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Carbon market bonanza for accountants
in Sox First, on July 10, 2009
...p to facilitate the trade in permits. Alternatively, there will be financial penalties that produce more greenhouse gas emissions than permitted. What all this means is that investors will demand mor... ... trading a license to print money. Earlier this week, we had reports that the Big Four accounting firms are beefing their expertise and setting up climate desks for their clients which include high ...
Virginia Nanotechnology Park Moves Forward
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 9, 2009
...007 with 187. Virginia Tech and nearby nanotech firms captured 61 of them valued at $15 million, more grants than in any other region of the state."
The full article is available here.
... ...basic nanotechnology research from 2003 through 2007 with 187. Virginia Tech and nearby nanotech firms captured 61 of them valued at $15 million, more grants than in any other region of the state.&q...
Install OS X On SD Card
in Wangtam, on June 30, 2009
... HTC Hero Pre-Order At Amazon UK!
• Microsoft puts Razorfish up for sale
• Telecom firms back standard phone charger in Europe
• Fennec Alpha 2 now available for Windows Mobile
• Vodafone eye...
Durbin-Grassley, Indian Outsourcing, and the H-1B Visa
in Global Mobility Report, on June 29, 2009
... would probably bring an end to the Indian outsourcing model by requiring that U.S. company have no more than half of their employees be H-1B visa holders.
The H-1B is a temporary work visa used t... ...itizenship for those workers.
The Indian outsourcing model takes a different approach. Outsourcing firms typically post visa workers in the U.S. on a short-term basis, in many cases about 18 months. ...
Does Obama's patchwork overhaul go far enough?
in Sox First, on June 18, 2009
...s that could destroy the financial system. The changes also force financial services firms to carry more capital to guard against losses. They will also have to retain a portion of the loans they pack... ...rge institutions that could destroy the financial system. The changes also force financial services firms to carry more capital to guard against losses. They will also have to retain a portion of the ...
Hard times for logistics and transportation companies...
in Supplychainer, on June 11, 2009
...n flight-pay guarantees; early retirement; and sick bank contributions.
Even though UPS needs much more initiatives to survive such periods, joint efforts with union organizations seem like good star... ...cts their large logistics chain.
- The predicted growth haven't materialized so some logistics firms have ended up with extra resources.
So, like many other sectors, these companies have started...
The Twitpocalypse is Near: Will Your Twitter Client Survive?
in Wangtam, on June 10, 2009
...smaller firms
• Asustek Vows to Out-Apple Apple
• Breaking: Facebook Username Landrush to Start June 13 at Midnight
• Bing Off to a Good Start in First Week of Search Activity, According to comS...
50 Beautiful Flash Websites
in Wangtam, on June 9, 2009
...he European Parliament
• WWDC 2009 Predictions
• Super Chirp
• PC firms face China decree
• Seesmic To Launch New Desktop Version, iPhone App And Browser Based Client
• Scan Your Books And S...
Supply chain video: Short interview on SC Finance
in Supplychainer, on June 8, 2009
...panies in car business have put working capital reduction in their agenda and gives examples of the firms like KPN (Telecom operator in Netherlands) and Syngenta and their initiatives.
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Supply chain video: Supply chain scorecard
in Supplychainer, on May 31, 2009
... there are less examples of the concepts and models such as SCOR reference model adopted by several firms at once. However, I came across another new one which is becoming mainstream among Electric co...
National Venture Capital Association: Suggestions and Blind Spots
in TJ's Weblog, on May 25, 2009
...suggestion, though, would seem to aggravate the liquidity issue.
Bulger's second criticism is more pointed. For an IPO market to recover, the financial institutions will have to build investor t... ...nstead of buying them to speculate on and flip quickly. And a final suggestion was that taxes on VC firms not be raised past the current capital gains framework.
Bulger at PE Hub made some interesti...
Britain to lose AAA rating, US is next
in Sox First, on May 23, 2009
...d of course, the perverse irony 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....
