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SouthWest NanoTechnologies Announces $3 Million in Funding
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 10, 2009
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Nanotube manufacturer SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc. this week announced $3 million in funding from Michigan's Insight Technology Capital Partners, LP.
"Insight will manage the fun...
The Mercedes Folding Bike
in Wangtam, on July 9, 2009
...atings
• Factoryleads.com
• Celebrifeed
• Why We Need To Chill About ChromeOS
• Google Chrome OS - FAQ
• Google vs Microsoft: A Guide to the Battle
• Sun Valley: Diller and Malone Pessimis...
T-Mobile USA Launches myTouch 3G Android Phone
in HackITLinux, on July 8, 2009
...discovery app that learns your preferences in food, stores, and attractions over time based on your ratings and bubbles them to the top so they're easier for you to find. Naturally, it's locat...
The Reality Of PR: Smile, Dial, Name Drop, Pray.
in Wangtam, on July 6, 2009
...resting Things He Said)
• HTML 5 Cheat Sheet (PDF)
• "我知道你在做什么"—欢迎来到twitter时代 ...
Pebble Beach Swamped, Calendar Needs to be Split
in Classical Drives, on July 6, 2009
... different times in the calendar. Having said that, I acknowledge that a La Dolce Vita Scholarship Fund has been established to assist young people aiming to follow a career in automotive design, sh...
New blog on social entrepreneurship from College of Wooster
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on July 5, 2009
... inaugural Global Social Entrepreneurship (GSE) program. The trip is supported by the Smucker's Fund for Global Ethics.
For any new followers of our blog, here is a more linear collection of...
NetworkingForPros.com Puts You on the Web
in Bizinformer, on June 30, 2009
© Dmitry Baranovskiy
I've been contributing over the last few months to the content of a vibrant and growing site that points toward the future of the Internet and has profound potential for eCommerce and business. The site is NetworkingForPros.com .
When I look across the web at the mome...
Your Company Website
in Bizinformer, on June 30, 2009
I talked yesterday over at BizPlanHacks about getting customers through your company website. Do you have a company website? You should.
SimplWeb has an online course available to help you start a website. They describe it as "a free 7 part guide to creating a killer content site that ca...
Durbin-Grassley, Indian Outsourcing, and the H-1B Visa
in Global Mobility Report, on June 29, 2009
...ll erupt if the Durbin-Grassley bill is signed into law.
© Center for American Progress Action Fund
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Beware the China bubble
in Sox First, on June 29, 2009
...ng pouring into the market but most of that was on speculative assets, not the real economy. Fitch Ratings now warns that the Chinese banks are an accident waiting to happen. And it will affect all...
Is the New Macbook Air Actually Slower Than the Last One?
in Wangtam, on June 27, 2009
... discussion space, use from browser or email
• Personal fitness that revolves around you - FitOrbit
• EBay's Legal Tussle With Skype Founders May Threaten Its Plans for IPO
• The Twitter Gui...
Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 3
in Wangtam, on June 26, 2009
...ith On 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 J...
Can You Get Money from the Government? Maybe...
in TJ's Weblog, on June 23, 2009
Michael Sanibel had a helpful blog post recently on government grants. He looks at all the basics:
What is a grant?
Who can qualify?
How do you apply?
What types of grants are available?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of getting a grant?
Why would a grant application not b...
iPod Touch 2代升级OS 3.0新系统完美破解/越狱（附图文教程）
in Wangtam, on June 21, 2009
• iPod Touch 2代升级OS 3.0新系统完美破解/越狱（附图文教程）
• Embrace Your Femininity
• Mozilla Firefox 3.5 RC2 for Windows
• Mozilla Firefox 3.5 RC2 for Linux
• Mozilla Firefox 3.5 RC2 for MacOS
• Sony should beware - Activision chief is not simply playing games
• That Was Quick: Veodia Acquires Screen C...
Enjoying First Grade
in The Parenting Weblog, on June 19, 2009
My son is truly enjoying first grade. It has been 2 weeks and he is already having a blast.
Though we both have to adjust to waking up early (classes are from 710 to 1130 in the mornings and 1 to 4 in the afternoons), we have slowly gotten there. I don't just rely on one alarm clock, I hav...
CIA recruits bankers
in Sox First, on June 19, 2009
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If you've been retrenched as a banker or hedge fund manager, don't worry. There's plenty of work out there, if you want to become a spook. The CIA is now running a recruitment ad for...
