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Gem Designs by Palermo Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on July 2, 2009
...ulders.
$480
Palermo's contemporary designs are composed of high-quality gems with unusual cuts . His signature silhouettes are crosses and butterflies. His natural and vintage themes have captu...
Caribbean Sees Deep Price Cuts
in The Flyaway Weblog, on June 24, 2009
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The recession is cutting into the Caribbean's travel industry in a profound way, according to CNN "The deals we are seeing in the Caribbean right now are unprecedented," says John Israel, Orbitz.com's Caribbean regional director. "There may have b...
Get a Handle on Expenses
in Biz Plan Hacks, on June 23, 2009
...tory your expenses in some detail and then goes on to point out seven areas you can consider amking cuts in. In this economy, her piece is worth reading .
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Rental Rates for that House at the Beach this Summer are Down
in The Flyaway Weblog, on June 10, 2009
...t usually go for almost $7,000 a week are down by about $1,000. They give examples of similar price cuts from New England to the Carolinas...
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Jasmonic Acid Treatment Cuts Down Pesticide Use
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 9, 2009
© jilly40uk US agricultural company Becker Underwood, in collaboration with Plant Bioscience Limited, now holds worldwide exclusive licence on the use of jasmonic acid as a natural seed treatment to help cut down on pesticide use on some commercially-important agricultural crops.
Researchers a...
Apple Slashes Prices on the iPhone
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on June 8, 2009
...n half as well as lowered some of their laptop prices today; the company's first dramatic price cuts since the recession began a year and a half ago.
The 8-gigabyte iPhone 3G, which came out last...
Cutting Salaries
in Biz Plan Hacks, on June 6, 2009
...ably Irrational, and a professor at Duke University. He believes that in the right environment, pay cuts can even boost morale and loyalty. Ah, the key... "in the right environment." Suddenl...
Pay cuts fail to save HP jobs
in The CIO Weblog, on May 28, 2009
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Despite the across-the-board pay cuts HP CEO Mark Hurd made (and I lauded ) two months ago, the latest quarterly results have proven disappointing and the outlook no better, leading the company ...
Fenofibrate and Risk of Amputation in Diabetes
in Daily Diabetic, on May 25, 2009
... The cholesterol-lowering drug fenofibrate , when used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes cuts the risk of a first diabetes-related limb amputation by 36%.
Such were the findings recently report...
Sony to reduce the number of suppliers to half
in Supplychainer, on May 23, 2009
...profits earned overseas. Sony didn't say how the new measures would affect earnings. But if the cuts are deep enough, Sony may be able to restore its electronics business to profitability faster t...
Corporate social responsibility and recession
in Sox First, on May 15, 2009
...ir corporate social responsibility budgets but it's not going away. As reported here , the big cuts are in corporate philanthropy but they are still focusing on areas like green supply chains. Wh...
Time to lob a Molotov cocktail
in The CIO Weblog, on May 14, 2009
...#39;s discussion of the Hackett Group report recommending more cost control, more management, more cuts is not unique. Lorraine Lawson recently wrote on IT's dilemma in knowing the "right&q...
Monica Vinader Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on May 14, 2009
...esigns combine 925 Sterling Silver, 24 and 18 karat gold plate with colored gemstones and unusual cuts. Monica Vinader jewellery is available through prestigious shops internationally.
Monica ...
The Revolution
in The CIO Weblog, on May 12, 2009
...s worn and tired advice to weather the downturn: cost control, demand management, and discretionary cuts.
It probably comes as no surprise to the regular reader that I see Hackett's formula as a ...
More Wall Street greed
in Sox First, on April 27, 2009
...rs say they deserve the be treated with respect. And they don't see why they should take salary cuts or pay higher taxes. The piece says: ""No offense to Middle America, but if someone w...
More job cuts ahead: Bain
in Sox First, on April 23, 2009
..., published in the Harvard Business review blog which found that companies are still planning big cuts. According to Bain, seven out of 10 executives say they are worried about how they'll meet...
Arunashi Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on April 23, 2009
... band ring is gorgeous. In 22 karat gold, the alternating baby blue sapphires and diamonds are rose cuts. Size 5 3/4.
$4880
Etched Marquis Earrings with Pave Diamonds
Set in 18 karat gold by Ar...
Economic recovery a long "slog" - Volcker
in Sox First, on April 19, 2009
...tain, Australia and elsewhere will need to rein in their deficits. And that will mean tax hikes and cuts in spending which will slow down any recovery. Is the worst of the recession over? It will tak...