The refi money is still flowing
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 21, 2009
...ir employees at a record pace. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, mortgage brokerage firms slashed 3,900 employees in January alone. This leaves a smaller number of loan officers to han...
Employee disengagement in a recession
in Sox First, on May 21, 2009
...s problem, it doesn't exactly tell us what they can do. Business leaders here say the key is more up-front communication. But it needs more than that. As I point out in my piece here , smart c... ... engagement levels should set alarm bells ringing in boardrooms because there is some evidence that firms with highly engaged workforces tend to outperform stragglers." So with more companies cu...
Cashing in on the disgust with banks
in Sox First, on May 19, 2009
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Last week, I did a blog entry looking at how banks were going to face more intense competition in the wash-up from this financial crisis. To put it bluntly, banks will be losing market share to ... ...l be losing market share to such forces as peer-to-peer lending, Islamic finance, boutique advisory firms and retailers setting up their own banks. All of them will be cashing in on the public disgust...
Financial crisis winners to hurt banks
in Sox First, on May 15, 2009
...tself "America's largest people-to-people lending marketplace" and which has garnered more than 790,000 members and some $169 million in loans since its debut in 2006, LendingClub and ...
Dayton RFID Convergence Center: World’s First Business Incubator for Start Ups
in The RFID Weblog, on May 13, 2009
...Convergence Center is located at the thirty acre Tech Town Business Park and is scouting for RFID firms who would like to bring over their technology experience. It will be offering flexible facilit...
SpringSource Buys Hyperic
in Java Entrepreneur, on May 11, 2009
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"The move will expand SpringSource's Java offerings and allow the company to provide a more comprehensive open source stack," writes Ars Technica's Ryan Paul . "SpringSourc... ...n popularity in the five years since it was created, and it has won numerous accolades from analyst firms, such as Gartner, which named it a 'company to watch in 2009,'" writes SD Times&...
H1B: Frying pan to fire
in The CIO Weblog, on May 11, 2009
...There are few things more controversial in the world of IT HR than the H1B foreign-worker visa program. CIOs, as a rule, are fans; the ability to hire from an increasingly large pool of eager and well... ...e losing the war by inadvertently driving talent away from American tech companies and into foreign firms and startups, according to this Investors.com article .
The problem is an outgrowth of a lar...
Kapalua Saved. PGA Sighs With Relief
in Eagle Par Birdie, on May 8, 2009
...e its greens and completed renovations to its hotel and villas.
See how s**t flows downhill?
With more than a hint of unintended irony, Commissioner Finchem declared that it was an indication that t... ...r broader industry sectors" rather than sticking with the traditional financial and automotive firms.
Ya think? The Tour should have been doing this last year but apparently they're not too ...
USC Gets $12.5 Million from DOE for Nanotech Energy Research
in Nanotechbuzz, on May 2, 2009
...rs will be established at universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and private firms across the nation... the new Materials for Energy Systems research center at USC will seek to ...
The Future of Golf is Online
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 17, 2009
...pects to earn 100 million dollars this year through premium subscriptions to online ball games - at more than a hundred bucks per subscriber!
And this during the Great Recession. Who'd a thunk it... ...dumb about that is how global advertisers like Coke, MacDonald's, Ford, GM, worldwide financial firms like UBS, Citi and many others are denied access to a literally global audience.
When you com...
IPOs: don't blame Sarbox
in Sox First, on April 15, 2009
...beyond the financial crisis. Simply put, it's the market's architecture where you have many more alternative sources of finance. Debt can be sold in the private market, there's private equ... ...ournal was raising concerns about the Obama administration's plans to regulate venture capital firms, pointing out that Sarbanes Oxley's compliance costs had stopped start ups from going publ...
Skype's Founders Want Their Company Back
in The VoIP Weblog, on April 10, 2009
...or eBay and Skype, comments that some on Wall Street have taken as an interest in selling."
More here from ReadWriteWeb ... and more here from TechCrunch .
