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Will The Cuba Travel Ban Be Lifted?
in Latina Viva, on November 27, 2009
...raveling to Cuba could be lifted sometime soon. Take the statement by a key US lawmaker: The U.S. government has no right to restrict American tourists from traveling to Cuba, the chairman of the Ho...
The Time is Now: Getting in on Alternative Energy in China
in China Venture News, on November 27, 2009
...is at the moment for startup enterprises. As Chinese cities have become increasingly polluted, the government has laid out ambitious plans to lessen dependence on fossil fuels. By 2020, Beijing aims ...
Bankruptcies soar with no recovery in sight
in Sox First, on November 27, 2009
...ending even less money. Lending has declined 3% in the third quarter, the biggest drop since the US Government started tracking this sort of data 25 years ago. Despite the banks receiving billions of ...
The Dubai con job
in Sox First, on November 27, 2009
...and scores of Dubai’s major construction projects have been suspended or canceled. But with the government unwilling to provide data, rumors are bound to flourish, damaging confidence and further unde...
India Visa Rules Delay Power Projects
in Global Mobility Report, on November 26, 2009
...ng delays in power projects designed to produce 4,000 megawatts of electricity. And India's various government agencies are looking for a solution. “The Ministry of Power has requested the Ministry of...
Seen that? - U.K. LOTTERY WINNER HEADS TO LAS VEGAS
in Play Las Vegas, on November 23, 2009
...ick pick'. When the identity of winners is suspect, it is routine [...] Read More Government raids lottery funds at The Gambling Weblog ...
The war industry's victory: more tax to pay for Afghanistan
in Sox First, on November 22, 2009
...alternative would be to invest that money in Afghanistan's infrastructure so as to help its government become more self-sufficient and sustainable in the immediate term, not give it to the war industr...
CRM in Health Insurance
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on November 20, 2009
...tplace will lead to more individual and small group customers (a prediction likely strengthened by government-sponsored changes in the market). This will result in more health insurance customers wit...
One in seven US home loans at risk of foreclosures
in Sox First, on November 20, 2009
...ys dragged the US out of recession. These figures remind us how dependent the US has now become on Government funding, both for the construction and for managing foreclosures. And until the housing...
Cyber warfare to erupt
in Sox First, on November 19, 2009
...Korea; the following Tuesday, the same network of 50,000 computers brought down 11 South Korean government websites. And then, there were the mass DOS attacks directed at the nation of Georgia by Russ...
49 million Americans go hungry
in Sox First, on November 17, 2009
...es are "literally lining up at midnight" at Wal-Mart stores waiting to buy food when paychecks or government checks land in their accounts. The rest of America must be looking at the stock market as ...
Seen that? - Connecting the Pieces with SOA
in Java Entrepreneur, on November 15, 2009
...ion of wireless phone service across rural America under the $7 billion fund should be capped while federal officials redesign the program for [...] Read More TADAM Jewelry: Great Access...
Seen that? - Currency trading with Retirement money
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on November 15, 2009
...t of the confirmation process in which the Senate approved him for the job. Naturally, the Chinese government sees things differently, and doesn't mind saying so. From the Washington PostSu Ning,...
Climate change and Big Brother
in Sox First, on November 15, 2009
...Brother is upon thanks to climate change. Yesterday, I did a blog entry looking at how the Dutch government plans to introduce a road tax to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Significantly, every ca...
Dutch road tax a sign of things to come
in Sox First, on November 14, 2009
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A sign of what's ahead around the world with the Dutch government announcing that it plans to introduce a "green" road tax by the kilometre from 2012 to reduce carbon emissions by 10%. Each ...
Get your game on, CIOs
in The CIO Weblog, on November 13, 2009
...rmal,” marked by persistent uncertainty, tighter credit, lower consumer spending, and greater government involvement in business.
For executives who run major IT organizations, the implications ar...
Taxpayers lose out on bank bailout
in Sox First, on November 13, 2009
...e to provide record Wall Street bonuses. As Jerry O'Driscoll, a former vice president of the Dallas Federal Reserve and a senior fellow at the Cato Institute told Matthew Phillips at Newsweek , it mi...
