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Mistresses of the universe: can women save the world?
in Sox First, on July 13, 2009
...top measures of organizational excellence. Furthermore, companies with three or more women on their boards outperformed the competition on all measures by at least 40%. Several weeks ago, I speculate...
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 unprece...
Who would buy a newspaper?
in Sox First, on June 11, 2009
...s fascinating to read the reports of how the New York Times is now selling the Boston Globe after cutting journalists' pay there by 23%. Whether they'll find a buyer for it is another questi...
Cutting Salaries
in Biz Plan Hacks, on June 6, 2009
...Late last month BusinessWeek ran two stories on cutting salaries: Does It Pay to Reduce Pay? and Cutting Salaries Instead of Jobs .
Does it make sense? Once considered off limits for salaried man...
Neutron CE 6 Electric Lawn Mower is the Eco Friendly Evolution
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 4, 2009
...is nearly silent, powerful enough to clear out my whole yard, it has a mulching bag, and a 19" cutting path. The Neutron battery takes a full 12 hours to charge, and once it is charged, it can ru...
What next for GM?
in Sox First, on June 4, 2009
...ifting its focus toward vehicle electrification and renewable fuels for the vehicles on its drawing boards," Makower writes. "Its R&D leaders were pondering a world in which there could ...
Arkansas Governor Praises U of A's Dedication to Nanotech
in Nanotechbuzz, on June 4, 2009
...to reap commercial success with TuffTek , its nanoparticle coating product to be sold to the metal-cutting industry," writes the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's Laurie Whalen . "As many as...
Saving Money also Comes by Eating Healthy
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on May 30, 2009
...ealth costs, too, in the future and will help you save money on groceries and in the long run.
By cutting out extra snacking or larger than necessary meals, you could save money each week. Be sure to...
Employee disengagement in a recession
in Sox First, on May 21, 2009
...t firms with highly engaged workforces tend to outperform stragglers." So with more companies cutting costs, and cutting down on engagement strategies, we can expect a massive fallout and lots o...
iPhone price reduction rumors missing the enterprise
in The CIO Weblog, on May 18, 2009
...ing innovative and flexible data plans to cover business uses, broadening their market share before cutting their pricing to pull in a less lucrative layer of personal users....
Corporate social responsibility and recession
in Sox First, on May 15, 2009
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With the recession, companies are cutting back on their corporate social responsibility budgets but it's not going away. As reported here , the big cuts are in corporate philanthropy but they...
Time to lob a Molotov cocktail
in The CIO Weblog, on May 14, 2009
...onsibility back onto the business units... but without constantly saying no, managing demand, or cutting services.
IT shops are beginning to understand this. Coming out at nearly the same time as L...
Bad retail figures expose recovery myth
in Sox First, on May 14, 2009
...'s just vanished. While people have been talking about a recovery of sorts, companies have been cutting their inventories now for the last seven months. That hardly suggests a rebound. Then there...
Survey: Most Women Work Because They Have To
in Well Woman Blog, on May 8, 2009
...) 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 economy is taking a toll on working moth...
All the Lego Star Wars Minifigs in History
in Wangtam, on May 5, 2009
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Microsoft's prospects
in The CIO Weblog, on May 5, 2009
... I believe they have the vision to achieve that again; if they can't muster the execution, then cutting products out of the lineup probably isn't going to help them. It may be the textbook thi...
SOX and complacency
in Sox First, on May 5, 2009
... for corporate governance failures (and poorly performing corporations in general belong to passive boards of directors (the members of which are often handsomely remunerated). These individuals frequ...
Climate scientist sacked for talking
in Sox First, on May 1, 2009
... been instructed to get permission before talking to the media again. It's very much a case of cutting down tall poppies and envy, something that is quite rife in New Zealand and Australian work ...
Ratings agency crackdowns
in Sox First, on May 1, 2009
... review the quality of their ratings and they will have at least two independent directors on their boards whose remuneration doesn't depend on the business performance of the rating agency. These...