... ...uot;Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, the founders of Skype, have approached several private equity firms and are pooling their own substantial resources to make a bid for the Internet calling service...
Seattle TechExecs CIO Panel Forum
in The CIO Weblog, on April 8, 2009
...mi-regulated industries, two of which are relatively recession-proof.
The discussion, however, was more what I had been hoping for after things warmed up. The executives in the audience piped in comm... ...d selection of IT executives, whether or not the conversations matched up with what the big analyst firms were talking about; IT/business alignment or the post-IT/business alignment world (depending o...
G20 and FASB: the banks win again
in Sox First, on April 3, 2009
... off the table when the firm starts performing badly so there will be no reward for failure. Furthermore, firms have to "clear, comprehensive and timely information" about their compensation... ...he table when the firm starts performing badly so there will be no reward for failure. Furthermore, firms have to "clear, comprehensive and timely information" about their compensation pract...
Novell Intros SLE 11
in HackITLinux, on March 27, 2009
... , and a graphical user interface for monitoring and administering clustered environments."
More here from Channel Register ... more here from InformationWeek ... more here from DesktopLin... ...dows tools."
"On the server side, SLE 11 offers a high-availability extension that lets firms build Linux clusters to maintain business continuity," writes VNUnet's Daniel Robins...
Geithner's push for power and the law of unexpected outcomes
in Sox First, on March 26, 2009
... contracts and now deserve to be paid as promised. None of us should be cheated of our payments any more than a plumber should be cheated after he has fixed the pipes but a careless electrician causes... ...cretary 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 p...
NASA to provide 100 TB of space images to Microsoft
in Wangtam, on March 26, 2009
...;s Wonder Wheel Experiment, and More
• FrowningSmile
• Collaborative Intelligence for companies - YoolinkPro
• SimpleGlucose
• Google Invests in Pixazza, An AdSense for Images
• Nokia sends ... ...sable the Close button (X) of selected windows.
• Firms Seek Profit in Twitter's Chatter
• IBM to Cut U.S. Jobs, Expand in India
• For Whom the .Tel Tolls
• iStopOver Short Term Rentals: R...
Market soars as trade collapses
in Sox First, on March 24, 2009
... 2009. The financial crisis has disrupted the normal functioning of the banking system and deprived firms and individuals of much-needed credit. Falling stock markets and housing prices have also admi...
Executive pay and shareholder greed
in Sox First, on March 23, 2009
...f executive pay at banks and Wall Street firms. The new rules, it's said, are likely to tie pay more closely to performance and one would expect shareholders will get more say. Companies might hav... ... Barack Obama is about to give itself increased oversight of executive pay at banks and Wall Street firms. The new rules, it's said, are likely to tie pay more closely to performance and one would...
A.I.G. Lists Firms It Paid With Taxpayer Money
in Wangtam, on March 16, 2009
...• A.I.G. Lists Firms It Paid With Taxpayer Money
• Email Marketing with Sendn
• FastSoft, Inc.
• BlueStripe Software
• Web Access Management | On Demand | Symplified
• Axxana.com - Taking D...
Warning to CFOs: don't trust HR
in Sox First, on March 11, 2009
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All over the world, financial services firms are sacking workers. An International Labor Organisation (ILO) report says there were 325,000 layoffs around the world between August 2007 and 12 Feb...
The key themes in the supply chain of tomorrow
in Supplychainer, on March 8, 2009
...t difficult for some of the weakest retailers to get needed inventory and could even translate into more bankruptcies."
The scarcity of equipment to transport goods domestically. "...in t... ...ods domestically. "...in the face of lower volumes and fuel cost issues, about 2,000 trucking firms failed in 2007, and almost a thousand more in Q1 2008. That is taking an incredible amount of ...
