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Seen that? - Strip Searches Limited in The Philippines
in Global Mobility Report, on November 22, 2009
... A new "no touch" policy should halt strip searches by Philippine immigration officials of Japanese visitors. It's not that they like or dislike tattoos. The just...
Seen that? - Globetrotter
in TJ's Weblog, on November 20, 2009
... There has been a lot of discussion in business circles about the 2006 Nobel Prize winner in Economics, going to Professor Edmund S. Phelps because he has been such a supporter of entrepreneurs...
Glass-Steagall and the market meltdown
in Sox First, on November 13, 2009
...nd Phil Gramm. He reminds us that the other culprits include the then Treasury secretary, now Obama economics czar Larry Summers, Gary Gensler, then a treasury undersecretary, today the head of the Co...
Seen that? - Online Dating Sites
in TJ's Weblog, on November 10, 2009
... Content Sharing sites have seen a boom not only since the Youtube mega-deal. The basic economics work like that: - We build a feature rich site where users can upload A, B, C - We add soc...
Exchange 2010 now available
in The CIO Weblog, on November 9, 2009
...oft, one that may serve to put it ahead of the game for once when it comes to online services. The economics of hosted e-mail are among the clearest of all cloud services, the history the longest, an...
Big profits: How Goldman Sachs bet on the US housing crash
in Sox First, on November 5, 2009
...es while at the same time placing bets that the US housing market would crash. As Boston University economics professor Laurence Kotlikoff told Gordon, it smells like a fraud and should be prosecuted....
Seen that? - France Tightens Family Immigration
in Global Mobility Report, on November 4, 2009
... France Tightens Family Immigration at Global Mobility Report In September, the French parliament is expected to consider an immigration bill that m...
Seen that? - Warning From a Student of Democracy's Collapse
in P2P File Sharing, on October 31, 2009
... early warning signs of economic maturity, if not decay itself. Life is Darwinian, whether it's economics, business, biology, or sport. Once the fire is gone, the game, or at least [...] Read Mor...
Nobel Prize winners are also supply chain people!!
in Supplychainer, on October 26, 2009
... Hey I saw this exciting news in DC Velocity on recent winners of nobel prize in economics: apparently one of the co-winners is a supply chain folk:
Much has been made of the fact that Indi...
Do the Pitfalls of Outsourcing Outweigh the Benefits?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 19, 2009
...ails.
Of course, risk monitoring and management is an added cost, one that adversely affects the economics of an outsourcing deal – particularly when compared to in-house deals. Why? Because the ...
US Immigration Reform: Maybe Next Year...
in Global Mobility Report, on October 12, 2009
... © humbertomoreno
The Hill is reporting that immigration reform is dead. At least for this year. Republicans failed last week to keep provisions addressing illegal immigration in the Hom...
Seen that? - High Loft Drivers
in Eagle Par Birdie, on October 11, 2009
... New York state will now allow issuance of drivers' licenses irregardless of immigration status. Prior to september 11, 2001, New York issued drivers' licenses without verif...
Tourism in Cuba Still Looks Toward US
in Latina Viva, on October 3, 2009
.... Americans manage to make to Cuba. They depart from Mexico or Canada and manage to keep Cuba's immigration authorities from stamping their US passports. Many wonder when travel to Cuba will becom...
Reducing Visa Stress
in Global Mobility Report, on September 28, 2009
... Noobpreneur talked recently about how stressful the process of getting a visa and dealing with immigrations can be, no matter what coutry you're trying to get into.
The article, basically, say...
Outsourcing as an Economic Indicator
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 24, 2009
© Michiel2005
In yesterday'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 - particularly in areas such as technology investment and long term deals.
U...
Sarkozy wants joie de vivre index
in Sox First, on September 15, 2009
Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
- Woody Allen
I've been rich, I've been poor. Rich is better.
- Sophie Tucker
French president Nicolas Sarkozy wants to scrap GDP and replace it with happiness as a new measure of economic output. As the Financial Times...
YOU LIE and the Immigration Debate
in Global Mobility Report, on September 14, 2009
© José Goulão
New America Media had an interesting piece this week on the outburst by Representative Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) during President Obama's address to Congress on Wednesday.
