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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 June 30, 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 20, 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 6, 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 May 31, 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 25, 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 22, 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
...as intrigued, 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 29, 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 23, 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 April 15, 2009
...• 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 says...
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 17, 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 25, 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...
The Return of Depression Economics and Crisis of 2008 by Paul Krugman
in Sox First, on February 14, 2009
...e 1980s." Krugman says we are not in a Depression, and unlikely to get to one, but depression economics has returned. For the first time in two generations, there is a failure in the demand side...
Banks are insolvent
in Sox First, on February 13, 2009
...s rescue package. According to the New York Times reports, Stern School of Business professor of economics Nouriel Roubini, Dr Doom himself, has warned that total losses on loans by American financ...
Are British And American Banks Headed Towards Nationalization?
in Exclusive from our news room , on February 11, 2009
...infusion of great sums of money by the world's governments.
Anatole Kaletsky, a world renowned economics writer and commentator, says the only way American and British banks can survive this cris...
Stimulus Hype: Will the Stimulus Work? (Part I)
in Bizinformer, on February 7, 2009
... middle class educator with 11 years of college (or there abouts), three degrees and an interest in economics. Now that that's out of the way...
One of the first pieces that really peaked my in...
Pay As You Play - The New Reality
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 3, 2009
... while injecting a fun and entertaining angle into those 9 holes, Baldassari's approach is pure economics.
His method will surely be copied around America and beyond as the weeks unfold and sprin...
Opinion: Policies Prolonged Depression
in Wangtam, on February 2, 2009
• Opinion: Policies Prolonged Depression
• Violent unrest rocks China as crisis hits
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• AddMerch.com - A Single Button Mercha...
Rupert Murdoch's downturn blues
in Sox First, on January 30, 2009
Rupert Murdoch is blaming the spending binge for the crisis, and warns that it will probably take some time until we emerge from it. But the reality is that his News Corporation has been hit hard by the downturn. Already, News Corporation's digital arm Fox Interactive Media is axing jobs...
Winter of discontent: will the Paris riots spread?
in Sox First, on January 30, 2009
Paris has broken out in violent protests over the French government's handling of the economic crisis with 65,000 demonstrators joining a march from the Place de la Bastille towards the center of the city as fires were lit on some of Paris' best-known boulevards and police used tea...
Obama's Aunt Has Immigration Hearing in April
in Global Mobility Report, on January 27, 2009
... living in the U.S. illegally since for about four years now. In April she will get a hearing in an immigration court to determine her future in the country.
Onyango's immigration status became a...
European Immigration: A Round Up of Recent News
in Global Mobility Report, on January 20, 2009
...A few pieces of immigration news from within Europe this week...
Gonzi, Merkel discuss immigration - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Malta's Prime Minister, Lawrence Gonzi, spent par...
Online US Visa Waiver Forms Take Effect
in Global Mobility Report, on January 13, 2009
The online visa waiver form is now mandatory if you're planning a trip to the US and you come from a country covered by the visa waiver program.
The new program, designed to improve U.S. security, has been voluntary since August, but became mandatory Monday. Travelers are being asked to fill...
Defining Genocide: It Might Not Be What You Think
in Global Mobility Report, on January 4, 2009
...ate last month the people at Philosophy Bites interviewed Chandran Kukathas of the London School of Economics. The topic of discussion was genocide - specifically, the definition of genocide. I was su...
Winners and losers for 2008
in Sox First, on December 30, 2008
...ard Madoff's clients, the incompetent Securities and Exchange Commission, the Chicago School of Economics which for long had peddled the line about free markets so perfect that there was no need f...
Bernanke the banker
in Sox First, on December 17, 2008
...f that much money is left in the monetary base, it would be extremely inflationary," Princeton economics professor Alan Blinder told the New York Times .
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Zimbabwe: Immigration in the Time of Cholera
in Global Mobility Report, on December 12, 2008
British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is warning of an influx of immigrants from Zimbabwe, according to London's Daily Telegraph .
Smith says that refugees fleeing the regime of Zimbabwe's dictator, Robert Mugabe, are buying forged passports in countries bordering Zimbabwe - countries wh...
