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What Risks Are You Taking?
in BootStrapMe, on November 12, 2009
...The life of an entrepreneur revolves around managing risk and failure - with the hope that your efforts will eventually lead to success. This is more true for bootstrappers than for any other type ...
Seen that? - Portable dialysis machines on the horizon
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 9, 2009
...ysis centers several times per week. If at-home dialysis takes off, many lives of those with kidney failure will change: When Karen Everts wants to go camping, kidney failure no longer slows her down:...
Seen that? - TFR Over Memphis Due to Presidental Visit
in The Aviation Weblog, on November 9, 2009
...day, March 11. There will be a 30-nautical-mile-radius [...] Read More Communications Failure Shuts Down Memphis Airport at The Aviation Weblog ...
Galleon scandal: just the beginning?
in Sox First, on November 8, 2009
...ffington Post that maybe insider trading shouldn't even be illegal, claiming that it would expose fraud earlier, it would put more information out in the market and that companies will become more t...
Big profits: How Goldman Sachs bet on the US housing crash
in Sox First, on November 5, 2009
...ld crash. As Boston University economics professor Laurence Kotlikoff told Gordon, it smells like a fraud and should be prosecuted. "The Securities and Exchange Commission should be very interested in...
Reading the Microsoft tea leaves: Is the company turtling?
in The CIO Weblog, on November 4, 2009
...mpiling a host of events. That may be what has been happening in the past months as perceptions of failure, or even worse, of inadequate success, have been laid at Redmond's feet from a variety of so...
Swine flu fraud
in Sox First, on October 29, 2009
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It was just a matter of time. The US Food and Drug Administration has published a list of fraudulent swine flu products purporting to clean up the disease now popping up on websites. Read th...
Too big to fail is too dumb
in Sox First, on October 29, 2009
... market. As British economist John Kay writes , it's impossible for regulators to prevent business failure and they shouldn't even think about it. Kay writes: "The essential dynamic of the market e...
Managed and unmanaged social networks in the enterprise
in The CIO Weblog, on October 23, 2009
...One of the most consistent patterns I have seen with the deployment, and subsequent failure, of social networking tools within the enterprise is that, whether of its own volition or having been hector...
Times dismisses Microsoft
in The CIO Weblog, on October 19, 2009
...ch as cloud computing, Software as a Service, and mobile devices. Whether through complacency or a failure to comprehend industry changes, Microsoft has evolved from threat to joke for many competito...
How the ratings agencies sold out investors
in Sox First, on October 19, 2009
...new ways of measuring risk. More insidiously, the ratings system provides a ready-made excuse for failure: as long as you’re buying AAA-rated assets, you can say you’re being responsible. After the ho...
Seen that? - Email Sucks
in I got Spam?!, on October 11, 2009
Email Sucks at I got Spam?! I'm now pretty much doing email by the seat of my pants. If you sent me an email in the last 24 hours, then I likely didn't read it. It all started about 17 hours ago, when I started receiving the same SPAM emai...
A system to let institutions fail
in Sox First, on October 11, 2009
...egulators misjudged the systemic importance of that collapse and the psychological fallout from its failure. They also made the mistake of assuming that the way to avoid moral hazard and make capitali...
Bankers' cocaine binge
in Sox First, on October 11, 2009
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To what extent can the market's failure be blamed on cocaine? According to this alarming news report , there was a clear link between the heady trading during the boom and snorting. And profe...
Bribery charges turn personal
in Sox First, on October 9, 2009
...udi Arabia, Europe and Africa. Or will the Justice Department put pressure on Britain's Serious Fraud Office to do the same and target the individuals? ...
Organized crime, forests and climate change
in Sox First, on October 8, 2009
...quot;Organized crime syndicates are eyeing the nascent forest carbon market." So what sort of fraud would it be? The most obvious would be claiming credits for forests that don't exist. Ther...
Should ratings agencies go the way of Arthur Andersen?
in Sox First, on October 3, 2009
...n in 2002 after authorities learned that its auditors had shredded documents related to Enron's fraudulent schemes and were probably complicit in those practices. Even though the firm's felony...
Addressing Management Challenges of Converged Mobile Devices
in The Wireless Weblog, on September 25, 2009
...ociated with them.
Cutting Wireless Costs
Organizations need data to document transmission failures and other events so they can successfully enforce quality-of-service (QoS) agreements and re...
魔鬼辞典之金融危机
in Wangtam, on 2009-09-23
...么处在这样一个无底洞中。
反馈循环 (FEEDBACK LOOP)，名词。一件事情的意义因为不断重复而放大的过程。出处：CNBC电视频道。参见逆反馈循环(ADVERSE FEEDBACK LOOP)....