OnLive: the future of everything?
in The CIO Weblog, on April 27, 2009
...eeds."
There has been a lot of scoffing at this premise, so entrenched has been the view that cutting-edge, resource intensive applications such as modern PC games can only be run on powerful, o...
Sun, Oracle, WordPress, and MySQL
in Wangtam, on April 23, 2009
...Yahoo Cutting 5% Of Staff (YHOO)
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EagleTec USB Nano Flash Drive Saves More Than Data
in The Gadgets Weblog, on April 23, 2009
...d, it should meet the ReadyBoost and many other requirments.
The drive is cheap too. Who knew that cutting out all of that manufacturing and fancy LEDs could actually save money. The 4GB drive only c...
Renegotiating in Down Times
in Biz Plan Hacks, on April 11, 2009
...he point recently that in an economy where businesses are failing and everyone's concerned with cutting costs, renegotiating your costs is a meaningful strategy.
Everything can be renegotiated. ...
Virgin Mobile Slashes Prices on Plans
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on April 10, 2009
...aid Virgin Mobile is revamping some of its service rates in effort to compete against intense price-cutting among second-tier wireless competitors.
Beginning April 15th, Virgin Mobile will drop the p...
SUNY Albany Launches $150 Million Nanotech Expansion
in Nanotechbuzz, on April 2, 2009
...rsity at Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) this week held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to market the official opening of a $150 million expansion of its Albany NanoTech C...
Hearts On Fire Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on March 27, 2009
...Hearts On Fire is unique in the diamond industry in that they have taken the standards for diamond cutting into a new echelon of perfection. The brand has developed new high-tech machinery including...
New directions on the IFRS roadmap
in Sox First, on March 25, 2009
...ce Week writes that more criticism of IFRS is coming in from the National Association of the State Boards of Accountancy, FedEX, Carl Berquist, chief accounting officer for Marriott International...
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in Wangtam, on March 21, 2009
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Fedex announces the quarter earnings are down 75 percent
in Supplychainer, on March 21, 2009
...Logistics Management Magazine , FedEx said it is rolling out the following domestic and global cost-cutting measures, which it expects to reduce expenses by roughly $1.0 billion for Fiscal 2010:
- Ne...
Diana Vincent Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on March 17, 2009
...t in design and metalsmithing in Rome, and earning a BFA in 1980, Diana followed her passion for cutting edge design by creating Diana Vincent Inc. It was here that she began creating innovative j...
Cloud computing killed your future
in The CIO Weblog, on March 17, 2009
...ve been too busy applying duct tape and Band-Aids to existing infrastructures to stay on top of the cutting edge. Nearly a year and a half ago, already, I heard a FedEx Corporate Services IT executive...
More and More Americans Cutting the Cord
in The Wireless Weblog, on March 12, 2009
...w Survey, January-December 2007 , which finds (no surprise) that more and more households are "cutting the cord," dropping their landline service and using their mobile phones exclusively.
...
Things I Should Have Blogged About...
in Bizinformer, on March 10, 2009
... . That's how you know it's bad - when people stop buying computers...
On February 24th, Cutting Mature Workers Widens the Wisdom Deficit . Regardless of your financial position, now is no...
The key themes in the supply chain of tomorrow
in Supplychainer, on March 8, 2009
...oward Main Street, 'factors' - the companies that offer financing to retail suppliers - are cutting the amount of credit available in transactions involving the weakest retailers. A bigger pul...
Stardust Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on March 6, 2009
...t quality - a reputation gained and maintained through strict in-house quality control. From stone cutting through finishing, every piece is scrutinized at each stage of production with a perfectioni...
Please Don't Take Away Our Tax Breaks!
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on February 27, 2009
...irst, they assert that the removal of this tax break will cripple U.S. competitiveness - "like cutting their nose to spite their face." I find that assertion to be speculative at best, parti...
Newspaper death roll
in Sox First, on February 25, 2009
...in online newspapers because they don't produce anywhere near the profit once enjoyed by print. Cutting staff is not the answer, according to that report. A better, if no less painful, solution mi...