Wilson shouted "you lie" when President Obama said that his health care plan wouldn't cover ...
The next bubbles
in Sox First, on September 12, 2009
...le because they're inevitable. "The forces that create bubbles are only partly to do with economics. The big drivers are social and psychological. We need an infrastructure that can anticipa...
The looming dementia epidemic and health care crisis
in Sox First, on September 1, 2009
... for people suffering from Alzheimer's. In Australia, there are reports of a study by Access Economics suggesting that the number of people with dementia will quadruple by 2050. This trend will...
Immigration Reform Faces Five Problems
in Global Mobility Report, on August 31, 2009
...orial page of USA Today , but they recently had an insightful commentary on the problems that face immigration reform in Congress. They list five specific problems.
The problems are simple. Too many...
Costs of fighting climate change to treble
in Sox First, on August 30, 2009
We all know that fighting climate change will cost billions. But how much cash do we need? A new report from scientists says world leaders have massively underestimated these costs. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) estimates that annual global costs of adapting to clima...
With Sen. Kennedy's Death, Immigration Reform Loses a Powerful Advocate
in Global Mobility Report, on August 26, 2009
...W pointed out today what a blow the death of Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) is to the future of immigration reform in Congress. Kennedy, known as the Lion of the Senate, left a legacy in many area...
Loan deals Italian style
in Sox First, on August 24, 2009
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It's a sign of the times and just the kind of mouth-watering economics story that anyone would love. The Guardian reports that cash strapped Italian food producers plan to put up expensive...
The smart meter revolution
in Sox First, on August 23, 2009
...rity technologies. This has the potential of creating new businesses. It's a point taken up by economics professor Jeremy Rifikin in this lecture . Rifkin says: "The great pivotal economic...
The Beauty of Street Shows, as Seen at Blethering Place
in Classical Drives, on August 19, 2009
...er 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 admire th...
Health care reform and a fat tax
in Sox First, on August 16, 2009
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With the United States now agonizing over the future of health care, New York Times economics columnist David Leonhardt raises the question of whether the system needs a fat tax. Leonhardt arg...
Immigration Daily Blog
in Global Mobility Report, on August 12, 2009
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If you're looking for a good source of news and opinions on immigration issues in the US, Immigration Daily is a blog you may want to consider following.
The blog is nine years old and has...
Changes for Immigration Detention in the US
in Global Mobility Report, on August 9, 2009
...The WaPo and the LA Times are among sources reporting on the coming overhaul of the immigration detention system in the US. The Obama administration announced plans Thursday to overhaul the nation...
Twitter's fragility
in Sox First, on August 8, 2009
...hat crippled Twitter raise a number of questions. The New York Times suggests the target was an economics professor from the republic of Georgia. According to the paper, the hackers used thousands...
Is the housing bust over?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 30, 2009
...latest economic type to opine that the housing recovery is now in progress is University of Chicago economics professor Casey Mulligan. In a column printed in the New York Times, Mulligan says that al...
Poor Bernanke
in Sox First, on July 30, 2009
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Bernanke got poorer in the market meltdown. As Bloomberg reports, the former economics professor's assets fell 29% last year as the financial crisis eroded the value of his assets. Or did ...
Illegal Immigration - in China
in Global Mobility Report, on July 27, 2009
...When illegal immigration gets mentioned in the press people usually assume the story is about Latin American immigration into the United States. But China has its own problem with illegal immigratio...
Suddenly more bullish on housing?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 14, 2009
Maybe there is something to that old "American Dream," after all. How else to explain that even as the residential real estate industry suffers through a catastrophic slump, U.S. residents still profess faith in the value of housing?
You'd think that most homeowners today — and ...
Netbooks may be the new mobiles
in The CIO Weblog, on July 6, 2009
...at netbook fleet deployment might best be outsourced, just as is sometimes done with phones. If the economics are similar, the CFO is certain to be looking into the idea even if the CIO isn't wild...
