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Is plain vanilla the right goal?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 30, 2009
...king them out.
That's the fear with plain vanilla: You might discourage creative, smart money managers from financial success.
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Beware the China bubble
in Sox First, on June 29, 2009
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Worrying signs are emerging from China with reports that we are seeing the creation of an asset price bubble in that market. There was 4.57 trillion yuan (or about $US670 billion) of new lending...
Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 3
in Wangtam, on June 26, 2009
...n Authentication: '70 Billion Reasons To Make This Work'
• Hedge fund managers betting Twitter will give them an edge in rapid trading
• Habitat sorry for Iran Tweeting
• Did Shaq Just F...
Digital Britain on Filesharing
in P2P File Sharing, on June 21, 2009
...ister's Chris Williams . " UK Music , which represents labels, collecting societies, music managers and the Musicians' Union said it did not believe the package would reduce piracy by 7...
Wal-Mart Promises to Promote Women. Do you Believe Them?
in Bizinformer, on June 11, 2009
...le leaders by launching a "global women's council." Just 27% of Wal-Mart's senior managers are women, and that number has been stagnant since 2007. A sex-descrimination case against ...
Microsoft Hearts Java
in Java Entrepreneur, on June 10, 2009
...icrosoft and Sun have focused on interoperability is because companies like Google are creating an emerging set of Web-based APIs (application programming interfaces) that are starting to eclipse Java...
Cutting Salaries
in Biz Plan Hacks, on June 6, 2009
...d Cutting Salaries Instead of Jobs .
Does it make sense? Once considered off limits for salaried managers and professionals, base pay reductions are becoming increasingly common in today's brut...
Is sacking people unethical?
in Sox First, on May 28, 2009
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With all the layoffs going on, it's worth asking whether managers ever ponder the ethical implications of what they're doing. As the self-styled "ethics guy" Bruce Weinstein sa...
Vera Wang Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on May 27, 2009
...her straps
• Nylon tulle
$495
Eighteen years later, Vera Wang is no longer an emerging brand. Vera Wang's new product introductions reflect her vision to create a lifestyle that goes beyond cor...
Tweeting Too Hard
in Wangtam, on May 21, 2009
...ners and property managers
• Sidomac.ca - An Online Book Keeping Application
• Valebrity ensures that celebrities on social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Bebo etc are really who the...
MBAs and Entrepreneurs
in BootStrapMe, on May 21, 2009
... the comings and goings of MBAs as obsolete as our lionization of investment bankers and hedge-fund managers? Is it time to look elsewhere for the "best and the brightest" of what business h...
24 - 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM / 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
in Wangtam, on May 19, 2009
... 1.4 beta with Twitter support
• Nokia maintains its leadership in bringing the Internet to emerging markets
• 欧盟反垄断"黑名单":谷歌/思科/高通/IBM
• Wal-Mart Makes Electronics Push
• Buy an app...
Speed Sourcing - An Over-Reaction to Long Procurement Cycles?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on May 19, 2009
...machine. While I understand frustration that corporate bureaucracy can create, particularly for IT managers used to immediate turnaround, and can see the attractiveness of the "solution" pro...
iUnika GYY Netbook is Cheap to Buy and Cheaper to Run
in The Gadgets Weblog, on May 15, 2009
...ld use solar power may want more oomph in a computer. This product may fit best in a third world or emerging market where a power grid is harder to come up with.
It is being released in the UK in Jun...
Time to lob a Molotov cocktail
in The CIO Weblog, on May 14, 2009
...o in a way that is right. It provides a philosophy of IT operations which will allow CIOs and IT managers to work within the constraints of business expectations and limited resources without consta...
A Hippocratic oath for managers
in Sox First, on May 8, 2009
...ent in Glendale, Arizona. As detailed here , the proposal is to professionalise managemtn and get managers to take the equivalent of a Hippocratic Oath. As Thunderbird president Angel Cabrera write...
HedgeCo.Net Spring Manager Showcase on Wed next week
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 26, 2009
... This event is open to all accredited HedgeCo.Net members and will profile some of the leading fund managers.
This will also be a good time to meet the HedgeCo staff and to ask them any questions yo...
