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Big Tobacco extends its reach
in Sox First, on November 11, 2009
...igarette sales around the world have fallen 10%, and while the tobacco companies are still making profits off making people sick, it's a declining market. Buying Niconovum would give Reynolds access...
Al Gore, climate change profits and civil disobedience
in Sox First, on November 9, 2009
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Plenty has been written about Al Gore making mega profits out of global warming. As the New York Times reported last week, as a partner in Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins...
Goldman Sachs and God
in Sox First, on November 9, 2009
...l economy in a mess. And this is someone representing a bank that has assets of $1 trillion and profits of $3.4 billion in the last quarter. Average pay there is $700,000 and the top rainmakers pull i...
Galleon scandal: just the beginning?
in Sox First, on November 8, 2009
... or figure out that a company's earnings were better than anyone expected could reap almost instant profits. Edward Calahan invented the stock ticker (later improved by Thomas Edison and Alfred Vail) ...
Eight New Insider Trading Arrests, Fourteen Total
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on November 6, 2009
...llegedly participating in insider trading schemes that generated more than $20 million in illegal profits.
“If you talk on the phone, we may be listening, there’s always a chance the person you con...
Big profits: How Goldman Sachs bet on the US housing crash
in Sox First, on November 5, 2009
Earlier this year, I did a blog entry on Matt Taibbi's piece in Rolling Stone on how Goldman Sachs had engineered market manipulation since the Great Depression. Now, McClatchy Newspapers investigative reporter Greg Gordon has a piece that really raises serious questions about the leg...
TechFlash discusses roadblocks to innovation in America
in The CIO Weblog, on November 2, 2009
...been self-selected and exceeds the averages in education. Just because a country experiences a surge in poorly educated, low-income workers looking for agriculture jobs doesn't mean they are going to...
2009, l'année du Mac
in Business Computer Blog (FR), on octobre 26, 2009
...se de la marge. Et pendant ce temps, Apple plane au-dessus de la mêlée et annonce des profits comme jamais, avec son positionnement commercial à destination du haut-de-gamme et des ordinateurs de "lux...
Profits are a gift: Soros
in Sox First, on October 25, 2009
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The big profits made by the banks did not come through talent or hard work. They're just a free gift, says billionaire financier George Soros. In an interview with the Financial Times , Soros...
Boosting Productivity and Profits
in BootStrapMe, on October 14, 2009
...stic about their work than they could be. If all your employees were “fully engaged,” …. your profits would jump 40%. Eric Brody, Healthy Conversations And as the author points out, every business cou...
Seen that? - EPT Championship
in Internet Poker, on October 13, 2009
...escends on Online Poker at The Gambling Weblog As the surge of online poker continues unabated, the lesser-known part of the technology is the increase in...
Tango
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-05
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Red Hat Stock Soars
in HackITLinux, on September 25, 2009
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Red Hat Inc. 's stock jumped higher this week after the company reported its second quarter results.
"Revenue climbed 12 percent to $183.6 million, topping the $179.4 million expected by analysts... The company had a 15 percent jump in subscription revenue, fees for the u...
The phoney bull market
in Sox First, on September 24, 2009
...Government planning to expand health coverage for millions of Americans, it's good news for the profits of Big Pharma and insurance companies. Similarly, the cash-for-clunkers program has been sub...
Facebook makes profit
in Sox First, on September 18, 2009
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The big news is that Facebook is finally making money, and showing profits. That's one year before it was scheduled to start happening in 2010. Still, it's not convincing because the ad...
Accounting change to boost Apple profits
in Sox First, on September 17, 2009
...es changed. Under the new tentative rules, those revenues can be reported earlier, which means the profits will be higher, which means the shares will accelerate. It's not that Apple is making mo...
Famitsu China: 11 New Final Fantasy XIII Scans
in Wangtam, on 2009-09-16
...onomic News: 9.6-inch, PA Semi Apple Tablet due in February, cost $800-$1000
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Twitter's advertising U-Turn
in Sox First, on September 12, 2009
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In its search for profits, Twitter has finally opened the door for advertising. As The Independent reports, it's a significant U turn with Biz Stone, one of Twitter's founders, reveali...