Oliver Wight launches fast track offerings for supply chain improvement
in Supplychainer, on February 28, 2009
...ing in big transformational projects but tend to spend money on quick cost reduction work. So I see more and more consulting firms launching such programs:
Oliver Wight is one of them which has laun... ...al projects but tend to spend money on quick cost reduction work. So I see more and more consulting firms launching such programs:
Oliver Wight is one of them which has launched a series of "Fa...
Outsourcing Takes a Hit
in Biz Plan Hacks, on February 24, 2009
...e so pronounced that even outsourcing is getting scaled back. Executives who once relied on outside firms to handle certain IT tasks to cut costs are now reining in some outsourcing plans on concern t...
Tour Gets Burned Again
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 24, 2009
...this and agreed to pay nearly 800 million dollars to close the investigation - possibly before even more unpleasantness turns up.
Will UBS remain a Tour sponsor for much longer? It's doubtful.
L... ... the sorts of sponsors the PGA Tour - or any other Tour that has done business with major financial firms - wants to dance the Tango with.
The problem is in finding other well-heeled sponsors outside...
AZ Collection Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on February 19, 2009
...ing partnerships with the most renowned local artisans , as well as the internationally recognized firms, to bring you a unique and extensive selection at the best possible value. ...
Bad Money by Kevin Phillips
in Sox First, on February 17, 2009
...n the nation's history, cavalierly ventured a multiple gamble: first, financializing a hitherto more diversified US economy; second, using massive quantities of debt and leverage to do so; third, ... ...g much to rein in the finance buccaneers given how they heavily it was funded by financial services firms including hedge funds. "In Republican and Democratic national politics, the notion of a ...
Data management and forecasting remain top challenges in life science sector
in Supplychainer, on February 16, 2009
...resources with specific expertise in data integration or outsourcing such task to business services firms.
The authors also propose companies to focus on value in demand management do projects such ...
Banks are insolvent
in Sox First, on February 13, 2009
...omics Nouriel Roubini, Dr Doom himself, has warned that total losses on loans by American financial firms and their falling value will reach $3.6 trillion. That's up substantially from his previou...
Del Gatto Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on February 4, 2009
...rilliant diamonds for a total of 0.06 carats.
$1298
The thing that sets Del Gatto apart from other firms is their specialization in shell cameo jewelry, but they also use gemstones and diamond accent...
Perry Wins Packed FBR
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 2, 2009
...e from another planet, I don't need to tell you how many jobs were lost in the U.S. last year - more than 2 million - or how many companies are axing their workforces on a daily basis.
What this ... ...ey show no signs of bottoming out.
New home sales are non-existent, forcing plenty of construction firms to lay off employees or simply close the doors.
Unless you're from another planet, I don&...
The Truth About Classic Car Auctions
in Classical Drives, on February 2, 2009
...total sales, surprising Nigel. "Compared to their 2008 Phoenix Auction, this year they sold 18 more vehicles but the total sales figures were down by $8,514,37." Perhaps the most interesting... ... After reading the optimistic press releases from the various auction firms that participated in the 2009 Scottsdale extravaganza, I'm pleased to deliver the truth, thanks to our contributor Nig...
Does Sarbanes-Oxley mean audit offshoring?
in Sox First, on February 2, 2009
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Offshoring has become more prevalent in recent years. Most firms send part of their operations to cheaper places overseas. But offshoring of audit functions is becoming more popular and, accordin... ...
Offshoring has become more prevalent in recent years. Most firms send part of their operations to cheaper places overseas. But offshoring of audit functions is becoming more popular and, accordin...
The axe man cometh: get ready for a shorter working week
in Sox First, on January 27, 2009
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It's the year of the axe with companies axing more than 75,000 jobs, led by Caterpillar which is sacking 20,000 . For a good breakdown, check this little table from the Financial Times . Th... ...re likely to put their workers on shorter weeks. The British Government is considering plans to pay firms to cut the working hours of thousands of staff instead of retrenching them, according to this ...
Microsoft joins the layoff club
in The CIO Weblog, on January 22, 2009
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This morning reveals that the rumored and expected layoffs at Microsoft have in fact materialized. In the wake of disappointing 2Q revenue results which missed company estimates by $900 million,...
