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Do you still have faith in Obama's stimulus plans?

in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 10, 2009

... of course. People don't like the truth that losing weight requires healthy eating and exercise over a long period of time. We want instant results, even with it comes to our economy. Nothing&... ...ens no longer do. According to the story, critics are lining up to point out that Obama's $787 billion stimulus plans were either too timid or too wrong-headed. Some critics aren't content wi...

Can dope save California?

in Sox First, on July 8, 2009

...'s problems have absolutely nothing to do with marijuana. It's more about the inability of governments there to frame responsible budgets and spending that's just way over the top. Still,... ...nted out earlier this year, marijuana is California's largest cash crop. It's valued at $14 billion annually, or nearly twice the value of the state's grape and vegetable crops combined. &...

Can YouTube survive?

in Sox First, on July 7, 2009

... game continues. In April, according to this report , Credit Suisse said YouTube would take half a billion off Google's bottom line. But then we have other reports saying that analysts at Ramp...

The Goldman Sachs-Rolling Stone slugfest

in Sox First, on July 3, 2009

...ate loophole in the system of Western democratic capitalism, which never foresaw that in a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized de... ...encing was a nightmare about being forced to fly coach.") And when Paulson announced the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, Taibbi reminds us how Goldman Sachs converted from an investm...

Will California drag down the United States?

in Sox First, on July 2, 2009

..., because of the ineptitude of the legislature in missing a deadline and political incompetence of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The state has an unemployment rate of 11.5%, higher than the national... ... California has entered the new financial year in crisis with a budget deficit of $26.3 billion, up from $24.3 billion, because of the ineptitude of the legislature in missing a deadline and politi...

Jackson downloads soar

in Sox First, on July 1, 2009

... more than half a billion dollars in debt and Associated Press reports he only had assets of just over $230 million. Which suggests the matter might be headed for bankruptcy court. And certainly, t... ...ll help clear up the estate or fix the financial problems. Jackson reportedly died more than half a billion dollars in debt and Associated Press reports he only had assets of just over $230 million....

The Mother of all Dashboards

in The CIO Weblog, on July 1, 2009

... go down the rabbit hole into minute detail of dubious value, or end up emphasizing flash and style over the substance of the information. They get pitched and constructed more as cool toys than legit... ...hboard , which is a pretty impressive piece of work detailing spending and performance on almost 40 billion dollars worth of US government IT projects and I think "Hey, this is a really big deal....

DHL makes exansion in China

in Supplychainer, on June 30, 2009

...reign companies from entering its domestic express mail market. DHL group has invested around $2.2 billion in Asia-Pacific and will continue to make significant investments in the region in the futur...

Install OS X On SD Card

in Wangtam, on June 30, 2009

..... for a price • LIVESTRONG: 1.9 Billion Calories Burned in One Year • SharesPost Report: Facebook Worth $4-6 Billion. So Much For That $10B Valuation • Sub DiggerPlus - Keep Track of Your Digg ...

July 8: China Cleantech Business Forum

in China Venture News, on June 30, 2009

...owing industry focus for venture capital and development funds: Despite the current credit crisis, overall fundraising for cleantech has remained steady in 2008, with 29 funds raising a total of US$6 ... ... © star5112 2Point6Billion (a blog that looks at economic issues in China and India) has a write up online on the upcoming China Cleantech Business Forum. The July 8th forum will be Asia's ...

Beware the China bubble

in Sox First, on June 29, 2009

...s could turn out to be larger than expected, and it is unclear what share the central and/or local governments ultimately will be willing or able to bear." If that's right, China's commo... ...the creation of an asset price bubble in that market. There was 4.57 trillion yuan (or about $US670 billion) of new lending pouring into the market but most of that was on speculative assets, not the ...

Logistics cost in the U.S. is dropping

in Supplychainer, on June 28, 2009

...als (CSCMP), total spending on U.S. logistics dropped to $1.3 trillion last year, a decrease of $49 billion from 2007. Logistics Management Magazine also reported that the annual respected benchma...

Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 3

in Wangtam, on June 26, 2009

...Exclusive: Yahoo Working on Major Brand Overhaul (Pretty Please, No More Yodeling!) • Step by Step Guide to Jailbreak and Unlock iPhone 3.0 • Google Voice invites on their way • Kayak to Bing: S... ...wer of Word in Outlook • CBS Interactive's Smith On Authentication: '70 Billion Reasons To Make This Work' • Hedge fund managers betting Twitter will give them an edge in rapid trading...

Stimulus packages create corruption opportunities

in Sox First, on June 23, 2009

...a procurement contract, though, offers opportunities for different players to take a cut. Officials overseeing the deal, bidders jostling for position, agents, middlemen, and politicians can all stick... ... a report from risk consultancy Kroll . According to the report, corruption could swipe about $500 billion out of the $5 trillion, equivalent to Japan's national output in just 18 months, being p...

Survival strategies for a deepening recession

in Sox First, on June 23, 2009

...e before they get better. But what's clear from the report is that it will be so bad that a recovery in 2010 looks very difficult. Markets have taken that into account. Markets in Europe and th... ...plunging trade and business lending. And world trade will contract by a gob-smacking 48%, from $707 billion in 2008 to an anticipated $363 billion in 2009. In other words, things are going to get wors...

Airline crisis strategy: screw customers and staff

in Sox First, on June 21, 2009

...o the dogs. The combination of the global financial crunch and swine flu will cost them at least $9 billion this year. So what's their answer? Screw passengers and staff. First, we have the rep...

Mafia cashes in on crisis

in Sox First, on June 19, 2009

... been cashing in on the financial crisis with two apparently "Japanese" men bringing $134 billion worth of fake Treasury bills into Switzerland. The men were questioned by Italian police who...

The slow recovery

in Sox First, on June 16, 2009

...isis has told Bloomberg that the optimists are getting "ahead of the curve" and that recovery will be "weak, anemic, subpar". Any growth is going to be very slow. The IMF's ... ...ng that Bank of America Corp is experiencing "horrific" loan losses and may set aside $46 billion in loan loss provisions this year. There might be a recovery next year. But it will so slow...

NIKA Water: Helping Body and Soul

in Straightfromthedoc, on June 12, 2009

...ared to the 20% of the world's population that lack access to safe drinking water. Of these 1.1 billion people, about 80% of those lacking such access live in sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Asia and ...

Who would buy a newspaper?

in Sox First, on June 11, 2009

...;ll find a buyer for it is another question. The New York Times bought the company for more than $1 billion in 1993 and it's worth nowhere near that now. So who in their right mind would buy a new...

Apple 公布 iPhone 3G S 和 iPhone OS 3.0

in Wangtam, on June 9, 2009

在刚刚结束的 WWDC 2009 开幕演讲上,Apple 全球营销高级副总裁 Phil Schiller 发布了第三代 iPhone 手机,名字就叫做iPhone 3G S。其中,字母"S"代表了 Speed 速度。顾名思义,Apple 这一次将注意力放在了提升系统性能方面。 iPhone 3G S的外观设计和上一代产品iPhone 3G完全相同,整机、屏幕尺寸没有进行任何修改,重量从133g略微增加到135g。而在内部,iPhone 3G S对硬件配置进行了全面升级。根据苹果在发布会上的说法,iPhone 3G S启动短信应用程序的速度是iPhone 3G的2.1...

Hedge Fund Competing To Buy British Bank

in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on June 9, 2009

...#39;s BGI buyout will break its own record in a hedge fund transaction, when in 2006 BlackRock took over Merrill Lynch's asset management business for $8.5 billion. More at HedgeCo.net ... ...ransaction, when in 2006 BlackRock took over Merrill Lynch's asset management business for $8.5 billion. More at HedgeCo.net ...

Crunch for airlines

in Sox First, on June 8, 2009

...ts see growth by the end of the year but pessimists view this as a mirage and expect an L-shaped recovery,'' Bisignani says. "I am a realist. I don't see facts to support optimism. Ou... ... Airlines are set to lose $9 billion this year with demand for air travel falling away as a result of the global recession and swine flu. A statement released by the International Air Transport A...

Banks fight to keep accounting tricks

in Sox First, on June 6, 2009

... be the losers. And with the Fed reportedly uneasy about the accounting change, it looks like US Government will want to repeat the same mistakes that plunged global markets into a crisis.... ... credit-card receivables off their balance sheets and regulators say the change will result in $900 billion in liabilities being put on the balance sheets of the nation's 19 largest banks that hav...

