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Derivatives tripped up regulators: Geithner
in Sox First, on July 11, 2009
...ncial markets around the world. The derivatives market now dwarfs the global economy. London-based investment consultancy Independent Strategy developed a huge inverted pyramid of global liquidity....
AMR: Oracle/Sun to 'Wreak Havoc' on Enterprise Software Market
in Java Entrepreneur, on July 9, 2009
...on . "This would not be settled in the near term as Oracle hoped, and that would have major IT investment implications..."
"Anyone out there still think Oracle's acquisition of Su...
Alienware OptX AW2210 21.5 寸游戏用显示器
in Wangtam, on July 6, 2009
... experience. With sleek looks and a dramatic profile that catch every eye in the room, the display's key features include:...
The Goldman Sachs-Rolling Stone slugfest
in Sox First, on July 3, 2009
...rmula is relatively simple: Goldman positions itself in the middle of a speculative bubble, selling investments they know are crap. Then they hoover up vast sums from the middle and lower floors of so...
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...
Pensioners kidnap and torture their investment adviser
in Sox First, on June 25, 2009
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Working as an investment adviser these days is dangerous. You risk incurring the wrath of financial crisis victims. And it doesn't matter how old they are either. Here's an extraordinary ...
Don't believe the homeownership hype
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 24, 2009
...many sell their home and then buy another home. Now, if housing prices have risen, sellers may make more money selling their house than what they paid for it. But they'll also be buying a house wh... ...est lifestyle choice for you and your family. You shouldn't buy a house becasue it's a good investment.
There's a simple reason for this: Homes aren't as good of an investment as real...
Bankers' pay soars despite crisis
in Sox First, on June 22, 2009
...he Financial Times reports that Merrill Lynch, UBS and Citigroup are actually cranking up pay for investment bankers to stop them leaving. Market rates for bankers have been running close to the boo...
Study Anticipates Increasing Use of Linux on Mainframes
in HackITLinux, on June 21, 2009
...engine will grow between 21 percent and 40 percent, and another 10 percent said that use will grow more than 76 percent."
More here from ComputerWeekly ... more here from TMCnet ... and th... ... that Linux offers on the mainframe — and that the mainframe remains an ongoing focus for IT investment."
"Of the 100 IT professionals at global enterprises contacted, 93 percent sai...
Does Apple need Steve Jobs?
in Sox First, on June 20, 2009
...to Apple whether Jobs returns? How much difference can a CEO make, anyway? David Pearl from Epoch Investment Partners says the performance of Apple shares tell us one thing: the company has shown i...
Securing pharma supply chain: Is now the right time?
in Supplychainer, on June 18, 2009
...chain system is relatively safe, the FDA has estimated that at least 81 Americans died and hundreds more became sick from severe allergic reactions to the tainted ingredient.
The author of the piece... ...ocus on minimum requirements imposed by governments and legislation organizations and postpone more investment to the future. What do you think? (I myslef would go for the second approach).
...
Popcorn Hour C-200 launches
in The Wired Home Weblog, on June 18, 2009
...t will cost $299, a fair amount, but for the capabilities it gives, it's certainly a worthwhile investment!...
Throwing the book at Madoff
in Sox First, on June 16, 2009
...uot;Madoffs investors have been put in a position of years & generations (in my case 4) of lost investment earnings, homes, retirement, children's education and charitable contributions. My hu...
The Coming Solar Revival
in IfEnergy, on June 15, 2009
...mmercial-scale solar business has stalled due to the lack of bank funding for projects. The defunct investment bank Lehman Brothers had been a major investor in renewable energy projects. SunPower CEO...
eDarling: neue Dating -Plattform
in Dating 2.0 , on June 11, 2009
...dung berufeneren Köpfen oder aber der Zeit. Denn irgendwann wird sich herausstellen, ob das neue Investment der Jamba-Millionäre marc , Alexander und Oliver Samwer aufgeht oder nicht. Die Pläne ind...
Art Funds
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on June 10, 2009
...in receiving actual works held within the fund upon redemption. The Art Photography Fund has gained more than 15% since inception in March 2008.
"We are convinced that there are better opportuni... ...
According to Friedrich Kiradi, head of Merit Alternative Investments GmbH and director of the world-wide first Art Photography Fund. "Investments in material assets such as real estate, comm...
