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New blog on social entrepreneurship from College of Wooster
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on July 5, 2009
Two researchers (&/or social entrepreneurs) have recently launched a blog on social entrepreneurship which I wanted to introduce to you: "Global Social Entrepreneurship - Assessment Trip".
Amyaz Moledina, Director of Social Entreprenuership, and Marianne Sierocinski, a junior Urban St...
全球前 100 名最佳投资网络 VC
in Wangtam, on July 1, 2009
最近的一项报告根据风险投资者的网络化程度，评选出具备最佳网络的前 100 家风险投资商。
该报告认为 ，风险投资者的网络化程度越高，网络越好，投资回报率就越高。该报告指出，风险投资者的网络是与由其他与其进行联合投资的投资者所组成的。风险投资拥有的联合投资者越多，网络就越好。风险投资商的网络规模与回报率之间的关系，可以为其投资带来更好的交易流、人才、顾问、潜在客户和退出可能。
该报告对 2006-2008 年间为超过 3300 家创业公司提供融资支持的 2700 个投资者进行了分析，并根据网络化程度评分，评选出具备最佳网络的前 100 家风险投资商。请见下表：
1 德丰杰
2 红杉资本...
Durbin-Grassley, Indian Outsourcing, and the H-1B Visa
in Global Mobility Report, on June 29, 2009
BusinessWeek had a fascinating examination early this month of what may be the biggest problem faced by the H-1B visa: Indian outsourcing.
A bill currently before Congress, the Durbin-Grassley visa reform bill, would probably bring an end to the Indian outsourcing model by requiring that U.S. com...
Buffett 慈善午餐拍卖竞标价已破5万美元
in Wangtam, on June 26, 2009
亿万富翁投资者、"股神"Warren Buffett 的年度慈善午餐拍卖活动上周日在 eBay 以 2.5 万美元的底价开拍，截至美国东部时间周一中午(北京时间周一午夜)为止的竞标价已经达到了 5.02 万美元。
Buffett 从 2000 年开始年度慈善午餐拍卖，最初是在线下进行，今年已是第十次，竞标胜出者可携最多七位朋友在纽约史密斯·沃伦斯凯餐厅与 Buffett 共进午餐。本次拍卖活动的截止日期为 6 月 26 日。
此次拍卖的所有收入都将捐献给格莱德基金会，用于帮助旧金山的穷人和无家可归者，这是 Buffett 连续第七年在 eBay 网站上进行慈善午餐...
西方青年怎么买艺术品？
in Wangtam, on June 24, 2009
尽管自去年夏季经济低迷以来，富有的艺术品投机商已停下扩大藏品的脚步，但位于市场较低端的年轻收藏者却对于研究和购买新的艺术品怀有很大热情。很多特殊机构兴起，帮助那些开始积累藏品的年轻人。
向艺术品收藏者提供教育课程的伦敦机构Contemporary Art Society主管保罗•霍布森(Paul Hobson)表示："衰退让一些抱负更为远大的收藏者退出，将当代艺术品视为'品牌'。"霍布森指出，那些预算较低的人可能更为谨慎的考虑潜在购买机会，但他们仍在购买。
他们持续的热情来自于这样一个战略，这种战略对为了快速转手而购买艺术品的做法嗤之以鼻，而是更愿意购买...
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
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US Immigration Overhaul "Essential"
in Global Mobility Report, on June 20, 2009
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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...
Does Obama's patchwork overhaul go far enough?
in Sox First, on June 18, 2009
President Obama has announced the most sweeping reforms of the financial services in 70 years. The reforms are to be applauded and are long overdue. But are they enough? Can they be undone or jettisoned? Will they stick? I have two problems with the changes. First, they do nothing to stop the...
The Ultimate Fathers Day Gift for a Classic Car Guy
in Classical Drives, on June 17, 2009
If I could give myself a Fathers Day gift it would be an all-expenses paid trip to Detroit to see the annual Eyes on Design concours d'elegance. I'd do so because this event is attended by many of America's car designers and automotive decision makers and is therefore aimed at attra...
The slow recovery
in Sox First, on June 16, 2009
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 contract 2.5% in 2009 but grow by a modest 0.75% in 2010. It's not huge but at least it's headed in...
