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Goldman Sachs: behind the numbers
in Sox First, on July 15, 2009
...rything from mortgages to commodities and underwriting of stock and debt offers. And that raises an obvious question: how long can they keep it up? Part of the success was helped by the fact that Gold... ...beginning. As Phillip Silitschanu, a senior analyst with Aite Group told reporters : "Goldman really is in a class by themselves." But the unsettling part about these numbers is that Goldm...
Should we do strategic planning for our supply chain?
in Supplychainer, on July 14, 2009
... release from PRNews Wire , Jeff Karrenbauer, president of INSIGHT commented: "Apart from the obvious issues associated with capital and liquidity, General Motors is facing a classic supply chai...
Symantec Lays Out Deduplication Plans
in On Storage, on July 10, 2009
...primary corporate use of the technology has been for e-mail archiving. The benefits of that use are obvious: a single e-mail can represent thousands of copies of one attachment."
"Currentl...
Another stimulus package
in Sox First, on July 6, 2009
...this point of having to distribute the bulk of money." Biden seems to be stating the bleeding obvious. Significantly, economists like Nouriel Roubini , Paul Krugman and Warren Buffett have... ... that the Obama administration had misread the economy. They actually thought it was better than it really was. The Obama administration had been way too optimistic. "We misread how bad the econ...
What the jobless figures tell us
in Sox First, on July 3, 2009
... million from the start of the recession and it keeps going up. The Financial Times points out the obvious in this republished form here : "It is incredible that 19 months into such a nasty rec...
It's getting tougher to get a mortgage-broker license
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 2, 2009
... then, it's an example of everything working out the way it's supposed to.
It's fairly obvious why there are fewer mortgage brokers out there: The housing industry is still a disaster are...
Madoff's tough spell
in Sox First, on July 1, 2009
...een said about Bernard Madoff's 150 year prison sentence. The Los Angeles Times points out the obvious : his sentence is a lot shorter than what was handed out to the likes of Denis Kozlowski (8 ...
The Mother of all Dashboards
in The CIO Weblog, on July 1, 2009
...ame.
The entire effort points to the benefits of dashboards, however, in ways which are not always obvious. President Obama, one of the original sponsors of the 2006 bill, has made implementation a p... ...ce on almost 40 billion dollars worth of US government IT projects and I think "Hey, this is a really big deal... if the government can pull this off and make IT project progress and costs unders...
Windows 7 Pre Orders Begin Today Deep Discounts Available
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 26, 2009
...t. $50 dollars for what is undeniably a fabulous operating system is a pretty good deal, but it was obvious that they would have to price competitively because Apple's OS X Snow Leopard will ony c...
Get a Handle on Expenses
in Biz Plan Hacks, on June 23, 2009
...s. This is not the kind of economy in which you should be spending unnecessarily. Some expenses are obvious areas to pare back, but others-those vampire expenses-can be less obvious. She looks at how ...
Stimulus packages create corruption opportunities
in Sox First, on June 23, 2009
...39;s national output in just 18 months, being poured into saving economies. The reasons are pretty obvious. Most of the spending will involve juicy, big budget capital projects. These are the traditi...
Corel Releases Netbook Suite and Misses Point Of Netbooks Entirely
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 22, 2009
...ffice, but can't because they have a lightweight netbook without a CD-Rom.
The problem here is obvious: netbooks are designed to be inexpensive and are perfect for light and nimble software. Core...
Climate change impacts
in Sox First, on June 18, 2009
...t; Politically loaded as it is, the report is worth reading, even if it's stating the bleeding obvious. It warns us to expect more heat related deaths, more flooding, especially along the Atlant...
New MBAs claim they'll be ethical. Yeah right!
in Sox First, on May 31, 2009
...appens bang in the middle of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Which raises an obvious question: how many would have been prepared to be ethical when the market was booming? That...
How much is Facebook worth?
in Sox First, on May 30, 2009
...ew Hasselback quotes Bob Ackerman, co-founder and managing director of Allegis Capital stating the obvious about the Russian deal. "There is a very high level of future expectation built into th... ... points out, the social networking might be unsustainable commercially. "Who knows, maybe some really smart person will figure out how to open the revenue floodgates for Facebook, et al. Currentl...
Antalya: Turkey's Mediterranean Playground
in Wandalust, on May 29, 2009
...beaches. Several of the towns of the bay have developed into small beach resorts. The reasons seem obvious. The bay has some of the cleanest conditions in the Mediterranean and it is warm enough to al...
Three Search Engines You May Not Know About
in The Search Engine Weblog, on May 26, 2009
...ing for, and "connect" with people who are searching for the same things. It's pretty obvious that no one is going to pass google any time soon as the general search engine of choice. Bu...