Does Obama's patchwork overhaul go far enough?
in Sox First, on June 18, 2009
...d ultimately destructive side bets that financial institutions make. And finally, advisers of hedge funds whose assets exceed a certain size will be required to register with the Securities and Exchan... ...sts who will try to kill the package. And secondly, the administration has done nothing to pull the ratings agencies, which caused the problem in the first place, into line. All it's done is the e...
The Ultimate Fathers Day Gift for a Classic Car Guy
in Classical Drives, on June 17, 2009
...mology , assisting and educating the blind and visually impaired. The Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund is a co-sponsor. The annual automotive design show, held Sunday, June 21, features more than 200...
A GM name change?
in Sox First, on June 17, 2009
Last month, Harvard Business School set off the debate about a name change for GM . It suggested going for an American theme, although somehow I don't think Stars and Stripes Automobile Manufacturing Co. is going to cut it in a global market. But a name change might be necessary. "If ...
The slow recovery
in Sox First, on June 16, 2009
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So the International Monetary Fund has given the US economy, and by implication the Obama administration, a big tick of sorts in its latest report . The IMF projects that the economy will contrac...
Hedge Funds Up & Social Media Footprint Expansion
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on June 16, 2009
... " Hedge funds finished up 4.06% in May , capturing the largest monthly gains since February 2000." Oliver Schupp, President of Credit Suisse Index, said, "Emerging Markets funds wer...
Just Koogle it.
in Sox First, on June 16, 2009
Now I've heard everything. We have reports of a new kosher search engine called "koogle" developed in Israel that allows religious Jews to search the Net without compromising their religious standards. Koogle screens out such forbidden material as sexually explicit images or pict...
Throwing the book at Madoff
in Sox First, on June 16, 2009
... a son for whom all of this was about now unable to attend college because Madoff stole his college fund as surely as he stole our future. "Madoffs investors have been put in a position of years...
Accelerating Relationships with Social Networking
in TJ's Weblog, on June 15, 2009
Business has always been at least partly about networking. More and more, it has come to be about social networking. I wrote recently about the need to focus your efforts in social networking. I came across this piece not long ago by Christopher Rollyson on how business relationships can, in h...
Other Money Saving Tips for Your Air Conditioning
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on June 15, 2009
...ooling that room than is necessary. Also, you want to find an air conditioner than has good energy ratings.
Air conditioning units will work more efficiently if they are not in direct sunlight. This...
Unemployment: are the numbers lying?
in Sox First, on June 14, 2009
So unemployment in the US has jumped to 9.4% but are the numbers telling us the truth? Is unemployment actually worse than what the statisticians are telling us? As reported here , consultant John Williams says the number of unemployed in the US is actually more like 20%, which takes it up t...
Recession and marriage
in Sox First, on June 12, 2009
It seems the recession is saving marriages. Or it might be prolonging the agony. In Britain, The Independent reports that accountants Grant Thornton have found that fewer couples are divorcing. Plummeting property prices means it's just not worth it, even if it means prolonging a bad marr...
Digital Transition Is Looming and Many Aren't Ready
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 11, 2009
...n or a clue. What surprises me most is the demographic that is unprepared. According to the Nielsen Ratings people who are tracking this the transition, it actually isn't our older parents that ar...
Art Funds
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on June 10, 2009
...di, head of Merit Alternative Investments GmbH and director of the world-wide first Art Photography Fund. "Investments in material assets such as real estate, commodities, as well as art, continu...
Hedge Fund Competing To Buy British Bank
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on June 9, 2009
..., including the iShares business.
BlackRock's BGI buyout will break its own record in a hedge fund transaction, when in 2006 BlackRock took over Merrill Lynch's asset management business for...
Learning About And Choosing A Photo Printer
in Digital Shot, on June 8, 2009
...ay's digital photo printers .
This link, "Consumer Reports" digital photo printer ratings , will help you select the best printer for your needs.
Take a camera with you whenever po...
Entrepreneurial Life
in TJ's Weblog, on June 7, 2009
© tedmurphy
I came across a interesting piece last week from Small Business Trends : Entrepreneurial Lessons From The Experts. It was a list of simple observations about the life of entrepreneurs in general. Author Lisa Bourne was lucky enough to get Copyblogger's Brian Clark, John Jantsc...
Social Networking With Purpose
in BootStrapMe, on June 7, 2009
Entrepreneur.Com had a piece recently that made a simple point: You should be selective with your social networks.