Western Digital My Book Studio Edition is 4TB Worth of Peace
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 10, 2009
...ind and data security. With 4TB, you would never need to buy a new drive - this sucker is quite the investment.
Western Digital Press Release via Coolest Gadgets ...
Recession Forces More Golf Deals
in Eagle Par Birdie, on June 8, 2009
... down thousands of dollars for the privilege of playing.
Leave the club and you abandon your "investment".
But with an equity stake in the bricks, mortar and turf, you could make money if ...
Forza Motorsport 3 游戏截图预览
in Wangtam, on June 3, 2009
...cess
• Shutdown a Windows machine from Linux
• Edit Microsoft Word 2007 Documents in Print Preview
• Bing 411
• YouTube XL Brings The World's Most Popular Video Portal To Your TV
• PutAC...
Fujitsu expands to Australian ERP market
in Supplychainer, on May 31, 2009
... now in a position to offer a broader range of solutions and services to support our customers' investments in SAP and Oracle throughout their investment lifecycle. This is very exciting news for ...
New MBAs claim they'll be ethical. Yeah right!
in Sox First, on May 31, 2009
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Interesting piece in the New York Times about future business leaders claiming they will be more ethical. According to the piece, about one out of five of the Harvard Business School graduating ... ...ticism, but I rather suspect that the first time one of these kids quotes his oath to some MD at an investment banking firm he's more than likely to receive a suggestion as to what he can do with ...
How much is Facebook worth?
in Sox First, on May 30, 2009
...pen the revenue floodgates for Facebook, et al. Currently, the only thing they're generating is more users, which requires more bandwidth, which requires more capital, which, at some point (soon?)... ...
Hard to comprehend the extraordinary $200 million investment in Facebook by Digital Sky Technologies, a private Russian internet investment group. As reported in the Financial Times , it values F...
ROI Measurement and Misunderstanding
in The CIO Weblog, on May 26, 2009
...os in which the very process of measuring complex second and third order investment benefits can be more complex and costly than those benefits are ultimately worth.
Since SOA is almost entirely abou... ...t there are certain scenarios in which the very process of measuring complex second and third order investment benefits can be more complex and costly than those benefits are ultimately worth.
Since ...
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... ...sm for creating enough cash to allow the company to pay a venture capital firm some return on their investment in the new company. So the meager number of IPOs last year means that most VC funds aren&...
New in Labs: Inbox preview
in Wangtam, on May 23, 2009
• New in Labs: Inbox preview
• Confirmed: Apple Tablet In 2010
• How to Email Texts to Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile & AT&T Phones
• 神秘电脑病毒袭击美FBI和法警署
• Not All Sprint Stores Carrying the Pre- Find Out Which Ones Near You Will
• Create a 3D logo with The GIMP
• RidetheCity.com
• Re...
Britain to lose AAA rating, US is next
in Sox First, on May 23, 2009
...t rating , there are fears that the United States could go the same way. Bill Gross, the co-chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Co. has told Bloomberg that the US is likely t...
MBAs and Entrepreneurs
in BootStrapMe, on May 21, 2009
...cle that looked at our infatuation as a nation with the MBA and suggested that perhaps we should be more concerned with the talent of entrepreneurship than with training. Rarely have I seen the contra... ...s leaders. Is our fascination 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 ...
The recession: blaming the business schools
in Sox First, on May 21, 2009
... Cox, the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a remarkable trinity who more than fulfilled the mission of their alma mater: 'To educate leaders who make a difference i... ...t do a lot of its recruitment? Until recently, the majority of Harvard's MBAs went into jobs in investment banking, private equity or hedge funds. These were the careers of choice. You can make lo...
US and China: the drug dealer-addict relationship
in Sox First, on May 20, 2009
...hy - that have already done the best. Living standards for the rest of China would continue to grow more slowly than the pace of economic growth suggests they should. For the rest of the world, China&... ...onds falls which means they will lose money. Which also means they will start to look elsewhere for investment. What it requires is a rethink of the attitude that there is nothing wrong with debt. The...
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 ... ...g licence from Britain's Financial Services Authority. Branson is also reportedly talking to US investment banks and other investors about financial backing. Virgin Money is also said to be intere...
