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Do you trust the government to protect you from mortgage lenders?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 18, 2009
Do you have faith that the government can protect you and other borrowers from bad mortgage loans pushed by shady mortgage lenders? If you answered "yes" to this question, you'll be happy to know that the Obama administration is pushing for the creation of a new consumer agency d...
A Hippocratic oath for managers
in Sox First, on May 8, 2009
The global crisis is as much a failure of ethics as it is of finance. Business at the end of the day has to serve society which gives it its licence to operate. Creating virtual products as they did in financial markets wasn't serving anyone. Neither was flogging subprime packages to people ...
An End to Tax Havens?
in Bizinformer, on May 5, 2009
...ils. You know the metaphor about laws and sausages. So we'll see what eventually comes of this proposal. My personal take is that tax havens often give the companies with the best lawyers and acco...
Verizon Pushes for Apple iPad
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on April 29, 2009
...bring the iPhone to its upcoming fourth-generation, or 4G, network. Apple has yet to commit on this proposal.
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Geithner's push for power and the law of unexpected outcomes
in Sox First, on March 26, 2009
With Bloomberg reporting that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is moving to tighten up the rules for monster hedge funds, private- equity firms and derivatives markets, it's worth looking at what's ahead and whether we should be preparing for the law of unexpected outcomes. The pla...
Accounting reshuffle
in Sox First, on March 19, 2009
What happens when you are not happy with the accounting rule-makers? Bring in a new one. That seems to be the proposal from Edward L. Yingling from the American Bankers' Assocation. He has recommended replacing the Financial Accounting Standards Board with a "systemic regulator"...
The seven deadly sins of executive pay
in Sox First, on March 18, 2009
With shareholders up in arms about massive pay packages, it's worth looking at two interesting proposals. The first comes from corporate governance watchdog Regnan which has recommended capping "golden parachutes" and issuing share options that can only be cashed out after five ...
Tax Extension: E-File Business and Personal Extensions at FileLater
in Wangtam, on March 14, 2009
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哪些时装值得投资？
in Wangtam, on March 3, 2009
在《欲望都市》(Sex and the City)中有一个情节，莎拉•杰西卡•帕克(Sarah Jessica Parker)扮演的角色凯莉(Carrie)责备自己因着迷Manolo Blahnik的鞋而无力购买公寓。她说："我竟然将要成为生活在鞋堆中的女人。"她预期自己的鞋类资产将会超过她的房屋资产，或者更确切地说，是缺乏房产。
凯莉不是唯一一位崇尚投资于时尚的女性。配饰设计师贝弗莉•费尔德曼(Beverly Feldman)说："我的退休基金将来自我的（服饰）收藏。我从来不存钱。我是一个购物狂-在上世纪80年代，我买不够服饰珠宝。最近，我决定不要任何东...
Obama's Tax Breaks and Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on March 3, 2009
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In a recent article published by the Gerson Lehrman Group, Obama's elimination of tax breaks for outsourcing was analyzed. The article states (and I agree) that there is a large difference between the elimination of tax benefits for a business...
The relational company
in Sox First, on January 5, 2009
A fascinating proposal from the Relationships Foundation in Britain which would, if implemented, give corporate governance a radical overhaul in a way that we have never seen before. The foundation's paper The Relational Company: Exploring a New Business Vehicle says that the problem wit...
Happy New Year, Brides and Bride Wannabes!
in White Lace Wedding, on December 31, 2008
Well, it's that time of year again. Hopefully, if you were expecting a proposal, you got one and I hope it surpassed your dreams.
If you're planning a spring or summer wedding, you still have time to plan (and if you're getting married in the fall, you have more time still!). If you...
Tis the Season - for Proposals
in White Lace Wedding, on December 19, 2008
We're right in the middle of the holiday season, which can only mean one thing. No, not eating 'til you're stuffed. Not even shopping 'til your feet are screaming for mercy.
It means it's a prime season for marriage proposals. Christmas, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, V...
Bush Administration Expresses Opposition to Free Wireless
in The Wireless Weblog, on December 11, 2008
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The Bush administration has expressed its displeasure with the idea of requiring operators making use of the "white space" bands to offer a free wireless broadband service.
"The FCC has been considering auctioning 25 megahertz of spect...
