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Gold price rises as supply runs out
in Sox First, on November 13, 2009
...h reports that global gold production is in terminal decline despite record prices. And with the financial crisis hitting hard, it's likely that exploration companies will be shelving plans to disc...
Sen. Dodd's New Banking Bill Would Reshape the Financial World
in Bizinformer, on November 11, 2009
... before Congress in the wake of the housing crisis, problems with the creative structuring of financial derivatives, the credit crunch, record bank failures, and the collapse of financial institutions...
Wii HD
in House of Nintendo, on November 11, 2009
...House of Nintendo have heard these rumours before, but in an interview with the Financial Times, Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada (who is to Final Fantasy what Shigeru Miyamoto is to Zelda) has given cre...
Suicides: the real cost of recessions
in Sox First, on November 11, 2009
...re has been a 43% increase in the number of suicides recorded during the first three months of this financial year. What that says is that with the economic downturn, governments around the world wil...
Seen that? - An Annuity Primer
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on November 10, 2009
...y" issue of annuities. It's written by Harold Evensky who is a noted thought leader in the financial planning community. Mr. Evensky walks through his conversion from annuity basher to, when ...
Happy 5th Birthday, Firefox!
in Wangtam, on 2009-11-10
...T, VA
• AdvisorTweets | What Financial Advisors Are Saying On Twitter
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Seen that? - 2005: A Year Of Diabetes Breakthroughs
in Daily Diabetic, on November 9, 2009
...e, Inc. - Distribution/Manufacturing/Security James E. Stowers, Jr., American Century Investments - Financial Services Peter C. Farrell, ResMed - Health Sciences Jack Herschend and Peter Herschend, He...
Seen that? - Scientific Atlanta Grows From DVR Sales
in The Digital TV Weblog, on November 8, 2009
... and digital television revolves around the impact of the digital video recorder (DVR). Here is the financial report of just one (albeit a large one) manufacturer. Note that at the bottom of their qua...
Schon gesehen? - Zur Konjunktur: Die Abkühlungszeichen verdichten sich, Immobilienmarkt
in Das Börsen Weblog, on 07.11.09
... Gesprächsstoff, nachdem bereits letzte Woche der Wettbewerber New Century Financial weite Teile seines Börsenwertes einbüßte und heute zum Pink Sheet wurde. Die Accredited Home Lenders Holding verlor...
Skype Founders Drop Lawsuit
in The VoIP Weblog, on November 6, 2009
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"Now, Skype execs can quit worrying about how they’re going to appear on eBay’s financial statements and can get back to work on making the service better, landing new partners and hol...
Facebook and scammers
in Sox First, on November 6, 2009
... where users have been fooled into revealing their passwords and downloading a Trojan that steals financial data. And the list goes on. So while Facebook isn't saying it, the response seems to be v...
Obama dismantles post-Enron reforms
in Sox First, on November 5, 2009
...ublic companies worth less than $75 million avoid complying with Sarbanes-Oxley. And now the House Financial Services Committee voted 37-32 to do just that. And it's a permanent exemption! This i...
Big profits: How Goldman Sachs bet on the US housing crash
in Sox First, on November 5, 2009
... and should be prosecuted. "The Securities and Exchange Commission should be very interested in any financial company that secretly decides a financial product is a loser and then goes out and activel...
Seen that? - France Tightens Family Immigration
in Global Mobility Report, on November 4, 2009
...amily-based immigration. Key provisions include: 1. French language and "values" test; 2. Financial ability of the sponsor to care for the family; and 3. Agreement to integrate children into...
Dubai's Technosphere Concept Would Fit Right Into a Disney Park
in Wangtam, on 2009-11-02
...he Six Month Period Ended September 2009: Supplementary Information
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Bankers expect bonus pay records
in Sox First, on November 2, 2009
...ll either increase or won’t change. That's despite some pretty ordinary results coming out of the financial sector. And the appalling part is that the only reason these people still have jobs is bec...
Waiting for the crash
in Sox First, on November 2, 2009
...her we are headed for another major bust. That's the warning from economist Nouriel Roubini in the Financial Times where he says the marked rally in risky assets - equities, oil, energy and commodi...
Commercial real estate: an accounting shell game
in Sox First, on November 1, 2009
...rs can let banks off the hook for non-performing commercial real estate loans. The directive says: "Financial institutions that implement prudent CRE (commercial real estate) loan workout arrangements...