Glass-Steagall and the market meltdown
in Sox First, on November 13, 2009
...ithner and Linda Robertson, another assistant Treasury secretary who is now a senior adviser to the Federal Reserve. No wonder Obama's Wall Street reforms are useless. A big hat tip to the Little Si...
Britian Using Genetic Tests on Asylum Seekers
in Global Mobility Report, on November 12, 2009
...ationality, drawing criticism from scientists and provoking outrage from rights groups. The British government says that the genetic tests have shown a fraud rate of 87% in cases where asylum seekers ...
US unemployment to hit 13%
in Sox First, on November 12, 2009
...n the future due to the secular dynamics within the labour market." Janet Yellen, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco has told reporters that US unemployment may remain high for ...
Sen. Dodd's New Banking Bill Would Reshape the Financial World
in Bizinformer, on November 11, 2009
... included, are in a state of shocked disbelief,” he told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Greenspan was testifying before Congress in the wake of the housing crisis, problems wi...
Most Americans to depend on government for handouts
in Sox First, on November 10, 2009
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To fix the unemployment problem, economist Paul Krugman suggests the US Government bring in a WPA (Works Progress Administration) -type program, the same sort of approach that was adopted i...
Seen that? - Harvest Moon for Revolution?
in House of Nintendo, on November 9, 2009
... and mildew have no doubt affected the yield. From The Independant: French growers - and the French government - hope that [...] Read More Driving Rains Ruin French Grape Harvest ...
Seen that? - Big Sur Bonanza #2
in The Outdoor Weblog, on November 9, 2009
...nt for self-enrichment and arrogance beyond belief. Merrill Lynch was in serious trouble and the US government had to bail it out with tens of billions of dollars of taxpayers' money, but Thain co...
Seen that? - Baseball Betting Scandal Hits Taiwan
in The Gambling Weblog, on November 9, 2009
...decline, they are looking at alternative tax solutions. The Jockey Club is in negotiations with the government on the way horse racing bets are taxed and is confident a change in the [...] Read More ...
Seen that? - Bio-Terrorism and the Flu Pandemic Conference
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 8, 2009
...sia - but that doesn't mean the pandemic issue has gone away. Towards the end of last year, the Government Accountability Office released a report warning that the big challenge was "maintain...
Unemployment and the failed stimulus
in Sox First, on November 7, 2009
...rk is now 17.5% . Clearly, the stimulus package isn't working. One reason is the problem with all government spending packages - it takes too long for the money to get to the problem. Secondly, ther...
Eight New Insider Trading Arrests, Fourteen Total
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on November 6, 2009
... Five of the charged defendants previously pleaded guilty to insider trading charges in Manhattan federal court. The defendants collectively are charged with allegedly participating in insider trading...
Apple Announces Over 100,000 Apps Now Available on the App Store
in Wangtam, on 2009-11-06
... Music-Themed Movie Push
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Big profits: How Goldman Sachs bet on the US housing crash
in Sox First, on November 5, 2009
...stigation is deeply disturbing because it suggests the bank has been getting protection from the US government with its links running deep. Goldman vice president, Adam Storch, has been named managi...
Seen that? - France Tightens Family Immigration
in Global Mobility Report, on November 4, 2009
...ition, employers expressed alarm as they learned that the Senate bill would require them to check a government database to verify that all current and former employees [...] Read More Im...
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in Wangtam, on 2009-11-03
...his We Know: Explore U.S. Government Data About Your Community
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Bankers expect bonus pay records
in Sox First, on November 2, 2009
... the massive payouts and bonuses for bankers. But no matter what controls are put in by the G20 and governments, the gravy train continues with the latest Bloomberg poll finding that almost three ...
Commercial real estate: an accounting shell game
in Sox First, on November 1, 2009
...y took out when the market was booming. What's even more alarming now is the directive from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation saying examiners can let banks off the hook for non-performing...
Seen that? - BIG SUR BONANZA #3
in The Outdoor Weblog, on October 31, 2009
...nt for self-enrichment and arrogance beyond belief. Merrill Lynch was in serious trouble and the US government had to bail it out with tens of billions of dollars of taxpayers' money, but Thain co...