Another sucker's rally
in Sox First, on April 22, 2009
...orces for the next two years. Secondly, some banks will be found to be insolvent. And finally, some emerging markets are likely to be caught up in a fully fledged financial crisis. AS George Soros sa...
Hedge Funds in the Cayman Islands
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 21, 2009
...up-to-date and informed. This is particularly so as our firm tends to work directly with investment managers and the more informed our clients are, the better for us as their legal advisers," say...
TARP fraud investigations
in Sox First, on April 21, 2009
...t need widespread corruption for these sorts of frauds to emerge. "You only need a few corrupt managers whose compensation may be tied to the performance of these assets in order to effectively p...
The long recession's impact
in Sox First, on April 17, 2009
...nd that rejected behaviors of the past that had embraced excess. Some other interesting trends are emerging. A Booz & Company study of 1800 British consumers has found that most consumers think...
New Hedge Fund Manager at SilkInvest
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 15, 2009
...n that knowledge to obtain equity like returns in the frontier fixed income space."
Offshore Emerging Market Firm Hires Hedge Fund Manager ...
Understanding (and Maybe Avoiding) the Peter Principle
in Bizinformer, on April 15, 2009
...that turned out to be a dude despite their glowing recommendations and excellent resume. And most managers have promoted a loyal employee with 20 years of experience to a new job in the company wher...
What is up with Enterprise 2.0, anyway?
in The CIO Weblog, on April 13, 2009
... least week title Enterprise 2.0 Reality Check , where I discussed some of the realities facing IT managers and CIOs faced with the ascendancy of these new technologies and philosophies in their shop...
The new consumer
in Sox First, on April 9, 2009
...my runs into trouble, people turn tribal. Now the Financial Times tells us that a new shopper is emerging from the crisis, one that embraces quality and value, not quantity. Now it's all about ...
Bossnapping: it's French for industrial action
in Sox First, on April 8, 2009
...failed to fix. "The tactic, which became popular during the tumultuous days of 1968, of taking managers hostage is an extreme yet common measure beloved of the French worker. Reserved for when ot...
Two Equity Fund Launches
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 6, 2009
... fund and Arab Falcons fund went live on 27th March with an NAV of Euro 100 ($135.2). The portfolio managers, based in London, Cairo, Casablanca and Johannesburg, plan to build up the portfolio up cau...
Strategies for improving retail supply chain
in Supplychainer, on March 31, 2009
...run a more efficient retail operation. (Click here for a story I recently wrote on this topic.) And emerging POS software and hardware technologies are making it easier than ever to create an effectiv...
The questions you should ask before going to implementation of SCM solutions?
in Supplychainer, on March 28, 2009
...re? This one seems obvious yet very important. Many times, when companies want to choose a project managers, they look for someone who is available. This is certainly not true. The companies should a...
Cadillac Gets In-Car Wi-Fi
in The Wireless Weblog, on March 20, 2009
...#39;s Brenda Stokes . "But for now, it's still pretty cool."
"Companies in the emerging in-car Internet space will soon need to bring more to the party than just Wi-Fi and some 3G...
New emerging risks of the Chinese supply chains
in Supplychainer, on March 8, 2009
I read a very interesting article in International Herald Tribune on the new risks associated with chinese supply chains (full article here ).
The main discussion line of the article is that, the period of recession and falling demand in the Western countries, has created a serious challenge ...
Supply chain video: Managing Supply Chain in a Tough Economy (Part 4)
in Supplychainer, on February 28, 2009
...rom whatever we have seen before therefore it should be treated differently.
He recommends senior managers to ask their team to do a quick analysis of supply based, demand side and identify vulnerab...
Supply chain video: Managing Supply Chain in a Tough Economy (Part 2)
in Supplychainer, on February 28, 2009
...iversity. In this part he talks about the results of the survey the recently did among supply chain managers. The statistics from their survey shows 60% of companies plan to keep their scm experts and...
Auto catastrophe
in Sox First, on February 27, 2009
...t reflects the credit contraction. Take a look at the broader economy, and you can see the picture emerging with US jobless numbers reaching their highest level in 26 years and durable goods orders...
Rapid web-based app development: good or evil?
in The CIO Weblog, on February 27, 2009
...s don't bend, and the paint is lead-free. This is how I see enterprise IT's new role in the emerging mashup landscape - delivering the working parts that help mashups work. And the socializing...
