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The new carbon bubble
in Sox First, on July 11, 2009
...ions. This would not only have financial
impacts, but also environmental consequences, as economies fail to meet GHG reduction targets." As Martha C White at Reuters points out, there are seri...
Chrome OS: The reflective phase
in The CIO Weblog, on July 10, 2009
...ve
We aren't ready to run everything on the Web
Microsoft is a formidable opponent
Google fails often
The Chrome OS makes no business sense
I'll address these, point by point, afte...
Google releases an OS after all
in The CIO Weblog, on July 9, 2009
...ture of computing. Google's view is of cloud-based applications and services, with lightweight, fail-proof devices used for access. While I don't think they ever really wanted to be in the mar...
Will California drag down the United States?
in Sox First, on July 2, 2009
...res. As the San Francisco Chronicle tells us, they just have one month to balance budget. If they fail to do that, the deficit blows out by another billion dollars. The state plans to issue IOUs bu...
What VCs Are Worrying About
in Wangtam, on July 1, 2009
... held stock.
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Is plain vanilla the right goal?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 30, 2009
...king them out.
That's the fear with plain vanilla: You might discourage creative, smart money managers from financial success.
...
Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 3
in Wangtam, on June 26, 2009
...n Authentication: '70 Billion Reasons To Make This Work'
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Digital Britain on Filesharing
in P2P File Sharing, on June 21, 2009
...ister's Chris Williams . " UK Music , which represents labels, collecting societies, music managers and the Musicians' Union said it did not believe the package would reduce piracy by 7...
Hedge Funds Up & Social Media Footprint Expansion
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on June 16, 2009
...gns of global growth and rising commodities prices." Schupp added, "Convertible Arbitrage managers also performed well during May as funds capitalized on the overall appreciation in converti...
Wal-Mart Promises to Promote Women. Do you Believe Them?
in Bizinformer, on June 11, 2009
...le leaders by launching a "global women's council." Just 27% of Wal-Mart's senior managers are women, and that number has been stagnant since 2007. A sex-descrimination case against ...
Coke Redefines Business Intelligence with RFID based Freestyle Drink Dispenser
in The RFID Weblog, on June 9, 2009
...emember the time when New Coke bit the dust and its just one of the several varieties of coke which failed to take of in the market. Even the market seems to have changed since then and has become mor...
Wells Fargo accused of pushing bad loans on African-Americans
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 8, 2009
...a mortgage loan that they eventually wouldn't be able to pay, people will say to me.
What they fail to grasp is that mortgage loan officers are supposed to be looking out for the best interests o...
Cutting Salaries
in Biz Plan Hacks, on June 6, 2009
...d Cutting Salaries Instead of Jobs .
Does it make sense? Once considered off limits for salaried managers and professionals, base pay reductions are becoming increasingly common in today's brut...
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...
Is sacking people unethical?
in Sox First, on May 28, 2009
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With all the layoffs going on, it's worth asking whether managers ever ponder the ethical implications of what they're doing. As the self-styled "ethics guy" Bruce Weinstein sa...
National Venture Capital Association: Suggestions and Blind Spots
in TJ's Weblog, on May 25, 2009
...up in start up companies that are behind schedule for going public and (in the current economy) may fail. Red Herring summed up the NVCA's suggestions: Mr. Doll asked that "both the private s...
Palm Pre Knows How to Successfully Launch a Product
in The Gadgets Weblog, on May 22, 2009
...product, and Palm knows it. The secret is simple; you simply hype the heck out of product and then fail to deliver any to stores which will cause a massive shortage. The media storm will follow, and w...
Tweeting Too Hard
in Wangtam, on May 21, 2009
...ners and property managers
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MBAs and Entrepreneurs
in BootStrapMe, on May 21, 2009
... 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 business h...
US and China: the drug dealer-addict relationship
in Sox First, on May 20, 2009
...ially pleasant to think about what the global economy will look like if China and the United States fail to fix their dysfunctional relationship. The frequent flares of social unrest in China could sp...
