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Oil price futures
in Sox First, on January 20, 2009
Don't believe oil prices, they're set to soar. At the moment, they have fallen below $35 a barrel in the face of weakening consumer demand and corporate earnings heading down the toilet. But look carefully at the futures contracts . According to the contract, oil will be trading at ...
Lessons from Siemens
in Sox First, on January 19, 2009
Siemens is upbeat about its chances of getting its insurers to pay a big chunk of the $1.3 billion it paid to settle corruption probes in the United States and Germany. And that's a worry because it leaves you wondering whether the company has learned any lessons from the debacle. Law...
Beware of Twitter: lawyers
in Sox First, on January 16, 2009
The micro-blogging Twitter might be gaining 5,000 to 10,000 new accounts a day but lawyers are warning that it could be dangerous. Tresa Baldas in the National Law Journal says lawyers are warning that posting tweets from a corporate network could be subpoenaed in a lawsuit. They are also w...
Maths and the meltdown
in Sox First, on January 14, 2009
One of the big drivers of this financial meltdown were the econometric models that saw mathematics guiding investor behavior. The reality is that the big drivers of bubbles are social and psychological. What's needed now is some sort of infrastructure that can anticipate our thinking, inhib...
Compliance challenges
in Sox First, on January 12, 2009
What are the main challenges with compliance? With the worst financial crisis in more than a generation, it's a question that will weigh on the minds of corporations the world over. According to a report from the Economist Intelligence Unit, 66% of respondents say the big problem that hin...
Vaio P. Wow.
in The Gadgets Weblog, on January 11, 2009
All the netbooks out there that are fighting for any sort of "best looking" award should really, really stop now. Sony have just brought out one of the best looking pieces of hardware I've ever seen.
Along with the sexy looks is an ultra widescreen 1600x768 8" monitor, as we...
Rise of the new consumer
in Sox First, on January 7, 2009
The market meltdown is changing consumer behavior. And it will produce a new consumer. Retailers tell me consumers are still buying, they're just not spending as much. Instead of a $20 bunch of flowers, it's now $10. People have been learning to live on less, and that will have massive ...
The year ahead: what to expect?
in Sox First, on December 31, 2008
I know this is risky after the last post, but what the hell. What can we expect in 2009. The truth is, no-one really knows. Still, there are some forecasts worth looking at. A sobering prediction from Dr Doom, Nouriel Roubini, which you can watch on this video published The New Republic . He p...
Are we all Keynesians now?
in Sox First, on December 30, 2008
With the United States government once more getting the taxpayers to bail out a hopeless business, this time announcing it would pump $6 billion into GMAC Financial Services, including $1 billion for General Motors, with the Troubled Relief Assets Program (TARP) turning into a giant slush fund...
Merry Christmas!
in The Digital TV Weblog, on December 25, 2008
Just wanted a quick post to say happy christmas to you all; I hope you've had a wonderful day spent with your loved ones, and got some great gifts. I know I have! Turkey and Christmas pudding all round!
Cheers!
Microsoft to cut 10% of its workforce
in Sox First, on December 24, 2008
Traditionally, software and PC sell like hot cakes over Christmas. But with the United States in recession and growing job losses, holiday sales are projected to plummet big time and retailers are discounting heavily. There's only so much you can blame on the appalling winter weather in th...
Roku goes HD
in The Digital TV Weblog, on December 21, 2008
Netflix has always been pretty damn cool in my eyes; streaming video content on demand, for a really reasonable price. The fact that with things like the xBox360 and now roku , it is moving back to the television rather than the PC, is also excellent in my book. As much as I like watching th...
Obama: it will take years to recover
in Sox First, on December 19, 2008
Back in October, I did a blog entry looking at how long the recession would last. Some predicted it would one years, others were saying it could take as many as five. The bottom line is no-one knows. Now, we have President-elect Obama saying recovery will take years, not months. He has a po...
Bernanke the banker
in Sox First, on December 17, 2008
There are two remarkable things about the Fed's decision today to cut interest rates to virtually zero. The first point is that it is bringing the US to Japan's zero interest rate policies. The second is that the Fed has now become the most important commercial bank in the US. In effect,...
The new mattress stuffers
in Sox First, on December 12, 2008
Global PR honcho Mark Penn, who has advised the Clintons and Tony Blair, has a piece in The Wall Street Journal talking about what's supposedly the latest rage: mattress stuffing. According to Penn, it's come back with a vengeance in the wake of the financial meltdown. Baby boomers are...
