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Larry Summers: the worst is yet to come
in Sox First, on July 12, 2009
...nothing else, Summers' words are a reminder about the dangers of getting too optimistic in this climate....
Carbon market bonanza for accountants
in Sox First, on July 10, 2009
...eek, we had reports that the Big Four accounting firms are beefing their expertise and setting up climate desks for their clients which include high polluting oil and gas producers, electricity gene...
What recession? Small arms trade is booming
in Sox First, on July 10, 2009
...p this decade in world exports of pistols, rifles, shotguns and other small arms. In this economic climate, there are few industries that would have enjoyed the same sort of growth....
ExxonMobil funds climate sceptics
in Sox First, on July 2, 2009
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Fascinating to read the report of scientists warning Congress about "climate alarmism". It's fascinating because the crew includes retired manager for strategic planning at ExxonMo...
Climate change: the lawyers' picnic
in Sox First, on June 27, 2009
...the courts for the years ahead. One thing for sure: litigation is going to reshape the politics of climate change. A report from insurer Swiss Re warns that climate change litigation is the new asb...
Dick Cheney's memoirs
in Sox First, on June 24, 2009
Can't wait to read it!! Associated Press reports that former puppet master and vice president Dick Cheney is writing his memoirs. According to that report, Cheney will be paid a cool $2 million for the book. Reading his spin on how he dragged the US into a destructive war will be fascinat...
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. mit „Clean Sea Award“ ausgezeichnet
in Kreuzfahrten, on June 22, 2009
..."From Crisis to Opportunity: Shipping's Role in the Fight against Climate Change". Bei der Konferenz diskutierten Reedereien, Cargo-Unternehmen und Vertreter von Behörden gemeinsam über ...
Airline crisis strategy: screw customers and staff
in Sox First, on June 21, 2009
... possible to attract more passengers. All they're doing is putting people off. In this economic climate, it doesn't take much to make prospective customer think twice and then delay the purcha...
Yescalate Brings You Business Information and Customer Reviews
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on June 19, 2009
... © Ed Yourdon
In the current economic climate it's important to know whether you can trust local businesses in your community. But where do you go to find the good guys? And what do you do wh...
Climate change impacts
in Sox First, on June 18, 2009
...of 2009" now going before Congress, the Obama Administration has released a timely report on climate change , designed to warn Americans about the dangers of not acting. It's politically l...
Planes, trains & automobiles & climate change
in Sox First, on June 8, 2009
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Much has been said about using public transport to solve climate change. Basically, the argument goes that taking a train or bus produces fewer greenhouse gases than driving. But now a new study,...
Cutting Salaries
in Biz Plan Hacks, on June 6, 2009
...he right environment." Suddenly all those workshops on team building and webinars on corporate climate take on new meaning. Have you built an environment where cutting pay and keeping everyone wi...
Climate change and business costs
in Sox First, on June 3, 2009
How will an emissions trading scheme affect business? Company earnings could fall from less than 1% to 117% under a cap and trade, according to some new research released by not-for-profit Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute and Trucost, which analyzes environmental data, looks a...
Higher rents and sale prices for green buildings
in Sox First, on May 25, 2009
...g reason why it is important. Building owners can actually make money out of it in a tough economic climate. According to the study, buildings with a "green rating" command rental rates tha...
Employee disengagement in a recession
in Sox First, on May 21, 2009
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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...
Infosys CEO interviewed
in The CIO Weblog, on May 20, 2009
...the upheaval in the offshoring market. Gopalakrishnan is a featured panelist at Microsoft's CEO summit this week and will speak on the future of technology. He discusses just this topic with TechF...
US and China: the drug dealer-addict relationship
in Sox First, on May 20, 2009
...ould be pushed back. If China remained committed to a smokestack growth policy, the efforts to slow climate change would become all the more difficult. China's energy needs have already caused it ...
Military joins climate change battle
in Sox First, on May 19, 2009
... military types at the Center for Naval Analysis (CNA) putting out a report warning that ignoring climate change is a security risk. And part of the problem are those energy policies that have made ...
Corporate social responsibility and recession
in Sox First, on May 15, 2009
...erland has told Ethical Corporation magazine that cSR is actually a strategic opportunity in this climate because there is such an enormous amount of anti-corporate feeling in North America and Euro...