Sony Introduces DSLR Cameras for the Rest of Us
in The Gadgets Weblog, on May 18, 2009
... camera. The user interface of the new cameras has also been simplified. It resembles the UI of the more consumer focused Sony Cybershot series. Some might see this as a "dumbing down" of a ... ...0, and the a380 is $850. For people looking to improve their photography experience, without a huge investment or shocking learning curve the a230 should do nicely.
via PhotoRunner ...
The problem with economists
in Sox First, on May 18, 2009
...ysed governments and transformed societies. But economists are just as much to blame. Possibly even more because so many of the financial models were based on the work of economists. What's more, ... ...redecessors. While most previous crises were the result of too much money pouring into new physical investment opportunities, this one was caused to a large extent by financial innovation, a shadow ba...
Geldanlage in der Krise: Rosinen wollen gepickt werden.
in Das Börsen Weblog, on May 17, 2009
Jede Zeit ist besonders und ist besonders gut geeignet für eine bestimmte Gruppe. An den internationalen Börsen macht das Wirtschaftsmagazin Euro am Sonntag aktuell die " Stunde der Stock-Picker " aus. Und so heißt es dort: "Die Rosinenpicker sind also vorn.Und die Privatanleger...
Print Books Are Target of Pirates on the Web
in Wangtam, on May 13, 2009
...top-Minimal"
• Apple Worldwide Developers Conference to Kick Off with Keynote Address on Monday, June 8 ... ...ketRiders
• Would You Pay A Journalist To Report The News You Want To Read?
• 海盗湾创始人发起DDo$攻击
• Windows 7 box shots
• Intel outlines notebook plans for 2H09
• Security Alert: Twitter Porn Nam...
Hedge Fund Administrator of The Year
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on May 13, 2009
...O of the European Securities Forum and Angela Knight, CEO of The British Bankers Association.
More about the awards
... ... 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 &...
微软确认将于 12 月正式发售 Windows 7
in Wangtam, on May 12, 2009
刚才在洛杉矶的 TechEd 2009 会议上，微软 Windows 业务高级副总裁 Bill Veghte 确认，微软确认将于 12 月正式发售 Windows 7。公司旗下的另一款产品，适用于客户端及服务器版本的 Windows Server 2008 R2 也将于同期上市。
微软同时表示，将在今年 7 月向此次年会的参加者放出 Office 2010 的技术预览版。微软的一位产品经理 Ward Ralston 则表示，这并不意味着 Office 2010 步入了正式发布前的阶段。微软尚未公布该产品的发布日期。
微软在半月前推出了首个 RC 版的 Windows 7，这也意味着该...
Grüner Aktienfonds schlägt den Markt schon seit Jahren
in Das Börsen Weblog, on May 9, 2009
Grün, grün, grün sind alle meine Aktien, grün, grün, grün ist auch mein
Ertrag. Darum lieb ich alles, was grün ist, weil mein Fonds ein grüner ist.
Letztlich müsste der Fondsmanager dieses Liedchen Tag für Tag auf den lippen
haben.
Schon seit sieben Jahren managet er mit eisernen Grundsätze...
Bankroll blues
in Sox First, on May 7, 2009
... $11 million in campaign donations and lobbying in Washington between 1999 and 2008. You can see a more graphic layout of the way the donations in this FT report here . Read it and weep. Given that... ...ubprime loans, the $1 trillion worth of assets that created the meltdown were owned and financed by investment banks now receiving bailout money. Investment banks owning and financing subprime lenders...
Animal Spirits by George Akerlof and Robert Shiller
in Sox First, on May 4, 2009
...s." Shiller and Akerlof take this one step further, identifying five animal forces that drive investment decisions: confidence, fairness, corruption and anti social behavior and money illusion a...
Direktbesitz über Bauträger oder Immobilienfond mit Ausgabeaufschlag?
in Bauen - aber richtig, on May 4, 2009
...s ist nur eine Szenarioanalyse auf langfristige Sicht. Dabei sollten einem täglich handelbaren Investment auch täglich aktuelle Preise des Basisinvestments - also der Immobilien - zugrunde liegen.&quo...