Tsutaya: HD Films On Demand; with a bonus!
in The Digital TV Weblog, on December 11, 2008
Tsutaya, a japanease company has done some pretty amazing negociating with the Film studios; as they have granted them licence to let HD copies of their films be downloaded, and then burnt to Blu Ray.
This is pretty amazing considering downloading films legally has barely taken off, with N...
Behind the $1 salary
in Sox First, on December 4, 2008
Chastened by the public uproar, the chief executives of the Big Three automakers have pledged to earn $1 A year in salary to keep their companies in business. It's a good symbol designed to generate maximum publicity, but it's just that. In real life, it's not that big a sacrific...
The no surprise recession
in Sox First, on December 2, 2008
It's a bit like saying you have just realised that you can't drive to work because your car was smashed up a few weeks ago. That's my reaction to the National Bureau of Economic Research report that the US has been in recession for 12 months. "The committee identified December...
Happy Thanksgiving from the Gadgets Weblog
in The Gadgets Weblog, on November 27, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Jill Chen
If you are in a time and place to celebrate thankfulness, I would love to wish you a happy Thanksgiving! Today, in gadget circles, is also known as Black Friday Eve. Black Friday is the magical day where big box retailers try to keep themselves out o...
Blockbuster Joins the Set-Top Gang
in The Gadgets Weblog, on November 26, 2008
If Video on Demand (VOD) is your cup of tea, then blockbuster has good news for you. Blockbuster has, much like Netflix, Xbox 360, and a half dozen other people, released a Set-Top video player to the masses. The Blockbuster MediaPoint, supplied by 2Wire, is available now and has the ability to...
Do we get depressed?
in Sox First, on November 23, 2008
The big question is whether the downturn and recession will be a replay of 1929. There are different views on it. The most alarming comes from Paul B Farrell at MarketWatch . in his piece, Farrell gives 30 reasons why we will be in the Great Depression for three years with such lead indicators...
Pirate kings live it up
in Sox First, on November 22, 2008
The recent seizure of the Saudi super-tanker Sirius Star by Somali pirates signifies how skilled these buccaneers are getting. As the BBC reports, they are becoming much more sophisticated. "There is evidence they have staged "dummy" attacks to lure in warships while another ga...
FED comes alive.
in The Gadgets Weblog, on November 21, 2008
Today, most televisions and displays are LCD, with a few high end Plasmas thrown in there, but sony have been keen to step up to the next set of technologies, namely OLED, and now, FED.
Sony have been demoing FED, which stands for Field Emmission Display recently, with a quad PS3 setup run...
G20 undermines accounting independence
in Sox First, on November 18, 2008
Accounting hasn't been this political since the time Andersen was sent down the chute. The G20 now wants the International Accounting Standards Board to promote financial stability, reports Accountancy Age . That's a totally different role to the IASB's function until now which h...
GM: Death or bailout?
in Sox First, on November 12, 2008
We now seem to be watching General Motors in its death throes with shares in GM hitting a 65 year low amid concerns that the automaker will run out of cash . Analysts say the only way it will survive is with a US government bailout. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says GM is too big to fail ...
AIG's bigger bailout
in Sox First, on November 10, 2008
Less than two weeks ago, I did a blog entry looking at how AIG was chewing up that $123 billion loan extended by the US taxpayer. Now, The Wall Street Journal tells us that AIG is about to get a bigger package. The worrying part is that we don't yet know what will happen with those cred...
Oil fields plan
in Sox First, on October 31, 2008
The other day. I did a blog entry looking at whether credit cards would be the next shoe to drop. Clearly, with the US economy imploding and jobless claims up more than 44% on the year before, more will be defaulting on their cards. Credit card debt in the US is now running at $900 billion,...
How long will the recession last?
in Sox First, on October 23, 2008
So what are the bets for how long we will be in recession? In Britain, the Financial Times suggests one year with a one in three chance that it will last longer. Finland's Finance Minister Jyrki Katainen has told Bloomberg it could last two to three years. In Australia, ANZ banking chie...
Bailout politics
in Sox First, on October 2, 2008
Now that the Senate has passed through the Senate, the heat is on the House to give it the green light. But take a look at the Bill , full of pork barrelling give-aways - including ridiculous items like the exemption of excise on certain wooden arrows and huge dollops of tax relief - that make ...
Boxing Cox
in Sox First, on September 23, 2008
The market is in meltdown mode so the heat is on Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Christopher Cox. A few days, I did a blog entry on John McCain talking tough and threatening to sack him. I just dismissed that as political opportunism. Still, it's hard to go past this fascinat...
Is AIG next?
in Sox First, on September 16, 2008
AIG could be the next to go. We'll know tomorrow. If it doesn't secure fresh funding by Wednesday September 17, it could be forced to file for bankruptcy, reports The Wall Street Journal . AIG is such a big player. Viewed through certain ways, it is the biggest financial services compa...
