."Congratulations! Not much to see ...
What's Behind the Recent Spate of Legal Process Outsourcing Deals in the UK?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 6, 2009
...n being that lower-cost non-attorney workers will be able to perform legal services.
Magic Circle firms, not wanting to be left behind, are lining up arrangements with offshore providers. This will p...
What's Behind the Recent Spate of Legal Process Outsourcing Deals in the UK?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 6, 2009
...n being that lower-cost non-attorney workers will be able to perform legal services.
Magic Circle firms, not wanting to be left behind, are lining up arrangements with offshore providers. This will p...
Seen that? - NetApp supply chain woes frustrate users
in On Storage, on October 3, 2009
...General Motors is putting fresh pressure on its vast network of suppliers, which was trimmed by 500 firms in 2005, prompting fears of further U.S., European auto supplier bankruptcies. The price squee...
Seen that? - NBA's Marc Cuban Blogs his Plans to Launch Betting Hedge Fund
in The Gambling Weblog, on October 2, 2009
... the way horse racing bets are taxed and is confident a change in the [...] Read More British Rail Pension Fund Plans to Invest One Billion In Hedge Funds at The Hedge Funds...
Should ratings agencies go the way of Arthur Andersen?
in Sox First, on October 3, 2009
... things about the current financial scandal is that there has been no similar reckoning against the firms that were supposed to be watching the system for the investment public. Why haven't the ra...
Goodwood Snapshots Through the Lens of a Pocket-Size Digital Camera
in Classical Drives, on October 2, 2009
... spectators are encouraged to wear period dress. Remember Carnaby Street, when, for a brief period, British style turned the fashion world upside down? I do, and so did these young women. Actually it ...
Tsunamis, climate change and the Olympics
in Sox First, on October 1, 2009
..." Tokyo, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid are bidding for the 2016 Olympics. Last year, the British Forum for the Future put together a series of scenarios which included
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Security breaches up in 2009
in The CIO Weblog, on September 30, 2009
...the least addressed. It appears that this lack of attention has resulted in serious damages in many firms that didn't heed the warnings....
Champions League Group Stages - Fixture 2, Day 1
in The Soccer Weblog, on September 30, 2009
...estroying Debrecen from the very start in a 4-0 victory away from home.
Elsewhere it looks bad for British teams too, while Spain seems to be thriving. Rangers were beaten 4-1 at home in a match they...
The Merger Wave
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 28, 2009
...de - for years, many have suspected that these organizations would be acquired by cash-rich Indian firms in an effort to expand their U.S. footprint. That trend failed to materialize to the level expe...
A Rainy Day Keeps No One Away at the Steamworks Concours
in Classical Drives, on September 28, 2009
...ottle of Tabasco is carried in the Formula Junior as a tribute to Pedro who, interestingly, won the British and Canadian GPs in his prime years. " Incidentally, I announced that Canadian GP those...
美国南方洪水泛滥
in Wangtam, on 2009-09-28
...oogle of Violating Telecom Laws
• Yahoo Board Member Maggie Wilderotter Resigns
• STALKER Call of Pripyat DX10.1 vs DX11 screenshots released
• Need for Speed Shift Review
• 90后"吉庆MM"...
Outsourcing as an Economic Indicator
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 24, 2009
...day's Business Week , Mehul Srivastava described a decline in salaries and turnover in Indian firms, no doubt caused by the declining economy. That certainly parallels the global recession - part...
Airlines pledge cut in emissions
in Sox First, on September 24, 2009
...ch has now pledged to reduce its emissions to half its 2005 levels by 2050. The BBC reports that British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh has put up a series of proposals: These involve to halv...
Hyper inflation on its way?
in Sox First, on September 23, 2009
... economic commentator at the Financial Times Martin Wolf warns that "the U.S. government and British government will never mange their public debt problems. That means "there could be a re...
Autos and Argentina Combine for Magical Tour
in Classical Drives, on September 18, 2009
...o is very big in Argentina so we will be attending the playoffs. We've also been invited to the British Embassy Gala of the year. November is springtime, so the climate will be warm - expect mid t...
logiENERGY launches Peak Oil Fund
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on September 16, 2009
...ot;
The fund's goal is to purchase or make significant investments in oil and gas exploration firms for their reserve positions while supporting their production and exploration efforts with dir...
Sarkozy wants joie de vivre index
in Sox First, on September 15, 2009
...fairly in the workplace; tax (as in does everyone get their money's worth) and relationships. British academic Richard Layard argues that happiness is the only one true yardstick to measure soc...
Charles Darwin "too controversial" for America
in Sox First, on September 13, 2009
...upidity that's allowed to fester away in parts of America. Like this one , telling us that the new British film on Charles Darwin Creation can't get a distribution deal in America because US di...
Gore backs Internet grocer
in Sox First, on September 10, 2009
...ith The Times reporting that Al Gore's Generation Investment Management has bought a stake in British Internet grocer Ocado which claims it is more eco friendly than supermarkets because it ha...
BAE brought to justice (finally)
in Sox First, on September 7, 2009
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Last year, British arms maker was embroiled in a scandal over alleged bribes to the Saudi Arabian government. As I pointed out here , the uproar broke out after Britain's Serious Fraud Offic...
Lawyers and Outsourcing Deals
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 1, 2009
...from the outside, but over time bringing the deals inside or by outsourcing the entire task to law firms. This is how the legal services are procured.
But lets not forget their role as risk managers....
