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Banks to face more stress tests
in Sox First, on June 9, 2009
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Last month, I did a blog entry questioning the bank stress tests, pointing out that the bar had been set too low. At the time, I raised the question of whether the tests had been put in place to...
Self Foot Examination Against Needless Diabetic Amputations
in Daily Diabetic, on June 4, 2009
...t of all nontraumatic lower-limb amputations occur in diabetic patients," says Dr. Perlstein, pointing out that foot problems are the leading cause of hospitalization among diabetics and adding t...
Blame the recession on Reagan: Paul Krugman
in Sox First, on June 1, 2009
...ually laid the foundation stones for this recession. No doubt the debate will continue with people pointing out to Krugman that Reagan did not create a budget deficit as big as the one Obama has esta...
More bad news: Mortgage delinquencies on the rise
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 29, 2009
...ashington Post were kind enough to remind us of this yet again this morning. They ran a story today pointing out that the nation's rising unemployment rates helps push a record number of homeowner...
Obama Administration Targets Employers with Immigration Enforcement
in Global Mobility Report, on May 22, 2009
... Napolitano, the new head of the of Homeland Security Dept. Napolitano is quoted in the article as pointing out (correctly) that illegal immigration is a labor force issue. Undocumented workers come ...
Energy Harvesting Batteries for RFID Chips
in The RFID Weblog, on May 14, 2009
...onmentally friendly materials the good thing about these batteries is that they can be recharged by pointing a cell phone to it.
This power packed battery delivers more energy per square cm as compa...
Selling to Procurement Organizations
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on May 10, 2009
... lots of frustration from each side of that relationship. From the sales side, there were articles pointing out how a procurement department can, in the blink of an eye, render useless years of relati...
Are economists to blame for the financial crisis?
in Sox First, on April 23, 2009
...es and even of our scientific civilization." British economist John Kay adds to the debate, pointing out that the fundamental mistake of economists is that they tried coming up with a theory f...
Tips for Accurate Blood Glucose Testing
in Daily Diabetic, on April 21, 2009
...hands in warm water before testing can improve circulation and make it easier to obtain a sample
Pointing hands downward below heart level will also increase circulation.
Gently squeezing and mass...
IPOs: don't blame Sarbox
in Sox First, on April 15, 2009
... was raising concerns about the Obama administration's plans to regulate venture capital firms, pointing out that Sarbanes Oxley's compliance costs had stopped start ups from going public. Tha...
What is up with Enterprise 2.0, anyway?
in The CIO Weblog, on April 13, 2009
...cro-messaging service, if you can't show the value of either?
To be clear, Hinchcliffe is only pointing out that the difficulty of building traditional ROI cases is holding up Enterprise 2.0 adop...
Madoff to jail, SEC in the dog house
in Sox First, on March 13, 2009
...lks tend not to have as much of a problem." Still, that doesn't stop Fox News gleefully pointing out that Madoff is one lucky man. He'd be missing more than his freedom if he was in Sa...
Further failures cast cloud into question
in The CIO Weblog, on February 24, 2009
...e offering , as usual, to take up any cast-off customers, but in this case it isn't as easy as pointing your users to a new website and getting up and running in a few days.
Cogshead is followin...
GM Fires Robot, Saves TV Commercial
in Classical Drives, on February 17, 2009
...dden in a full-length gown? Though meaning no disrespect to female libbers I disarmed the caller by pointing out that our model had followed this commercial exposure by making her debut as Playboy ma...
Oil price futures
in Sox First, on January 20, 2009
...ices will rise: peak oil. As Currie told a London conference , the industry's fundamentals are pointing towards that. "Thirty dollar oil reflects the same imbalances that got us to $147 oil...
How Madoff played the SEC for suckers
in Sox First, on December 15, 2008
...iously scary. Henry Blodget at Clusterstock provides us with a document from advisory firm Aksia pointing out there were so many red flags with Madoff's business. Read it carefully, and weep. &...
PCAOB to auditors: turn up the heat
in Sox First, on December 9, 2008
...rcise extreme scepticism. The PCAOB has put out a report telling auditors what to watch out for, pointing out this economic climate will increase risk and make their work more difficult. Stuff to w...
The Subprime Solution - Robert Shiller
in Sox First, on December 1, 2008
...cs, argues that boom thinking creates a "social contagion". He compares it to a disease, pointing out that every disease has a contagion rate (the rate at which the disease is spread from p...
Is the Downturn Affecting Offshore Outsourcing?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on November 20, 2008
...ing in the face of a difficult future.
First, the very end of the article shows a little caution - pointing out the broad-based trouble being faced by the economy. Second, political winds are clearly...