Unemployment boosts profits
in Sox First, on September 5, 2009
...reeping up close to 10%. And the evidence suggests it's good for business because it will boost profits. At 9.7%, it's just a matter of time until the official figures are in double digit terr...
The new normal
in Sox First, on September 4, 2009
...in which economies grow very slowly as opposed to growing like weeds, the way children do; in which profits are relatively static; in which the government plays a significant role in terms of deficits...
Great Lake Swimmers' Tony Dekker Credits P2P With Success
in P2P File Sharing, on September 1, 2009
...d artists at the same time, as though the interests of both are one in the same when in reality the profits of the former come well ahead of the interests of the latter," ZeroPaid's soulxtc ...
The app economy
in Sox First, on August 28, 2009
...recession. That's likely to increase with analysts predicting that smart phone shipments will surge 23% from 2008 to 2009 while hand set sales will go the other way....
Simmons Men's Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on August 26, 2009
...t raises money to educate and uplift the people and communities of Africa. Fifty percent of the net profits from sales of the Green Bracelet and 25 percent of the net profits from sales of the rest of...
Facebook's recruitment campaign
in Sox First, on August 26, 2009
...ng. That's expensive to service so the company is pulling out all stops now to start generating profits. The alternative is that it would keep depending on bailouts from venture capitalists. And s...
Botnets surge through Twitter
in Sox First, on August 22, 2009
Hacking episodes, like the one that took down Twitter recently, are becoming more frequent because the barriers to competition are coming down. And the perpetrators are getting smarter and staying one step ahead. As BusinessWeek reports the prices for hiring out botnets are coming down which...
Trying to time the bottom
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on August 17, 2009
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Not a lot of people did this. It's not easy to sell a house, even if you are looking at big profits. And for many homeowners — those who planned on living in their homes for a long time ...
Streaming, Not P2P, Is Fastest-Growing Mobile Bandwidth Hog
in P2P File Sharing, on August 12, 2009
Allot Communications recently released its first Global Mobile Broadband Traffic Report - which found, among other things, that streaming, not P2P, is the fastest-growing bandwidth hog on mobile networks.
"Peer-to-peer has always been viewed as the prime culprit in network congestio...
Something A Little More Creative
in Business Computer Blog (UK), on August 5, 2009
...updates about events on their phone. I have to admit, I'm impressed.
The problem is, most non-profits/charities/churches are about a decade behind on technology. This usually has a lot to do with...
Goldman Sachs reputation takes a hammering
in Sox First, on August 3, 2009
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Despite its roaring profits, Goldman Sachs reputation took quite a hammering last month starting with Matt Taibbi's piece in Rolling Stone, which I covered here , where he accused Goldman...
Is Ryanair's pee fee the answer?
in Sox First, on August 2, 2009
...nd swine flu. But one airline seems to be doing okay and weathering the storm. Ryanair is posting profits and continuing to attract passengers despite the recession thanks to its aggressive marketi...
Airline losses soar
in Sox First, on August 1, 2009
..., will record its first ever full year loss. This is from an airline that has consistently reported profits since it was established nearly 30 years ago. Air France-KLM has reported a bigger than e...
Is Ryanair's pee fee the answer?
in Sox First, on August 1, 2009
...nd swine flu. But one airline seems to be doing okay and weathering the storm. Ryanair is posting profits and continuing to attract passengers despite the recession thanks to its aggressive marketi...
Goldman Sachs in the gun
in Sox First, on July 30, 2009
...bpoena. Deutsche Bank didn't immediately respond to a request for comment." With its mega profits, Goldman Sachs is now a popular target in Washington. No one know what the end game is. To h...
First SOX clawback
in Sox First, on July 26, 2009
...es chief financial officers and chief executive officers to reimburse the company bonuses and stock profits following a fraud. The rationale behind the legislation is that they were running the compan...