Mortgage giant Mozilo charged with fraud

in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 5, 2009

...is Reuters story . Mozilo is a cautionary tale. At its height in 2006, Countrywide originated $461 billion worth of mortgage loans. Too many of those loans, though, were bad ones. When the subprime l...

Renewable energy and the recession

in Sox First, on June 5, 2009

...g 2008, reaching a total of $120 billion. What's driving this? It's coming very much from governments bringing in new policies and setting new targets. Europe, for example, has a target to ge... ... power by 29%. At the same time, the United Nations Environment Programme has revealed that $155 billion was invested last year in various clean energy technologies, including solar, wind and bioma...

What next for GM?

in Sox First, on June 4, 2009

...out, the $65 billion in taxpayers' money is all part of the subterfuge. Instead of being handed over as a loan, it's money converted into an illiquid 60% stake in the car maker. And this is wh... ...'s biggest car manufacturer? As Dennis Berman at The Wall Street Journal points out, the $65 billion in taxpayers' money is all part of the subterfuge. Instead of being handed over as a loa...

Climate change and business costs

in Sox First, on June 3, 2009

...ns of companies listed on the S&P500. The report found that carbon costs would total nearly $93 billion, if there was a market price of $28.24. Not surprisingly, the sector with the biggest exposu...

Supply chain video: Innovations in air transport

in Supplychainer, on May 31, 2009

...f technology which is getting real momentum is not PC but mobile phone. Today there are more than 3 billion mobile user in the world. Mobile technology has the potential to put all parties in an airpo...

How much is Facebook worth?

in Sox First, on May 30, 2009

...l networking site to make any profits. The report from ContentNextMedia found that "excitement over virtual currency has been driven mostly by the novelty of it and interest 'could come to a ... ... Russian internet investment group. As reported in the Financial Times , it values Facebook at $10 billion. It's extraordinary because it suggests Facebook is still relying on bail outs while it ...

Windows 7: More of the New '7'

in Wangtam, on May 27, 2009

...cessible On the Web • Smashwords Launches Flexible Ebook Affiliate Program • Tweeji - Follow dead people on Twitter • recent snippets - code snippets wiki / refactory.org • Pope2you • Church...

More on the Satyam-PWC scandal

in Sox First, on May 27, 2009

... The implosion at Indian IT specialists Satyam raises many questions about corporate governance. As Madhukar Angur says in the Deccan Herald , the debacle suggests we have learned very little sin... ...nd integrity is addressed. As Angur points out, the company was able to inflate its profits by $1.6 billion and its auditors at PwC didn't pick up the problem. Francine McKenna at The Auditors b...

Batteries Get Stimulus Grants

in IfEnergy, on May 27, 2009

.... From the article: Candidates for the money are required to prove they already have the funds to cover half of their project costs. Winners will be announced in July and receive their allotments in ... ... VentureBeat pointed out last week that $2 billion worth of federal grants were being awarded to battery makers in the near future. Grants will run between $100 million and $150 million. The deadli...

New in Labs: Inbox preview

in Wangtam, on May 23, 2009

... North Again. Up To $10 Billion Now. • Make Your Google Analytics Data Public • Do You know how #FollowFriday started? • 马化腾兵挫广告:腾讯收入多极构想遇阻 • AWS Import/Export • 朱翊:Gmail的野心是大一统互联网通行证 • 我国...

Tweeting Too Hard

in Wangtam, on May 21, 2009

... Palm Pre to run $549 off-contract • Open Source Developer Intends To Block Belgian Government From Using His Technology Over Tax Dispute • Report: iPhone Applications Are Getting Cheaper • Loo... ...ys Data Domain for $1.5 billion • Gawker Chief: 'Original Reporting Will Be Rewarded' • OIOpublisher Ad Manager - Control Your Ad Space • neighbo connects residents, owners and property ...

NetApp Buys Data Domain for $1.5 Billion

in On Storage, on May 20, 2009

...rs worldwide." "NetApp, along with EMC, appear to be among the winners amid data center overhauls," writes ZDNet's Larry Dignan . "By playing nice with various giants - HP, ... ... NetApp today announced plans to purchase Data Domain for approximately $1.5 billion. "This combination is a great opportunity for both NetApp and Data Domain," says NetApp CEO Da...