Seen that? - July 1 GST/HST Drops to 6% from 7%
in Small Business Unplugged, on October 31, 2009
...; that has got a fair amount of attention (28 comments as I write this). An analysis of the latest Financial Post 500 rankings of Canada's largest corporations in 2001 and 2005 shows that the num...
Seen that? - Warning From a Student of Democracy's Collapse
in P2P File Sharing, on October 31, 2009
...sted companies from Section 404 tests on internal controls could backfire.First, it could shift the financial burden for [...] Read More ...
Santiago Comes to Life for Tourists
in Latina Viva, on October 30, 2009
...s and blocks of glamazon-thronged galleries and cafes clustered around “Sanhattan,” the soaring financial district. With Chile celebrating its bicentennial next year, Santiago, its capital, is rushing...
Too big to fail is too dumb
in Sox First, on October 29, 2009
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The US government is moving on financial firms that are "too big to fail" and where the government has no choice but to "rescue" them when they get into trouble. Its plan is to make it eas...
Breaking up the banks
in Sox First, on October 28, 2009
..., and in doing so continue to risk the credibility of the President, as well as the long-term financial stability of the system ... The Street obviously detests the notion that its behemoths should be...
Over-valued S&P to tumble and the double dip recession.
in Sox First, on October 27, 2009
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Is the stock market over-valued? Can we expect it to fall again? In an interview with the Financial Times, which I blogged about here , billionaire financier George Soros warns that we can ex...
Seen that? - Phishing attacks primer for consumers
in The Social Networking Weblog, on October 26, 2009
...mple these days. Phishers soon learned how to use social engineering techniques to get all sorts of financial and personal information, thus causing a huge problem for all types of business, as well a...
How to run Windows 7 under Mac OS X 10.6 for free
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-25
...cation-based service Foursquare to encourage transit ridership
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Profits are a gift: Soros
in Sox First, on October 25, 2009
...work. They're just a free gift, says billionaire financier George Soros. In an interview with the Financial Times , Soros says soaring executive pay needs to be regulated because the banks have been...
UNESCO, TripAdvisor Want Your Opinion
in Hidden Travel Gems, on October 24, 2009
...rotecting the places around the world that matter. TripAdvisor is able to provide technological and financial assistance that can expand UNESCO's efforts, and wants to engage its 25 million monthly vi...
Seen that? - Business Plan Outline
in Biz Plan Hacks, on October 24, 2009
... This one is one of the most important and I urge you to listen to it a few times if you are new to financial statements. The video does an excellent job of giving you the basics of a Profit and Loss ...
Seen that? - Small Business Taxes
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on October 23, 2009
...ting incentives in our minds so that we will use our credit cards to pay off our taxes. Here is one financial blog that talks about it. This is what he says about a couple of card companies: Chase is ...
Pay cuts for auto firm executives. What about banks?
in Sox First, on October 23, 2009
... nests of executives at these failed companies. But it's a different story with the banks and other financial services firms. The Economist reports that despite the fact that Citigroup and Bank of...
Champions League Group Stages - Fixture 3, Day 1
in The Soccer Weblog, on October 21, 2009
Almost half way through the group stage and things are hotting up. While some teams go from bad to worse, others look to cement themselves in a qualification place before reaching the last two games.
Arsenal, though, could only manage a draw away to AZ Alkmaar, putting them only one point clear ...
Bailed out banks continue to live it up
in Sox First, on October 21, 2009
...ated for a new country club membership, with an initiation fee and dues of more than $200,000. GMAC Financial Services chief executive Alvaro de Molina benefited from a $2.5 million payment from his c...
Is the US ready for IFRS?
in Sox First, on October 20, 2009
...dicated she was in no hurry to bring global accounting standards (otherwise known as International Financial Reporting Standards or IFRS) to the United States. "I will not be bound by the existing ro...
How the ratings agencies sold out investors
in Sox First, on October 19, 2009
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After helping to create the financial collapse by giving dodgy securities triple-A ratings, moves are afoot to bring ratings agencies into line with legislation designed to make them collecti...
Did brilliant minds create the recession?
in Sox First, on October 18, 2009
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Did smart people cause the financial meltdown? It's a point raised by Calvin Trillin in the New York Times . Brilliant people entered the world of derivatives and credit default swaps, lure...
No autographs, say auditors
in Sox First, on October 18, 2009
...t quality in two ways. First, it might increase the engagement partner's sense of accountability to financial statement users, which could lead him or her to exercise greater care in performing the au...