Criticism starts to catch up to AppEngine
in The CIO Weblog, on July 3, 2009
...lutions, while advocates point out that software failures in any venue are hardly unique and that economics, if nothing else, dictate that these solutions will improve and dominate the future of sof...
Deporting a Monk Over Emplyment Violations: What is Work?
in Global Mobility Report, on July 1, 2009
... The Wall Street Journal recently too a look at an interesting U.S. immigration case that begs the question of what constitute work (or at least employment). Monk Phra Bunphithak Jomthong entered the...
US Immigration Overhaul "Essential"
in Global Mobility Report, on June 21, 2009
... © jurvetson
The Obama Administration made it clear this week that overhauling the immigration system in the U.S. is a priority for his administration. Obama told the Esperanza National Hispani...
CIA recruits bankers
in Sox First, on June 19, 2009
... governments and companies". "Candidates with a bachelor's or master's degree in economics, finance, business administration, international management, or economic crimes management...
Does Obama's patchwork overhaul go far enough?
in Sox First, on June 18, 2009
...subsequently shattered the global economy. That's just not good enough. As New York University economics professor Lawrence White told the New York Times : "It's the equivalent of grabb...
Despite the Recession, Support for Immigration Reform Grows in the U.S.
in Global Mobility Report, on June 7, 2009
... Kevin Coles
The Daily Kos is reporting on three polls that look at support for comprehensive immigration reform in the U.S. It's a political hot potato that's been tossed around before. ...
Cutting Salaries
in Biz Plan Hacks, on June 7, 2009
...ay rather than making more layoffs. One of them is Dan Ariely, the author of the popular behavioral economics book Predictably Irrational, and a professor at Duke University. He believes that in the r...
Washington University launches new master in supply chain from September 2009
in Supplychainer, on June 1, 2009
...rogram is "designed to appeal to students with undergraduate degrees in business, engineering, economics, mathematics or science." The specialized degree will also be available to students i...
The Genius Visa
in Global Mobility Report, on May 26, 2009
... some specialized skill, O-1 visas are allotted to a more elite crowd: those who can prove to U.S. immigration officials that they are the very top in their fields. Peter F. Asaad, an immigration atto...
Obama Administration Targets Employers with Immigration Enforcement
in Global Mobility Report, on May 23, 2009
... I haven't heard much about the immigration debate in the US this year. But BusinessWeek just published an article that start with this: The Obama Administration plans to intensify efforts be...
President at the Pump
in carzz.org, on May 20, 2009
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Seeking an authoritative source, I looked to Kenneth Medlock , a fellow in energy and resources economics with Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy and an adjunct professor of e...
The problem with economists
in Sox First, on May 18, 2009
...nomists. What's more, these are the people who had access to power. A recent paper prepared by economics academics in the United States, Germany, Denmark and France, sheds light on the hubris of ...
Times' reporter's story a reminder: It's easy to fall into foreclosure nightmare
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 15, 2009
...ntrigued, then, by a story my wife forwarded me yesterday. It was written by Edmund Andrews, an economics reporter at the country's top newspaper, the New York Times.
What is intriguing is th...
The 60th Anniversary of the People's Republic of China is Making China Visas Hard to Get
in Global Mobility Report, on May 10, 2009
...ost important, is that the Chinese government will nearly always place politics and stability over economics. ...
Animal Spirits by George Akerlof and Robert Shiller
in Sox First, on May 4, 2009
...book , the University of California's Akerlof and Shiller, best-selling author and professor of economics at Yale University, argue that that economists have ignored these forces and have dismisse...
No recovery in sight
in Sox First, on April 30, 2009
With the US economy convulsing in its sharpest contraction since 1958 . down 6.1%, the Fed now seems to be sitting on the side lines. In its latest statement , the Fed said the economic outlook had improved "modestly" but that economic activity was "likely to remain weak for a t...
The Invisible Hook by Peter Leeson
in Sox First, on April 30, 2009
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What do pirates have to do with economics? Plenty, according to economist Peter Leeson in his book The Invisible Hook . Leeson starts out looking at the most fundamental of economic texts from t...
Fox says no to Obama
in Sox First, on April 29, 2009
...nd 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 net...