Buffett cleans up on Goldman Sachs
in Sox First, on July 25, 2009
US taxpayers did well when Goldman Sachs repaid US Treasury's TARP loan of $10 billion. According to Bloomberg , they made a return of 23% which is not too bad at all in any market, let alone this one. But that's just lunch money compared to Warren Buffett's return. As the New Yor...
Can manufacturing be saved?
in Sox First, on July 23, 2009
...ector. The paper suggests tax initiatives for R&D might help and ensuring foreign taxes paid on profits made overseas are deductible. Frankly, one would have to question whether any of that would...
PlugLock Puts Wall Warts In Their Place
in The Gadgets Weblog, on July 22, 2009
... killed vampire power drains and held "Wall Warts" in place, then it would be the perfect surge protector.
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Nokia 6760 Slide - Mittelklassig
in Das Handy-Weblog, on 21.07.09
...nn das Smartphone mit Volltastatur ist explizit als Mittelklässler geplant. Der US-Beiname "Surge" ist entsprechend irreführend, zumindest, wenn man diesen als Gefühlsaufwallung übersetzt. D...
Swine flu profits
in Sox First, on July 21, 2009
...h produces Relenza, Roche which sells Tamiflu, SANOFI -Aventis, Novartis and Baxter with massive profits. The Financial Times reports that JP Morgan estimates that fresh antiviral sales could boo...
California's dope rush
in Sox First, on July 19, 2009
...y going to have the same ramifications to productivity as a cigarette-break. Although snack machine profits will certainly soar. I'm not saying that there wouldn't be fiscal benefits for any s...
Reasons why Microsoft's profits are tanking
in Sox First, on July 19, 2009
...t's earnings. The problems will continue. PC World gives us seven reasons why Microsoft's profits are tanking . It's good food for thought. First, is the problem with Vista. Then we hav...
Goldman Sachs: behind the numbers
in Sox First, on July 15, 2009
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Much has been made of the extraordinary profits posted by Goldman Sachs with its best quarter since the end of 2007 when the recession was just beginning. As Phillip Silitschanu, a senior analys...
Suddenly more bullish on housing?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 14, 2009
.... During the housing boom, people bought homes and then tried to sell them in a year or two for big profits. That's no longer a possibility.
This is actually good. Housing was never meant to be ...
Derivatives tripped up regulators: Geithner
in Sox First, on July 12, 2009
...erivatives under control. Bloomberg reports that derivatives have provided as much as 40% of the profits of the banks. ...
Apple's lack of enterprise ambition
in The CIO Weblog, on July 8, 2009
... more every time you turn around. But a funny thing happened on the way to the bank with the iPhone profits... they started coming from corporate America. The iPhone, it develops, is just the thing fo...
Don't believe the homeownership hype
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 24, 2009
...ok at the world of housing, you see that these price appreciations don't necessarily equal high profits for homeowners.
For instance, when you sell a home, you do have to find another place to li...
Does Obama's patchwork overhaul go far enough?
in Sox First, on June 18, 2009
...o lobbyists to stymie any changes that would affect their business and stop them raking in enormous profits. So don't expect the banks to lie down and cop this one. As Bloomberg reports, lobbyis...
NIKA Water: Helping Body and Soul
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 12, 2009
...NIKA Water, a San Diego-based brand, is changing the way we stay hydrated. NIKA donates 100% of its profits to bringing water and clean sanitation into underdeveloped countries. What could be healthie...
Problem Solving is Key
in BootStrapMe, on June 12, 2009
...dmit. The bottom line, like Sid says, is that when you fix all the small problems in your business, profits shoot through the roof.
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Mortgage giant Mozilo charged with fraud
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 5, 2009
...vil lawsuit against Mozilo yesterday. The lawsuit claims that Mozilo made more than $139 million in profits in 2006 and 2007 from exercising 5.1 million stock options and then selling the underlying s...