Speed Sourcing - An Over-Reaction to Long Procurement Cycles?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on May 19, 2009
...machine. While I understand frustration that corporate bureaucracy can create, particularly for IT managers used to immediate turnaround, and can see the attractiveness of the "solution" pro... ...ce has a number of apparent faults - none of which were highlighted by the article. EquaTerra also fails to recognize the reasons why outsourcing procurement cycles are so long to begin with, includin...
The deplorable state of mathematics education today
in The CIO Weblog, on May 17, 2009
...ng this that I have seen, is ask what the enterprise has to pay to achieve those same levels. And failing to ask that question, they fail to connect the necessary dots that make the entire topic wor...
Saving Money with Grocery Coupons
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on May 15, 2009
...d the value of the coupons in discounts. They sometimes go through the motions, but somehow it can fail to give you the discounts you were looking for. Correct any problems before you leave the store ...
Time to lob a Molotov cocktail
in The CIO Weblog, on May 14, 2009
...o in a way that is right. It provides a philosophy of IT operations which will allow CIOs and IT managers to work within the constraints of business expectations and limited resources without consta... ...happen a lot more frequently than "doing things right." The danger to IT shops lies in a failure to adapt to this reality even as the market around them does. As Lawson says, "...if IT ...
Navigating the new mortgage roadmap
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 12, 2009
...e credit report . You can find out more about this at the Federal Trade Commission .
If you do fail to qualify for a mortgage today, don't feel too bad. You're in pretty good company. Acc...
Do boycotts work?
in Sox First, on May 12, 2009
...ts work? The answer is yes and no, according to a new study. The study Why Boycotts Succeed - and Fail by Kellogg professor Brayden King examined boycotts of 144 companies. As expected, the boycott...
Google Chrome ads on TV
in Wangtam, on May 10, 2009
...astronaut will tweet, take YouTube questions ... live from space
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A Hippocratic oath for managers
in Sox First, on May 8, 2009
...ent in Glendale, Arizona. As detailed here , the proposal is to professionalise managemtn and get managers to take the equivalent of a Hippocratic Oath. As Thunderbird president Angel Cabrera write... ...
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 d...
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in Wangtam, on May 6, 2009
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Franchises Coast Through Recession
in Biz Plan Hacks, on May 5, 2009
... say franchising is recession-proof, but I do say that franchising is recession-resistant. Can you fail with franchising? Of course. How likely you will succeed with franchising? More likely than othe...
Failure Whets the Appetite for Success
in TJ's Weblog, on May 5, 2009
...'s Thoughts had some interesting ideas to share recently about everybody's favorite topic: failure. More specifically, he looked at how failure impacted the entrepreneurial spirit. Give me th...
HedgeCo.Net Spring Manager Showcase on Wed next week
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 26, 2009
... 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 questions yo...
The Pirate Google
in Wangtam, on April 25, 2009
...09
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Hedge Funds in the Cayman Islands
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 21, 2009
...up-to-date and informed. This is particularly so as our firm tends to work directly with investment managers and the more informed our clients are, the better for us as their legal advisers," say...
TARP fraud investigations
in Sox First, on April 21, 2009
...t need widespread corruption for these sorts of frauds to emerge. "You only need a few corrupt managers whose compensation may be tied to the performance of these assets in order to effectively p...
非主流 (34): TwitPic 的喜与忧
in Wangtam, on April 16, 2009
随着 Twitter 的迅猛发展，其热门的周边应用也在"借光"式的迅速成长。其中，专为 Twitter 提供图片分享的服务 TwitPic ，同样有喜有忧。
根据 Twitter 官方的统计信息， 注册用户已经超过 100 万 。可以使用 Twitter ID 登录的 TwitPic 也就等于拥有了这 100 万的用户群体，虽然其中难免一些非使用 TwitPic 的用户，但是根据 TwitPic 的说法，目前他们每月已经获得了 230 余万的独立访客。这是一张非常不错的成绩单，但是，随之而来的是一些无法避免的隐患。
几个小时前，正好在玩 Tweefight ，...
Understanding (and Maybe Avoiding) the Peter Principle
in Bizinformer, on April 15, 2009
...that turned out to be a dude despite their glowing recommendations and excellent resume. And most managers have promoted a loyal employee with 20 years of experience to a new job in the company wher...
