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Recession reshapes America
in Sox First, on July 14, 2009
I have often talked about how the recession will reshape America's geography where cities like Detroit will turn into ghost towns. Without saying as much, demographer Richard Florida seems to be saying that in his latest book, an extract of which is republished here . Florida argues that ...
Understanding Honduras
in Latina Viva, on July 13, 2009
Honduras was much in the news for a while, and now it seems to have faded from the interests of the major news outlets.
There was a coup in Honduras. Or not, depending on your perspective and who you listen to...
MoJo wrote a short piece they tagged as "Honduras for Dummies." They see...
Raising Money for Your Start-Up
in TJ's Weblog, on July 13, 2009
VentureBeat had a piece earlier this month on fundraising: Startup Fundraising 101. The author, Bernard Moon, has been through three startups now.
The piece is an interesting, fairly personal account of what's involved in getting cash for a startup. And it comes complete with presentation sl...
ETF und Indexfonds - vergleichen lohnt sich!
in Das Börsen Weblog, on July 8, 2009
...ch gleich noch einen guten Tipp. In diesem Fall geht es um ETF bzw. Exchange-Traded Funds - das Boomprodukt im Kapitalmarkt. Diese ETF werden an der Börse gehandelt und wie folgt erklärt:
Man kann...
Planning Your Travel with No-Image
in The Flyaway Weblog, on July 7, 2009
You have a vacation coming. Where do you go? A new travel wiki, No-Image , may help you answer that question…
No-Image provides information about different travel destinations - like Dubai and Madrid . Looking for something a little closer to home? How about San Antonio ?
The wiki's e...
Magellan Maestro 4700 is the Navigator You are Searching For
in The Gadgets Weblog, on July 7, 2009
...p, not because the iPhone didn't work, but because AT&T simply does not exist in Wyoming or South Dakota. I still need an in car GPS, and the Magellan Maestro 4700 is the one I want. It won...
Palin shoots the media
in Sox First, on July 7, 2009
... speculating whether her resignation was about averting an investigation into whether she embezzled funds. Now, Palin has hit back on Twitter : "Critics are spinning, so hang in there as they f...
Kieselstein-Cord Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on July 6, 2009
...nish. Pierced backs. Made in USA.
$2800
Celtic Scroll Design Ring Sterling/14K
The north/south direction lends a unique element to the ring, while the stunning scroll design on the top and side...
Headache Online Tool: Headache U
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 4, 2009
...fort to keep programs like Headache U going, NHF has recently launched an endeavor to help raise funds for future programs.
To check out the details, and to learn more about Headache U, simply visit...
The Goldman Sachs-Rolling Stone slugfest
in Sox First, on July 3, 2009
...tment bank to a bank-holding company, a move that allowed it access not only to $10 billion in TARP funds, but to a whole other publicly backed funding, including lending from the discount window of t...
ExxonMobil funds climate sceptics
in Sox First, on July 2, 2009
Fascinating to read the report of scientists warning Congress about "climate alarmism". It's fascinating because the crew includes retired manager for strategic planning at ExxonMobil Roger Cohen. Are ExxonMobil's footprints all over this? Maybe, when The Guardian reveals ...
July 8: China Cleantech Business Forum
in China Venture News, on June 30, 2009
...h business conference.
Cleantech is a growing industry focus for venture capital and development funds: Despite the current credit crisis, overall fundraising for cleantech has remained steady in 20...
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...
Madoff gets the max! What now?
in Sox First, on June 30, 2009
...f to "clean" their cash. On paper, they "invest" huge sums in capital in Madoff funds in return for 10% a year in dividends. But only the 10%, plus fees for Madoff, are transferred...
Classic Bentley Tour Arrives on My Doorstep
in Classical Drives, on June 29, 2009
... Alaska Highway to Anchorage. From there they ferried to Port Hardy on Vancouver Island, then drove south to the finish at Victoria, BC's capital city. The cars and drivers came from England, New ...
Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 3
in Wangtam, on June 26, 2009
...9;s Smith 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 ...
Anti-corruption body slams major export countries
in Sox First, on June 25, 2009
...he world's worst examples included Australia, Canada, Austria, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand and South Africa. Britain didn't come out much better, receiving only a moderate rating. The United...
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...
Stimulus packages create corruption opportunities
in Sox First, on June 23, 2009
...ll need to make the processes as transparent as possible and make sure they're providing enough funds for the watchdogs. And officials overseeing these projects will need to be rewarded on the out...