RFID technology for treatment of chronic pain
in The RFID Weblog, on May 18, 2009
... tested on rats. It has been found to stimulate peripheral nerves in case of rats but its still not obvious whether electrical stimulation can ease chronic pain or not. In case the tests don't lea...
Using Groceries to Save More Money
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on May 12, 2009
...nd enchiladas taste very good, they can really bother some people's stomachs. While that is an obvious illustration, it goes way beyond that.
Poor eating habits can definitely lead to a weakened... ... © Tom Lemos
When you really think about it, what we eat does affect us in a lot of ways - not just your food budget. We've all heard that we are what we eat. This may be truer than you may ...
No recovery in sight
in Sox First, on April 30, 2009
With the US economy convulsing in its sharpest contraction since 1958 . down 6.1%, the Fed now seems to be sitting on the side lines. In its latest statement , the Fed said the economic outlook had improved "modestly" but that economic activity was "likely to remain weak for a t...
What is up with Enterprise 2.0, anyway?
in The CIO Weblog, on April 13, 2009
... to dramatically change the status quo of business as we know it.
But emergent systems may only be obvious in retrospect, and even when their appearance is obvious, their best uses may not be (think ... ...a positive business outcome, or even that it simply does so more efficiently than the alternatives. Really?
I personally consider e-mail to be one of the best examples of why you do need to build a...
Picking a Logo: Some Mistakes to Avoid
in BootStrapMe, on April 12, 2009
...ood tips on things to avoid when it comes time to develop a logo for your business.
The tips seem obvious. Like most things that seem obvious, they're only obvious if you've already thought ...
T-Mobile's April 21 Event: T-Mobile G2, or 3G Sidekick?
in The Wireless Weblog, on April 10, 2009
...#39;private launch event' on April 21st for the introduction of... something.
"It's obvious that the US carrier will announce something during this event, and it's likely for that ...
Giving banks permission to lie
in Sox First, on April 4, 2009
...s said, Japan's economy would suffer. The economists always said this as though it was the most obvious thing in the world. The Japanese were just wimpy socialists who lacked the balls to face up ... ...ning the "fair value" of their assets is a case of pretending that those toxic assets are really valuable assets that for some irrational reason no one wants to buy. And that is very dangero...
Virtual Doctors?
in Web 2.0, on April 3, 2009
...existence myself. I'm really busy with my first life most of the time. But the applications are obvious. There was a time when virtual world meant fantasy world. Second Life gets a lot of bad p... ...ands-on learning experience."
So far I have developed a Second Life existence myself. I'm really busy with my first life most of the time. But the applications are obvious. There was a time ...
Bailouts total $3 trillion with no oversight
in Sox First, on April 2, 2009
...rs did not but were still able to give information on their use of funds." All this raises an obvious question. Why hasn't the US Treasury forced the TARP recipients to provide certified rep...
Characteristics of a Successful Entrepreneur
in TJ's Weblog, on March 31, 2009
...erpt from his book, the Ultimate Home Based Business Handbook .) Some of those characteristics are obvious and we talk about them a lot: successful entrepreneurs do something they enjoy, successful e...
The questions you should ask before going to implementation of SCM solutions?
in Supplychainer, on March 28, 2009
...hallenges.
- Do we have a good project manager and project management structure? This one seems obvious yet very important. Many times, when companies want to choose a project managers, they look ...
Cisco's Unified Computing System
in The CIO Weblog, on March 20, 2009
...tled "Will Cisco's Project California Rock the computing world?" (which is one of two obvious headlines, the other being "Welcome to Cisco's Project California"... c'mo...
A Red Light District for Second Life?
in Web 2.0, on March 13, 2009
...y corporate sponsors refuse to become involved in Second Life precisely because the sex scene is so obvious.
Time will tell how well Linden Lab carries through on this...
© Imelda Whitfield
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Climate change deniers on the increase
in Sox First, on March 13, 2009
....' " So why is the number of climate change deniers on the increase. The answer is pretty obvious. Look at the politics. The Gallup survey shows that a growing number of Republicans think gl...
Detroit and the rest: how the crash will reshape America
in Sox First, on March 3, 2009
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The recession sweeping through America will reshape the major cities. One of the most obvious places is Detroit which, according to this news report , would have the cheapest houses in the countr...
Nokia's CEO Confirms PC Rumors
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on March 2, 2009
...e been attracting PC builders in droves, the attraction of the low-margin computer industry is less obvious.
Perhaps Nokia is betting on the fact that eventually the laptop PC, the PDA, and the conv...
Thanks to Google Android Store, Apple App Store Doesn't Seem So Bad
in The Gadgets Weblog, on February 27, 2009
...oading an app, returning it, unlocking their phone, and then getting the app for free.