Is the US becoming like Russia?
in Sox First, on April 15, 2009
...to be solvent. Also there is a need to drop the belief that there are institutions are too big to fail. "That is not capitalism, but socialism,'' Wolf writes. "That is one of the poi...
What is up with Enterprise 2.0, anyway?
in The CIO Weblog, on April 13, 2009
... least week title Enterprise 2.0 Reality Check , where I discussed some of the realities facing IT managers and CIOs faced with the ascendancy of these new technologies and philosophies in their shop...
The great economic cover up
in Sox First, on April 10, 2009
...ives. But I think they are sincerely just panicked about, "We just can't let the big banks fail." That's wrong. BILL MOYERS : But what might happen, at this point, if in fact they ...
Bossnapping: it's French for industrial action
in Sox First, on April 8, 2009
...failed to fix. "The tactic, which became popular during the tumultuous days of 1968, of taking managers hostage is an extreme yet common measure beloved of the French worker. Reserved for when ot... .... Yes, it's very French. But as the Guardian says, it reflects a deeper problem that the G20 failed to fix. "The tactic, which became popular during the tumultuous days of 1968, of taking ...
中国移动正式启动3G大规模体验
in Wangtam, on April 7, 2009
...id to Fail Over Payouts, Other Terms
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Two Equity Fund Launches
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 6, 2009
... fund and Arab Falcons fund went live on 27th March with an NAV of Euro 100 ($135.2). The portfolio managers, based in London, Cairo, Casablanca and Johannesburg, plan to build up the portfolio up cau...
Internet Advertising Crash: Could It Take Down Your Business Model?
in Biz Plan Hacks, on April 3, 2009
...n any type of revenue from Internet advertising. The piece, by Eric Clemons, is Why Advertising Is Failing On The Internet .
Clemons is Professor of Operations and Information Management at The Wha...
The questions you should ask before going to implementation of SCM solutions?
in Supplychainer, on March 28, 2009
...re? This one seems obvious yet very important. Many times, when companies want to choose a project managers, they look for someone who is available. This is certainly not true. The companies should a... ... people have asked me is: "How should we approach implementation of a SCM initiative, avoiding failure?". Well, I think we should even start from before the implementation: We should ask our...
Is the Internet shattering advertising?
in Sox First, on March 23, 2009
... it has not been requested and when the consumer is in the midst of something else on the net, will fail as a major revenue source for most internet sites. This is particularly true when the consumer ...
Newspapers: obituaries and renewals.
in Sox First, on March 17, 2009
...ut there. It's just going to take different forms and there will be many experiments. Some will fail, and some will be spectacularly successful....
Hacking as a Service
in The CIO Weblog, on March 13, 2009
...imes and whether or not the provider is going to stay in business and what your options are if they fail are trebled when your provider is, not to put to fine a point on it, a criminal. Will criminal ...
Warhammer Online shuts down 63 servers
in PCGamers Blog, on March 13, 2009
What does it tell you when a massively-multiplayer online RPG closes several servers? At the top of one's head, shutting down game servers probably doesn't bode well for the MMO as a whole. But according to Mythic GM Mark Jacobs' forum post , it's actually a good thing when Warh...
Climate change battle lost?
in Sox First, on March 9, 2009
...at the chances of getting an international deal at Copenhagen at the end of this year are likely to fail and that we need to come up with an alternative solution. According to the scientists, people a...
GM - too big to fail?
in Sox First, on March 7, 2009
...y told the Financial Times . That said, I suspect that GM might be classified as "too big to fail". If GM is allowed to slide into bankruptcy, it will hit supplier companies and force them...
Bank nationalisation on its way
in Sox First, on March 6, 2009
...uot;We are painfully learning that the world's mega-banks are too complex to manage, too big to fail and too hard to restructure. Nobody would wish to start from here. But, as worries in the stock...
Biocase Fingerprint Lock Will Be Well Intentioned Failure
in The Gadgets Weblog, on March 4, 2009
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Some uses of technology are well intentioned but destined to fail. Windows Vista, Circuit City, and musical greeting cards are great examples. The Biocase Fingerprint Luggage lock is another well...