US Immigration Overhaul "Essential"
in Global Mobility Report, on June 20, 2009
© jurvetson
The Obama Administration made it clear this week that overhauling the immigration system in the U.S. is a priority for his administration. Obama told the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference that U.S. borders must be strengthened to thwart illegal immigrati...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
NIKA Water: Helping Body and Soul
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 12, 2009
...ne their cumulative experience and knowledge to help solve global problems. The group personally funds all of NIKA's startup costs and, in a display of altruism, will realize no compensation or ec... ...billion people, about 80% of those lacking such access live in sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Asia and Southern Asia.
Enter NIKA Water. NIKA Water, a San Diego-based brand, is changing the way we stay ...
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...
MGB-GT, Yours for Just $20 in Museum Charity Raffle
in Classical Drives, on June 12, 2009
...for the Preservation of British Transportation in America. A non-profit organisation, it is raising funds for a building to permanently house the museum in the Dayton, Ohio area. The building will hav...
Hedge Fund Competing To Buy British Bank
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on June 9, 2009
... (BGI), 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 busine...
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...
Getting the Most for Your Dollar
in The Flyaway Weblog, on June 7, 2009
© korom
Frommers recently published a very useful article on the value of the U.S. Dollar overseas. The piece tells you where you can get the most for your money this summer - assuming that your money is in dollars...
The Frommer's piece compares the price of a movie, bus fare, a cup o...
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...
Fujitsu expands to Australian ERP market
in Supplychainer, on May 31, 2009
...nced that it has expanded its SAP and Oracle portfolio through the acquisition of the Australia and South East Asia operations of Supply Chain Consulting Pty Ltd, a market leader of SAP and Oracle ent...
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...
Product Alert: Publix Brand 100% Whole Wheat Sliced Bagels
in Allergies, on May 27, 2009
...ue to undeclared egg . The product was distributed to Publix stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
The 12-oz. products have lot codes 10491 and 11291 with UPC 4141...
Batteries Get Stimulus Grants
in IfEnergy, on May 27, 2009
... yesterday.
From the article: Candidates for the money are required to prove they already have the funds to cover half of their project costs. Winners will be announced in July and receive their allo...
Early retirement soars, but who is going to pay?
in Sox First, on May 26, 2009
... it to breaking point. As this report points out, the system only has so many reserves. Its trust funds are scheduled to run dry by 2037, which means people will be on severely reduced payments. And...
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...
What's the next direction for CFOs?
in Sox First, on May 25, 2009
... their focus to getting the most out of the recovery. And because most companies are not flush with funds, it's going to be a tough job. According to the McKinsey Quarterly , CFOs will have to ...
National Venture Capital Association: Suggestions and Blind Spots
in TJ's Weblog, on May 25, 2009
...n on their investment in the new company. So the meager number of IPOs last year means that most VC funds aren't getting a return on their investment at the moment; their money is tied up in start...
Tweeting Too Hard
in Wangtam, on May 21, 2009
... softens rhetoric, but still considers suing Craigslist
• 如果金融界由女人来掌管
• Tweeting Too Hard
• Microsoft unveils Windows Media Center support for your Netflix queue
• Tweeting Too Hard: A site fo...
MBAs and Entrepreneurs
in BootStrapMe, on May 21, 2009
...nation 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...
US and China: the drug dealer-addict relationship
in Sox First, on May 20, 2009
...doubling down. It would benefit the same parts of the economy - the industrial sectors, the coastal south, the wealthy - that have already done the best. Living standards for the rest of China would c...
Five Golf Destinations in Spain
in Wandalust, on May 19, 2009
...4 miles SW of Almeria, province of Almeria, the course has a layout conceived by the legendary South African, Gary Player (with a little help from Ron Kirby), this is a truely outstanding resort cours...
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...
1957 年款 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa
in Wangtam, on May 19, 2009
官方新闻稿:
MARANELLO, Italy, May 17 /PRNewswire/ - RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby's made history at the Ferrari factory in Maranello today as a 1957 Ferrari 250 TR, chassis no. 0714TR sold for € 9,020,000 at the third-annual Ferrari Leggenda e Passione event to set a new world record...
Amali Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on May 18, 2009
...mali designer Sara Freedenfeld discovered her passion for making jewelry while backpacking through South America. Sara launched her company, Amali, in the spring of 2006, and has quickly become a fa...
Top Five Places to Golf in Florida
in Wandalust, on May 15, 2009
... but if I had to pick the top five...
Fifth: - REUNION RESORT . Located in Reunion, 26 miles southwest of Orlando and just 13 miles south of Disney World. The Reunion complex boasts three champi...