Elderly turn to bank robbery in recession
in Sox First, on September 20, 2009
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Back in July, I did a blog entry looking at hiow bank robberies, fraud and other crimes were booming because of the recession. Now we have further evidence of the recession's impact with ...
Arcane weekend technical link
in The CIO Weblog, on September 19, 2009
...ve seen, and this only serves as a reminder that the Inexpensive part of the name implies a certain failure rate anyway... the real issue is not the ultimate reliability of the system, but the cost/be...
Sears let off lightly for spying on customers
in Sox First, on September 16, 2009
... email messages." Sears neglected to tell customers what it was doing. "Respondent's failure to disclose these facts, in light of the representations made, was, and is, a deceptive prac...
Nothing learned from Lehman collapse
in Sox First, on September 14, 2009
...fail because US regulators misjudged its systemic importance and the psychological fallout from its failure. They also made the mistake of assuming that the way to avoid moral hazard and make capitali...
BAE brought to justice (finally)
in Sox First, on September 7, 2009
...Saudi Arabian government. As I pointed out here , the uproar broke out after Britain's Serious Fraud Office dropped its investigation into the alleged bribery allegations. Now, it looks like the...
Can the SEC be sued for Madoff?
in Sox First, on September 7, 2009
...ken but negligently performed." Still, to cover itself the SEC is now looking at setting up a fraud college to help its officials detect financial shenanigans, reports Bloomberg . As if the stu...
Seven causes of business failure
in Sox First, on September 3, 2009
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There is no such thing as a new business mistake, just the same ones repackaged. Business failure always seems to follow the same path. Analyze each disaster and you will find similar mistakes ar...
Madoff: contender for SEC chairman
in Sox First, on September 3, 2009
...s SEC report into the regulator's failure to stop Madoff and why it turned a blind eye to the frauds he was perpetrating. According to the report, SEC examiners found Madoff to be totally charm... ...es and Exchange Commission. That's the revelation in this SEC report into the regulator's failure to stop Madoff and why it turned a blind eye to the frauds he was perpetrating. According t...
Climate change and national security
in Sox First, on September 2, 2009
...climate change risks making the most volatile places even more combustible. The bottom line is that failure to tackle climate change risks much more than a ravaged environment: It risks a much more da...
UBS whistleblower jailed
in Sox First, on August 30, 2009
... banker Bradley Birkenfeld was this week sentenced to three years four months for conspiring to defraud the US by helping clients to cheat taxes. Let's forget the fact that Birkenfeld was actua...
Up to 1000 more bank failures
in Sox First, on August 28, 2009
... Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) statement , the number of "problem" banks and bank failures has almost tripled in the last 12 months. There are now more than 400 and the list is growi...
Success, Failure, and the Need to Keep Trying
in TJ's Weblog, on August 26, 2009
...work" - To me addresses the trials and tribulations of a small business owner or entrepreneur. Failure in start ups happens. It can happen again and again, and will happen. Failure doesn't ge...
Nokia 5230: Smart, Cool and Affordable
in The Smart PDA, on August 25, 2009
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After the failure of Nokia N97, Nokia is planning to make a comeback with its new budget touchscreen handset known as the Nokia 5230. The Nokia 5230 is being introduced into the market to compete ...
Enterprise 2.0 finds success (and failure!)
in The CIO Weblog, on August 25, 2009
...ies to allow ground-up efforts, but they will still be marginalized once it's understood that a failure to quash innovation is not the same thing as encouraging it oneself. Why pay a CIO salary wh...
Readers Digest: another private equity failure
in Sox First, on August 18, 2009
Another example of a private equity screw-up. Readers Digest, the media outlet that started in 1922 and made its name publishing condensed novels and edited articles from other magazines has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The latest bone-headed plan is to convert $1.6 billion wor...
Samsung SSD is Serious Business for Gamers
in The Gadgets Weblog, on August 14, 2009
... In addition to breaking speed limits, the drive also offers 1,000,000 hours MTBF (mean time before failure), and low power consumption.
Pricing has not been announced, but it won't be cheap. A ...
Madoff's right hand man pleads guilty: who's next?
in Sox First, on August 12, 2009
...hich raises the obvious question: who's next? How could his wife Ruth Madoff not know about the fraud? And what about the fund managers who sent him money from investors?...
No bail for Black
in Sox First, on August 11, 2009
... have to hand it to Conrad Black. Two years after he sentenced to six-plus years in the slammer for fraud, he has still been seeking bail pending an appeal. If anyone told he had a snowflake's cha...