Throwing the book at Madoff
in Sox First, on June 16, 2009
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 that Madoff's victims, many of them widows and war veterans had sent 100 emails and letters to t...
Social entrepreneurship: A three decade history
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on May 31, 2009
Skoll Foundation has created a n excellent video giving 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 the opportunities in this area.
...
Beer company to contribute to social entrepreneurship movement
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on May 31, 2009
Beer companies are also joining social movement; yes that's right: As a part of the 250th anniversary celebrations behind brew master, Arthur Guinness's signing of the 9,000 year lease at St. James Gate in Dublin, Guinness has pledged to raise €2.5 million in start up capital for its Art...
Facebook 公布 fbFund 基金获奖名单
in Wangtam, on May 30, 2009
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 25 万美元不等的援助资金。
今年，共有 18 家创业公司获得 fbFund 基金奖励，另外2家非营利机构因 fbFund 基金奖励条款所限并未获得奖金。获奖的 18 家创业公司，以及另外 2 家非营...
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...
No More Hydrogen Cars?
in IfEnergy, on May 22, 2009
There's been a lot of nergy legislation news in the past couple of weeks. 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 president and Steven Chu, his...
The recession: blaming the business schools
in Sox First, on May 21, 2009
How much are business schools to blame for the recession? Writing in The Times , Phillip Delves Broughton says MBA should actually stand for Master of the Business Apocalypse. Broughton writes: "Harvard Business School alumni include Stan O'Neal and John Thain, the last two heads of ...
Times' reporter's story a reminder: It's easy to fall into foreclosure nightmare
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 15, 2009
People like to tell me how upset they are at homeowners facing foreclosure. They know I'm a real estate writer, and figure that I'll be a sympathetic ear. They tell me that they're frustrated that homeowners who were simply greedy, and took out mortgage loans with artificially low initia...
The next accounting battle
in Sox First, on May 3, 2009
If you thought fair value was an almighty bun fight, you ain't seen nothing yet. The International Accounting Standards Board is tackling off balance sheet vehicles that have destroyed so much wealth and the Financial Accounting Standards Board plans to put out new rules for the United S...
The long recession's impact
in Sox First, on April 17, 2009
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 report , the IMF says that recessions associated with financial crises have been more severe and longer...
Save More Money in 2009
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on April 16, 2009
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Now that tax time is over, it is important to think about what you will do with your money for the rest of the year. Why not decide to save more of it this year than you have in the past? Economically unstable times make it more than necessary to have an emergency fund somewhere - and...
IPOs: don't blame Sarbox
in Sox First, on April 15, 2009
Extraordinary that the debate about the impact of Sarbanes Oxley on IPOs still continues almost seven years after it was introduced. Particularly in this economic climate. Last week, The Wall Street Journal was raising concerns about the Obama administration's plans to regulate venture ca...
VC Fund Raising Drops Dramatically
in TJ's Weblog, on April 13, 2009
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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 , TechCrunch , PE Hub ) have been covering the story.
The numbers are stark. Only 40 VC funds raise...
Defending the Hedge Against Coyotes
in The Outdoor Weblog, on April 8, 2009
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Without sounding like one of those extreme loons who think animals are more important than people, I'd like to point out one of the bad sides of humans spreading out and succeeding; the displacement of indigenous species. An interesting angle on this situation can be seen i...
Google to Invest in Biotechnology
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 2, 2009
Google is launching "Google Ventures" a new venture-capital fund which will invest across a range of industries, including consumer Internet, software, clean-tech, bio-tech and health care.
According to the Boston Globe report :
Google Ventures will scout for entrepreneurial oppor...
电子商务前景明朗 市场显露“人才抄底”迹象
in Wangtam, on March 31, 2009
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Charles River Ventures Raises $320 Million For Its Fourteenth Fund
in Wangtam, on March 31, 2009
• Charles River Ventures Raises $320 Million For Its Fourteenth Fund
• Google Plans Fifth Birthday Present for Gmail Users
• University offers social media degree about Facebook, Twitter and Bebo
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• celebritwee - fresh tweets about Hollyw...
St. Louis Institute of Nanomedicine Working Group Formed
in Nanotechbuzz, on March 28, 2009
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Four St. louis area schools have announced the founding of the St. Louis Institute of Nanomedicine Working Group.