Volatility rules
in Sox First, on September 13, 2008
Last week, we saw some extraordinary volatility in the market, thanks to the troubles and uncertainty surrounding Lehman Brothers. The CBOE Market Volatility Index jumped 11.67 percent to 23.06 with the Nasdaq Volatility Index was up 10.99 percent to 26.66. Add to that the fact that the bear mar...
Accountants rake it in
in Sox First, on September 3, 2008
I keep raising the question whether accountants are recession-proof . Now we have further evidence of that with the latest Hewitt study showing that the bean counters are going to get the biggest above average salary increase in 2009 A pay rise of 4.6 per cent is a lot healthier than the fl...
How global warming will change companies
in Sox First, on August 20, 2008
What impact will the climate crisis have on business organizations? It will reshape them, bringing in new lines of reporting and accountability. And it will usher in new careers and jobs. I explain that in my piece here . All the changes will be the result of the new compliance costs foisted ...
The Lowy tax scheme
in Sox First, on July 24, 2008
The Lowy family, which is the biggest shopping mall owner in the world, is under investigation for its alleged use of tax shelters in Liechtenstein. And it is making rich families around the world very nervous, reports The Wall Street Journal . But what is clear is that billionaire Fran...
China Syndrome
in Sox First, on July 17, 2008
Some worrying news coming out of China . The Chinese economic juggernaut is slowing down and although it is still maintaining double digit growth, there is a problem with inflation and global setbacks reports Bloomberg . This is a concern because it tells us that China's growth story i...
GM staves off bankruptcy
in Sox First, on July 16, 2008
How bad has it become at the once all-powerful General Motors? It was only the other day that the company's embattled chief executive Rick Wagoner was dismissing rumors of bankruptcy, claiming that the company had $24 billion of the folding stuff and $7 billion in credit facilities. That ...
Fair value countdown
in Sox First, on July 9, 2008
Interesting piece in CFO.com about the Securities and Exchange Commission round table about fair value. The session is expected to be a nuanced affair, which is hardly surprising given that the big financial institutions, which had huge write downs, and the fair value bashers won't be ther...
BAE: The net closes
in Sox First, on June 5, 2008
The intrigue surrounding the BAE-Saudi bribery scandal continues with the Financial Times reporting that a third man, BAE's business development director Alan Garwood has been issued with a subpoena by US authorities. BAE chief executive Mike Turner and Sir Nigel Rudd, a BAE non-execu...
Executive hurdles
in Sox First, on June 3, 2008
So you reckon it takes an executive only a few months to get up to scratch with a new job? Think again. According to new research, published here , almost one in three top executive hired from another company are still not delivering after two years. And one in five who within the organization...
Why flying will get worse
in Sox First, on June 2, 2008
Interesting thoughts from Thomas Stewart at the Harvard Business Review blog on the way airlines continually wage war on their customers. He says it usually happens when companies get in a panic when companies get in a panic about profits. And that's certainly happening now with oil prices...
UBS woes
in Sox First, on May 7, 2008
It's been a bad bad week for Swiss bank UBS. First it announces it's on the way to cutting 5500 jobs after losing $11 billion in the first quarter as a result of the US subprime crisis. Most of the jobs will go in the US and Britain, all part of a giant shakeup of the bank's a...
Rogue trader's new job
in Sox First, on April 28, 2008
It didn't take him long. Jérôme Kerviel, the trader and computer whiz who evaded Société Générale's electronic risk-control systems has landed a new job - working for an IT consultancy. He has started his new gig just a few weeks after his release from prison. It's a big risk for ...
Can't buy me love?
in Sox First, on April 17, 2008
Money is better than poverty, as Woody Allen once said, if only for financial reasons. Still, many studies have found that the equation between happiness and money is a conundrum. Average incomes have more than doubled in that period and we have more food and cars, bigger houses, central...
Wikinomics: a review
in Sox First, on March 28, 2008
The book by Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams describes Wikinomics as the "new art and science of collaboration". Actually, it actually has strong echoes of CK Prahalad and Venkat Ramaswamy's excellent 2004 book The Future of Competition . Still, they manage to build a compellin...
KPMG's indictment
in Sox First, on March 22, 2008
Late last year, I did a blog entry at how the US Government was not backing down on its determination to prosecute foremr KPMG partners for peddling dubious tax shelters. That was after Judge Lewis Kaplan had accused the US Government of abusing its power. Now in the latest news, prosecutors ...