Climate change junket for Congress
in Sox First, on August 10, 2009
Diving on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, waking up in a plush hotel in Waikiki and spending New Years Eve in Christchurch watching fire works. All part of the job for members of Congress who went on a fact finding mission to investigate climate change. According to The Wall Street Journa...
GE cooks the books
in Sox First, on August 9, 2009
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The big accounting fraud news this week was the Security and Exchange Commission announcing that conglomerate GE had cooked the books, boosting its earnings by $785 million and its revenues by ...
Sipera Systems Launches UC-Sec 100 Security Appliance
in The VoIP Weblog, on August 7, 2009
...rk and protection against VoIP and UC security vulnerabilities and zero day threats, including toll fraud, eavesdropping and data theft," writes eWeek's Nathan Eddy .
"Like all Sipera...
Google 出价 1.065 亿美元收购 On2
in Wangtam, on 2009-08-06
Google 表示 将斥资 1.065 亿美元收购数字视频压缩技术提供商 On2 Technologies。
根据协议规定，每股 On2 股票将转换为价值 0.60 美元的 Google 普通股。交易规模大约在1 .065 亿美元。整个交易预计将在今年第四季度完成。
Google 拥有广受欢迎的视频共享网站 YouTube。而 On2 是一家数字视频压缩技术提供商，在网络视频日益盛行的今天，数字视频压缩技术已成为一个重要法宝。
Google 产品管理副总裁 Sundar Pichai 在声明中表示，"现在视频已经是 Web 体验的一个重要组成部分，我们相信高品质的视频压...
微软与 Yahoo 达成为期 10 年的搜索合作协议
in Wangtam, on 2009-07-31
微软和 Yahoo 今天共同对外宣布，双方已达成为期 10 年的搜索和广告合作协议，称该交易将为全球消费者和广告主带来更多选择，并有利于进一步加强全球互联网产业的技术创新步伐。
微软、 Yahoo 称，总而言之，通过该交易，微软将成为 Yahoo 搜索的技术提供商，而 Yahoo 将独家负责两家公司全球范围内的搜索广告销售事务。
两家公司称，对网民和广告主而言，该交易在整合双方产品资源和搜索平台后，将推动互联网产业的持续技术创新。网民们会发现，他们查找信息的速度将更快，所获得信息准确性也更高。通过微软具有市场竞争力的搜索平台，将为广告主、内容提供商带来更多价值，并提高网民们的互联网活...
Goldman Sachs in the gun
in Sox First, on July 30, 2009
... reports that the US Senate is probing Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank in relation to possible fraud connected to the market meltdown. The WSJ reports: "The congressional investigation appea...
Does the Microsoft-Yahoo deal make sense?
in Sox First, on July 30, 2009
...if indeed they decide to use Bing instead of their own search. If this happens, to me it proves the failure of Yahoo's strategy over the last years. All the money they wasted on sideline portal id...
Summer Diabetes Management
in Daily Diabetic, on July 28, 2009
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Research indicates that diabetics with a higher intake of soy protein have a lower risk of kidney failure. To include more soy in your picnic diet, opt for veggie burgers, add edamame to salads or t...
Avandia, Under Fire Once More!
in Daily Diabetic, on July 27, 2009
...ore.
Previously implicated in risk of heart attacks , Avandia is facing another criticism:
liver failure and death in some patients.
Researchers from the activist group Public Citizen reported ...
First SOX clawback
in Sox First, on July 26, 2009
...fficers and chief executive officers to reimburse the company bonuses and stock profits following a fraud. The rationale behind the legislation is that they were running the company when misleading in...
Recession-fuelled crime wave
in Sox First, on July 23, 2009
...economy expected to contract by 4.2%. In recession-stricken Britain, the Daily Mail reports that fraud by company directors is up 313%. Petty theft has risen massive 25%, shoplifting 10% and drug o...
Amazon, Why Don't You Come In Our Houses And Burn Our Books Too?
in Wangtam, on 2009-07-21
...oration service
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Create Zoho Creator Web Apps from Microsoft Access Database
in Wangtam, on 2009-07-11
...ive Commons images with Image Search
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Los Angeles leads nation in mortgage fraud
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 8, 2009
... you own a home in Los Angeles, watch out for the scammers. Your city leads the nation in mortgage fraud , according to the FBI's annual mortgage fraud review.
The FBI's Los Angeles field of...