Seen that? - Outsourcing to Africa
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 29, 2009
...nt Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri.Kent says it's been difficult to even convince African governments to accept Western biotech volunteers and Western money for biotech programs. "[Gove...
Cap & Trade 101
in IfEnergy, on October 28, 2009
...ap & Trade 101 .
Cap & Trade is an idea and a legislative initiative. Here’s the basic idea: A government agency (the Environmental Protection Agency in the U.S., one might assume) decides on an ac...
Obama and Google: a love story
in Sox First, on October 27, 2009
... manager, as director of citizen participation, Sonal Shah as head of social innovation, overseeing federal funding for nonprofits, and turning top Google policy exec McLaughlin into his deputy techno...
Profits are a gift: Soros
in Sox First, on October 25, 2009
...anks have been getting hidden subsidies by borrowing at close to zero rates and then buying 10 year government bonds for 3.5%. That's money for jam! "So those earnings are not the achievement of risk ...
Pay cuts for auto firm executives. What about banks?
in Sox First, on October 23, 2009
...ruggle to get any traction because as The Wall Street Journal tells us, the new rules from the US Government do not extend to hedge funds, private-equity funds and other financial firms beyond the r...
Dollar to tumble even more
in Sox First, on October 22, 2009
...us state of the US economy. The Economist writes: "A country heavily in debt to foreigners, with a government deficit it is making little headway at controlling, is creating vast amounts of additiona...
KFC's secrets in China
in Sox First, on October 22, 2009
...tionships and execution. As outlined here , the first thing KFC China did was select partners with government connections. In China, relationships are the most important part of building a business. ...
Bailed out banks continue to live it up
in Sox First, on October 21, 2009
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Like pigs at a trough, the US banks were wallowing in US government bailout but at the same time, they were handing out perks to their executives that had taken them to the brink of disaster. W...
Endless unemployment and the new pledge of allegiance
in Sox First, on October 21, 2009
...merican Pledge of Allegiance: children, I pledge allegiance to America’s debt, and to the Chinese government that lends us money. And to the interest, for which we pay, compoundable, with higher taxes...
How the ratings agencies sold out investors
in Sox First, on October 19, 2009
...ings. A more sensible solution would be to make the investors pay. But then, that would mean the US government getting serious about cleaning up the mess and it's shown no sign of doing that. McCla...
Did brilliant minds create the recession?
in Sox First, on October 18, 2009
...ed and so there was next to no risk. Their model did not take into account Russia defaulting on its government obligations. The guys at LTCM had hedged their positions by selling rubles. Disaster stru...
AT&T and Google brawl over sex lines.
in Sox First, on October 16, 2009
...s ago, I did a blog entry looking at how AT&T was taking on Google. The phone giant had asked the Federal Communications Commission to investigate Google Voice, claiming it was in breach of federal ...
Wesley Snipes and the Ponzi scheme
in Sox First, on October 13, 2009
..., but he was not able to avoid the hefty fines that come with tax evasion. And with three years in federal prison looking him the eye, and likely millions lost to a couple of crooks, maybe this time ...
Dubai can't meet debts
in Sox First, on October 13, 2009
...l be in serious trouble. Which is why you would expect most of the funds would come from the Dubai government or UAE central bank. The alternative would be too disastrous to contemplate....
Internet: The Solution for Poverty?
in Business Computer Blog (UK), on October 12, 2009
...ur million of the poorest people to the internet in the next three years. She also plans to lobby government officials who may be unaware of the problem and promote her study.
In the past, many inf...
Tweetie 2 Lives! Get It While It's Hot
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-12
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• NeighborGoods.net - Keep It In Your Neighborhood
• Social statistics 2.0: Surveys of social aspects of people's life from around the world. Opinion polls
• AppBank | Making Money for Social Netwo...
Seen that? - Big Business Blogs?
in Small Business Unplugged, on October 11, 2009
...ness Support then you want to check out Strategis - Managing for Small Business Success site. For a government website Strategis actually has links that cover a wide range of topics from a select grou...