"By bringing together skills and expertise from several area institutions, the institute will promote joint research projects and permit sharing of equipm...
A good crisis for George Soros
in Sox First, on March 26, 2009
George Soros is having a very good crisis. When the wheels started coming off in 2007, Soros came out of semi-retirement and took back control of his Quantum investment fund. By year's end, Quantum was up almost 32%, delivering Soros profits of $US2.9 billion. His fortune of $11 billion is n...
Geithner's push for power and the law of unexpected outcomes
in Sox First, on March 26, 2009
With Bloomberg reporting that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is moving to tighten up the rules for monster hedge funds, private- equity firms and derivatives markets, it's worth looking at what's ahead and whether we should be preparing for the law of unexpected outcomes. The pla...
US dollar under fire
in Sox First, on March 24, 2009
Economist and forecaster Harry S Dent has predicted that over the next twenty years, the US dollar will lose its power as the world's reserve currency . He reckons the the premier currency in Asia will have a leading reserve function to sit along side the US dollar and Euro by 2030. With...
Why Geithner's plan won't work
in Sox First, on March 23, 2009
So Timothy Geithner outlines his plan to save the US financial system this morning in The Wall Street Journal . in that piece, he unveils the Public Private Investment Program which will use US Treasury Capital and financing from the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a...
The Death of SpiralFrog
in P2P File Sharing, on March 21, 2009
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The ad-supported music service spiralfrog shut down this week, quietly and without warning...
"A source close to the company told CNET News that SpiralFrog has ceased operations and assets have been surrendered to creditors," writes CNET's Greg Sandov...
Investitionen
in Das Schuh-Fashion-Blog, on March 20, 2009
Zu diesem neuen Fund suche ich mir noch was Schönes bei Net-a-porter aus. Vielleicht den Jumpsuit von Rick Owens oder den fantastischen Lederpencilskirt von Proenza Schouler und dazu die wundervolle Multicolour-Python-hobo-bag von Jimmy Choo und zu guter Letzt noch den Hut von Eugenia K...
Global recession: no co-ordination, no end.
in Sox First, on March 20, 2009
There will be no turnaround this year, or next if the latest International Monetary Fund report is anything to go by. The IMF says global GDP has fallen by an unprecedented 5% in the fourth quarter and that we are headed for a global recession with activity now projected to contract by ½ to 1%...
Wolfgang Münchau: Kreditderivate im Finanzmarkt sind eine Zeitbombe!
in Bauen - aber richtig, on March 18, 2009
© FTD.de Wir kennen es aus ungezählten Spielfilmen: Der Held schafft es wenige Sekunden vor der geplanten Explosion, die Zeitbombe zu entschärfen. Doch der weltweite Finanzmarkt ist ein klein wenig komplexer. Wolfgang Münchau : "Die G20-Gruppe der führenden industrie - und Schwe...
Will Health Care Reform Affect Outsourcing?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on March 15, 2009
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In a recent Huffington Post article , Fritz Hollings, former senator from South Carolina. The article calls for broad, sweeping changes in tax and trade policies, changes that would, no doubt, make many of the readers of this site uncomfortable. However, he also makes a very in...
Newspaper futures
in Sox First, on March 12, 2009
Last month, I did a blog entry on how newspapers were dying. Now we have Gawker reporting that San Francisco Chronicle journalists are talking to investors about buying the paper and restructuring it into a non-profit, with the journalists chipping in some money themselves. Sounds fine...
Google CEO: Twitter A 'Poor Man's Email System'
in Wangtam, on March 4, 2009
• Google CEO: Twitter A 'Poor Man's Email System'
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Supply chain video: Managing Supply Chain in a Tough Economy (Part 3)
in Supplychainer, on February 28, 2009
Here comes the third part of the video by Rob Handfield, the Bank of America Professor of Supply Chain Management at North Carolina State University (You can see the first part and second part here & here ). Developing customers and paying attention to what is happening to customers as well a...
Tour Gets Burned Again
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 24, 2009
The Beleaguered Commish
2009 is going to be a year that Tim Finchem will want to forget. If he survives it intact.
There is a body of study called Socionomics , the brainchild of Robert Prechter (Elliott Wave Theory) that argues it is social mood that determines market direction and ultimate...
European government bailouts: Should we let one go broke?
in Wangtam, on February 22, 2009
• European government bailouts: Should we let one go broke?