Outsourcing Takes a Hit
in Biz Plan Hacks, on February 24, 2009
... you missed it, BusinessWeek had a piece earlier this month on the how a number of businesses are cutting back on outsourcing as part of their fiscal response to the recession. Of course, that's...
Searching the Deep Enterprise
in The CIO Weblog, on February 23, 2009
...ve a pretty good idea where their data is and how to access it. But drop-in boxes or software using cutting edge off-the-shelf search technologies, such as the Google appliance pictured above, can'...
The Two Trillion Dollar Meltdown by Charles R Morris
in Sox First, on February 19, 2009
...reat credit bubble of the 2000s." Adding to the problem were Alan Greenspan's policies of cutting interest rates whenever there was trouble. In 1987, the Fed cut interest rates three times i...
Choosing Where the Money Goes
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on February 17, 2009
...you work to reduce some of your monthly bills. My past posts have dealt with this and they include, cutting down on your heating, on some extra food (think sodas and snacks), and possibly some unneces...
How to combat recession with operations
in Supplychainer, on February 14, 2009
...orm with you on how you might stimulate demand for your product or service. And some will have cost-cutting ideas too. Building good supplier relationships will pay off in bad and good economic times....
Bez Ambar Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on February 12, 2009
...d is how it breaks the light. This realization lead to a drastic departure from traditional diamond cutting.
To highlight a diamond's ability to bend and refract light, Bez designed a cut with f...
Shorter week on its way
in Sox First, on February 12, 2009
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All over the world, companies are cutting costs by putting their workers on a four day week. But are developments at KPMG a sign of the future? An Accountancy Age report says that 70% of KPMG st...
More about Saving Money for an Emergency Fund
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on February 10, 2009
...lready do it, budgeting can help provide a way for you to get the emergency fund money you need. By cutting down on some unnecessary expenses, you can get together the buffer fund you need for it. Als...
Pistengaudi, Aprés-Ski und Hüttenzauber!
in Das Freizeitsport, on February 6, 2009
... wir traumhaftes Wintersportwetter hatten, haben wir von morgens bis abends auf den Skiern und Boards gestanden und die Laufsachen wurden nicht 1x angezogen. Oben blitzblau und unten schneeweiß - ja, ...
Deloitte's new report on supply chain improvement in crisis times
in Supplychainer, on January 30, 2009
...imes (you can download it here ). The document is short but I liked the was it was presenting cost cutting strategies: The authors are putting emphasis on having financial aspects in mind when approa...
Tips On How to Save Money Right Away
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on January 29, 2009
...ouple of weeks - a month would be best. Then, sit down and analyze it with the preconceived idea of cutting out unnecessary expenditures. By following the hints and saving money tips on this blog, sta...
The axe man cometh: get ready for a shorter working week
in Sox First, on January 27, 2009
...s a useful tool for dealing with the economic downturn. Get ready for more. Many companies will be cutting their workers' hours this year in order to stay afloat....
Kwiat Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on January 26, 2009
...lection. Whimsical diamond pendant swings from a delicate chain in 18k white gold.
$2925
From the cutting and selection of each brilliant diamond to the design and creation of each beautiful piece o...
Microsoft To Lay Off 5,000 Employees
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 22, 2009
...onnel, will impact virtually every department and will be instituted simultaneously with other cost cutting measures.
Here's details plus additional similar stories .
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Barry Kronen Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on January 21, 2009
...n to make silver jewelry. From that humble beginning, grew a thriving business. Today, he is on the cutting edge of what's new and what's hot in jewelry . Always creative, he has a "fing...
Security is just broken
in The CIO Weblog, on January 15, 2009
..., and as I sat through the first presentation, I just went down the list checking off all the "cutting edge" concepts being presented that violated one or more of those rules.
The best thin...