Fixing broken boards
in Sox First, on December 8, 2008
Last week, I did a blog entry condemning Robert Rubin's self serving claim that Citigroup's woes had absolutely nothing to do with its board directors. Not their fault at all, he said, especially not his, despite his $115 million fee. Yeah right! The global recession raises questions ...
Britain moves on bribery
in Sox First, on November 28, 2008
Britain's bribery laws are finally set for an overhaul withe Law Commission bringing in a set of proposals that would make Britain's enforcement standards more like the US. Under the proposals, British companies could be liable for prosecution if they are involved in bribery activity ...
Florida State University to Spin Off Buckypaper Company
in Nanotechbuzz, on October 30, 2008
... away from delicate components. It can shield four times the level mandated by a recent Air Force proposal. Replacing typical copper shielding with the lighter buckypaper would save fuel and weight.&q...
Hedge Fund Manager Attempts Overhaul of Noront's Board of Directors
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on October 10, 2008
Hedge fund manager Rosseau Asset Management Ltd. and certain related parties have filed a dissident's proxy circular (the "Dissident's Circular") to Noront Resources Ltd., in which the hedge fund group controls over approximately 9.2% of common shares.
Rosseau asks Noront&...
China Stock Investors Get New Rules
in China Venture News, on September 29, 2008
Market Watch is among a number of news sources reporting that China will begin allowing margin trading and short selling on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission proposed the new rules and China's State Council has approved the proposal, acc...
Bailout blues
in Sox First, on September 25, 2008
...w "by any court of law or any administrative agency," and this adds up to an unacceptable proposal. "I'm aware that Congress is under enormous pressure to agree to the Paulson plan...
American Medical Association and the Voice for the Uninsured
in Straightfromthedoc, on September 20, 2008
Join American Medical Association (AMA) President Nancy Nielsen, M.D., Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Congressman Michael Burgess (R-TX) ask you to show your support and help get the AMA's proposal to expand the health insurance coverage to the uninsured.
The AMA proposal:
To provide...
What Kind of Jobs Cannot be Outsourced?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 8, 2008
...termine (a) the underlying meaning of the Obama proposal, and (b) the long term value of the McCain proposal.
I can safely assert that "jobs that cannot be outsourced" are not really inform...
Jonathon Swift Pearls of Wisdom
in Biz Plan Hacks, on September 5, 2008
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FASB has drug makers squealing
in Sox First, on August 15, 2008
Big question marks hang over the latest proposals from the Financial Accounting Standards Board, reported here , requiring companies to account for the potential cost of ongoing litigation. As The Wall Street Journal points out, it would give attorneys a licence to print money because they woul...
Risk managers come clean
in Sox First, on August 11, 2008
With the banks imploding, it's refreshing to read the confession of a risk manager in this Week's Economist . It's anonymous and we don't know which bank. But the insights are worth reading and re-reading because they tell us how smart people can be so stupid, and ignored all t...
U Cal System Looks at Changes to Admissions Policy
in The Universities Weblog, on July 17, 2008
For decades it's been this way in California. You take the right classes, you keep up a minimum GPA, you make at least a certain score on the ACT or SAT - and you're in, promised a spot on one of the ten campuses of the University of California. Otherwise, too bad. Go some place else.
Now ...
Something of value
in BootStrapMe, on July 16, 2008
...ater.
In an effort to encourage my wife to perform, the guy we had met suddenly made an unexpected proposal. In exchange for my wife singing a single song he would give us the vase free-an estimated ...
Pebble Beach Concours Study Reveals Oldsmobile Concept
in Classical Drives, on July 16, 2008
Commercial artists normally begin their work with a few initial renderings. The above is Charles Maher's proposal for the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance poster. If you're an automobile fine art practitioner, creating a Pebble Beach poster is the equivalent of michelangelo ...
Buying and Selling Services
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on June 25, 2008
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In a recent posting , Arun Purohit described an interesting disconnect between the sales approach of Indian outsourcers and the purchase approach of American (at least some) customers. I think he's spot on.
In the article, Mr. Purohit ...
Outsourcing Vocabulary
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on June 10, 2008
...bingo when listening to the next great transformational speech or when reading the next vendor proposal. In any case, it is always good to keep up with the lingua franca of our business!...