Supply chain video: Managing Supply Chain in a Tough Economy (Part 1)
in Supplychainer, on February 22, 2009
...t at North Carolina State University shares and presents preliminary survey results of supply chain managers and the actions they are taking and not taking during this economic downturn.
He hig...
The Stanford-Madoff connection
in Sox First, on February 22, 2009
...ith the fallout from the goings-on at the Stanford Financial Group, a clear and worrying pattern is emerging. Allen Stanford and Bernard Madoff are the first two big frauds that have come out of this ...
Verwaltung zweier Muenchner Wohnanlagen in trockenen Tuechern
in Bauen - aber richtig, on February 21, 2009
... © CBP Die Kölner Investor AXA Investment Managers bringt 91 einheiten der Projekte in München "Giesinger Gärten" in Obergiesing und "Lofts & Flats" in Sendling ...
Hedge Fund Fat Tuesday Networking Event
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on February 21, 2009
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HedgeCo is inviting investors, hedge fund managers, and other industry professionals to come together and enjoy a night of sharing ideas and meeting new contacts at the first big networking event...
New U2 Album Debuts on P2P
in P2P File Sharing, on February 20, 2009
...ecording devices where banned."
"Maybe it's time music publishers, groups, and band managers take a page from Radiohead's In Rainbows and embrace the future of online music distr...
Compliance and Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on February 11, 2009
... outsourcing and offshoring transactions. The article, intended for both outsourcing and compliance managers, highlights specific compliance concerns and maps them to particular aspects of outsourcing...
Neues von der Royal Caribbean Cruise Line
in Kreuzfahrten, on February 3, 2009
...d und der Schweiz aufbauen. "Mit der neu geschaffenen Position des Revenue Managers erweitern wir unseren Handlungsspielraum im deutschen Markt und haben die Möglichkeit, direkt auf das Marktgesc...
Canada to Require Companies to Disclose Any Use of Nanomaterials
in Nanotechbuzz, on February 1, 2009
...he safe use of nanotechnology," says Andrew Maynard, chief science advisor for the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies . "This decision by Canada - to establish the world's first natio...
New report from Aberdeen considers innovation in warehousing processes a must
in Supplychainer, on January 31, 2009
...towards doing more with less: As you can see from the following chart, nearly half of the warehouse managers are forced to support more sales out of their facilities. Another interesting issue I found...
Deloitte's new report on supply chain improvement in crisis times
in Supplychainer, on January 30, 2009
...oned in the report, the following ones seem more interesting:
- Think like a CFO: Supply chain managers generally spend their day thinking about operations and don't pay much attention to fin...
Hedge Fund Operational Due Diligence - Book Review
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on January 25, 2009
... analysts.
Included are examples of past hedge fund management mistakes, showing exactly where the managers went wrong, and how to avoid downfalls such as the 'but everyone is doing it' excus...
Linux vs. Windows 7
in HackITLinux, on January 17, 2009
...s 7 will make more headway into the netbook market than its failed attempts at capitalizing on this emerging sector in 2008," he writes. "But the ultimate factor in the netbook space isn'...
Congress Intros Nanotech Safety Bill
in Nanotechbuzz, on January 17, 2009
...l risks that do not appear at the macroscale," says David Rejeski, director of the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) . "This new bill shows that lawmakers recognize both nanotechno...
There are good costs as well as bad costs in the supply chain
in Supplychainer, on January 13, 2009
...as a necessary step before doing any cost reduction; the type of the effort which only requires two managers and a PC for two months.
I will later write more on the tools used for profitability anal...
Hedging the bets
in Sox First, on January 13, 2009
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Hedge fund managers are now conceding that Bernard Madoff has probably achieved what the Securities and Exchange Commission's Christopher Cox could never do: usher in strict new regulations fo...
The Place of Loyalty in Your New Company's Values
in BootStrapMe, on January 12, 2009
...y, the answer should have already been communicated to employees at some point in the past. ...most managers know full well that employees shouldn't discover which corporate values matter most on ...