Future of SaaS in supply chain
in Supplychainer, on January 15, 2009
...rvice (SaaS) for supply chain management. The report highlights today's quest in the market for cutting supply chain application cost as much as possible. One of the areas the companies are lookin...
Reshaping governance: interview with Lord Michael Hastings
in Sox First, on January 9, 2009
...ed a radical shake-up of corporate governance around the world. Read on.
SOX FIRST: What should boards do that's different? What sort of changes do we need to see?
HASTINGS: At the decision ...
Outsourcing safely
in The CIO Weblog, on January 9, 2009
... use the opacity of distance and bureaucracy to pad their margins by hiring sub-standard talent, or cutting corners on the services they provide. A failure to significantly assess the impact of outsou...
HINT Essence Water: Natural Flavored Water Perfect for Diabetics
in Daily Diabetic, on January 7, 2009
...that resolutions to get healthy are on everyone's agenda for the New Year including diabetics.
Cutting excess sugar from your daily intake will combat diabetes and help lower your insulin levels ...
Rise of the new consumer
in Sox First, on January 7, 2009
...s. Still, there will be others who will spend their money in different ways, going for quality and cutting out the stuff that's less essential. They are the ones who have moved their money from s...
Opening the kimono of your IT department
in The CIO Weblog, on January 5, 2009
... the torches and pitchforks come out, and good IT projects are strung up along with the bad by cost-cutting executives who don't understand either.
Recession or not, it's time to change this ...
Feasting on the carcasses of off-shoring firms
in The CIO Weblog, on January 2, 2009
...utsourcing to more stable ground, or reduce their reliance on it considerably, but the generic cost-cutting or frozen deer-in-the-headlights responses we have seen so far in the enterprise doesn't...
Moissanite Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on January 1, 2009
... Lobster
Metal: 14K gold
$710
Combining 21st century science and the age-old art of fine stone cutting , today Moissanite is created in all its original wonder and available to the world in exqu...
Wicked Winter Weather
in Eagle Par Birdie, on December 31, 2008
... made from kayak paddles, cricket bats, mashies
and niblicks, umbrellas, cookie sheets, and boogie boards.
10:00 AM Golfers at Qualicum's Memorial Golf Club have broken into the
ladies locker ...
Are we all Keynesians now?
in Sox First, on December 30, 2008
With the United States government once more getting the taxpayers to bail out a hopeless business, this time announcing it would pump $6 billion into GMAC Financial Services, including $1 billion for General Motors, with the Troubled Relief Assets Program (TARP) turning into a giant slush fund...
Microsoft layoffs may be imminent
in The CIO Weblog, on December 29, 2008
... competetive company. While acknowledging this to be the case, Mini also says "I'm all for cutting back, but it should have been done long ago, responsibly, vs. forced upon us." The chan...
Cox defends his legacy
in Sox First, on December 25, 2008
...he is responsible to fix anything broken while he's in office)...More importantly, the CEOs and boards of this country have shown no remorse for the pain that 'Main Street' is now feeling ...
Anna Sofia Paper Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on December 23, 2008
...04. Becoming a jewelry designer was an organic process - armed with paper and scissors, she took to cutting, and the next thing she knew she had a necklace in her hands. Her designs are worn by fabulo...
Conspiracy theorist wanted
in The CIO Weblog, on December 19, 2008
...porting today that three cables between Italy and Egypt were damaged somehow in the Mediterranean, cutting some 75% of direct service between Europe and the Middle East and causing traffic to be rero...
Zimbabwe: Immigration in the Time of Cholera
in Global Mobility Report, on December 12, 2008
...alth Organization (WHO). The Mugabe government is saying that the outbreak is over. Doctors Without Boards recently told the Agence France Press that cholera outbreaks of the magnitude currently und...
Plenty of Tour Pain Ahead
in Eagle Par Birdie, on December 12, 2008
...BR Open and the Buick Invitational.
Tournaments sponsored by companies that are bankrupt, severely cutting staff (Sony will cut 5 thousand jobs globally) or barely breathing.
The list of struggling ...