The next accounting battle
in Sox First, on May 3, 2009
...s Board plans to put out new rules for the United States on off balance sheet vehicles this month. More details here . CFO.com reports how James Kroeker, acting chief accountant at Securities and... ...alance sheet vehicles were one of the reasons the markets went into meltdown. Using borrowed money, investment banks, hedge funds and commercial banks made reckless bets. They created and sold exotic ...
Another sucker's rally
in Sox First, on April 22, 2009
...going to be U-shaped (even though when I watch the stock fluctuations, I do wonder whether it looks more like a W). And he warns that unemployment in the United States will continue to rise, and might... ... the other financial crises that we have experienced in our lifetime." Paul Mendelsohn, chief investment strategist at Windham Financial Services has told reporters not to expect a bull market f...
Hedge Funds in the Cayman Islands
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 21, 2009
...formed. 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," says Sophia Harris, ... ...ur clients 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...
Oracle 出价 74 亿美元收购 Sun
in Wangtam, on April 20, 2009
Oracle 同意以 74 亿美元或每股 9.50 美元的价格收购 Sun ，预计该次并购于今年夏季完成。
Oracle 公司总裁 Safra Catz 称，预计该并购交易完成的第一财年，将促使 Oracle 公司依非国际公认会计原则（Non-GAAP）计算的每股盈利至少增加 15 美分。
Catz 指出，预计其收购 Sun 电子计算机公司的业务在并购第一财年将为 Oracle Non-GAAP 运营利润贡献 15 亿美元 ，第二财年贡献逾 20 亿美元。而并购 Sun 电子计算机公司第一财年将实现的每股收益要高于 Oracle 并购服务器软件供应商 BEA 系统公司的计划每股收益...
Assessing the Future of Venture Capitalism
in TJ's Weblog, on April 20, 2009
...thing special, really. On average it performs much like any other asset class; however, it has much more risk flowing through its veins. So how does Scott explain the current dismal state of venture c... ...omewhat different view on his blog than Siguler does at Red Herring. He talks about venture capital investment this way: ...as a long-term asset class, venture capital is nothing special, really. On a...
Economic recovery a long "slog" - Volcker
in Sox First, on April 19, 2009
... is likely to last for some time. With unemployment figures increasing, people are unlikely to feel more secure. Former Federal Reserve chairman and senior economic adviser to President Obama Paul Vo... ...one long hard slog. The reality is that the fundamentals of housing, consumer demand and corporate investment need to show signs of improvement before we know the worst of the recession is over. Othe...
How to go ahead with RFID even during recession
in The RFID Weblog, on April 18, 2009
...im scenario RFID can work for your benefit. Check out below how you can recession proof your RFID investment .
Opt for RFID investment in areas where real time visibility leads to substantial cost s...
PreEmptive Releases DashO 5
in Java Entrepreneur, on April 17, 2009
...mp;D priorities and ultimately increase the return on application development investments."
More here from JAVA Developer's Journal.
... ...d platform."
"This release represents the culmination of a year's worth development investment in the DashO product suite," says company vice president Michael Moores. "Our c...
Model-Making Klutz Admires 1-6th Scale Corvette Engine That Runs
in Classical Drives, on April 17, 2009
... rockers. The pistons and water pump housing are cast aluminum and the valve covers are going to be investment-cast. Since this engine is a runner, there is spark ignition, a pressurized oil system, a...
Is all this free sustainable?
in The CIO Weblog, on April 16, 2009
... these free-to-use, ad-revenue supported Web 2.0 sites are sustainable under their chosen models is more important to corporate IT than you might initially imagine.
It's also not news that many o... ...e the failure of this generation of innovative services might have a significant chilling effect on investment in the next.
I don't have any answers or suggestions for avoiding this situation but...
New Hedge Fund Manager at SilkInvest
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 15, 2009
...anagement firm, Silk Invest Ltd, has hired John Bates, former Head of Credit Research Africa at investment bank Renaissance Capital, to spearhead its move into Frontier Fixed Income, an emergent h...
Is the US becoming like Russia?
in Sox First, on April 15, 2009
...al approval, that the best preparation for becoming a central-bank governor was to work first as an investment banker," Johnson writes. "A whole generation of policy makers has been mesmeriz...
Transforming social housing in Africa
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on April 10, 2009
...t per cent increase in Johannesburg's housing stock in the inner city. It now provides homes to more than 9,000 men, women and children.