Seen that? - Email Sucks
in I got Spam?!, on October 11, 2009
...ars to the sender, who claims to be a hired assassin. About 115 complaints have been filed with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) since the scam emerged, ...
Seen that? - Nanotech market to top $1 trillion by 2010
in Nanotechbuzz, on October 12, 2009
...quot;, predicts that nanotechnology will exceed $1 trillion in the world market by the end of 2010. Government spending on nanotech R&D has increased to over $3 billion per annum, and venture capi...
Google Voice Faces FCC Scrutiny
in The Social Networking Weblog, on October 11, 2009
...nk so, and they want the rules that apply to them to also apply to Google. And it's written the Federal Communications Commission about it.
The FCC is looking in to it.
Lots of people are t...
The US Chamber of Commerce Faces a Meltdown
in Bizinformer, on October 11, 2009
... When the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently took a strong stance against federal policy and legislative proposals to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, several companies left the Chamber in prote...
China's Problems with the Falling Dollar are its Own Fault
in China Venture News, on October 11, 2009
...o trace events from the 1970's when Nixon ended fixed gold prices and the Bretton Woods system of government-enforced fixed exchange rates failed to 1995 when China's binge buying of US Dollars really...
The Goldman Sachs lie
in Sox First, on October 11, 2009
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How can you believe Government Sachs, I mean Goldman Sachs? During the week, Goldman's CEO Lloyd Blankfein told The Wall Street Journal
that the investment house received no special treatm...
Seen that? -
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on October 8, 2009
...vice, but I liked his first point so much I wanted to expand on it: Don't Count Too Much on the Government or Your Employer. I have a member of my extended family who seems to bemoan the fact that...
Chamber of Commerce versus Apple
in Sox First, on October 8, 2009
...le's turn. It left the chamber of Commerce with Catherine A. Novelli, vice president, Worldwide Government Affairs of Apple stating : "We strongly object to the Chamber's recent comments...
Next world war could be in cyberspace
in Sox First, on October 7, 2009
...tion, and none is immune to cyberattack." It could already be happening. Eric Chabrow at the Government Information Security blog runs an interview with US Army Lieutenant Colonel Gregory Cont...
Plan to destroy the dollar
in Sox First, on October 7, 2009
... including Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Qatar. Fisk reports that secret meetings between the government are already under way. And the global implications are immense. Fisk reports: "The ...
Abu Dhabi Looks to Become Alternative Energy Hub
in IfEnergy, on October 6, 2009
...ests, the development will also be a zero-carbon, zero-waste city for about 50,000 residents, the government in the United Arab Emirates capital claims. The project hopes to harness geothermal energy ...
Four ways to create jobs in the recession
in Sox First, on October 6, 2009
... growth. These areas are also likely to grow because they will receive massive cash injections from government. In his blog , Bill Clinton's former secretary of Labor Robert Reich lays out 4 ste...
California - America's first failed state?
in Sox First, on October 4, 2009
...ent and way of life, California is like a patient on life support. At the start of summer the state government was so deeply in debt that it began to issue IOUs instead of wages. Its unemployment rate...
India, China Bicker Over Visas
in Global Mobility Report, on October 3, 2009
... over how China issues visas to residents of the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir. ...the Indian government has formally protested against the Chinese practice of issuing Indian residents of Jammu ...
Seen that? - Beautiful Golf. Beautiful Price
in Eagle Par Birdie, on October 2, 2009
...Crowbush Cove represents an interesting experiment undertaken nearly 15 years ago by the provincial government of Prince Edward Island. [...] Read More Sandbaggers, Egos and Beautiful Wa...
Seen that? - Managing People Effectively
in Small Business Unplugged, on October 2, 2009
...ness Support then you want to check out Strategis - Managing for Small Business Success site. For a government website Strategis actually has links that cover a wide range of topics from a select grou...
Seen that? - Botnet hacker pleads guilty
in I got Spam?!, on October 2, 2009
... CNN: Jeanson James Ancheta, of Downey, California, pleaded guilty in Los Angeles federal court to four felony charges for crimes, including infecting machines at two U.S. military s...