Climate change and health
in Sox First, on May 14, 2009
...ird flu and SARS. That seems to be a global trend. Now doctors are for the first time warning that climate change represents a massive health risk. An article published in Lancet warns that global ...
Do boycotts work?
in Sox First, on May 12, 2009
...Colombia and its depletion of groundwater resources in India, Esso for sabotaging efforts to battle climate change, Nestle for irresponsible marketing of baby milk formula, Starbucks for ripping off E...
Survey: Most Women Work Because They Have To
in Well Woman Blog, on May 8, 2009
...to . Additionally, almost half (48%) of working moms are more stressed due to the current economic climate and the majority (65%) are cutting their family budget.
Some further evidence that the econo...
Climate scientist sacked for talking
in Sox First, on May 1, 2009
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In an extraordinary development this week, a pioneering climate change scientist Jim Salinger has been sacked from his post in New Zealand. According to the New Zealand Herald , his great crime w...
Healthcare Suppliers Honored at MedAssets Healthcare Business Event
in Supplychainer, on April 30, 2009
...ading Markets .
Every year, MedAssets honors its vendors and suppliers at its Healthcare Business Summit. As one of the leading providers of healthcare supply chain management, MedAssets develops re...
Supply chain video: Getting supply chain on the boardroom agenda
in Supplychainer, on April 30, 2009
...According to a new poll in Supply Chain Summit in Europe event, half of the companies don't have supply chain representation in the boardroom even though it's quite important. That's why C...
Fox says no to Obama
in Sox First, on April 29, 2009
So Fox has announced it won't screen Barack Obama's prime time news conference and will instead screen the scheduled drama Lie To Me. Variety magazine says it's a matter of economics. It's financially based, and not political, it says. Still, it is the first time a network h...
Swine flu and markets
in Sox First, on April 28, 2009
So world markets have been hammered by the swine flu outbreak with airlines leading the charge. The New York Times reports that countries are now tightening their borders and the World Health Organisation has just upped its pandemic flu alert level. But how serious will it get? And what does...
Linux Users Recall Their First Time
in HackITLinux, on April 24, 2009
...heir "first time," a topic discussed at this month's Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit and later on Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols' blog at Computerworld as well as on TuxRadar ....
Dangerous economic optimism
in Sox First, on April 24, 2009
While some say the global economy is going to pick up and the signs are looking good, the train is a long way down the track. In fact, the optimism might even be dangerous. Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff has told Reuters that the US, Britain, Spain and Ireland won't recover all their gr...
Cardboard coffins and green funerals
in Sox First, on April 22, 2009
...le embalming fluid to replace the formaldehyde. Green burials also tend to be cheaper which in this climate might be an added bonus. Still, this is all very new territory which means it's open to...
Climate change flood warning
in Sox First, on April 20, 2009
...cientists has warned that the world has only six years to act to avoid the damaging impact of the climate catastrophe. With the world still debating and no agreement on the best strategy, time is ru...
The long recession's impact
in Sox First, on April 17, 2009
...ooz & Company study of 1800 British consumers has found that most consumers think the economic climate will get worse before it gets better over the next six months. The study found that 63% of c...
Celestica receives a supply chain award
in Supplychainer, on April 15, 2009
...e Innovation in Technology Award at Aberdeen Group's Third Annual Supply Chain Management (SCM) Summit.
According to PR Newswire , The SCM Summit, which took place April 2 and April 3 in San Fra...
IPOs: don't blame Sarbox
in Sox First, on April 15, 2009
...y on IPOs still continues almost seven years after it was introduced. Particularly in this economic climate. Last week, The Wall Street Journal was raising concerns about the Obama administration&#...
Recession squeezes jails
in Sox First, on April 14, 2009
...om the lobby group The Sentencing Project says , there isn't much alternative in this economic climate. "The fact is now in the recession reduced tax revenues coming in, all the other challe...
Supply chain video: Waste management CEO discusses sustainability in SCM (Part 2)
in Supplychainer, on April 13, 2009
...This is the second part of the video related to the Wal-Mart's Sustainability Summit in Beijing, China . In this second part, one of the business executives in China talks about the need to put...
Supply chain video: Waste management CEO discusses sustainability in SCM
in Supplychainer, on April 11, 2009
...om FedEx and Lenovo to discuss sustainability and the supply chain at Wal-Mart's Sustainability Summit in Beijing, China.