The long recession's impact
in Sox First, on April 17, 2009
...of consumers had already reduced spending over the last six months, and 51% planned to make further cuts over the next six months. It's also having an effect on attitudes. As reported here , the...
Recession squeezes jails
in Sox First, on April 14, 2009
... year to feed and house each inmate, lawmakers across the United States are now considering budget cuts that would close prisons, loosen sentencing guidelines, slash probation terms, let offenders o...
中、法、美“三赢”伦敦峰会
in Wangtam, on April 3, 2009
...d Social Media for a Good Cause
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Newspaper and auto industry self-destruction.
in Sox First, on April 1, 2009
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With Conrad Black's Sun-Times Media filing for bankruptcy , the Paper Cuts blog estimating that the newspaper closures have resulted in the loss of nearly 8000 jobs and with GM and Chrysler...
Clarifications on HP and Mark Hurd
in The CIO Weblog, on March 31, 2009
..., I didn't make it clear that I was really referring to the en masse, across-the-board staffing cuts common in other enterprises right now, rather than those smaller tactical cuts. Much of the fee...
Getting the recession right
in The CIO Weblog, on March 31, 2009
...idable shortfalls, Hurd is asking most employees, starting with himself, to take salary and benefit cuts for the duration of the difficult times. Restructuring, in those portions of the business where...
Why Skilled Immigrants to the US Are Going Home
in Global Mobility Report, on March 30, 2009
...f life, better career prospects, and the comfort of being close to family and friends. That process cuts across the U.S. economy in two ways. Not only do we lose a great source of human capital, our c...
Punch-Out!! Wii details on controls, multiplayer shown
in House of Nintendo, on March 21, 2009
...nent's armoury - such as changes in their body position - and exploit them with your best upper cuts, hooks and jabs. However, this time the game packs even more power with bold new 3D graphics an...
Rodney Rayner Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on March 18, 2009
...r collection moves design forward, experimenting with innovative techniques , playing with shapes, cuts and textures of unexpected gemstones, pushing boundaries in terms of form, volume and color. To...
Managing IT costs
in The CIO Weblog, on March 11, 2009
...ment to respond efficiently to what demand there is.
It's widely recognized that the blanket cuts may pose a significant threat to IT operations, and it's clear to most CIOs that something ...
Recession to last three to five years
in Sox First, on March 10, 2009
...ltdown has been reversed for now. Instead, the economy is going through "a death by a thousand cuts." Or as Jack Ma, chief executive of Alibaba Group told the New York Times , next yea...
Climate change battle lost?
in Sox First, on March 9, 2009
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 Centre for Climate Change Research, and Professor Trevor Davies, one of the centre's founders cl...
Gregg Ruth Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on March 5, 2009
...is essential for the company's elegant, sophisticated styles, which incorporate unusual diamond cuts, fancy colored diamonds, and patented setting techniques .
Triple Oval Diamond Pendant
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Biocase Fingerprint Lock Will Be Well Intentioned Failure
in The Gadgets Weblog, on March 4, 2009
...compartment. So technically, security shouldn't be a major concern - until it is. Until the TSA cuts your luggage apart with a blow-torch, it will be secured by a biometric fingerprint scanner tha...
Lorenzo Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on February 25, 2009
...les are then set with the uniquely cut gemstones. Discover their radiant, checkerboard, and concave cuts, and see how they maximize the brilliant color of these vivid gemstones . They also have beaut...
Bez Ambar Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on February 12, 2009
...larger facets. Bigger facets result in more fire. The blaze cut has only 13 main facets, while most cuts have over 50 facets. This means the Blaze cut produces bursts of vivid colors fire many times...
Color Story Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on February 9, 2009
...duct that is unique in the jewelry market. Made in large sheets or on spools, Color Story literally cuts them up with scissors like fabric to fit the sizes needed for earrings, necklaces, and bracele...
Stimulus Hype: Will the Stimulus Work? (Part I)
in Bizinformer, on February 7, 2009
... answers (along with a few annoyed looks from my more conservative friends).
I do not believe tax cuts or rebates will stimulate the economy in the near future. Right now, they just increase the def...
Murdoch's woes a warning for the media
in Sox First, on February 6, 2009
...lity and a strong balance sheet without sacrificing future growth." With Murdoch flagging job cuts, News Corporation staff would be very nervous. But for the rest of the media, it's also a ...
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...