Speed Sourcing - An Over-Reaction to Long Procurement Cycles?

in The Outsourcing Weblog, on May 19, 2009

...defined completely. In this instance, a strategic use of additional legal resources can reduce the overall transaction cost of the deal. Frankly, there is no reason that an accelerated, multi-supplie... ... can be addressed without the entire team in the room (and yes, I have done this successfully in a billion-dollar, multi-vendor procurement). Without the need for "legal theatre," the legal ...

Bioscience Education in America: A State by State Analysis

in The Biotech Weblog, on May 12, 2009

...ress Center, Atlanta, GA, Room B306, Building B, Level 3 WHO: James Hunt , former North Carolina Governor, homas G. Wiggans, CEO and Chair, Peplin, Inc., Mitch Horowitz, Vice President, Battelle Tec... ..., and Health and Life Sciences. It advances scientific discovery and application by conducting $5.2 billion in global R&D annually through contract research, laboratory management and technology c...

Credit card losses to hit banks

in Sox First, on May 11, 2009

... Obama's battle to overhaul the credit card industry and rein in their exploitative practices is likely to turn into a sideshow when you take a look at the impact that credit card losses will... ...imes . According to the bank stress test results, the 19 biggest US banks could expect nearly $82.4 billion in credit card losses by the end of 2010. Federal regulators called that a "worst case&...

No recovery yet

in Sox First, on May 8, 2009

... Is the US economy on its way to recovery or not? Some would point to the results of the bank stress tests as a green shoot with 10 of the 19 largest banks needed to boost their capital by a combi... ...t with 10 of the 19 largest banks needed to boost their capital by a combined total just shy of $75 billion. Not as much as many expected, prompting officials and industry experts to say it's a si...

Bankroll blues

in Sox First, on May 7, 2009

...e banks are in the political system and how close they are to politicians. Is it any wonder the US Government won't crack down on them? First comes its report showing that that the top 25 origi... ... the past decade on lobbying and campaign donations. Top of the list was Countrywide which made $97 billionin subprime loans between 2005 and 2007. Countrywide was acquired by Bank of America which re...

H.P. Labs Pulls Out the Measuring Stick

in Wangtam, on May 1, 2009

...th Problem (continued) • 寻找猪流感"零号患者" • Functionality based URLs • Sand/Stone • A Look Inside the Twitter Admin Panel • Social Gaming Scores in the Recession • Making Movies: The ... ... The Venture Capital Math Problem (continued) • 寻找猪流感"零号患者" • Functionality based URLs • Sand/Stone • A Look Inside the Twitter Admin Panel • Social Gaming Scores in the Recession...

Director at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center becomes supply chain "Pro to know" of the year

in Supplychainer, on April 27, 2009

...eraging the base ERP systems to drive contract compliance, automation, improved data management and overall user adoption. DeLuca was also instrumental in helping to launch Prodigo Solutions, LLC, a s... ...ompany which is now part of UPMC's International and Commercial Services Division. UPMC is a $7 billion global health enterprise, which operates a 20-hospital system with nearly $2 billion in spen...

The Pirate Google Bay Gives the Finger to Record Companies, Studios

in Wangtam, on April 26, 2009

...ts, Find Free Gigs, Discover New Indie Music Scenes • Rateelert • Fotomoto - Sell your own photos: Commerce without Conformity • Online travel journals. Create. Share. Explore the world. - MapVi... ...pple hits 1 billion App Store downloads • Why Apple's MobileMe Doesn't Work As a $100 Service • Apple apologizes for Baby Shaker • Salma Hayek's Apple MobileMe account hacked, couldn...

App Store hits 1billion

in The Gadgets Weblog, on April 26, 2009

... the devices, has just celebrated it's billionth download... in around a year, less than, even, over 1billion apps have been downloaded. Congrats, Apple, what an achievement!... ... which is where one can download various applications for the devices, has just celebrated it's billionth download... in around a year, less than, even, over 1billion apps have been downloaded. C...