Accountants: what recession?
in Sox First, on March 9, 2008
Last month I asked the question: are accountants recession-proof? . It seems that the beancounters have honed their processes and sharpened them up to the point where they could ride through and even thrive during a downturn. Now we have further evidence of that with the latest Robert Half sur...
CW 需要一个 Linux VPS
in Wangtam, on March 6, 2008
...er) so that we can effectively see ads running in China server by openads and our partners. "，基本要求是 Debian OS 的，或者类似的 Linux 操作系统。有任何推荐和帮助的请联系 HUNG： kontactr.com/user/hung 。...
Interview with Brett Curran from Axentis
in Sox First, on February 22, 2008
Had a chat this week with Brett Curran, vice president of GRC and privacy practices at Axentis . He was in Texas, I was in Melbourne, Australia. But it was a great session. We talked about all the issues companies faced struggling with compliance and what they needed to do. Here is the interview...
Bring your blog into the CW network revisited
in TJ's Weblog, on February 15, 2008
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Make Money as a blogger
Let us sell the ads and get a fix monthly payment plus traf...
Overworked, overweight
in Sox First, on January 25, 2008
Governments and businesses are now looking at various incentives and penalties for employees to lose weight. but all of these are problematic and simplistic. There is no quick fix to this complex problem. The latest is the British Government's plan to offer fat people cash incentives to lo...
OpenAds 再度获收 1550 万美元
in Wangtam, on January 21, 2008
... 去年夏天， Openads 获收 500 万美元投资 ，之后不到 1 个月， 他们就开始发布新产品 ，最近，又有消息表明，他们新获收了一笔投资，来自于 Accel Partners，上一轮的投资者 Index Ventures 也追加了投资，金额高达 1550 万美元。
此外，他们同时发布了一款适用于主机服务器版本的软件，用于提供用户在他们自己的服务器上运行该系统。...
Microplace and Kiva
in Sox First, on January 9, 2008
Fascinating developments in the world of micro-finance. Online auction giant eBay last year launched a microlending website that lets people invest in entrepreneurs in poor communities around the world and get a return on their money. Website visitors can browse investors by country. They can ...
Unsere Gewinner stehen fest!
in Creative Weblogging Deutschland, on December 8, 2007
Trommelwirbel bitte*****
Sie stehen nun fest: Unsere zwei deutschen Gewinner des CityClickers-Contest von LG! Die beiden jungen Herren auf dem oberen Bild sind es - das Los hat entschieden! Herzlichen Glückwünsch! Ihr dürft heute schon einmal feiern.
Wir hatten in den vergangenen Tagen ...
Unsere Gewinner stehen fest!
in Worldwide Luxus, on December 7, 2007
Trommelwirbel bitte*****
Sie stehen nun fest: Unsere zwei deutschen Gewinner des CityClickers-Contest von LG! Die beiden jungen herren auf dem oberen Bild sind es - das Los hat entschieden! Herzlichen Glückwünsch! Ihr dürft heute schon einmal feiern.
Wir hatten in den vergangenen...
Unsere Gewinner stehen fest!
in Feschsamma, on December 7, 2007
Trommelwirbel bitte*****
Sie stehen nun fest: Unsere zwei deutschen Gewinner des CityClickers-Contest von LG! Die beiden jungen herren auf dem oberen Bild sind es - das Los hat entschieden! Herzlichen Glückwünsch! Ihr dürft heute schon einmal feiern.
Wir hatten in den vergangenen...
Sponsored Post: Die billige Nummer heißt Crash 5
in Daily Gadget, on December 7, 2007
Jetzt jagt ein viraler Spot den anderen : Oder besser gesagt: Debitel jagt die virale Sau durch´s Bloggerdorf .
Debitel setzt mit der "Saucoolen Nummer" nicht nur auf saubillig, sondern auf saucoole Schweinchen, die stylisch sind, saugünstig telefonieren und sauartig im Minutentakt...
Sponsored Post: Die billige Nummer heißt Crash 5
in PHP-Developer-Blog, on December 7, 2007
Jetzt jagt ein viraler Spot den anderen : Oder besser gesagt: Debitel jagt die virale Sau durch´s Bloggerdorf .
Debitel setzt mit der "Saucoolen Nummer" nicht nur auf saubillig, sondern auf saucoole Schweinchen, die stylisch sind, saugünstig telefonieren und sauartig im Minutentakt...
Sponsored Post: Die billige Nummer heißt Crash 5
in Digital Listening, on December 7, 2007
Jetzt jagt ein viraler Spot den anderen : Oder besser gesagt: Debitel jagt die virale Sau durch´s Bloggerdorf .