Bloomberg's plans for BusinessWeek
in Sox First, on October 15, 2009
...'ll have roughly 8 million unique [visitors], which are more than any other non-portal business and financial site," Mr. Doctoroff said. "Interestingly they have virtually no overlap in terms of adver...
Hedge funds lied to investors
in Sox First, on October 15, 2009
...egation . Hedge funds were instrumental in buying bad securities and and helping bring the world's financial system to its knees. The study found that half the hedge funds (49%) lied and misled inve...
Failed Lehman bankers pursue $100 million in deferred pay
in Sox First, on October 14, 2009
..., including many pensioners, who put cash in supposedly safe structured investment products sold by financial advisors – supposedly guaranteeing returns and initial capital - which was then invested i...
Dubai can't meet debts
in Sox First, on October 13, 2009
...Dubai's vulnerability to the recession because of its dependency on real estate, tourism, trade and financial services, the sectors that have really taken a hammering in this crisis. Now we have Bus...
Soros invests $1 billion in clean energy
in Sox First, on October 13, 2009
In September last year, I did a blog entry looking at the green technology boom. In that blog, I was looking at the prospect of green investment making the investment in the Internet look like small change. There's a good reason for that. Just as the Great Depression gave rise to businesses...
Forza Motorsport 3 中车款全列表
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-13
2008 Acura #15 Lowe's Fernandez ARX-01b
2008 Acura #26 Andretti-Green Racing ARX-01b
2002 Acura #42 Realtime Racing NSX
2008 Acura #66 de Ferran Mortorsports ARX-01b
2009 Acura #66 de Ferran Mortorsports ARX-02a
2005 Acura NSX
2002 Acura RSX Type-S
2007 Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
2009 Alfa Ro...
Joseph Stiglitz: Unser Wertesystem gerät aus den Fugen
in Das Börsen Weblog, on 12.10.09
...ich auf einen Beitrag von Joseph Stiglitz, dem Wirtschaftsnobelpreisträger des Jahres 2001 in der Financial Times Deutschland gestoßen. In seinem Beitrag " Unser Wertesystem gerät aus den Fugen " bele...
Seen that? - VIDEO POKER PLAYER WINS THEN LOSES
in Play Las Vegas, on October 11, 2009
...reme. So, if you're a video Poker player, or you want to know [...] Read More The Financial Lure of Slot Machines at The Gambling Weblog ...
Mortgages: 30-year or 15-year?
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on October 11, 2009
...ortgage and then paying it off in 15 years.
The piece looks at more than just the math, because financial decisions are usually complicated. How much risk can you take on? How disciplined are you?...
Rich getting richer
in Sox First, on October 11, 2009
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Yes, the global financial crisis has reduced the amount of global wealth by 11.8%. In the United States, wealth has shrunk by 21.8% to US$29.3 trillion compared to 2007. But the picture is ...
A system to let institutions fail
in Sox First, on October 11, 2009
... new system that allows institutions to fail without creating a run on the market. Writing in the Financial Times , Levitt says we need a system that ensures investors, long-term debt holders, lende...
Bankers' cocaine binge
in Sox First, on October 11, 2009
...ng. And professionals in the detox business in London say they've been flooded with calls since the financial crisis blew up a year ago. As the report notes: "Scientists say it's no accident that tr...
Seen that? -
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on October 8, 2009
...ing played. When the jokes are over, it's a good idea to use today as a reminder to review your financial game plan. Are you properly diversified? Are your investment expenses too high? Are you ma...
Newspaper clubs: Murdoch's new strategy
in Sox First, on October 8, 2009
...ies including one of drawing closer to readers and secondly to create new revenue models. Now the Financial Times reports that Rupert Murdoch has developed a new model for The Times and Sunday Time...
Seen that? - Saif Partners Picks China TV Home-Shopping Network as the Next Big IPO
in China Venture News, on October 6, 2009
...ed on providing growth capital to companies in Asia that operate in the areas of business services, financial services, communications, consumer services, education services, healthcare, & manufac...
Only days left to get a climate change deal
in Sox First, on October 4, 2009
...f agreement on climate change in the lead up to Copenhagen are looking slimmer by the day with the Financial Times reporting that talks are deadlocked. The FT reports: "The developing world wa...
Seen that? - 10 shoestring principles for business
in BootStrapMe, on October 2, 2009
...his month, I did a blog entry looking at the massive impact that climate change will have on the financial services sector, particularly the banks.Now, global law firm Winston & Strawn has put out...