Outsourcing safely
in The CIO Weblog, on January 9, 2009
Implicit in the conflation of agile operations with fragile support is a requirement that your users have access to services which are at once flexible and scalable and which are also efficient for your business to provide. When you put those three words together, the next thing you come to is i...
Diagnosing the liquidity and credit crunch
in Sox First, on January 6, 2009
...and meltdowns are meaningless. It also explains the growing number of analytic studies that are now emerging looking at what went wrong. One of them, Deciphering the Liquidity and Credit Crunch 2007...
Microsoft layoffs may be imminent
in The CIO Weblog, on December 29, 2008
...ing is afoot in Redmond.
It's not impossible that these are being generated by panicked middle managers trying to stay ahead of the game (and perhaps attempting to protect their own positions in ...
Apple iPhone Artrives on Wal-Mart Shelves
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on December 29, 2008
...en rumors that Wal-Mart would eventually offer a 4GB $99 iPhone option!
Evidently individual store managers will have some wiggle room on the price structure. According to the press release, the comp...
New era of regulation
in Sox First, on December 29, 2008
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The new world order with regulation is now emerging. Gone are the days when the so-called "free market" was the only game in town. We are now seeing a reappraisal of the "free mark...
IP infringement is the new risk category in SCM
in Supplychainer, on December 29, 2008
...ment survey and as the result, it was revealed that energy cost is the top concern for supply chain managers. The other categories on the top of the list included:
1. Energy costs
2. Transportation ...
The 2009 Outlook for Venture Capital (from the National Venture Capital Association)
in TJ's Weblog, on December 23, 2008
... capitalists aren't feeling particularly optimistic about 2009."
Salon.com said that VC managers were looking at "their toughest year since the dot-com bust..."
It's not all...
Introducing Adobe AIR 1.5 for Linux
in HackITLinux, on December 18, 2008
...n now be Linux developers, and with little effort and no additional costs, companies can now target emerging markets and a broad set of new devices where Linux is growing in popularity," says Dav...
Business opportunities opening for Apple
in The CIO Weblog, on December 17, 2008
...9;s part, but almost entirely out of end-user demand and the independent realization of CIOs and IT managers that solid, secure, simple systems might be put to good use even if they were being markete...
Hedge my Job
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on December 17, 2008
...r those seeking their dream job amidst the financial turmoil of the past few months.
Investment managers saw a 22% increase in job offers as rival firms take advantage of the increasing number of ...
Fair Food Organization Is Latest Victim Of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi Scheme
in Exclusive from our news room , on December 17, 2008
...l take years to untangle this investor's nightmare that caught sophisticated investors and fund managers the world over with their bank vaults wide open.
Long time investment houses and individua...
Madoff Scandal Rocks Hedge Funds Globally
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on December 15, 2008
...hat Madoff did blow up but I am shocked that so many obviously unqualified naive fund of hedge fund managers who are obviously doing no due diligence nor do they understand hedge fund strategies do ma...
Android OHA Alliance grows with 14 new members
in The Smart PDA, on December 10, 2008
...ning the Open Handset Alliance today is a logical step in our mobile internet journey. Working with emerging terminal platforms for smartphones is critical for us to deliver unbeatable customer experi...
Fixing broken boards
in Sox First, on December 8, 2008
... its directors had no integrity. The purpose of any board is to provide oversight and guidance for managers. Instead, the directors became cheer leaders and looked the other way. Clearly, we are in ...
SonicWALL Announces CDP Series for the SMB Market
in On Storage, on December 5, 2008
... their data nightly to tape (when, in reality, they don't always follow that protocol), another emerging trend has people moving from desktop computers to laptops and from central offices to home ...
Another KBR scandal
in Sox First, on December 5, 2008
...ate,' the lawsuit states. 'Even when it was called to the attention of the KBR food service managers that the food was expired, KBR still served the food to U.S. forces.' "The food i...
E&HT supply chain model needs to be adapted to the market needs
in Supplychainer, on December 4, 2008
... many years but with the recent difficulties associated with this supply chain model, especially in emerging markets, there is a need for rethinking E&HT supply chain.
One recent study by McKins...
Tudor Halts Redemptions
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on December 2, 2008
...tment strategies include global macro trading, fundamental equity investing in the U.S. and Europe, emerging markets, venture capital, commodities , event driven strategies and technical trading sy...