"NEC" To Cut 20,000 Jobs
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 31, 2009
...It might be the weekend but the job cuts continue to be announced as if it was a mid-week day in the workplace. The NEC job losses will affect the company's worldwide operations.
A bit earlier Ko...
The Exercise That Cuts Diabetes Risk: Brief, Rigorous
in Daily Diabetic, on January 30, 2009
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A brief but rigorous exercise significantly affects the body's ability to process sugars and fight diabetes. Such were the findings reported at the BMC Endocrine Disorders by scientists from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Th...
H. Stern DVF Talisman Collection
in The Jewelry Weblog, on January 28, 2009
...red finish.
$1800
The Power Rings Collection is an ensemble of mighty rings with severe faceted cuts creating incredible fire of a course manner that portrays dynamism, internal strength, and fier...
The axe man cometh: get ready for a shorter working week
in Sox First, on January 27, 2009
It's the year of the axe with companies axing more than 75,000 jobs, led by Caterpillar which is sacking 20,000 . For a good breakdown, check this little table from the Financial Times . The news everywhere looks bad. American Express earnings have fallen 79% , a sure sign of the credit ...
68,000 Jobs Lost In The United States Today
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 26, 2009
...fizer, Home Depot, Philips Electronics, and several other major corporations each announced job cuts ranging from a low of 1,000 jobs lost at Starbucks to the 20,000 lost at Caterpillar.
Check o...
Kwiat Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on January 26, 2009
...d jewelry . Adhering to the techniques passed down from one generation to the next, Kwiat precisely cuts each stone to reveal the maximum brilliance from within and designs every piece of jewelry to b...
Tough Times for Java Coders
in Java Entrepreneur, on January 24, 2009
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Sun Microsystems announced 1,300 job cuts this week, hitting the Java community hard.
"Sun's decision to dump 1,300 people was expect...
Peter Storm Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on January 23, 2009
...gothic art and architecture, and the beauty of stained glass. Peter began by using unusual diamond cuts and alternative settings to make a unique statement in the jewelry industry.
Peter Stor...
Barry Kronen Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on January 21, 2009
...Barry's jewelry is known for his antique-looking, handcrafted diamond lockets , many with rose cuts. He also introduces new and different looks, as in this year's Babylicious collection, wh...
IDAPT Universal Charger Cuts the Clutter
in The Gadgets Weblog, on January 19, 2009
Count the chargers laying around. Personally, I cycle through 4-5 different types of AC adapters and device chargers. The clutter and cable spaghetti mess is a nightmare. The IDAPT Universal and Simultaneous Charger is a tool that could help me keep things cleaned up, organized, and untangl...
Princess Cruises Cuts Prices to Alaska for this Summer
in The Flyaway Weblog, on January 17, 2009
alaska 's tourism industry is taking a hit during the recession. And to try and keep arrivals flowing in the summer, the Princess Cruises has slashed prices according to the Associated Press . Cruise ships bring roughly 1 million visitors to Alaska each year. To get them here this summer, cr...
Motorola's Announcement Coincides With Poor Economic Conditions
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on January 16, 2009
... stepped-up cost-saving move to remain competitive in a slumping global economy.
Of the latest job cuts, 3,000 will be in the Mobile Devices business and 1,000 positions in corporate functions and ot...
Opening the kimono of your IT department
in The CIO Weblog, on January 5, 2009
...oard before they restructure you without your cooperation. As Forrester puts it:
The risk is that cuts in IT's budget are seen by the CIO's peers as "IT's problem to solve" - b...
Microsoft layoffs may be imminent
in The CIO Weblog, on December 29, 2008
...ing (did I just make that word up? I like it!). Chaos and confusion resulting from across-the-board cuts or hiring freezes could torpedo even those things the company is doing right; and to end up in ...
Gai Mattiolo Watches
in The Jewelry Weblog, on December 26, 2008
...s in Milano. It was a practical collection, marked by the suits in exclusive fabrics and the ironic cuts which would later become his calling card.
Rose Gold Plated Croco-Stamped Band Dress Wat...
Cox defends his legacy
in Sox First, on December 25, 2008
...inued, 'when you bring your memo down there, they pepper you with questions. It dies a thousand-cuts death.' The source added that a running joke has developed among enforcement staffers that ...
Microsoft to cut 10% of its workforce
in Sox First, on December 24, 2008
...et to slash staff. The Mini-Microsoft blog has put together snippets of information about budget cuts and people being called into mysterious meetings to be interrogated about what they are working...