Debitel setzt mit der "Saucoolen Nummer" nicht nur auf saubillig, sondern auf saucoole Schweinchen, die stylisch sind, saugünstig telefonieren und sauartig im Minutentakt...
Sponsored Post: Die billige Nummer heißt Crash 5
in Bio Channel, on December 7, 2007
Jetzt jagt ein viraler Spot den anderen : Oder besser gesagt: Debitel jagt die virale Sau durch´s Bloggerdorf .
Debitel setzt mit der "Saucoolen Nummer" nicht nur auf saubillig, sondern auf saucoole Schweinchen, die stylisch sind, saugünstig telefonieren und sauartig im Minutentakt...
Sponsored Post: Die billige Nummer heißt Crash 5
in pfotenundfell, on December 7, 2007
Jetzt jagt ein viraler Spot den anderen : Oder besser gesagt: Debitel jagt die virale Sau durch´s Bloggerdorf .
Debitel setzt mit der "Saucoolen Nummer" nicht nur auf saubillig, sondern auf saucoole schweinchen , die stylisch sind, saugünstig telefonieren und sauartig im Minu...
Sponsored Post: Die billige Nummer heißt Crash 5
in Cityreise-Blog, on December 7, 2007
Jetzt jagt ein viraler Spot den anderen : Oder besser gesagt: Debitel jagt die virale Sau durch´s Bloggerdorf .
Debitel setzt mit der "Saucoolen Nummer" nicht nur auf saubillig, sondern auf saucoole schweinchen , die stylisch sind, saugünstig telefonieren und sauartig im Minu...
Sponsored Post: Die billige Nummer heißt Crash 5
in Worldwide Luxus, on December 7, 2007
Jetzt jagt ein viraler Spot den anderen : Oder besser gesagt: Debitel jagt die virale Sau durch´s Bloggerdorf .
Debitel setzt mit der "Saucoolen Nummer" nicht nur auf saubillig, sondern auf saucoole schweinchen , die stylisch sind, saugünstig telefonieren und sauartig im Minu...
Sponsored Post: Die billige Nummer heißt Crash 5
in Kilo Leicht, on December 7, 2007
Jetzt jagt ein viraler Spot den anderen : Oder besser gesagt: Debitel jagt die virale Sau durch´s Bloggerdorf .
Debitel setzt mit der "Saucoolen Nummer" nicht nur auf saubillig, sondern auf saucoole schweinchen , die stylisch sind, saugünstig telefonieren und sauartig im Minu...
Sponsored Post: Die billige Nummer heißt Crash 5
in Der Blogkoch, on December 7, 2007
Jetzt jagt ein viraler Spot den anderen : Oder besser gesagt: Debitel jagt die virale Sau durch´s Bloggerdorf .
Debitel setzt mit der "Saucoolen Nummer" nicht nur auf saubillig, sondern auf saucoole schweinchen , die stylisch sind, saugünstig telefonieren und sauartig im Minu...
Sponsored Post: Billige Nummer gesucht?
in Kinoplausch, on December 7, 2007
Wer auf "billige Nummern" steht sollte sich einmal den neuesten Streich von Debitel anschauen. Denn mit billigen Nummern kennen sich die Telekommunikationsanbieter so richtig aus: Laut Stiftung Warentest bietet Debitel mit dem neuen Crash 5 Tarif für Dauertelefonierer den weitaus günstigs...
Sponsored Post: Die billige Nummer für Jedermann
in Daily Innovation, on December 6, 2007
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Gehandelt werden die Tarife auf www.crash-tarife.de...
Hide The Banana
in The Gadgets Weblog, on December 6, 2007
I've heard of hide the salami before, but hide the banana? That's just what this gadget is for: hiding the salami. If you're a woman who doesn't have a salami to hide at the moment.
Inside of this banana looking object is a " sensual slimline" waiting to satisfy. ...
Sponsored Post: Die billige Nummer heißt Crash 5
in 11 Helden, on December 5, 2007
Jetzt jagt ein viraler Spot den anderen : Oder besser gesagt: Debitel jagt die virale Sau durch´s Bloggerdorf .
Debitel setzt mit der "Saucoolen nummer " nicht nur auf saubillig, sondern auf saucoole Schweinchen, die stylisch sind, saugünstig telefonieren und sauartig im Minu...
Wireless Spy Camera Pen
in The Gadgets Weblog, on December 4, 2007
Q should really order up this Wireless spy camera Pen for Mr. Bond, as it is certainly something 007 would use.
When you twist the cap of the Wireless Spy Camera Pen, it begins to start transmitting. Not only that, the pen connects to a 2.5 inch LCD screen that has a range of 20 meters. ...