There is an obvious conflict here. On Google's side, there is a "Terms of Service" and a financial...
The Stanford-Madoff connection
in Sox First, on February 22, 2009
...ure audit firm, a process that helped him keep a lid on his fraud. All this leaves one asking some obvious questions. How many other fraudulent schemes are there taking in gullible investors? And how...
YouTube Adds Downloads - Some for a Fee
in Web 2.0, on February 15, 2009
...nch , paidContent.org , Mashable , Lifehacker ). VentureBeat describes the issue well: Google is obviously trying to find the right way to draw money from the site without ruining it, but it has so...
The Return of Depression Economics and Crisis of 2008 by Paul Krugman
in Sox First, on February 14, 2009
...a failure in the demand side of the economy. To put it bluntly, there is insufficient spending. The obvious solution is to put in more capital, something governments around the world are now doing. A...
More on complication
in The CIO Weblog, on February 9, 2009
..., features. There are certainly companies which have succeeded in doing this (Microsoft is the most obvious example) but I would submit that it is usually other factors which drive that success, not t... ... several other new features which were implemented around the same time, so I suppose it's not really simplification of the sort I was referring to, but just one of those odd and inexplicable sh...
Climate change and fires
in Sox First, on February 9, 2009
... play it down. They are far more focused on the global financial crisis but that's ignoring the obvious and they are in denial. However terrible the financial meltdown might be, it's never des...
Penile Fracture Is Not Just Something Out Of Grey's Anatomy!
in Straightfromthedoc, on January 24, 2009
...ou see on Grey's Anatomy , there is a medical fact behind it.
Most probably under-reported for obvious reasons, penile fracture or "broken penis" is actually a not-so-rare case accordin...
Oil price futures
in Sox First, on January 20, 2009
...from the contango, two shipbrokers said in reports earlier today." And of course, there is an obvious reason why oil prices will rise: peak oil. As Currie told a London conference , the industr... ...d $64 in December 2010, up about 83% on today's prices. So what's going on? Does the market really expect the economy to have recovered by then? Or is it something else? Goldman Sachs analyst...
Interesting finalists for Obama CTO
in The CIO Weblog, on January 20, 2009
...o: Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior and current city of Washington DC CTO Vivek Kundra.
Apart from the obvious association made from the fact that both are natives of India, the candidates otherwise appea...
Lessons from Siemens
in Sox First, on January 19, 2009
...m the debacle. Lawyers say there are several lessons to be drawn from the Siemens saga. The most obvious is that the provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act do not just apply to US compan...
IDAPT Universal Charger Cuts the Clutter
in The Gadgets Weblog, on January 19, 2009
...pes of universal chargers or the fancy, new contact chargers will take off first. Either way, it is obvious; people are tired of the mess and chaos of proprietary chargers.
Source ShinyShiny ...
The big accounting issues for 2009
in Sox First, on January 16, 2009
...ting and Financial Reporting Issues , there are some big ones to watch out for. The first and most obvious is fair value. According to Moody's, it will continue to be an issue because of depresse...
Why Obama should take up cricket
in Sox First, on January 15, 2009
...arder to predict. It can bounce at your head, your chest or swing away from the bat. There are some obvious parallels with the fast and fluid global environment. Fourthly, you don't win a match b...
Arizona. More Than Just Collector Car Auctions
in Classical Drives, on January 7, 2009
...ess fleets. Because the General's desert proving grounds were located near Phoenix , it was an obvious location. The highlight? You could call it a lowlight. Our spokesperson was a lady with a pr...
Biofuels May be Obsolete Before We Can Make Enough to Matter - Part III
in IfEnergy, on January 2, 2009
...nough to think that the world of energy will change completely in the next four years. But it seems obvious to me that the long term goal is not to find better, cleaner fuels for the internal comb...
Winners and losers for 2008
in Sox First, on December 30, 2008
... is now nudging close to $900 and it looks set to continue for several reasons. First, and the most obvious, is that investors might start getting worried about the soaring bond prices which smells an...
Madoff: why the SEC dropped the investigation
in Sox First, on December 18, 2008
... to advisory clients and that he actually had custody of the assets! The conflict of interest is so obvious. Why didn't these supposedly sophisticated investors see through it. And if that's ...
Is "Incremental Change" an Oxymoron?
in Biz Plan Hacks, on December 12, 2008
...My friend Scott McLeod over at Dangerously Irrelevant published a post today that makes an obvious (but potentially startling) point about the nature of change.
Scott is an educator, an Associate P...
Life's a Clearance Sale
in Bizinformer, on December 5, 2008
...ell eight of these thing-a-ma-bobs for $20.99 each (and net $8 of the lot of them)?
Of course the obvious answer is "a" - for a variety of reasons. After all, $10 is more than either $9 ...