Italy in the Spotlight Over Hardline Immigration Policies
in Global Mobility Report, on April 24, 2009
...Human rights groups are expressing concern over new immigration policies in Italy that seem designed to target Europe's Roma and Sinti Gypsy populations. Europe's top human rights watchdog o...
Are economists to blame for the financial crisis?
in Sox First, on April 24, 2009
...economists, they give way to boyish irrational exuberance over the accomplishments and prospects of economics as a science ... The predictions of economists tend to give the impression that the econom...
To panic, or not to panic
in The CIO Weblog, on April 22, 2009
...afford a full main site and a geographically diverse backup, and the staff to operate it? It is the economics of centralization that allows a large measure of the safety that service subscribers alrea...
Another sucker's rally
in Sox First, on April 22, 2009
Should we read anything into the gyrations of the Dow Jones industrial average? Should we take heart when the market starts trading higher? If the experts are right, it's just a sucker's rally. As Dr Doom, Nouriel Roubini told Steve Forbes in this interview , the extent of the contract...
Google's 'Immigration Fixer'
in Wangtam, on 2009-04-16
...• Google's 'Immigration Fixer'
• 新网擅自删除域名事件暴露行业"潜规则"
• Why It Makes Sense That a Hacker's Behind Amazon's Big Gay Outrage
• Quicky Jump to Text Fields in Firefox
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Canadian Golf Prepares for Storm
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 13, 2009
The recreational golf season is now underway in the chillier parts of North America.
The bite of winter has been replaced by the cool winds of spring but there is still a cold feel to the start of the season that goes bone-deep.
In Canada, a huge question mark hangs over the golf course indus...
Why Skilled Immigrants to the US Are Going Home
in Global Mobility Report, on March 30, 2009
...lse gets one - and it's probably somebody we're competing with.
People who think that the immigration debate is about Central American migrants do when there's not as crop to pick. The t...
Recession health chart: fit and miserable
in Sox First, on March 27, 2009
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People are losing jobs and money but they're healthier than before. So says economics professor Chris Ruhm from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In this interview , Ruhm say...
The New Ho Chi Minh Trail
in Eagle Par Birdie, on March 25, 2009
...of the new engines of economic growth in Southeast Asia, openly embracing the tenets of free market economics while remaining under Communist government control.
Yet Ho Chi Minh continues to make his...
Asian-Americans Looking for Immigration Reform
in Global Mobility Report, on March 18, 2009
... of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, who wrote President Obama a letter saying that immigration reform "must remain an early priority in your administration."
Immigration ha...
Climate change deniers on the increase
in Sox First, on March 13, 2009
...rned that the effects of global warming would be worse than he predicted in his 2006 report on the economics of the problem. In that report, Stern said a rise of 4C would increase coastal flooding, r...
Opmanager online
in The CIO Weblog, on March 2, 2009
...atform, so it seems like a fairly easy move to a service-based system. You have to wonder about the economics and scalability of the leap, however. Although AdventNet's licensing rates have always...
Please Don't Take Away Our Tax Breaks!
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on February 27, 2009
... removal of tax breaks will do one thing - and this is what the outsourcers fear. It will shift the economics, making it necessary for the Indian outsourcers to sharpen their value proposition (and pe...
Newspaper death roll
in Sox First, on February 26, 2009
...there. The question is whether that will be enough to save the newspaper industry from its terrible economics....
Greenspan wants to nationalize banks
in Sox First, on February 19, 2009
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Last week, I did a blog entry that said US banks were insolvent and quoting Dr Doom, economics professor Nouriel Roubini, saying that the only answer is to nationalize the US banks. Now we have...
Talisman Unlimited Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on February 16, 2009
...le in 18k yellow gold, and 14k and 18k white gold, and 18k red gold.
$2640
After earning a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School and an M.F.A. from Brandeis University, Michael Pitkow co-founded ...
Stimulus Hype: Sorting Out Keynes (Part III)
in Bizinformer, on February 15, 2009
...nt column in Forbes late last month on Keynes, the Depression, and the modern critique of Keynesian economics. He also does a good job of explaining the different roles of fiscal policy and monetary p...