Obama or McCain? Which will be better for markets
in Sox First, on November 4, 2008
... Democrat is in the White House. Assuming Obama wins, and all the prediction markets and polls are pointing to that, he will be inheriting enormous problems and there is no quick fix. If the Democrat...
Buying a Business?
in Biz Plan Hacks, on October 9, 2008
... of iStockphoto , Rich Legg
The Babe of Business Blog has a great entry that does a good job of pointing out the pros and cons of buying an existing business instead of starting one from scratch. ...
America's China Addiction: Time to Kick It?
in China Venture News, on October 4, 2008
...Hats off to Richard Brubaker over at his blog, All Roads Lead to China , for pointing out this Financial Times article. If you enjoy understanding the big picture , the piece is insightful...
The a...
Who says IT is at fault in the financial crisis?
in The CIO Weblog, on September 30, 2008
...rom the loop in either financial services, or healthcare, may be a bad idea, but I think any finger-pointing at this point does us all more harm than good.
...
The Melamine in China's Milk
in China Venture News, on September 28, 2008
Well, I've tried to ignore this story, but I suppose the time has come to comment on it...
WaPo had a story in their Sunday paper. In China you can take your child to the hospital and have its kidneys tested for free. According to the Post article: Despite official assurances that the problem...
College Survival Guide
in The Universities Weblog, on September 8, 2008
...Hat tip to College Admission Counseling for finding the College Survival Guide and pointing it out to me.
The guide, published by PsychCentral, deals with issues that have to do with both the ad...
Climbing the corporate ladder
in The CIO Weblog, on September 6, 2008
...?
So it's good to be able to put up a counter-example every now and again, as we can today in pointing out that TD Ameritrade has promoted CIO Dave Kelley to the Chief Operations Officer role. ...
HP updates virtualization portfolio
in The CIO Weblog, on September 2, 2008
...ervices giant EDS. So instead of hiding their head in the sand, the company has gone on the attack, pointing out that while 86% of technology decision makers have implemented virtualization projects, ...
Princeton Review College Rankings Out For 2009
in The Universities Weblog, on August 1, 2008
...Hats off to Todd Johnson over at College Admissions Partners for pointing out that the 2009 Edition of the Princeton Review College Rankings is out.
The rankings tell you everything .
Want to k...
The Wonderfully New and Improved Cereus
in Internet Poker, on July 31, 2008
...ing fairly close after the busting of Russ Hamilton (former owner of UB) as one of the super-users. Pointing fingers without all the facts is wasted air, but for a project of this size, you'd thin...
Pointing Fingers
in The CIO Weblog, on July 9, 2008
When automated processes break down in the modern enterprise, who gets the blame?
The IT department, of course, with you, the CIO, called on the carpet to explain, without lapsing into the required technical detail, all your sins to people who don't really care why or who could understand even ...
微软响应 Icahn 称愿与 Yahoo 新董事会进行收购谈判
in Wangtam, on July 8, 2008
激进投资者 Carl Icahn 周一在致 Yahoo 股东的公开信中，援引微软 CEO Steve Ballmer 的话称，如果 Yahoo 在8月份的股东大会上选出新董事会，微软将会重启全部或部分收购 Yahoo 的谈判。
伊坎在公开信中称，过去一周，他曾与鲍尔默多次沟通，鲍尔默仍有意全部收购 Yahoo 或仅收购 Yahoo "搜索业务"，但不会与 Yahoo 现任董事会谈判。
受微软有意继续全面收购 Yahoo 影响， Yahoo 股价开盘大涨 8.8％，报 23.32。微软股价开盘微涨 0.46％，报 26.10 美元。
以下是 Carl Icahn ...
SA Investable As Emerging Market
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on July 7, 2008
...uot;Industry members predict that the current soaring growth rate will be maintained for some time, pointing to plentiful capacity available in existing funds and a level of allocation to alternative ...
Winners and Losers
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on June 23, 2008
...losers in the global outsourcing marketplace. Most significant to me was the portion of the article pointing out that the low high-school graduation rates in US schools is making it difficult to on-sh...
Think you Couldn't Drive a Concept Car?
in carzz.org, on June 12, 2008
...w.conceptcarz.com that has some great wright-ups on cars. I highly recommend this site and will be pointing you there for one of my picks.
Leave it to BMW to put something out that I would actually...
Auditors, independence and distance
in Sox First, on May 21, 2008
...atically since Sarbanes-Oxley. What's the reason? The authors have an interesting explanation, pointing to the old Chinese proverb : "The mountains are high and the emperor is far away...
Talbot Trail ATV Club Cleans Up Trash
in Under My Helmet, on May 13, 2008
...quot;This year, what we're finding, we're still getting a lot of renovators," he said, pointing to a trailer on the back of his yellow ATV packed with material like insulation. Other crew...