Venture Capitalists Karen Gordon Mills Nominated to Head the Small Business Administration
in Bizinformer, on December 20, 2008
...hair of the House's Small Business Committee) recently described the SBA. "Through budget cuts and mismanagement during the last eight years, the SBA has become nothing more than a shell of t...
Obama: it will take years to recover
in Sox First, on December 19, 2008
...et one whiff of a slowdown, though, they turn Keynesian, rushing to stimulate the economy with rate cuts. 'As a rule we favour capitalism in an expansion and socialism in a contraction,' Coope...
The Queen's credit crunch
in Sox First, on December 16, 2008
No-one is immune from the credit crunch. Not even Queen Elizabeth. Richard Kay at the Daily Mail reports that she has cut back on the traditional Christmas presents for staff at Buck House. This year, they'll just get a pair of coasters. As Royal Watch News reports , the Queen has n...
George W rewrites history
in Sox First, on December 12, 2008
... crisis since the Great Depression . The memo also tells them to remind people that Bush's tax cuts set the stage for job growth. What a load of crap! As market commentator John P Hussman point...
Will Obama's job plan work?
in Sox First, on December 7, 2008
...s other services that are getting clobbered. Service businesses accounted for two-thirds of the job cuts in November, meaning that the weakness in labor markets has shifted from the goods-producing se...
Nava Zahavi Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on December 5, 2008
...top a 14k gold band.
$1300
Nava Zahavi sources some of the most colourful gemstones on the planet, cuts them, and wraps them in stunning 24k gold creations. She is drawn to gemstones that evoke sea, ...
100+ iPhone Games That Use the Accelerometer
in Wangtam, on December 4, 2008
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Drinking Coffee and Type 2 Diabetes
in Daily Diabetic, on December 3, 2008
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According to this report , people who drink at least three cups of coffee daily are actually reducing their risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Jaakko Tuomilehto, professor of Public Health at the University of Helsinki, said studies in his coun...
Merkel's attack
in Sox First, on November 27, 2008
...rkel's inflexibility, particularly her refusal to make it easier for Germans by giving them tax cuts. As Spiegel notes, it's splitting her own party and causing all sorts of political fallou...
Sun in Trouble
in Java Entrepreneur, on November 22, 2008
...5,000 and 6,000 jobs - that's between 15 and 18 percent of its workforce.
"It blamed the cuts on the global economic downturn, but I think that like many other companies, Sun is using the d...
BitTorrent Cuts Staff, Will Close Torrent Information Network
in P2P File Sharing, on November 12, 2008
BitTorrent last week fired about half of its employees, and replaced its CEO, Doug Walker, with former CTO Eric Klinker .
"A person with knowledge of BitTorrent's plans also said the company would soon close its Torrent Entertainment Network , once conceived - and covered in the...
LinkedIn Users are Rich (or at Least Well Off)
in The Social Networking Weblog, on November 10, 2008
TechCrunch reported last week on a study of Business networking site LinkedIn that verifies what most people already knew - that LinkedIn users make more money.
LinkedIn is the leading social network site focused on business relationships. According to TechCrunch: Nearly 60% of users have incom...
LinkedIn 裁员 10%
in Wangtam, on November 7, 2008
TC 消息 ，北美最大的商务型社会化网络 LinkedIn 昨天正式宣布裁员 36 人，占员工比率 10%。
LinkedIn 表示，部分被裁员工将被分配到其他新岗位。 LinkedIn 发言人 Kay Luo 称，此次裁员的主要目的是为了削减成本。 LinkedIn 目前的注册用户超过了 3000 万人。相对于那些还没有盈利的网站而言， LinkedIn 一直被视为社会化网站的成功典范。作为一家私有公司， LinkedIn 目前的市值超过 10 亿美元，该公司在去年已实现盈利。
从财务角度讲， LinkedIn 仍拥有大量现金。上个月， LinkedIn 刚刚获得 2270 万...
Banks stockpiling cash
in Sox First, on November 6, 2008
...other, was starting to come down. But that was premature. True, government bailouts, interest rate cuts and cash injections have driven the three-month LIBOR down to its lowest rate in four years , ...
Arizona State Prepares for Hundreds of Faculty Cuts
in The Universities Weblog, on November 2, 2008
The Chronicle of Higher Education said last week that Arizona State University is getting ready to lay off at least 200 non-tenure track faculty members of the next couple of months.
ASU has about a thousand such adjunct faculty. No tenure track faculty members are being laid off. No classes are...