Big bonuses at imploding banks

in Sox First, on April 26, 2009

...ed for is anyone's guess. The New York Times reports that six of the biggest banks set aside over $36 billion in the first quarter to pay their employees. This is significant because their work... ... anyone's guess. The New York Times reports that six of the biggest banks set aside over $36 billion in the first quarter to pay their employees. This is significant because their workforces ha...

Oracle and Sun: What's Next?

in Java Entrepreneur, on April 24, 2009

... © storem Following Oracle's $7.4 billion purchase this week of Sun Microsystems , what does the future look like for both companies? "Sun made its name as a supplier of server hardw...

TARP fraud investigations

in Sox First, on April 21, 2009

...e people are breaking the law even while they are being bailed out. And the problem is that the US Government is making it worse with its lack of oversight and not even knowing all the parties involve... ...nto possible securities fraud, tax violations, insider trading and other crimes related to the $750 billion bailout. And that's just the first wave of investigations. Doubtlessly, there will be mo...

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...

Oracle acquires Sun

in The CIO Weblog, on April 20, 2009

...ingredient to Oracle's success. It does, on the other hand, give the company end-to-end control over their platform, with something like 3/4 of Oracle deployments running on Sparc systems already.... ...after the Sun/IBM deal fell through last week. The companies report that the deal will come to $7.4 billion with Oracle paying $9.50 per share, cash, trumping IBM's reported final offer of $9.40 p...

新款 Final Fantasy XIII 高清壁纸两张

in Wangtam, on April 19, 2009

... 一季度PE募投双双创下历史新低 • Britain in the dock over secret tracking of internet accounts • Wall Street Journal iPhone App Sets Content Free • GameStop Wants Cheaper Consoles, Predicts Hot Titles • Fa... ... • Facebook rejects funding at $4 billion valuation, may not raise more • Apple Researching Movement-Aware Interfaces for iPhones, Depicts Front-Facing Video Camera • Sun Said to Be Willing to R...

A way to link to a specific part of a youtube video

in Wangtam, on April 18, 2009

...s Gmarket stake for $350 million • Kutcher/CNN Twitter Fight Day 3: EA Ups The Ante • TwitPub invents paid Twitter accounts • Next Wave of Microsoft Office Products Will Redefine How People Work...

Sony Ericsson Delays Android Phones

in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on April 17, 2009

...Japan's Sony, the company said sales in the January-March quarter tumbled by 36 percent to $2.2 billion, from $3.5 billion a year earlier. It blamed the sales drop to weaker demand for mobile ph...

Microsoft Stops Mainstream Support For Windows XP

in Wangtam, on April 16, 2009

...able • Yahoo Could Save $1+ Billion Per Year Outsourcing Search To Microsoft • Time Warner delays meter program • Evernote + Twitter = Instant Memories • Tweet this: Rapid-fire media may confu...

Apple About to Break Milestone

in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on April 15, 2009

...) Apple announced that it had surpassed 500 million downloads. By comparison, it took the company over two years to sell its billionth song through iTunes.... ...umbers like Apple's been enjoying. The maker of the iPhone and iPod Touch is fast approaching a billion downloads for its online App Store. The company unveiled a Web page dedicated to tracking ...

VC Fund Raising Drops Dramatically

in TJ's Weblog, on April 13, 2009

... almost 40%. A number of sources ( Red Herring , VentureBeat , TechCrunch , PE Hub ) have been covering the story. The numbers are stark. Only 40 VC funds raised money at all in the first quarter ... ...uarter of 2009. A year ago 71 VC funds raised money during the first quarter. VC funds raised $4.3 billion this year compared to $7.1 billion last year. The information comes from the National Ventu...

IDC Sez Linux Market Will Reach $35.5 Billion by 2013

in HackITLinux, on April 10, 2009

...Linux in a New Economy [PDF file] anticipates that the global market for Linux will grow to $35.5 billion by 2013. "This compound annual growth rate of 23.6 percent will far exceed the 5 perce...

Skype's Founders Want Their Company Back

in The VoIP Weblog, on April 10, 2009

...knowledge of their plans," Stone writes. "The two men sold Skype to eBay in 2005 for $2.6 billion, and later received bonus payouts that increased the final price to $3.1 billion." &q...