ForkLift 1.5.2
in M2 十字街口, on May 3, 2008
Binarynights 最近发布了 ForkLift 1.5.2 新版，这是一款文件管理系统，比 Finder 更为强大，支持本地硬盘、网络硬盘、iPod、FTP、手机等设备之间进行档案管理、组织。还提供如标签页、文件预览、过滤、应用程式移除安装、FTP ( SFTP 或 FTP/TLS ）、第三方编辑器支持、直接查阅压缩文件、Amazon S3 支持等等的优秀特性。最新版本增加了不少新特性，包括针对远程连接设定本地的路径，支持所有远程连接的 Quick Look，自动解析粘贴的 URL 地址，可复制完整的 URL 地址等等：
Leveraging OpenSolaris and Open Storage
in On Storage, on May 2, 2008
...date, they have seen great opportunities in the market place to take advantage of an open solution-pointing to both video adn CAD applications. The uniqueness of this being that video and CAD are two ...
Yuan Under Seven: A Milestone?
in China Venture News, on April 15, 2008
...t for most of a day, you couldn't even buy seven yuan with your dollar anymore...
The IMF is pointing out what everyone else already knew about the rising yuan. China needs to fight inflation a...
Hedge Fund Summit, Top Quotes
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 9, 2008
Here are some of the top quotes from speakers attending the Reuters Hedge Funds and Private Equity Summit ;
CHAN CHIA LIN, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, FULLERTON ASSET MANAGEMENT
"The recent turmoil in the financial markets has really illustrated the benefits of investing in fund of fund...
Chris Henry Is A Joke
in End Zone Buzz, on April 4, 2008
... give him a break. But his actions over the years have been foolish - supplying alcohol to minors, pointing a gun at people, smoking herb - just dumb crap.
Henry has been released, he'll almost ...
Las Vegas Bachelorette Parties
in Play Las Vegas, on March 10, 2008
... promised here, where I posted about traditional men's Bachelor parties in Las Vegas , I'm pointing out the possibilities for the ladies about to get married.
Here's an article that outl...
Diabetes in Recent Studies: Diabetes Incidence Rate, Diabetes Death
in Daily Diabetic, on March 7, 2008
...ot Confirm Increased Risk Of Death Reported By US Trial it has been found that there is no evidence pointing to increased risk of death among those patients receiving intensive treatment to lower bloo...
At Last. Now You Can Find a Classic Car Rental Anywhere in the World
in Classical Drives, on February 26, 2008
... I still do with Classical Drives but sadly have failed to provide a definitive answer other than pointing to a few quality locations in the US and UK. The long wait is over, folks! Thanks to Tony M...
Google Tops comScore Search Engine Rankings
in The Search Engine Weblog, on February 24, 2008
... continued its dominance in the search engine rankings with the comScore search report of the month pointing to a 58.5% share of all the online searches in US. MSN Live also witnessed double digit gro...
Are accountants recession-proof?
in Sox First, on February 19, 2008
...old The Times that that the chances of a big recession were very high and with futures contracts pointing to losses of around 35 per cent in some areas, such as Florida, California and Las Vegas, t...
Ordering the "Wrong" Bottle of Wine: Whose Fault is It?
in Celebrate Wine, on February 15, 2008
...ead. I suppose most of us have made a mistake ordering wine once or twice (those pesty bin numbers, pointing in a dimly-lit dining room...). However, thankfully, I've never made the kind of mistak...
How to Get a Job in Mexico
in Latina Viva, on February 15, 2008
...n the best CV in the world.
If you're a wild spirit with every intention on just packing and pointing yourself south, hit the forums first. Tell people of your crazy intentions and ask where the ...
Active Value Investing
in Businesspundit, on January 24, 2008
...s to do with risk and diversification. Like most value investors, Katsenelson is skeptical of beta, pointing out that risk really stems from ignorance. He advocates a small and focused portfolio that ...
Education in California, Proposition 92, and Schwarzenegger's Budget Crisis
in The Universities Weblog, on January 16, 2008
On February 5th, when voters in California go to the polls they'll find a number of ballot initiatives before them. One of them, Proposition 92 , could have a profound impact on funding for both public K-12 schools and higher education in the state. And if the ballot initiative itself isn't...
Microsoft ramping up enterprise search
in The CIO Weblog, on January 8, 2008
...stems.
Dana Gardner reads this as a move more oriented toward taking on IBM and has some fun pointing out Microsoft's belated initiative and their need to go outside the company for suffici...
China Real Estate Investment Law Teleseminar, January 8, 2008
in China Venture News, on January 2, 2008
...e with Interactive Q&A on China Real Estate Law next week. Hats off to the China Law Blog for pointing it out.