Beware loan-modification scams
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 7, 2009
If you want to read a chilling story, try this one published yesterday by the Los Angeles Times. It details the devastating effects that loan-modification scammers can have on their victims.
The Times' story details the plight of a Hesperia, Calif., homeowner who thought she was working with ...
China's supply chain challenge: Mitigating supply risk
in Supplychainer, on July 6, 2009
... contributing region for nine of 15 risks examined, including supplier and internal product quality failure, security breaches and intellectual property infringement. (Note: Probably you remember some...
Criticism starts to catch up to AppEngine
in The CIO Weblog, on July 3, 2009
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Pretty much every cloud service failure these days results in a predictable volley of coverage; the unbelievers crow over another purported example of the perfidy of over-hyped utility computin...
Madoff gets the max! What now?
in Sox First, on June 30, 2009
... with it. "There may not be anyone who can improve on the scale and ingenuity of Madoff's fraud. However, it is a recurring theme in human nature that someone in the next decades will try to...
How biotech companies can reduce supply chain risk?
in Supplychainer, on June 26, 2009
... shut down (the same as many other sectors:)).
What was interesting for me was their use of FMEA (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis) which is very established method in quality management to reduce s...
Stimulus packages create corruption opportunities
in Sox First, on June 23, 2009
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The global stimulus packages are likely to provide massive opportunities for fraud, according to a report from risk consultancy Kroll . According to the report, corruption could swipe about $500 ...
Beware of loan-modification scams
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 22, 2009
As the number of housing foreclosures across the nation continue to rise, something else is on the upswing, too: loan-modification scams.
The scammers target homeowners who have fallen behind in their mortgage payments or those who are facing foreclosure. They promise to modify these homeowners'...
NFL Week 6
in End Zone Buzz, on June 19, 2009
...nd promised to appear in Texas to face burglary and like 7 counts of drug related charges involving fraud and delivery.
Ouch!
So I wonder... as a disgruntled fan, can I get a refund out of some of...
Nokia E72 unveiled - pics and video
in Wangtam, on 2009-06-17
...rightkite For Android Coming Soon, Beta Access Open Now
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• Property Boulevard: Complete Property Management Software for Commercial and ...
I Am Making The SSD Jump Thanks to Kingston V-Series Kit
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 16, 2009
...romises a 50% speed improvement over standard 7200RPM hard drives, and a 1 million mean time before failure. More importantly, the process to upgrade, and to tools to do it are included. This is SSD f...
Throwing the book at Madoff
in Sox First, on June 16, 2009
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Bernard Madoff, who has pleaded guilty to 11 charges of fraud, money laudnering, perjury and theft, faces up to 150 years in jail. And his victims want exactly that! The New York Times reports ...
Swine flu and crime
in Sox First, on June 10, 2009
... the Australian Crime Commission that organized crime syndicates could cash in on the pandemic with fraud, robbery and a black market in bootleg medicine. The Commission warned: "Criminal groups ...
PSP Go is Official, but Where is it Headed
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 1, 2009
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There are three types of products: trend-setters, trend-setter competitors, and failures. For example, the Nintendo DS was a trend-setter, and the original PSP was a competitor, and the iPod Tou...
Adult Bone Marrow Stem Cells Can Repair Heart Tissue
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 29, 2009
...ow stem cells into skeletal muscle can repair cardiac tissue and thus reverse damages due to heart failure by doubling myocytes, or heart cells, and reducing cardiac tissue injury by 60 percent.
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Pay cuts fail to save HP jobs
in The CIO Weblog, on May 28, 2009
... prefer the more traditional sugar-coating and uncertainty followed by outright layoffs or business failure, prompting this observation in comments:
It's an interesting portrait in psychology, h...
Conrad Black's landmark case
in Sox First, on May 28, 2009
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Conrad Black's appeal against his fraud conviction will have massive implications on the system, regardless of what the decision is. Black, as we know, was convicted two year ago of a a $6.1-m...
More on the Satyam-PWC scandal
in Sox First, on May 27, 2009
...d others? Did PwC leadership - US, global, and Indian- enable and perhaps promote complicity in the fraud called 'India's Enron' for the sake of their consulting business strategy? Did Sat...
How to introduce a carbon tax
in Sox First, on May 20, 2009
...ivers and those dams and reservoirs might endanger wildlife and might be vulnerable to catastrophic failure, unleashing devastating floods on those downstream. Indeed, this risk might be increased by ...
The problem with economists
in Sox First, on May 18, 2009
... France, sheds light on the hubris of the profession. The paper, The Financial Crisis and Systemic Failure of Academic Economics points out that this crisis is different from its predecessors. While...