Free Wireless Internet Close To Becoming Reality
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on June 6, 2008
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (Kevin Martin) announced yesterday a delay in the voting on his proposal to auction an unused piece of 25 megahertz wireless spectrum. The winning bidder would have to build out a free wireless braodband system to serve half of the U.S. pop...
微软、Yahoo 将重回谈判桌
in Wangtam, on May 19, 2008
近日， Yahoo 收购案风波将再起 ，除了亿万富翁 Carl Icahn 搅和进来之外，微软、Yahoo 将重回谈判桌。今天微软出具了一份 官方的新闻稿 ，表明将重新进行对 Yahoo 的收购，但是与之前不同，此次的收购意向仅针对部分的 Yahoo 在线服务，如 Yahoo 的搜索引擎：
" in light of developments since the withdrawal of the Microsoft proposal to acquire Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft announced that it is continuing to ex...
郎朗写给全球琴迷倡议书
in YuleGuan, on May 18, 2008
就在几天以前，中国四川省汶川县发生7.8级强烈地震，波及周围十几个省市，目前可为止可统计死亡人数已达一万四千多人，更多在地震中受到伤害和失去家园的人们无时无刻不牵动着我们的心。
A few days ago, Sichuan province in China experienced a huge earthquake of 7.8 Richter scale, affecting more than 10 others provinces and cities. Up till this moment, over 14,000 people have lost their lives...
Giving VoIP It's Own Country Code
in The VoIP Weblog, on May 13, 2008
© meyshanworld One of the things that I missed out on at eComm 2008 was the fact that Voxbone CEO Rod Ullens proposed, in his session at eComm, proposed a country code for VoIP users: 883.
As part of it's proposal, Voxbone is giving away telephone numbers, called iNums, in the 883 country...
Massachusetts May Tax College Endowments
in The Universities Weblog, on May 11, 2008
Hard up for cash, the state legislature in Massachusetts is considering a plan to tax college and university endowments that are valued at more than a billion dollars, according to University Business .
The legislature's rationale is simple. All that money in one place makes the lawmake...
The Consequences of New Credit Card Regulations
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on May 5, 2008
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On Friday, the Federal Reserve laid out a bunch of new regulations it is proposing to clamp down on the credit card industry . Here is one of the official press releases from the Federal Reserve on the changes . I've summarized them in a way that I think is a bit more unders...
WSOP Main Event Final Nine To Finish After Halloween
in Internet Poker, on May 4, 2008
...ives can be summed up by another former winner of the Main Event.
"I am very torn over this proposal. It might be huge for the continued growth of poker, however, the down side is this long ga...
Yahoo 回应微软：本来就是莫名其妙的不请自来
in Wangtam, on May 4, 2008
一早， 微软正式宣布撤回对 Yahoo 的邀购申请 ，对于此，Yahoo 似乎是得了便宜依然要卖乖，已经发出了正是对于微软的回应。可能是杨致远个人的胜利，但是在他们的路上，也越走越远了。即便暂时逃离了微软之口，依然也会把自己"出卖"给其他虎视眈眈的主儿们。而这样不安定的局面，也是 Yahoo 几个高层一手促成的。看一下下周一 Yahoo 的股价，应该可以一窥端倪了。以下是 Yahoo 正式回应微软的新闻稿 ：
微软宣布放弃收购 Yahoo
in M2 十字街口, on May 4, 2008
网谈消息 ，微软 CEO Steve Ballmer 今天向 Yahoo CEO 杨致远发出信函，宣布放弃收购。Steve Ballmer 也在信中证实，微软确实曾将收购报价提高到 33 美元/股，但 Yahoo 索要 37 美元/股。
Steve Ballmer 称，经过认真考虑后，他们认为 Yahoo 提出的要求是不合理的，因此收回了收购提议，这对微软股东、职员和其他股东都是最好的结果。他表示，虽然微软做出了最大努力，包括将报价提高了 50 亿美元，但 Yahoo 一直不肯接受。对此，Yahoo 尚未发表评论。
在信中，Steve Ballmer 也表达了对 Yahoo 和 G...