What's Next For Sun?

in Java Entrepreneur, on April 10, 2009

...are three weeks ago to as little as $9.40 in the past few days, paving the way for an estimated $7 billion deal," writes SFGate's Deborah Gage . "The deal's collapse after weeks o...

Bailout funds sink without a trace

in Sox First, on April 6, 2009

... Last week, I did a blog entry bemoaning the lack of oversight into the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) bailouts. Some of the banks have not been able to say where the money has gone. Now, ... ... made to public agencies or the public. Absolutely zip. As US PIRG reports: "Six months, $565 billion, 24 hearings and 364 reports later, the American taxpayers still don't know where their ...

Analysis: Which URL Shortening Service Should You Use?

in Wangtam, on April 4, 2009

...r • Group Prods FCC to Defend Skype on iPhone • Image Search Preview Page Overhaul • World's Fastest Broadband at $20 Per Home • Chrome marketshare for March 2009 • No Backbone As Google... ...t And Bans Users With Fake Names • Twitter Wouldn't Sell For $1 Billion, Says Source • Timetoast Timelines | Create timelines, share them on the web. • Bizual • Talking Open with Adobe'...

SUNY Albany Launches $150 Million Nanotech Expansion

in Nanotechbuzz, on April 2, 2009

...million expansion of its Albany NanoTech Complex that the University says will support more than $1 billion in new investments and 600 new high-tech jobs by 2013. "Two new buildings at the Coll...

A Web 2.0 Obituary?

in TJ's Weblog, on April 2, 2009

...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 that has ... ...subscriptions services and 'digital roses' but there is no big underlying trend generating billions of revenue. In fact all startups summed up together excluding the TOP 15 in the Web 2.0 spac...

Advertising market crash

in Sox First, on April 2, 2009

...ecause advertising is a lead indicator of economic trends and the data suggests there will be no recovery for some time.... ...gency WPP has put out a statement warning that global advertising is going to drop 4.4% to $425 billion in 2009. When you take into account, it actually boils down to &% fall in advertising. ...

Charles River Ventures Raises $320 Million For Its Fourteenth Fund

in Wangtam, on March 31, 2009

...roach? • twittastic • The Wounded U.S. Newspaper Industry Lost $7.5 Billion in Advertising Revenues Last Year • Showcase | Picli - Photo Sharing • Top 20 Ways to Share a Great Blog Post • Pi...

RFID in times of recession

in The RFID Weblog, on March 27, 2009

... to be to be immediate rather we might have to wait till the end of the second quarter to gauge the overall impact of the economic condition. Despite deferrals and termination of project at several ... ...enue from RFID software, readers, transponders and services is expected to cross the figure of $5.6 billion in 2009. If the industry would like to minimize the current effect of the downturn it would...

A good crisis for George Soros

in Sox First, on March 26, 2009

...which will take the toxic assets out of the banking system, out of the banks, so it really injects government money into the bad banks, and I am saying that they ought to be injecting money into the g... ...m investment fund. By year's end, Quantum was up almost 32%, delivering Soros profits of $US2.9 billion. His fortune of $11 billion is now estimated to be up another 9% and as he has told The Aus...

Why Geithner's plan won't work

in Sox First, on March 23, 2009

...;toxic assets". It will cost $500 billion with the "potential to expand up to $1 trillion over time". "The Public-Private Investment Program is better for the taxpayer than having... ...to create a fund that will buy the banks' so-called "toxic assets". It will cost $500 billion with the "potential to expand up to $1 trillion over time". "The Public-Priv...

Fedex announces the quarter earnings are down 75 percent

in Supplychainer, on March 21, 2009

...go. Earnings per share at $0.31 fell short of last year's $1.26. And quarterly revenue of $8.14 billion dropped 14 percent to $8.14 billion-compared to $9.44 billion a year ago, while the quarterl...

Booz & Company's online working capital profiler

in Supplychainer, on March 21, 2009

...terms of receivables, inventory and other financial/operational ratios. You can find the profiler over here . I did try it with the GE symbol and found out the company is a best practice: Saving po... ...In these tough times, cash is in short supply, yet there is up to $950 billion of excess working capital on corporate balance sheets that could be converted to cash. That's the belief promoted by ...