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• Finally, A Use for Twitter
• 谷歌Chrome浏览器正式支持谷歌地球插件、
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• Twittez - Questions & Answers on Twitter!
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The Two Trillion Dollar Meltdown by Charles R Morris
in Sox First, on February 19, 2009
The book from Morris provides some interesting insights into the market's implosion. It's not that we didn't have any warning. Morris makes the point that the collateralised mortgage obligations crisis, the 1987 stock market crash and the collapse of Long Term Capital Management w...
Bad Money by Kevin Phillips
in Sox First, on February 17, 2009
The latest book from political and economic pundit Phillips is a sobering reflection of how we got into this mess. Phillips identifies the problem coming from three structural issues. The first is that financial services have expanded massively. In 1950, financial services were worth 10.9% of...
Choosing Where the Money Goes
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on February 17, 2009
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After you have calculated both your income and your expenses, it is time to determine some action steps. The first
thing you want to do is to see what you have left over after all your bills and necessary cash expenses are paid. This
money is wh...
Mark Cuban's Open Source Funding: Can Your Business Plan Break Even in 60 Days?
in Biz Plan Hacks, on February 15, 2009
Entrepreneur Mark Cuban wants to fund your business plan. IN the words of Seth Godin , he's calling your bluff: Post a business plan that meets certain criteria and he'll consider funding it, right here, right now. There's a short list of 13 requirements. You can find those at Blog M...
Eliminating Financial Waste to Save Money
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on February 11, 2009
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Recently, people had to start making some serious choices about where to spend their money. With a tighter economy, and less money in people's pockets, the choices were often forced, and people had to start being more frugal with their money. ...
More about Saving Money for an Emergency Fund
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on February 10, 2009
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A lot of people look at an emergency fund as if it were something that is a nice option to have. The truth is that it could only take one accident or health problem to just about wipe you out financially. Even with insurance, it could take som...
IMF risks running out of cash
in Sox First, on February 9, 2009
As if it's not enough that governments in the developed world are headed deep into deficit - the US budget deficit for instance could very well top $2 trillion - to fight the global financial meltdown. They are about to be joined by the International Monetary Fund. IMF managing director Dom...
Saving Money and Setting Up an Emergency Fund
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on February 9, 2009
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At the same time that you are trying to save money, you want to make sure that you also are putting some money away for an emergency fund. You need an emergency fund as quickly as possible because of the potential cost of
emergencies and the dura...
A Conversation with Larry Guevel of Unisys
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on January 29, 2009
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A few days ago, I had the opportunity to chat with Larry Guevel, Vice President of Strategic Business Planning for Unisys Global Outsourcing and Infrastructure Services, about the current state of the outsourcing market and some of Unisys's pro...
Yammer 获收 500 万美元投资
in Wangtam, on January 22, 2009
融资方： Yammer
投资方：Founders Fund 和 Charles River Ventures
The Dystopians - Review
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on January 21, 2009
The article starts off with US resident Dmitry Orlov, from Leningrad , who has been living on a semi-self-sustainable boat in a form 'bourgeois survivalism' for 2 ½ years, riding a bicycle and skipping the TV.
After the downfall of the Soviet Union he learned a lesson for future refe...
US economy, Pearl Harbor and Barack Obama
in Sox First, on January 20, 2009
On the eve of Barack Obama's inauguration, Warren Buffett has come out saying that the US is in the grip of an "economic Pearl Harbor", not as bad as World War Two or the Great Depression, but still pretty severe. In an interview with NBC Tom Brokaw, Buffett says Obama is the leade...
Sony 在 CES 2009 上推出了超过 70 款新产品
in Wangtam, on January 17, 2009
Sony 在今年的 CES 大展上推出了超过 70 款新产品，其中 HUNG 最关注的当然还是 VAIO P。以下是新产品的信息：
VAIO Notebook
VAIO® P Series Lifestyle PC
Currently available for pre-orders at www.sony.com/pr/pseries and at select retailers next month for about $900
* Chic, compact design measuring about the length of a business envelope ...
Methanwolke auf dem Mars
in Neueste Nachrichten der simplenewz Redaktion, on January 16, 2009
Nach der Sichtung der Methanwolke auf dem Mars streiten sich nun die Wissenschaftler, wer den Fund zuerst gemacht hat...