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in Wangtam, on 2009-06-03
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How much is Facebook worth?
in Sox First, on May 31, 2009
...make money but the Facebook business model doesn't allow the social networking site to make any profits. The report from ContentNextMedia found that "excitement over virtual currency has been...
More on the Satyam-PWC scandal
in Sox First, on May 27, 2009
...r independence and 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...
Economists predict recession ends this year. As if!
in Sox First, on May 27, 2009
...looking. But the truth remains that the hard data - house prices, unemployment, trade and corporate profits and inflation - all remain dreadful. Consumers can dream all they want." Economist Nou...
Early retirement soars, but who is going to pay?
in Sox First, on May 26, 2009
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An alarming Los Angeles Times report that the US Social Security system is reporting a major surge in early retirement claims from laid off workers. It's up 25% ahead of last year. Clearly, ...
Higher rents and sale prices for green buildings
in Sox First, on May 25, 2009
...it has enormous implications in this economic climate. It means that businesses seeking to maximize profits will have to start looking at increasing the energy efficiency of the buildings. Otherwise, ...
Sony to reduce the number of suppliers to half
in Supplychainer, on May 24, 2009
...financial crisis has eviscerated global demand for consumer electronics and a strong yen has eroded profits earned overseas. Sony didn't say how the new measures would affect earnings. But if the ...
JJ Singh Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on May 12, 2009
... Metalsmith and Jewelry Designer
In recent years, the surge of independent designers has seen an all-time high. From hand-knit scarves to commissioned furniture, artisans who know their craft and ca...
Buffett says newspapers have no future
in Sox First, on May 4, 2009
...that newspapers were on the skids. In his letter at the time, Buffett said "the days of lush profits from our newspaper are over". The problem, he said, was that the industry was obliviou...
The next accounting battle
in Sox First, on May 3, 2009
...its. In effect what that did was allow trillions in assets to escape close scrutiny and delver mega profits for banks and hedge funds. Doubtless, the banks and hedge funds will be screaming in protes...
No recovery in sight
in Sox First, on April 30, 2009
...ry is nowhere in sight. Schiff says: "With the collapse of the housing and stock markets, the surge in unemployment, and the fall in wages, the only way that consumers can spend more is if they ...
The Invisible Hook by Peter Leeson
in Sox First, on April 30, 2009
...se who got injured plundering ships. This ensured pirates would continue to take risks and maximize profits. Pirates also had strict constitutions on how to behave in a ship and ensuring the business...
Director at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center becomes supply chain "Pro to know" of the year
in Supplychainer, on April 27, 2009
...rocesses that enable companies to weather risky economic conditions and place them in a position to surge ahead in better times have earned them a place on this year's Provider Pros listing."...
The Future of Golf is Online
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 17, 2009
... nominal fee.
Well, it turns out, I'm not alone in my thinking.
CBS claims it earned handsome profits during The Masters by selling advertisers on its online coverage as well as its live-to-air ...
New partnership to offer supply chain network design services
in Supplychainer, on April 11, 2009
...ptimization, this Network analysis service is focused on providing insights that lead to higher profits and cash flows in chemical supply chains.
Optimizing cash, which includes higher working ca...
Airlines in tailspin
in Sox First, on April 9, 2009
...e industry goes from bad to worse. A crumbling global economy means fewer seats on planes declining profits for the world's biggest airlines. More details here .The big problem lies in their fix...
The Latest on PowerPlay Golf
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 7, 2009
...rand among grassroots golfers like you and me.
The next step is to leverage that initial marketing surge in the various countries - rapidly closing in on 20 nations - and encourage golf clubs to beco...
Executive pay goes down - to just $7.6 million
in Sox First, on April 4, 2009
...re of $7.56 million. While unemployment continues to rise, small businesses continue to go bust and profits keep falling, their salaries grew salaries grew 4.5%....
Getting the recession right
in The CIO Weblog, on March 31, 2009
...idn't you cut it five years ago and position yourself for this situation (and enjoy increased profits in the meantime) then? HP made the hard choices years ago and they will benefit from them all ...