The teleconference is Tuesday, January 8, and starts at 1:00 pm Eastern Time. That...
iPhone Taking Over The SmartPhone Market?
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on December 27, 2007
...;s iPhone beats the competition in the SmartPhone market in North America . Mossesgeld is astute in pointing out that the data compiled by Daniel Eran Dilger , i.e. the person behind Roughly Drafted,...
Upstart Osaka
in Hidden Travel Gems, on December 26, 2007
...kyo. There are plenty of differences between the two cities and people from Osaka are not shy about pointing the uniquenesses out. From the twangy Japanese heard in Osaka (you don't have to unders...
Small is better...
in Biz Plan Hacks, on December 24, 2007
... This year with the Chinese toy recalls smaller toy stores have used that to their advantage pointing out that they have better quality products than the big box stores.
Customer service is a...
A Central Asian City on the Rise
in Hidden Travel Gems, on December 16, 2007
...ns is represented in the city.
Almaty's infrastructure is good. Perhaps this is the basis for pointing to the city's tourist potential. Though there are few licensed taxis, there is a very g...
Choosing An SEO Company
in The Search Engine Weblog, on November 22, 2007
...s.
4. Trust only those that can be trusted. In the SEO realm, territories play an important role in pointing out a good SEO company. Most US- or UK-based companies offer excellent SEO services. Other ...
The Popping LinkPop
in The Search Engine Weblog, on November 17, 2007
...e the backbone for functional websites.
Linkpop is determined by the number and quality of links pointing to your site. It is one of the crucial aspects of SEO because search engines do not want ar...
Historic Porsche Racing Captured in Magnificent Book
in Classical Drives, on November 10, 2007
...trackside action. Many of the drivers were friends, obviously at ease when Alexander's lens was pointing in their direction. Porsche Moments ( Photographs From Europe and Mexico, 1953-1962 ) is a ...
BootStrapMe makes top 100
in BootStrapMe, on November 7, 2007
...than larger companies to changes in the market
Thanks to Ron McDaniel at Buzzdoodle for pointing out the list .
For more input in this blog why not join our Yahoo! Group and discuss issues of ...
Sun and Red Hat come together on Java front
in Java Entrepreneur, on November 6, 2007
...is expected to give it access to the Sun compatibility kit. Earlier Red Hat was into criticism mode pointing fingers at Sun for its semi proprietary Java ways.
Here is a quote of Sacha Labourey,...
This Week on the Soaps
in Eagle Par Birdie, on November 3, 2007
...head to head this week, have both lost out on top players in their events.
But rather than players pointing fingers at each other, they need to take a step back and realize they're all in the sam...
Can TrustCash Entice You to Date?
in The Dating Weblog, on November 2, 2007
...And if so, why do it then? It seems to me that the stigma should be gone by now but indicators keep pointing to the fact that it's not gone at all.
...
Capsaicin Drug Candidate Under Trials for Post-Operative Pain
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 31, 2007
...lowing surgery.
WebMD has an article discussing the mechanism by which capsaicin relieves pain , pointing to a letter published in Nature : Inhibition of nociceptors by TRPV1-mediated entry of im...
Donkeys, Llamas, Same Difference
in Internet Poker, on October 28, 2007
...ay doesn't necessarily mean a bad player, but it doesn't stop most people at the table from pointing out "how could you call there??!?!" "you do know there's a fold button r...
Friday Blog Roundup - October 26, 2007
in On Storage, on October 26, 2007
...re tapping into as you click on each of the following links. A side note - Thanks to Dr. Watson for pointing out that Jon William Toigo runs the Drunken Data weblog .
Computer World Blog : Who bet...
The devil in the details
in The CIO Weblog, on October 4, 2007
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Paul Murphy and his contrarian, plain-spoken ways are at it again, this time pointing out that vendor-written contracts and EULAs have no clothes. Or at least, nothing that will fit the buye...
Stargazing Action With Meade MySky
in The Gadgets Weblog, on October 4, 2007
Unless you're darth vader , or a close relation, it probably isn't too often that you get to blow up planets and stars. And unfortunately this little gadget isn't going to change that. But it will let you shoot at constellations, and then, eh, gather information about them. And it ...
New National Study Links Asthma to Allergies
in Allergies, on September 28, 2007
...#39;s a completely new discovery. Well, basically the article just backs it up with statistics, all pointing to the conclusion that more than half of asthma cases are due to allergies. In particular, ...
Birdwatching Newest Outdoor Craze
in The Outdoor Weblog, on September 25, 2007
...ther.
"I see one, two, three, four, five different species of birds right now," he says, pointing his binoculars toward a marshy copse of trees in the distance. Herons and egrets seem not t...