Interesting finalists for Obama CTO
in The CIO Weblog, on January 20, 2009
... took the Cisco job after a hard ending at Motorola , but her background has been at large, staid firms of that sort and while she enjoys a fine reputation in the industry, it's unclear what sort...
The big accounting issues for 2009
in Sox First, on January 16, 2009
...ue because of depressed asset values and persistent illiquidity in certain markets. What's even more worrying is the warning that we will see more firms taking more "other than temporary impa... ... illiquidity in certain markets. What's even more worrying is the warning that we will see more firms taking more "other than temporary impairment" charges in the coming quarters. The s...
Security is just broken
in The CIO Weblog, on January 15, 2009
...he list checking off all the "cutting edge" concepts being presented that violated one or more of those rules.
The best thing I heard was in the first half-hour: the recommendation to apply...
Windows 7 looks on-track for early release
in The CIO Weblog, on January 14, 2009
...late summer, and release a smoother product in the fall. That gives them the best of both worlds: a more polished product which will receive better reviews, while still beating the projected release d...
Executives targeted in trojan attack
in The CIO Weblog, on January 12, 2009
...longer have to spin up your own servers internally to provide any sort of internet-based service anymore; indeed, it's no longer typically cost-effective to do so. With the burgeoning expansion of...
Fixing the financial system
in Sox First, on January 12, 2009
...l subsidy to the lender or to the borrower for certain types of socially desirable loans, making it more sustainable than Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
... ...ce companies, mortgage companies, hedge funds, finance companies, thrifts, credit unions, commodity firms, brokerage firms, prime brokers, derivative and futures markets dealers, and banks not regulat...
The Effect of Satyam's Revelation
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on January 10, 2009
...rcing vendors and large Indian companies and could have a silver lining - particularly if it brings more recognized financial reporting discipline to all players in the industry.
Glowing annual repor... ...o doubt that it casts a pale on the statements of strength in the face that many Indian outsourcing firms made in the face of the global financial crisis.
No doubt, this crisis will be difficult for ...
Outsourcing safely
in The CIO Weblog, on January 9, 2009
...y is for your peace of mind when outsourcing firms may be affected as heavily or worse than yours.
More after the jump.... ... you need when the economy is uncertain; the flexibility is for your peace of mind when outsourcing firms may be affected as heavily or worse than yours.
More after the jump....
Silicon Alley Insider 评面向 Web 2.0 市场 20 大风投公司
in Wangtam, on January 8, 2009
科技 Blog 网站 Silicon Alley Insider 本周根据 VC Experts Key Investment Trends 数据 评出了 面向 Web 2.0 市场的 20 大风险投资公司。
由于股票市场低迷、IPO 市场紧缩，并购市场又不景气，风险投资产业受到了影响。据美国风险投资协会 (NVCA) 数据显示，明年整体风险投资额将下滑 10% 以上。
对于 Web 2.0 企业而言，所吸纳的风险投资额之所以减少，在一定程度上与其自身资金需求下滑有关。以下这 20 大风险投资在 Web 2.0 市场的投资总额为 7.26 亿美元。
Subprime meltdown drives litigation
in Sox First, on January 7, 2009
...associated with 97 federal securities class actions. In 2008, 111 class actions were filed against firms listed on the NYSE/Amex compared to 68 against firms listed on NASDAQ. With the way the marke...
Satyam stranger than fiction
in The CIO Weblog, on January 7, 2009
...ay's revelation by Chairman Ramalinga Raju that he has been cooking the books... to the tune of more than a billion dollars.
As I implied in that post last week, I'd planned to discuss off-sh... ...n anything I was imagining when I wrote this entry on the dismal prospects for Indian off-shoring firms last week, singling out Satyam particularly in light of their increasing financial difficultie...