Seen that? - Poker Billionaires
in Internet Poker, on October 2, 2009
...es by 2020, as reported by the BBC, so it's no surprise that the massive growth in business and financial services is expanding the ranks of the mega-rich.With all the money sloshing in to London,...
Should ratings agencies go the way of Arthur Andersen?
in Sox First, on October 3, 2009
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Having dragged the world into financial meltdown, ratings agencies are now in the gun with new rules requiring them to provide the Securities and Exchange Commission with data showing past info...
U.S. House Committee Passes Informed P2P User Act
in P2P File Sharing, on September 30, 2009
...n of peer-to-peer services subject to the restrictions to those where sharing of personal data -- financial or health records -- was implicated," writes Multichannel News' John Eggerton . "...
Writedowns reduced but bad loans to increase
in Sox First, on September 30, 2009
...ood news! The International Monetary Fund has scaled back the global writedowns for banks and other financial institutions to a mere $3.4 trillion. So that's $600 billion less of writedowns. The ...
Unicom says to sell iPhones in China from October
in Wangtam, on 2009-09-30
...financial shocks
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China's Outbound Investment Surpases Inbound Investment
in China Venture News, on September 27, 2009
For the first time, China is sending more investment out of the country to the rest of the world than it is taking in from foreign investors, according to Seeking Alpha . According to Peoples' Daily, this year China could invest 150 billion U.S. dollars overseas. This is three times more th...
Is the G20 having a George Bush moment?
in Sox First, on September 27, 2009
...;4. At that time, our countries agreed to do everything necessary to ensure recovery, to repair our financial systems and to maintain the global flow of capital. 5. It worked." It worked?? They ...
China moves to fight climate change
in Sox First, on September 26, 2009
... said that a carbon trading system in China is still in its infancy, especially given that it's financial system is still evolving. But as reported here , China already owns one third of the wor...
Liverpool - We Are the New Leeds
in The Soccer Weblog, on September 24, 2009
...n to be lost. If the team are to sign another Fernando Torres (pictured), the manager would need financial stability. You can be sure the fans will not allow this to be the end of the issue...
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The phoney bull market
in Sox First, on September 24, 2009
...cash-for-clunkers program has been subsidizing new car sales which is great for the auto sector and financial stocks are doing well with the Fed keeping interest rates near zero. But as Reich implies...
Amazon 推出更多自有品牌产品
in Wangtam, on 2009-09-23
Amazon 正从这个周末开始销售诸多冠以 Amazon Basics 品牌的电子产品配件，包括音频和视频连接线、电脑网线以及空白 DVD 碟片。
Amazon 没有透露这些产品的定价信息，但 Amazon 消费电子产品部门副总裁 Paul Ryder 表示 ，这些产品的定价会明显低于网站上的类似产品。
Amazon 已经推出了自己的 Kindle 电子阅读器以及诸多自有品牌的产品。举例来说， Amazon 已经推出了一系列冠以 Strathwood 品牌的户外用具以及 Pinzon 品牌的家具和园艺产品。里德表示，公司之所以选择 Amazon Basics 这个品牌，是希望消费者...
Hyper inflation on its way?
in Sox First, on September 23, 2009
...rs that governments around the world will need to put in policies to stop hyper inflation when the financial crisis has passed. The chief economic commentator at the Financial Times Martin Wolf war...
Swine flu "could kill millions"
in Sox First, on September 22, 2009
... turmoil. But the question is whether the developed world will have enough funds. Since the global financial crisis, the coffers aren't nearly as full. Governments around the world are struggling...
FBI probes BoFA-Merrill deal
in Sox First, on September 21, 2009
...r misleading shareholders about the billions of dollars of bonuses paid to executives at the failed financial services firm Merrill Lynch which lost almost $16 billion in the fourth quarter. But that...
Accounting change to boost Apple profits
in Sox First, on September 17, 2009
...ly have that effect on Apple shareholders. The Apple share price has hit a 52-week high after the Financial Accounting Standards Board brought in a tentative change to the accounting rules which w...
The financial meltdown and tell-tale emails
in Sox First, on September 15, 2009
Should UBS be held accountable for selling toxic collateralised debt obligations? The Wall Street Journal reports that UBS staff knew these debt securities were bad and sent off emails making that point quite clear. "OK still have this vomit?" one email said. Another email was just ...