George W rewrites history
in Sox First, on December 12, 2008
...the most destabilising decisions undertaken by the President: the Iraq war which according to Nobel economics laureate Joseph Stiglitz could cost the US more than $3 trillion, and the tax cuts fed...
Race To Dubai Slowing Down?
in Eagle Par Birdie, on December 7, 2008
... to shell out the huge money.
Golf tours DO NOT draw a fraction of that globally.
It's simple economics. If car makers are beginning to abandon autosports, sponsors are right behind them. And si...
Canada's Tories Look at Immigration Reform
in Global Mobility Report, on December 3, 2008
...Canada's Conservative government is pushing forward with a controversial plan to fast track the immigration process for 38 different classes of skilled workers.
Among the groups that would get fa...
The Subprime Solution - Robert Shiller
in Sox First, on December 1, 2008
...a long and complex tragedy." Shiller, one of the founders of the behavioral finance school of economics, argues that boom thinking creates a "social contagion". He compares it to a di...
Immigration Becomes a "Back Burner" Issue in the U.S.
in Global Mobility Report, on November 24, 2008
... Public Radio Internetional had an insightful piece of analysis on the place of immigration as a political issue in the U.S. now. Immigration looks set to become a non-issue for a time as the new adm...
100 Online Video Lectures from Top Colleges
in The Online Universities Weblog, on November 21, 2008
...tures you can watch to learn from some of the leading experts in fields as diverse as astronomy and economics." Take a look and watch a video that interests you in the fields of science, technolo...
Forecasts of the economic disaster
in Sox First, on October 13, 2008
... timely piece on the ones who predicted the economic firestorm. They include New York University economics professor Nouriel Roubini ("A 1987 style stock market crash could occur leading to fu...
America's "Peicemeal, Rickety" Financial Aid System Needs Overhaul, Says CollegeBoard Group
in The Universities Weblog, on September 30, 2008
...cated," The report's co-author Sandy Baum told the Christian Science Monitor . Baum is an economics professor at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. "We're seeing proposals i...
IT jobs in a down market
in The CIO Weblog, on September 29, 2008
...ession of IT in a down market. This is a topic for writers with more wisdom and better schooling in economics than I. My largest experience with difficult markets was the dot-com bust, which wasn'...
What's in it for Zoho?
in The CIO Weblog, on September 8, 2008
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Last month I put up a post regarding the economics of the B2B SaaS market , responding primarily to an interesting post on Zoho's blog regarding the matter.
I have been entirely remiss in p...
Why is Outsourcing the Political Whipping Boy?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 1, 2008
...s social conservatives, military "hawks," fundamentalists (of all religious stripes) anti-immigration activists. Both of these groups see threats in outsourcing and H1B policies.
The center...
Gustav means business
in Sox First, on September 1, 2008
The petroleum industry might be bracing itself for the impact of Hurricane gustav but its economic impact is going to be wider than that. The Washington Post reports that Louisiana's trademark tourism industry, along with sugar, shipping and even the manufacture of Tabasco sauce wil...
Free Online Finance Classes
in The Online Universities Weblog, on August 25, 2008
.... If you want to find a better way to manage your money or just want to learn more about banking or economics, take a look at my new list of free online finance classes .
Here's a blurb: "...
Death throes of the corporate data center
in The CIO Weblog, on August 22, 2008
...uced by utility computing services are inarguable, as they are simply upsized from the same logical economics that make any data center an efficient proposition. Economics, of course, are not the only...
Olympic Women's Beach Volleyball
in The Celebrities Weblog, on August 21, 2008
...ng to the beach, the street in front of my house is will do just fine.
But that's enough about economics.
Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor have never lost a match and I send them my sincere ...
The economics of SaaS
in The CIO Weblog, on August 19, 2008
...an entry yesterday entitled "Why we compete with Google," going into some detail on the economics of the business software market in the process. It's worth a look, if only to understa...
Fernsehtipp, Buchtipp: Hoerprobleme
in Das Gesundheits-Weblog, on August 16, 2008
...irn gewöhnt sich an das geringere Hörvermögen, so wird der Hörverlust beschleunigt. Die innere Immigration kann zu Vereinsamung und der Mangel an akustischen Reizen zu einem Abbau der intellektuellen ...