Supply chain video: Managing Supply Chain in a Tough Economy (Part 4)
in Supplychainer, on February 28, 2009
...rom whatever we have seen before therefore it should be treated differently.
He recommends senior managers to ask their team to do a quick analysis of supply based, demand side and identify vulnerab...
Supply chain video: Managing Supply Chain in a Tough Economy (Part 2)
in Supplychainer, on February 28, 2009
...iversity. In this part he talks about the results of the survey the recently did among supply chain managers. The statistics from their survey shows 60% of companies plan to keep their scm experts and...
Rapid web-based app development: good or evil?
in The CIO Weblog, on February 27, 2009
...ovide powerful tools as an important, cost-effective service without long-term consequences if they fail, or do they tend to lead to the dark side of data and logic silos which are expensive and time-...
The 25 Most Dangerous Places for Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on February 26, 2009
...e, lists like this are speculative, at best, but they do highlight something that many corporations fail to fully grasp - when your critical information is being held offshore, the effect of world eve...
Supply chain video: Managing Supply Chain in a Tough Economy (Part 1)
in Supplychainer, on February 22, 2009
...t at North Carolina State University shares and presents preliminary survey results of supply chain managers and the actions they are taking and not taking during this economic downturn.
He hig...
Verwaltung zweier Muenchner Wohnanlagen in trockenen Tuechern
in Bauen - aber richtig, on February 21, 2009
... © CBP Die Kölner Investor AXA Investment Managers bringt 91 einheiten der Projekte in München "Giesinger Gärten" in Obergiesing und "Lofts & Flats" in Sendling ...
Hedge Fund Fat Tuesday Networking Event
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on February 21, 2009
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HedgeCo is inviting investors, hedge fund managers, and other industry professionals to come together and enjoy a night of sharing ideas and meeting new contacts at the first big networking event...
New U2 Album Debuts on P2P
in P2P File Sharing, on February 20, 2009
...ecording devices where banned."
"Maybe it's time music publishers, groups, and band managers take a page from Radiohead's In Rainbows and embrace the future of online music distr...
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in Wangtam, on February 17, 2009
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Compliance and Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on February 11, 2009
... outsourcing and offshoring transactions. The article, intended for both outsourcing and compliance managers, highlights specific compliance concerns and maps them to particular aspects of outsourcing...
Multivitamins Don't Protect Women From Cancers and Heart Disease
in Straightfromthedoc, on February 11, 2009
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According to a Women's Health Initiative study, multivitamins have little or no influence in a woman's risk of cardiovascular diseases or cancer.
A study with 161,808 postmenopausal women aged between 50 and 79, reportedly the largest...
Dashboard Madness
in The CIO Weblog, on February 11, 2009
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Michael Krigsman, of ZDNet's IT Project Failures blog, points out the recent rapid expansion of flashy technology dashboards, those cool collections of reports and data which appeal to almos...
Geithner's vague debut
in Sox First, on February 11, 2009
...at will work. Nor do we know whether banks lumbered with toxic debts will be allowed, or forced, to fail. And don't ask how those illiquid assets will be removed from balance sheets. For that matt...
Will GM and Chrysler go bust?
in Sox First, on February 10, 2009
...iling." And according to this analyst report , the chances of a bankruptcy are high. If they fail to produce a restructuring plan by March 31, the automakers will be required to pay back the go...
Neues von der Royal Caribbean Cruise Line
in Kreuzfahrten, on February 3, 2009
...d und der Schweiz aufbauen. "Mit der neu geschaffenen Position des Revenue Managers erweitern wir unseren Handlungsspielraum im deutschen Markt und haben die Möglichkeit, direkt auf das Marktgesc...
Bank bailout failure
in Sox First, on February 3, 2009
... the latest events are showing us that Bush's bank bailout strategy was a complete and absolute failure. First, we had the reports last week of four banks closing in January. The year had barel...
New report from Aberdeen considers innovation in warehousing processes a must
in Supplychainer, on January 31, 2009
...towards doing more with less: As you can see from the following chart, nearly half of the warehouse managers are forced to support more sales out of their facilities. Another interesting issue I found...