What's ahead for US financial institutions?
in Sox First, on January 6, 2009
...eniors who have lost 40% of the value of their equities. The one certain bet is that we are in for more regulation. Academics from Emory University's Goizueta Business School have forecast the ... ...hat lies ahead for the US financial services sectors, particularly mortgage brokers, private equity firms and hedge funds. Economist james K Galbraith has produced his list which makes a lot of...
Opening the kimono of your IT department
in The CIO Weblog, on January 5, 2009
...io
Critical Business Services Availability
Operational Health
The last two have always been more or less available outside the IT department and they are probably the most important factors, b...
Feasting on the carcasses of off-shoring firms
in The CIO Weblog, on January 2, 2009
...l reactions to the deepening recession might exercise their initiative to move their outsourcing to more stable ground, or reduce their reliance on it considerably, but the generic cost-cutting or fro... ...
In a downturn it's inevitable that those firms which are luckier or better prepared than their competitors will take advantage of their positioning to eat the lunch, or other savory delectable...
IP infringement is the new risk category in SCM
in Supplychainer, on December 29, 2008
... commodity prices and IP issues seem to be the new elements. I personally think that IP issues are more serious as they are not dependent of the market conditions and they should be solved anyway.
... ... The solution providers for design and manufacturing collaborations with suppliers
- The consulting firms which provide auditing services and supplier selection in countries like China with lower risk...
Corporate jets nosedive
in Sox First, on December 26, 2008
...ar executives, the corporate jet market is still booming, reports Associated Press with financial firms that received billions in bailout dollars still owning and operating fleets. But, as the repor...
The Madoff scandal: now for the auditors
in Sox First, on December 23, 2008
...role of Frank DiPascali, who dealt with client accounts and worked at Mr. Madoff's firm for more than 30 years, said a person familiar with the matter. " 'If you wanted anything, a n... ...didn't do audits and therefore wasn't subject to the normal professional reviews that audit firms are required to have,' Roberts said.
...
Madoff fallout continues to spread
in Sox First, on December 22, 2008
...w is that you can't have a fraud of that size without some assistance. Which is why accounting firms which looked after the feeder funds that pumped billions into Madoff's Ponzi schemes are i...
Venture Capitalists Karen Gordon Mills Nominated to Head the Small Business Administration
in Bizinformer, on December 20, 2008
...he next SBA administrator would be female and promote programs that help women-owned businesses get more government contracts and loans. Maine papers today reported that Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe ... ... entrepreneur, considering the past few were not. Ms. Mills' experience founding private-equity firms and working with many start-ups may satisfy that desire. Others speculated the post might be e...
Morgan Stanley's Asia PE Chief Gets Axed
in China Venture News, on December 20, 2008
...andel's fast departure from his new post underscores the brutal environment that private equity firms and their bankers face not just in Western countries, but Asia too."
While Mandal's ...
Hedge my Job
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on December 17, 2008
... 6 months ago" according to Powerchex Limited.
Hedge fund and insurance companies also made more employment offers than 6 months ago as those companies who have been able to remain stable thro... ...ial turmoil of the past few months.
Investment managers saw a 22% increase in job offers as rival firms take advantage of the increasing number of financial services workers looking for a job by &qu...
Madoff and SEC neglect
in Sox First, on December 13, 2008
...d and Ponzi scheme that Wall Street legend Bernard Madoff is accused of is bad enough. But what is more remarkable are the questions about federal regulators. Why was the Securities and Exchange Comm... ...9;It's a proprietary strategy. I can't go into it in great detail.' "Nor were the firms that market Madoff's funds forthcoming. "It's a private fund. And so our inclinat...
Terrorism's Shadow on VC in India
in TJ's Weblog, on December 9, 2008
...ar, while China VC investment is now higher than it's ever been.
Of course, everyone has hired more security guards. And there are other ways to have a meeting than flying in and spending the nig... ...dia. As Ken Schachter pointed out over at Red Herring late last month, some of the most prominent firms in U.S. venture capitalism have offices in Mumbai, including Sequoia Capital, Battery Ventures...