Spain's Top Five Golf Destinations
in Eagle Par Birdie, on May 15, 2009
...4 miles SW of Almeria, province of Almeria, the course has a layout conceived by the legendary South African, Gary Player (with a little help from Ron Kirby), this is a truely outstanding resort cours...
Monica Vinader Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on May 14, 2009
...ived, collecting curiosities and tales the world over. From her native Spain, to Mexico, and across South America, Monica finds inspiration in color, adventure, and culture. From this inspiration come...
Print Books Are Target of Pirates on the Web
in Wangtam, on May 13, 2009
...or - MarketRiders
• Would You Pay A Journalist To Report The News You Want To Read?
• 海盗湾创始人发起DDo$攻击
• Windows 7 box shots
• Intel outlines notebook plans for 2H09
• Security Alert: Twitter ...
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 &...
Downturn easing without recovery
in Sox First, on May 12, 2009
...g through: the Fed's measures and government guarantees mean that banks have access to low-cost funds, and lending rates are high. If nothing nasty happens - losses on mortgages, commercial real e...
Top Five Places to Golf in Florida
in Eagle Par Birdie, on May 10, 2009
... but if I had to pick the top five...
Fifth: - REUNION RESORT . Located in Reunion, 26 miles southwest of Orlando and just 13 miles south of Disney World. The Reunion complex boasts three champi...
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...
宝马汽车第一财季净亏1.52亿欧元
in Wangtam, on May 7, 2009
...better than an iPhone?
• Robot to create Facebook profile
• South Carolina Gives Craigslist Ultimatum: Remove Prostitution Or Face Criminal Charges
• Six Easy Ways to Graph Your Life
• Restori...
LG GHT810H Windows Mobile Smartphone coming soon
in The Smart PDA, on May 7, 2009
...LG GHT810H. It looks like a improved version of the LG Incite and is expected to be launched in the South American market in coming months.
Here are the details:
Network: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, ...
Bankroll blues
in Sox First, on May 7, 2009
...07. Countrywide was acquired by Bank of America which received $45 billion in troubled asset relief funds from the US government. Maybe that was just payback. After all, Countrywide according to this ...
Amazon 推出新款 9.7-inch 显示屏的 Kindle DX
in Wangtam, on May 7, 2009
如传言所预告,Amazon 今天推出了新款的 9.7 英寸大显示屏的 Kindle DX 电子阅读器 ,内置 PDF 阅读器,具有自动旋转功能,最多可存储 3500 本图书,售价仅为 489 美元。目前 Kindle 网店共有 27.5 万本图书,其中包括当下 112 部《纽约时报》畅销书中的 107 部,该类图书及新推出的图书以每本 9.99 美元的价格出售。
主要配置参数:
• Slim: Just over 1/3 of an inch, as thin as most magazines
• Lightweight: At 10.2 ounces, lighter than...
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
...explains how Sir Isaac Newton, the father of modern physics and the calculus, lost a fortune in the South Sea bubble. The problem with confidence, whether it's too much or too little, is that it ...
USC Gets $12.5 Million from DOE for Nanotech Energy Research
in Nanotechbuzz, on May 2, 2009
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The U.S. Department of Energy this week selected the University of South Carolina to house an alternative energy research center that's expected to receive $12.5 million in federal fundin...
Creating Your Own Joy - the BMW Z4 Paintbrush
in The Gadgets Weblog, on May 1, 2009
...people drive the newest sports car without even leaving their homes? Make it a virtual experience.
South African-born artist Robin Rhode (now lives in Berlin; made a name for himself in the past fe...
Lost American Marques: Hupmobile
in Classical Drives, on May 1, 2009
...gant and was given the name " Skylark ." Unfortunately the company was, by then, out of funds, having failed to get relief from the city of Detroit for unpaid taxes.
Hupmobile had one las...
S&OP in high tech companies should incorporates measures of risk
in Supplychainer, on April 30, 2009
...m low-wage countries like China seemed like such a logical idea before the world's economy went south, said C.J. Wehlage, research director, AMR Research. But with demand continuing to slacken, lo...
Top Sights in Dublin
in Wandalust, on April 28, 2009
Bernd Biege has an excellent piece online about Dublin's top attractions. Even if you have just one day in Dublin, make sure not to miss any of the Top Ten Sights! Most are within easy reach of the city center or will be part of a bus tour. Top of the list? Trinity College, founded in 1592 by ...
How Sound is Your Business Plan?
in BootStrapMe, on April 27, 2009
I recently reported 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 context of a bootstrapped business. PE Hub 's Joanna Glasner rightly points out that the...