微软正式宣布撤回对 Yahoo 的邀购申请
in Wangtam, on May 4, 2008
在经历 3 个多月的波折之后，微软今天正式宣布，因价格未达成一致，正式放弃收购 Yahoo。从昨天到今天早些时候，Steve Ballmer 与 Yahoo 的两位联合创始人杨致远和 David Filo 在西雅图进行了会谈。Steve Ballmer 将收购价增至每股 33 美元，但杨致远表示，不会以低于每股 37 美元的报价出售。
微软 CEO Steve Ballmer 提到，自己在上周六致 Yahoo 的信中表示，愿意将收购报价提高至 475 亿美元，相当于每股 33 美元。可是，Yahoo 仍坚持至少 530 亿美元的报价，相当于每股 37 美元。微软 3 个月前提出的报价为...
Microsoft walks on Yahoo deal
in The CIO Weblog, on May 4, 2008
Microsoft finally withdrew itself from the brink of madness yesterday by formally withdrawing its proposal to purchase Yahoo, a conclusion which always seemed the likely one but which puts an end to nearly three months of fevered speculation and entertainment in the blogosphere.
After upping it...
Attachment
in Bizinformer, on April 21, 2008
By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. Lao-Tzu © nicolasnova
Humans become emotionally attached to people, places, and things. They become attached to the software they use. They become attached to certain investments more than others such as real est...
Finchem Backs Olympic Bid
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 17, 2008
Tim Finchem likes the idea of golf returning as an Olympic sport.
He likes it so much that he has made his views official, i.e. public, the first step in gathering support for the idea.
In fact, in order for the International Olympic Committee to even consider the idea - which wouldn&#...
You're a Winner! In More Ways Than One
in The Dating Weblog, on April 16, 2008
I'll bet you never thought your passion for video games could net you a spouse, did you?
Usually it can't, but this young programmer decided to ask his girlfriend to marry him by hacking into her game of bejeweled . When she reached a certain score, a request for marriage, ...
微软就 Yahoo、Google 联手一事发表看法
in Wangtam, on April 10, 2008
微软最后通牒 之后，虽然 Yahoo 方面开始放软 ，但是变化还是相当戏剧化的。昨天，Yahoo 忽然 向 Google 示好 ，开始在他们的搜索引擎里面测试 Google Adsense 广告服务。对此，今天，微软的法律顾问 Brad Smith 作出了 正式回应 ：
Yahoo 第二次正式答复微软：哥们儿，给点面子，加点钱吧？
in Wangtam, on April 7, 2008
针对前几天 微软的最后通牒 ，几个小时前 路透社爆料 称 Yahoo 又要来个严词拒绝了，不过事实上还没那么糟糕，因为刚刚 Yahoo 正式答复微软了，公开文稿中表明了一些态度，认为微软应该多出点钱，他们也不是不愿意坐下来好好谈。不过，都到这份上了，Yahoo 到底有什么资本，到底哪里好意思要微软加价了？HUNG 是没看出来。Yahoo 在公开的回复当中倒是对自己充满信心，当然，在措辞上已经显露出一部分由硬变软的趋势：
" Steve, you personally attended two of these meetings and could have advanced ...
微软致信 Yahoo 董事会，三周必须签订收购协议
in M2 十字街口, on April 6, 2008
有关于 微软出价 446 亿美元欲收购 Yahoo 的事情，已经进行两个多月了，根据 网谈的消息 ，微软刚刚致信 Yahoo 董事会，三周必须签订收购协议，其含义就像是一份最后通牒。而业界分析也普遍认为，就 Yahoo 目前的状况而言，被微软收购能算是最好的结果了。以下是 微软公开致信的全文 ：
微软最后通牒：Yahoo 必须在三周内签署收购协议
in Wangtam, on April 6, 2008
从 2 月 1 日， 微软出价 446 亿美元欲收购 Yahoo （ 细节 ）之后，几经波折， Yahoo 正式拒绝微软的收购邀请 ， 微软又回应 Yahoo 拒购声明 ，之间 AOL 还插了一脚 ，还 扯上了新闻集团 。并且其间， Google 像个小丑一样上蹿下跳 ，多方游说阻挠该笔交易，最近微软和 Yahoo 又 进行了多次会晤 ，微软逐渐开始失去耐心。
刚才，微软再次 正式致信给 Yahoo 董事会 ，这种猫捉老鼠的游戏，已经玩腻了，也逐渐到头了。微软给 Yahoo 下了最后通牒，三周之内 Yahoo 必须要答应微软的邀购，并且"这是唯一符合 Yahoo 董事会利益...