The simple truth is that social networking can be a time consuming endeavor. It's easy to get bogged down trying to read all your Twitter posts. Social networks can become redun...
Social entrepreneurship: A three decade history
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on May 31, 2009
...g an overview of social entrepreneurship initiatives done in the last 30 years. Leaders from Acumen Funds, Skoll Foundations and some entrepreneurs like Mohammad Yunus offer their point of views about...
Beer company to contribute to social entrepreneurship movement
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on May 31, 2009
...in Dublin, Guinness has pledged to raise €2.5 million in start up capital for its Arthur Guinness Fund for Social Entrepreneurs. The money is aimed to support approximately twenty-five social entrepre...
Facebook 公布 fbFund 基金获奖名单
in Wangtam, on May 30, 2009
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Facebook 本周公布了 fbFund 基金的 20 大赢家，其中包括 18 家创业公司和 2 家非营利机构。
为鼓励外部开发者为 Facebook 开发应用程序， Facebook 2007 年 9 月与 Accel Capital、Founders Fund 两家风险投资公司共同组建了 fbFund 基金，始创金额为 1000 万美元，并为符合条件外部开发人员提供 2.5 万到 2...
More on the Satyam-PWC scandal
in Sox First, on May 27, 2009
The implosion at Indian IT specialists Satyam raises many questions about corporate governance. As Madhukar Angur says in the Deccan Herald , the debacle suggests we have learned very little since Enron and WorldCom. And that's despite governments around the world tightening their corporat...
Loan modifications not always helping homeowners
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 26, 2009
...l story, though, says that these modifications aren't quite working .
The paper cites a Fitch Ratings report that points out that subprime loans that have been modified are turning bad again at ...
The Genius Visa
in Global Mobility Report, on May 25, 2009
© Keith Allison
You've probably never heard of the genius visa. Les than 10,000 people a year are allowed into the U.S. on it. People who are at the absolute top tier of their field in the arts, athletics, sciences, education, or business. Its formal name is the O-1 visa, and BusinessWeek...
Britain to lose AAA rating, US is next
in Sox First, on May 23, 2009
...y is that the US is running up a budget deficit to save the financial firms that had been given AAA ratings by those same ratings agencies....
No More Hydrogen Cars?
in IfEnergy, on May 22, 2009
... But TreeHugger pointed out one chunk of news that didn't get much coverage. Federal support funding for hydrogen cars seems to have collapsed for now: The money was stripped because the presid...
MBAs and Entrepreneurs
in BootStrapMe, on May 21, 2009
... with 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 busin...
Franchises: WYNTK
in Biz Plan Hacks, on May 19, 2009
We talked recently about how well franchises do during a recession. To balance that I thought I'd point out this piece by Jeff Elgin on buying a franchise. Elgin looks at some things you should know about a franchise contract.
One of the things he points out is that strong franchises usual...
Times' reporter's story a reminder: It's easy to fall into foreclosure nightmare
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 15, 2009
...gage loan? Are you one of those very fortunate few who actually do have an 8- to 12-month emergency fund built up?
I know I don't. And if I lost my main job? I'd hate to think about how hard ...
Hedge Fund Administrator of The Year
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on May 13, 2009
... Along with an award for Hedge Fund Administrator of the year for their alternative investment services (AIS), the Bank of New York Mellon received 6 other awards at the International Custody &...
A Hippocratic oath for managers
in Sox First, on May 8, 2009
The global crisis is as much a failure of ethics as it is of finance. Business at the end of the day has to serve society which gives it its licence to operate. Creating virtual products as they did in financial markets wasn't serving anyone. Neither was flogging subprime packages to people ...
No recovery yet
in Sox First, on May 8, 2009
Is the US economy on its way to recovery or not? Some would point to the results of the bank stress tests as a green shoot with 10 of the 19 largest banks needed to boost their capital by a combined total just shy of $75 billion. Not as much as many expected, prompting officials and industry ex...
An End to Tax Havens?
in Bizinformer, on May 5, 2009
© marcn
A vast number of news sources have been covering President Obama's proposal to close tax loopholes and shut down corporate tax havens. Some examples of the coverage include:
The NY Times , Agence France Press , The Washington Post , Financial Times , Mother Jones Bloomberg...