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German Government Authorizes Bail Out Funds For Businesses
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 13, 2009
Germany joined the ever growing list of Western countries that are providing bail out money to their banks, financial markets and industry.
In total nearly $200 Billion in funds has been set aside for economic relief with the bulk of it, about $167 billion reserved for business loan guarantees.
Th...
Mastering Your Money
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on January 12, 2009
Adam Pash over at Get Rich Slowly (ht to Lifehacker ) had some excellent suggestions earlier this month for ways to keep a grip on your money in 2009.
For starters, you should track every penny you spend. It's information. Tracking your spending is an exercise in data collection; it&#...
Fixing the financial system
in Sox First, on January 12, 2009
With Barack Obama taking office next week, the ideas are pouring in on how to get the United States back in order again. One of the most interesting comes from Professor James C VanHorne at Stanford Graduate School of Business. In his piece, Financial Restoration for the United States , VanH...
Windows 7
in Wangtam, on January 9, 2009
• Windows 7
• End of Wall Street: What Happened
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CarDelMar: Mietwagen-Hedging garantiert günstigen Jahresurlaub
in Das Mietwagen-Blog, on January 8, 2009
Hedging - das klingt beim ersten Hinschauen nach Hedge-Fonds und Finanzen. Gemeint ist aber etwas komplett anderes, wie aus einer Pressemitteilung des Mietwagenbrokers Cardelmar hervorgeht. Doch lassen wir dieses selbst zu Wort kommen, denn ich könnte diese grandiose Idee vermutlich nicht halb ...
Leslie Greene Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on January 7, 2009
Designer Fine Jewelry
An entrepreneur with a creative heart and strategic mind for business, Leslie Greene was inspired to design her own line to satisfy every woman's desire for fine jewelry that flaunts chic style , luxurious quality and a timeless, classic appeal. Leslie has been de...
Rise of the new consumer
in Sox First, on January 7, 2009
The market meltdown is changing consumer behavior. And it will produce a new consumer. Retailers tell me consumers are still buying, they're just not spending as much. Instead of a $20 bunch of flowers, it's now $10. People have been learning to live on less, and that will have massive ...
Climate change chain of command
in Sox First, on January 5, 2009
As we move towards an emission trading regime, there is one important question that companies need to sort out: who actually takes responsibility? Business faces the prospect of increased legal action and regulatory burdens. But companies are still in the process of formulating the job to handl...
Fund-raising, Wikipedia style
in Sox First, on January 3, 2009
Just before Christmas, Wikipedia was begging for cash. On December 23, its founder Jimmy Wales had put out an announcement imploring people to donate money to keep the Wikipedia phenomenon going. The site attracts more visitors than Amazon or eBay, partly because it's very often the first...
Are we all Keynesians now?
in Sox First, on December 30, 2008
With the United States government once more getting the taxpayers to bail out a hopeless business, this time announcing it would pump $6 billion into GMAC Financial Services, including $1 billion for General Motors, with the Troubled Relief Assets Program (TARP) turning into a giant slush fund...
Madoff's insanity defense
in Sox First, on December 29, 2008
The legal fallout over Bernard Madoff has taken a New turn with a judge ruling that Madoff must provide a list of all investments, lines of credit, loans, business interests, brokerage accounts, and other holdings to the Securities and Exchange Commission by New Year's Eve. As Bloomberg...
Are You LinkedIn? Why...?
in Bizinformer, on December 26, 2008
Marianne Paskowski over at BusinessWeek took a look this week at the value of LinkedIn - and she concludes that, well, there isn't much value in it. At least not from a business perspective.
In fact, Paskowski seems down right cynical about social networking in general. She says it isola...
Cox defends his legacy
in Sox First, on December 25, 2008
Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Christopher Cox has defended his regime in a way that would just leave the public gob-smacked. The culture of slack oversight allowed US financial institutions and rogues like Bernard Madoff to plunge the United States into recession but Cox says the ...
Microsoft to cut 10% of its workforce
in Sox First, on December 24, 2008
Traditionally, software and PC sell like hot cakes over Christmas. But with the United States in recession and growing job losses, holiday sales are projected to plummet big time and retailers are discounting heavily. There's only so much you can blame on the appalling winter weather in th...