What Writers Are Saying - NFL Hair Issue
in End Zone Buzz, on April 1, 2008
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If you don't know by now, the NFL is going to rule on if they should allow players to wear their hair long enough that it covers their names. The proposal was first brought up by Kansas City Chiefs coach Herman Edwards, who thinks it should be a uniform violation, for safety re...
The Bear Stearns fallout and a solution
in Sox First, on March 27, 2008
If the Fed thought orchestrating the sale of Bear Stearns to JP Morgan for a bargain basement price would make the problem go away, it was dead wrong. The shockwaves from the US-government backed sale continue with the Senate launching a probe into how much risk it creates for the taxpayer, repo...
A Qik Marriage Proposal
in The VoIP Weblog, on March 19, 2008
Qik is a program that you run on your Nokia N95 (or similar) device that allows you to stream live video over WiFi, 3G, or EDGE. They co-sponsored Pat Phelan's St. Patrick 's Day party on Monday night and it was in use throughout both Jeff Pulver's Social Medial breakfast and his pa...
New Web 2.0 Community Planned for Online Teachers
in The Online Universities Weblog, on February 25, 2008
A new web 2.0 community is in the works for online teachers. The Social Media Virtual Classroom was the winner of the Knowledge-Networking Award, a grant of $61,000. The money will be used to create a website where online educators can go to discuss their work. Here's a bit about the winning...
Kevin Johnson 致信员工详解 Yahoo 收购案
in M2 十字街口, on February 24, 2008
微软平台和服务部门总裁 Kevin Johnson 昨天 致信部门所有员工 ，披露了收购 Yahoo 的最新进展，重申了这一交易的重要性，同时回答了一些常见的问题。下面是这封邮件的全部内容：
Kevin Johnson 致信员工详解 Yahoo 收购案
in Wangtam, on February 23, 2008
微软平台和服务部门总裁 Kevin Johnson 今天 致信部门所有员工 ，披露了收购 Yahoo 的最新进展，重申了这一交易的重要性，同时回答了一些常见的问题。下面是这封邮件的全部内容：
Yahoo 发布致股东信，详细解释为何拒绝微软的洽购
in Wangtam, on February 14, 2008
三天前， Yahoo 正式拒绝微软的收购邀请 ，之后 微软便回应 Yahoo 拒购声明 ，表示"誓将收购进行到底"。事实上，大部分 Yahoo 董事会成员对董事会最终作出的这个决定相当不满意，尽管管理层一直表示，Yahoo 还具备相当的能力达成盈利目标，不过自去年夏天人事变动之后开始的"下滑"却是显而易见的。今天，Yahoo 为了安抚更多不满的股东们，出具了一份 致股东的公开信 ，其中详细解释为何拒绝微软的洽购，主要还是分析了目前的市场与预期市场，表明 Yahoo 还具备相当的潜力没有发挥，没有必要被微软整体的收购。公开信全文如下：
OpenID gets backing from major tech firms
in The Search Engine Weblog, on February 13, 2008
OpenID , the decentralized single sign on model for the web, enables users to sign-in into a website that supports OpenID creation and use that log-in for subsequent sites that support OpenID. The model removes the limitations posed by centralizes identity stores.
Recently OpenID got major...
微软回应 Yahoo 拒购声明
in Wangtam, on February 12, 2008
几个小时前， Yahoo 正式拒绝微软的收购邀请 ，微软随即 发布一份声明 称，Yahoo 拒绝该公司446亿美元的收购要约是件"不幸的"事情，并表示推进这一交易符合双方最大的利益：
Microsoft <> Yahoo soap continues
in Web 2.0, on February 12, 2008
Earlier this week I blogged about the Microsoft bid on Yahoo, which resulted in a lot of rumors and ideas about how the future would look if this actually happened.
A lot of speculations went all over the internet, but things went differenly than people expected. Where people belived that Yahoo wo...