Animal Spirits by George Akerlof and Robert Shiller
in Sox First, on May 4, 2009
...ple who would never be able to repay them, and their securitization in packages that were given AAA ratings. Significantly, each downturn leads to a shift in values. During the Depression, contract b...
WinRAR 3.90 beta 1
in Wangtam, on May 2, 2009
...r Consumer Smartphone Ratings - Except In Battery Life
• Apple Is Serious About Gaming: Steals Xbox Senior Director of Strategy
• 5 Ways to Take Control of Your Personal Brand Today
• Update Fac...
Ratings agency crackdowns
in Sox First, on May 1, 2009
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Ratings agencies did a lot to bring on this recession by giving dysfunctional outfits a clean bill of health. Now they're being held to account, not before time. Standard & Poor's, Moo...
How Sound is Your Business Plan?
in BootStrapMe, on April 27, 2009
...eported at BizPlanHacks on some research that shows that business plans don't get start-ups funded by VC's. But what do we care?
A business plan takes on a whole new meaning in the conte...
More Wall Street greed
in Sox First, on April 27, 2009
...Citigroup executive to a colleague. "I'm not giving to charity this year!" one hedge-fund analyst shouts into the phone, when I ask about Obama's planned tax increases. "When p...
Nouriel Roubini: we're not even at the bottom yet
in Sox First, on April 27, 2009
...rowth cycle will come from. "We had the real-estate bubble, tech bubble, housing bubble, hedge-fund bubble, private-equity bubble, commodities bubble, even the art bubble-and they are all burstin...
HedgeCo.Net Spring Manager Showcase on Wed next week
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 26, 2009
...case. 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 questio...
Hedge Funds in the Cayman Islands
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 21, 2009
...oday hosting its inaugural Webinar on the highly topical subject of 'Managing Distressed Cayman Funds and lessons learned for new funds'.
"This fits in perfectly with our firm's pro...
Resources for Women Entrepreneurs
in BootStrapMe, on April 19, 2009
Adam over at Blogtrepreneur points out the prominent role women play in the bootstrap community and the larger world of entrepreneurs today. He uses suffrage as a point of reference; 90 years ago women couldn't even vote. "You've come a long way, baby." (Hope that doesn't...
Save Money by Conserving Use of Electricity
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on April 19, 2009
...n you need to buy another appliance - or even a computer, be sure to look for one that has energy ratings on it. By getting the right one, you can save money over a long period of time.
4. Turn you...
The long recession's impact
in Sox First, on April 17, 2009
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So the International Monetary Fund warns that this recession will be around for some time. So what implications does that have for society? How will that shape the way we live? In its latest rep...
Save More Money in 2009
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on April 16, 2009
...you have in the past? Economically unstable times make it more than necessary to have an emergency fund somewhere - and many people's retirement accounts have already dwindled immensely - and some...
New Hedge Fund Manager at SilkInvest
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 15, 2009
...tment bank Renaissance Capital, to spearhead its move into Frontier Fixed Income, an emergent hedge fund asset class.
"We will offer a liquid Frontier Market Fixed Income product, " Zin Bek...
VC Fund Raising Drops Dramatically
in TJ's Weblog, on April 13, 2009
... © borman818
Venture capital fund raising dropped in the first quarter of 2009 based on comparisons with the same period in 2008 by almost 40%. A number of sources ( Red Herring , VentureBeat , ...
The new consumer
in Sox First, on April 9, 2009
Last year, I did a blog entry looking at the way consumer patterns have changed in the recession. The earlier this year, I did a piece looking at thrift chic, the latest trend where people are embracing frugality and a new conservatism. The lessons of the 1930s taught us that when an economy...
Airlines in tailspin
in Sox First, on April 9, 2009
The airline industry goes from bad to worse. A crumbling global economy means fewer seats on planes declining profits for the world's biggest airlines. More details here .The big problem lies in their fixed costs. As Morningstar analyst Basili Alukos told reporters , it's a high fixed...
Communities printing money
in Sox First, on April 7, 2009
It had to happen. USA Today reports how cash strapped communities have taken a Depression era idea and started printing their own money. Ylu buy it at a discount and spend it at stores that accept currencies like Detroit Cheers, Ithaca Hours in New York, Plenty in North Carolina or BerkShares ...
Two Equity Fund Launches
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 6, 2009
... FSA regulated asset manager, Silk Invest Ltd, successfully launched The African Lions Fund and the Arab Falcons Fund, which helped the hedge fund manager achieve its goals in becoming a specia...