To be honest, I didn't find this a fantastic video as David repeats t...
IDC Sez Linux Market Will Reach $35.5 Billion by 2013
in HackITLinux, on April 10, 2009
...se adoption of Linux on the client (desktop, laptop, etc.) 'as a direct result of the economic climate,'" writes CNET's Matt Asay .
More here from InformationWeek.
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Hard Questions for a Business Leader
in TJ's Weblog, on April 10, 2009
...me. He looks at five questions any business owner/manager needs to consider in the current economic climate. and they all have to do with employee relations. Your employees need you most when times ar...
The new consumer
in Sox First, on April 9, 2009
Last year, I did a blog entry looking at the way consumer patterns have changed in the recession. The earlier this year, I did a piece looking at thrift chic, the latest trend where people are embracing frugality and a new conservatism. The lessons of the 1930s taught us that when an economy...
Communities printing money
in Sox First, on April 7, 2009
... blog points out, more communities are expected to join the party for that very reason. "In a climate in which the bigger the business is, the less we trust it, exchanging with people you can se...
Analysis: Which URL Shortening Service Should You Use?
in Wangtam, on April 4, 2009
... BenQ Qisda QPD-111 MID wins design award
• The London Summit: International financial institutions
• A Guide to Better Web-Working From Your iPhone
• Facebook, YouTube at Work Make Better Empl...
G20 and FASB: the banks win again
in Sox First, on April 3, 2009
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown might proclaim the G20 summit as the beginning of a "new world order" but the reality is the financial crisis will be around for some time yet. Don...
Clarifications on HP and Mark Hurd
in The CIO Weblog, on March 31, 2009
... inevitable, recession or no. People get laid off during mergers, regardless of the larger economic climate, and in any enterprise as large as HP you are going to have a background level of hiring and...
Online connection boom
in Sox First, on March 27, 2009
There are lots of businesses that are cashing in on the recession and doing brilliantly. Not just pawnshops and discount stores but also alcohol, gaming and strangely enough, gardening supply specialists. Add to that the online dating business. Some businesses in that area have enjoyed double d...
How to Rent an Affordable Classic on Your Next Riviera Vacation
in Classical Drives, on March 25, 2009
...es, boats, French cuisine, great wines, elegant villas, exciting cars, glamorous women, a temperate climate. Of course, those dreams inevitably had me at the wheel of something exotic! When I finally ...
Sony Bets on Digital Cameras to Move Phones
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on March 20, 2009
...ced a 12-megapixle-camera phone but that one will not be coming to the US due to the rough economic climate....
Neue Kreuzfahrten der Celebrity Summit
in Kreuzfahrten, on March 18, 2009
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Das nenne ich mal eine Nachricht. Celebrity Cruises hat neue Routenpläne für die Celebrity Summit vorgestellt und wartet dabei mit einer - zumindest für mich - faustdicken Überraschung auf. Denn ...
Climate change: the worst case scenario is here
in Sox First, on March 16, 2009
...esting that we should not expect any deal to come out of Copenhagen at the end of this year to stop climate change. Now more alarmingly, we have the Copenhagen Climate Change Congress telling us th...
Climate change deniers on the increase
in Sox First, on March 13, 2009
...n scientists are meeting in Copenhagen to lay the foundations for some sort of global accord on the climate crisis. Economist Nicholas Stern has warned that the effects of global warming would be wo...
The Great OS Debate
in HackITLinux, on March 12, 2009
...he Linux Foundation this week announced that, at next month's Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit , representatives of the Linux Foundation, Microsoft , and Sun Microsystems will debate th...
Sun's Ian Murdock Joins the Great OS Debate
in Java Entrepreneur, on March 12, 2009
...oto courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 1624654
At next month's Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit , representatives of Sun Microsystems , Microsoft and the Linux Foundation will debate the...
Climate change battle lost?
in Sox First, on March 9, 2009
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The chances of reaching a global accord on climate change are sinking fast, according to two leading climate scientists. The Times reports that Professor Kevin Anderson, director of the Tyndall ...
Oliver Wight launches fast track offerings for supply chain improvement
in Supplychainer, on February 28, 2009
...trading conditions.
CEO of Oliver Wight EAME, Les Brookes, says, "The current global economic climate is obviously putting increased pressure on businesses and making it ever more difficult for ...