Yahoo 正式拒绝微软的收购邀请
in Wangtam, on February 11, 2008
半天之前的消息 已经被确认了，Yahoo 刚才已经向美国证监会提交了正式答复，拒绝 微软出价 446 亿美元的收购请求 。公文原文如下：
MacBook Air 已经正式在国内接受预定
in Wangtam, on February 4, 2008
- MacBook Air 已经正式在国内接受预定
- MacBook Air 的 CPU 和电池
- BT 下载: Windows Server 2008 RTM
- Video: ShakeSMS Lets You Shake Your Nokia to Read Text Messages
Shaking a phone to read text messages is as intuitive as swiping your finger across the screen to unlock it, but once you're trained it ...
Bush Moves to Expand Pell Grant Funding
in The Universities Weblog, on February 1, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that President Bush's 2009 federal budget proposal will include a $2.6 billion dollar expansion of the Pell Grant program.
The Pell Grant helps low income students and families pay for college. At the moment it pays up to $4,731 per year to offset college exp...
Yahoo 称将仔细迅速评估微软收购要约
in Wangtam, on February 1, 2008
微软 446 亿美元洽购 Yahoo 的消息已经占据了今天傍晚开始数个小时的所有新闻网站了，对此，Yahoo 迅速作出反应，公司董事会将"仔细而迅速"的对此收购要约进行评估：
Yahoo acknowledged the proposal and said it would be evaluated "carefully and promptly."
微软出价 446 亿美元欲收购 Yahoo
in Wangtam, on February 1, 2008
Update: 微软官方已经出具 PR ，确认将以 31 美元一股的价格全面收购 Yahoo。问题是微软现在手头的资金大约为 210 亿美元，难道交易还需要以股换股？
微软收购 Yahoo 的传言在去年下半年开始，一直不断。 M2 刚刚又有消息称 ，微软已经向 Yahoo 董事会提交收购报价，计划以每股 31 美元收购后者全部已发行普通股，交易总价值约为 446 亿美元。以下是 TC 公布 的一份邮件内容：
微软出价 446 亿美元欲收购 Yahoo
in M2 十字街口, on February 1, 2008
微软收购 Yahoo 的传言在去年下半年开始，一直不断。刚刚又有消息称，微软已经向 Yahoo 董事会提交收购报价，计划以每股 31 美元收购后者全部已发行普通股，交易总价值约为 446 亿美元。以下是 TC 公布 的一份邮件内容：
Cooling Off the Market?
in China Venture News, on January 31, 2008
Why are China's stock markets so hot? There are a number of probable causes for it, but perhaps the most basic, simple reason is that the Chinese economy is awash in money. The high level of cash liquidity in China means that people have money to invest. And as they do it, they drive the index i...
President Bush' Economic Stimulus Package
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on January 28, 2008
Stephen Horan, CFA, head of private wealth for CFA Institute, commented today on the economic stimulus package proposed by President Bush and the U.S. House of Representatives.
"What's interesting about this proposal is the yet-to-be-determined impact it will have on the soft...
Florida Raises Tuition, Cuts Enrollment at State Universities
in The Universities Weblog, on January 24, 2008
The Tampa Tribune reported today that Florida's oversight board for state run universities ordered the institutions under it to raise tuition by eight percent and begin cutting enrollment.
There are 11 public universities in Florida and they are faced jointly with a $147 million budget cut t...
College Football Season Final Thoughts
in Play Las Vegas, on January 10, 2008
The college football National Champion is LSU; after soundly defeating Ohio State in the BCS Championship Game.
So, with the final game included, I end the bowl season 16-15-1, a winning season, by the smallest of margins.
This is the final AP Poll for the 2007 college football season.
Do you...
The End of the Road for Frontline Wireless
in The Wireless Weblog, on January 9, 2008
Frontline Wireless , the startup that was positioned as a key bidder in the upcoming 700 MHz auction , has closed its doors.
The company this week issued the following terse statement: ""Frontline is closed for business at this time. We have no further comment."
"Led b...
Virginia Governor Proposes $1.65 Billion Bond for Higher Ed
in The Universities Weblog, on December 13, 2007
Virginia Governor Tim Kaine has proposed that the state issue $1.65 billion in bonds to pay for construction and renovation at the state's college's and universities, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education .
The bond package will be part of the two-year state budget proposal th...