Today, Adler, who's in his late fifties, is widely acc... ...g slums, carrying out refurbishments and conversions, and building new projects. It has a financial investment in inner city properties that is close to 360 million rand (US$36.4 million).
According ...
The Latest on PowerPlay Golf
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 7, 2009
...cessary funding to make the dream happen.
The miracle is that they are able to attract any kind of investment in such dreadful times. Make no mistake; there is plenty of venture capital available and...
Immobilien sind die Gewinner der Krise
in Bauen - aber richtig, on April 5, 2009
... © CBP Wien ist ein schönes Beispiel für eine solide Entwicklung im Immobilien-Investment. Daher verwundert es nicht, wenn Vergleichbares auch in München und Berlin funktioniert. Helmut Ha...
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... ...e that are not insolvent are still not insolvent. But, the public, the lenders, the depositors, the investment community, and the regulators are worse off. The change in the accounting rules is anothe...
A Web 2.0 Obituary?
in TJ's Weblog, on April 2, 2009
...eless I recent thought occurred to me and I found it a valuable lesson.
The Economist recently glamored over the Web 2.0 years and finished its conclusion with the bitter lack of a business model tha... ...get me wrong - you need to try these things to figure out what works and what not. Without the big investments into the Internet and Web 2.0 in the last decade we would not have seen the wonderful imp...
A cool example of sustainable development in Africa
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on March 31, 2009
...ew model of economic development by building a global network of powerful friends to lure private investment — and market the brand of Rwanda.
...
Unemployment to soar: bleak times ahead
in Sox First, on March 31, 2009
...backed up by appropriate employment and social policies like safety nets and measures to prevent more layoffs. Bleak times ahead.... ...He paints a very grim picture. With trade flows expected to fall by 9% in 2009 and foreign direct investment inflows to further contract, after shrinking by about 20% in 2008, Gurría warns of a massi...
Oil shock ahead
in Sox First, on March 27, 2009
... crude up nearly 40%. As The Wall Street Journal reports, part of the problem is the slowdown in investment in oil and gas production ensuring that the laws of supply and demand will kick in and se...
A good crisis for George Soros
in Sox First, on March 26, 2009
...ying that they ought to be injecting money into the good banks." While others are calling for more regulation of credit default swaps, Soros goes one step further. He says they so toxic that the... ... 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 bi...
Why Geithner's plan won't work
in Sox First, on March 23, 2009
...cial 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 Fe...
Maddoff's accountant: bring on the rest
in Sox First, on March 19, 2009
... counts of filing false audit reports raises a number of questions. the most important is how many more out there? As this report suggests, there are plenty more. Obviously, investors need to do mo... ...ing Bernard Madoff's accountant David G. Friehling, with securities fraud, aiding and abetting investment adviser fraud, and four counts of filing false audit reports raises a number of questions...
A Time to Invest
in Celebrate Wine, on March 17, 2009
... and the dive has not been as precipitous, things are tough right now in the world of wine. And the more expensive the wine, the tougher things are. Whether you're actually investing (and I'm ... ...ive the wine, the tougher things are. Whether you're actually investing (and I'm not giving investment advice here) or just looking for good buys, this is the time. Today is the day to fill yo...
Wendy Brandes Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on March 16, 2009
... in media and marketing, including key positions at the Wall Street Journal, CNN, People.com , and investment banking firm Lehman Brothers. Her first jewelry designs were her engagement and wedding r...
Palm to Offer Stock While Finalizing The Pre
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on March 9, 2009
...ion shares of its common stock onto the market.
Until now these shares had been secured to a prior investment made by Elevation Partners. The $105 million proceeds from the sale of the stock will fir...
Wie lege ich mein Geld gesund an der Börse an?
in Das Börsen Weblog, on March 6, 2009
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 7994635
Professor Martin Weber von der Uni Mannheim hat ein paar goldene Regeln, wenn es darum geht, wie Privatinvestoren ihre Portfolios stricken sollten, um auch in Krisenzeiten weitestgehend gut gerüstet zu sein. Und das Ganze verrät Weber in einem I...
Manhattan sales are up 16%
in Supplychainer, on February 28, 2009
...sed, working closely with our partners and providing our customers with a strong payback on their investment in Manhattan Associates' range of integrated supply chain optimization solutions.
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