China Investment Corp Buys General Motors (Maybe)
in China Venture News, on December 1, 2008
... company. ...with firms like Anhui Cherry already showing at the Detroit Auto Show, and China's obvious desire to be a global player in the auto market, I am beginning to wonder if we are about to...
Booking Hotels on a Budget
in The Flyaway Weblog, on November 24, 2008
...or Beth J. Harpaz has a good piece online on how to book hotels on a budget. Some of her tips are obvious - but easy to forget when you start planning a few days away from home. For example:
It&...
Hitachi Maxell iPod Headphones Stop the Noise Without Power
in The Gadgets Weblog, on November 20, 2008
... the way. Hitachi Maxell states that the headphones will reduce outside noise by at least 20dB. The obvious bonus is that you don't have to supply power, but the drawback is that they consume your...
Amazon adds content distribution to Web Services options
in The CIO Weblog, on November 18, 2008
...tent to the closest distribution point to reduce latency and increase performance.
The service has obvious benefits for existing S3 customers who are using the storage space to host website or other ...
G20 undermines accounting independence
in Sox First, on November 18, 2008
...ncerns that the IASB
could be vulnerable to influence-buying by big business". This raises an obvious question: why would a company want to donate any money if it did not think there would be an...
Natalie Portman's Animal Friendly Shoe Line
in Busy with Style, on October 31, 2008
... I'm not one to buy a blouse just because Gwen Stefani has her name on it, but it's usually obvious which celebs have a real talent for designing vs. the ones who don't.
The lovely Nat...
Goolge Knol (Now in Four Languages)
in Web 2.0, on October 31, 2008
... TechCrunch reported yesterday that Google Knol is going multilingual.
While English is the obvious first langauge of Knol at the moment, the Wikipedia-like user built knowledge site now has Frenc...
Florida State University to Spin Off Buckypaper Company
in Nanotechbuzz, on October 30, 2008
...ctric charge and used to illuminate computer and television screens - and those are just the most obvious applications," writes Discover Magazine's Eliza Strickland .
"Florida State i...
AIG - money down the drain
in Sox First, on October 30, 2008
...illion emergency loan put up by the Federal Reserve. This raises three questions. The first two are obvious: where has the cash gone and is it filling in a hole created by irregular accounting? But t...
House sales rise, no recovery
in Sox First, on October 28, 2008
...er than they were a year ago and sales prices are at their lowest in four years. There are some obvious reasons for the price drop. Foreclosures are driving down prices, according to housing anal...
The crash and deregulation
in Sox First, on October 18, 2008
...at shunned trust and integrity. Others blame it on cheap money and low interest rates. But the most obvious culprit is deregulation. As I pointed out in a blog entry last month, the tough regulatio...
1up gives Wii Music a grade of A-!!
in House of Nintendo, on October 17, 2008
...s I have seen. Interesting, and it proves that some of my argumentation may be correct, despite the obvious caveat that I, of course, haven't played the game!
Here's a money quote:
True mu... ...ne. As a classically trained musician, I might take offense at this - except that Wii Music gets it really right. Using the Wii Remote, Nunchuk , and (optionally) Balance Board to mimic the motions...
Poverty and Education: the Circular Problem...
in The Universities Weblog, on October 15, 2008
...und poverty that question sounds incredibly rhetorical. It's not rhetorical. And there are obvious answers - obvious to anyone who's looked poverty in America in the face...
Photo cou...
Tips for the serious bootstrapper
in BootStrapMe, on October 11, 2008
...quests are just unreasonable.
• Treat your startup like a job. You would think this would be obvious to anyone. But, if the reason you became an entrepreneur is so you wouldn't have to do it, i...
Entellium fallout
in The CIO Weblog, on October 9, 2008
...al software manufacturers as the Boogeyman to keep customers away from SaaS offerings. It's obvious that things could go poorly in such a scenario; it's less clear that they actually wil... ...seen is whether SaaS failures will fall into that same vein (which is my suspicion) or whether they really are more risky for customers than traditional software company failures....
Crouch praises Redknapp
in The Soccer Weblog, on October 8, 2008
...ce in the international set-up.
"I was in the first two squads the manager picked so it was obvious that he rated me otherwise I wouldn't have been in those squads. When I was left out I l...
Do old applications lead to train wrecks?
in The CIO Weblog, on October 8, 2008
...ain wrecks" if certain warning signs aren't heeded.
I happen to think that's a rather obvious generality, but then the article goes on to give one (and only one... here, again, I'm u...
The Lehman legacy
in Sox First, on October 7, 2008
...ssue there was the size of the bonuses given out in the lead up to the bankruptcy. Which raises the obvious question of whether they knew they were going down the gurgler but neglected to inform the m...