Dumb money and the meltdown
in Sox First, on February 24, 2009
...Madoff and Stanford-that they could deliver steady, positive, market-beating returns in any type of climate, despite the manifest failure of virtually every other money manager to do so-were obviously...
E+Co receives award for the development in energy
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on February 14, 2009
...nce and offices in 10 locations, E+Co's innovative business model provides lasting solutions to climate change and poverty.
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Irish Minister bans climate change ads
in Sox First, on February 11, 2009
... northern Ireland's environment minister, Sammy Wilson, has banned ads urging people to fight climate change because he doesn't believe human beings have caused global warming. He has told t...
Climate change and fires
in Sox First, on February 9, 2009
...I am devastated by what we have seen and experienced here. But this is a sign of thing to come with climate change. Last year, the Bushfire Co-operative Research Centre issued a report identifyin...
AOL 宣布裁员 700 人
in Wangtam, on February 3, 2009
TC 消息 ， AOL CEO Randy Falco 上周在致全体员工的备忘录中表示，受经济衰退的影响，公司将裁员 700 人。
Falco 在备忘录中称公司将裁员 700 人，占员工总数的 10%。同时还将冻结 2009 年全年的加薪计划。"全球经济衰退已经影响到每一个角落，包括我们自己。" Falco 表示。
本月初， AOL 的母公司时代华纳其 2008 年的营收预期下调了 3.7 亿美元，这意味着其旗下 AOL 的广告营收同比下降了 18%，大约为 6400 万美元。
上周，Google 承认其于 2005 年收购 AOL 5% 股份已成为一笔亏本生...
Las Vegas To Dim Its Lights To Bring Attention To Climate Change
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 28, 2009
...off all unnecessary lighting for 1 hour as a symbolic measure to bring attention to the world's climate changes.
Here's the complete story .
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Schneider National gets best supplier award from P&G
in Supplychainer, on January 28, 2009
...n aiming to highlight the implications for shareholder value and commercial operations presented by climate change. The information Schneider provided to Procter & Gamble for the CDP's survey ...
ASTHMyths: Asthma Facts vs Myths
in Allergies, on January 28, 2009
...ck (manufacturer of Singulair ), to help patients separate fact from myths.
Will moving to a dry climate improve your asthma?
Can one outgrow asthma?
Can one help prevent asthma symptoms from occur...
PE Hub Interviews NVCA President Mark Heeson
in TJ's Weblog, on January 25, 2009
...ew examines a number of issues - ranging from legislative priorities to the need to improve the IPO climate.
Heeson says the NVCA plans to put its own ideas up for consideration as the new Obama Admi...
Global warming a last priority
in Sox First, on January 24, 2009
...tion. Global warming ranks as the last. It's perfectly understandable but failure to deal with climate change will have a catastrophic impact on the economy and business. The impact on the auto i...
Underway Now: World Future Energy Summit, in Abu Dhabi
in IfEnergy, on January 20, 2009
... TreeHugger pointed out to me yesterday that the World Future Energy Summit is underway at the moment in the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
Renewable energy has become big business in the UA...
Valve äußert sich zum Thema Raubkopien
in Daily Gamer, on January 19, 2009
...Die Game Business Law Summit ist eine Branchenveranstaltung, auf der gesetzliche Regelungen und auch Trends diskutiert werden. Dort hat sich auch Jason Holtman von Valve zum Thema Piraterie zu Wo...
Club Tester Unique in Golf
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 15, 2009
...nbaum about the plans for Rankmark as the two men take the company forward in a very rocky economic climate.
Click the link below and allow several minutes for the download. The interview runs 13 min...
Looking to Start a Franchise? 2009 Trends...
in Biz Plan Hacks, on January 13, 2009
...g piece over at Small Business Trends on franchise trends in 2009. Joel sees the current market climate as actually benefitting the franchise scene. The gyrations of the stock market during the la...
A treaty for the Arctic?
in Sox First, on January 13, 2009
... yet to be asserted maritime claims over the vast Arctic Ocean and secondly, there is the impact of climate change. Over the last 150 years the average global temperature has risen by 0.76 degrees Cel...
Supply chain video: SC Summit at Tepper
in Supplychainer, on January 11, 2009
...Sometimes back in 2008, Tepper School of Business hosted a summit dedicated to the area of supply chain management. Dr. Sunder Kekre, professor of supply chain management has made a nice summary of th...