Sicily's Wine Industry
in Celebrate Wine, on August 31, 2009
...ed to save it...
Jack Felber of the Gloucester Daily Times wrote the piece. In the 1700s, several British families famous for producing port dominated the Sicilian wine-making industry with their dev...
Investor Group to Buy Skype?
in The VoIP Weblog, on August 31, 2009
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TechCrunch's Michael Arrington reports that a group of venture capital and private equity firms are working together to acquire Skype from current owner eBay .
"Investors in the pro...
US taxpayer bailout for subprime firms
in Sox First, on August 31, 2009
...t of the US financial system. The Center for Public Integrity presents a new report showing that firms that created the subprime lending frenzy, including subsiiaries of Countrywide, Lehman Brother...
2009 Mid-Atlantic Biotech Conference
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 31, 2009
...nment representatives, executives, researchers, investors, entrepreneurs, and professional services firms-representing 30 states and 10 countries.
This year's conference will feature a Healthcare...
Banks bankrolling Congress
in Sox First, on August 27, 2009
...t put out by the non-profit Public Citizen group. According to the report, lobbyists and lobbying firms representing the biggest recipients of the bailout money, courtesy of the US taxpayer, schedul...
American Motors AMX, the GT That Could Have Been
in Classical Drives, on August 24, 2009
...an journalists flown to Daytona to attend a press preview. The AMX was every bit as handsome as its British and European competitors and if less agile in handling made up in corner-to-corner squirts w...
Lockerbie bomber freed for trade deals
in Sox First, on August 23, 2009
...trade between the United Kingdom and Libya. The New York Times reports that it opens the way for British companies to pursue multi-billion oil deals with Libya and that British executives had been ...
Pebble Beach 2009 Winner Horch, a Name Hardly Known
in Classical Drives, on August 21, 2009
...a car. And yet it has a fascinating history. August Horch and Company was one of three dozen German firms producing automobiles before the turn of the 20th Century. Its founder was a pioneering automo...
The Beauty of Street Shows, as Seen at Blethering Place
in Classical Drives, on August 19, 2009
... no longer exists: the Old English tea room. The locals love it as Victoria was the last bastion of British immigration to Canada. At this show you can sit outside with your tea and scones while you a...
Accounting fee growth slows
in Sox First, on August 18, 2009
...with bean counters, although you would hardly call it a sector in trouble. As reported here , CPA firms are recording slower growth in fees. For firms collecting more than $2 million of fees every y...
Eco-friendly Pesticides Derived from Herbal Essentail Oils
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 17, 2009
...s and beverages as flavorings," says study presenter Murray Isman, Ph.D., of the University of British Columbia. These new pesticides are generally a mixture of tiny amounts of two to four differ...
Woods No Longer Invincible
in Eagle Par Birdie, on August 16, 2009
...'s record in the majors this year - : T-6 at The Masters, T-6 at the US Open, missed cut at The British Open and now a blown lead on Sunday at the PGA Championship - is miserable by his standards....
Bankruptcies soar
in Sox First, on August 14, 2009
...on. It's a trend happening right around the world. One of the most famous about to go under is British celebrity chef and master of the rude sneer Gordon Ramsay who, according to the San Francis...
Links of London Jewelry 2009
in The Jewelry Weblog, on August 13, 2009
... British Designer Jewelry
Links of London was founded in 1990. They offer an eclectic mix of men's and women's jewelry in sterling silver and 18 carat gold , with an enviable collection of ...
Alwand Vahan Bracelets
in The Jewelry Weblog, on August 12, 2009
...New York City at 604 Fifth Avenue in 1968 after having worked for David Webb and other prestigious firms. By then Sasha had served in the US Armed Forces during the Cuban Missile Crisis and been memb...
Watching Alvis, a Very Romantic Motor Car
in Classical Drives, on August 12, 2009
... it ever appeared on television I can assure you the car did spend time in the Canadian province of British Columbia, from where this blog site is created. It was first sold by a dealer in Belfast, th...
The fiscal effects of A8 migration to the UK
in Wangtam, on 2009-08-10
...e Way
• Microsoft joins HTML 5 standard fray in earnest
• British troops encouraged to use Twitter
• Firefox 3.6 Alpha 1 review
• qwx.si - url shortener - Keep it short and stupid
• You Choo...
Is Ryanair's pee fee the answer?
in Sox First, on August 2, 2009
...e records, few cancellations and only a handful of lost suitcases. If you want anything else, go to British Airways. Given the state of the airline industry, you would have to wonder whether that'...
Airline losses soar
in Sox First, on August 1, 2009
...ed loss of $598 million because of a drop off in premium travel and cargo. According to the BBC , British Airways has reported a pre-tax loss of $245 million because of falling traffic. People simpl...
Is Ryanair's pee fee the answer?
in Sox First, on August 1, 2009
...e records, few cancellations and only a handful of lost suitcases. If you want anything else, go to British Airways. Given the state of the airline industry, you would have to wonder whether that'...
Putting the presidential squeeze on the mortgage firms
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 29, 2009
... to the White House yesterday. Obama and his team wanted to put some pressure on mortgage-servicing firms to do more to rework the mortgage loans that homeowners are struggling to pay. More loan modif...
The missing XP - 7 upgrade path
in The CIO Weblog, on July 28, 2009
...o and he may be on to something.
"Obviously, many businesses will wait anyway (I know of some firms still running Windows 2000 and earlier OSs), but this Microsoft strategy will certainly scare ...
