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Why did the housing meltdown happen in the US?
in Sox First, on December 8, 2008
The role of the dysfunctional US housing market is one of the fascinating parts of this global meltdown. What is it about the US that created the meltdown? What are the unique features of that market? Some interesting insights in a Bank for International Settlements working paper The housing m...
Public Speaking
in Biz Plan Hacks, on October 18, 2008
...Wackerhausen
Are you ready to make a speech?
It should come as no surprise to many people that public speaking rates above death as the top fear most people have. Until a short time ago I was pet...
Celebrity Popularity Rankings
in The Celebrities Weblog, on September 3, 2008
You have your favorite celebrity or celebrities; in fact most people have at least one celebrity that they regard as a favorite.
But just how popular, overall, are your favorites, when compared to other celebrity favorites?
I found an excellent website that has up to the minute celebrity p...
There's worse ahead - central bankers
in Sox First, on July 2, 2008
If you thought we are over the worst of the economic slowdown, think again. In its latest report , the Bank for International Settlements warns that we could be at a "tipping point" and things could get a lot worse. The report condemns the way banks have kept interest rates low, or ...
Nokia 完整收购 Symbian
in Wangtam, on 2008-06-25
Nokia 原本就拥有 Symbian 47.9% 的股权，数个小时之前， Nokia 正式宣布 ，出资 4.1 亿美元，全面收购 Symbian 余下的 52% 股份。Nokia 表示，将使 Symbian OS 成为一种免收专利费的产品，很明显，这是用以应对 Google Android 等日益增长的竞争威胁。
Nokia 将以每股 3.647 欧元的价格收购 Symbian 余下的全部股份，Nokia 正从日本松下、西门子和爱立信等公司手中收购这些股份， Nokia 还称，预计韩国三星公司将接受自己的出价。
本次交易将使 Nokia 获得这家世界最大的高档手机操作系统开发商的控...
Banking squeeze
in Sox First, on June 10, 2008
Let's take yesterday's expected announcement by Lehman Brothers of a $2.8 billion loss and $6 billion capital raising in context. It coincides with the Bank of International Settlements issuing its latest quarterly financial report makes it quite clear that the banks simply don'...
Umwelt und Gesundheit: Lesekalender mit Frauenansichten
in Das Gesundheits-Weblog, on 20.12.07
...welt, Gesundheit und Verbraucherschutz).
Kostenlose Bestellung unter www.bmu.de - Publikationen.
Meine Quelle: http://www.sonnenseite.com (über Google Alert Gesundheit) (Titelbild ebenfalls dor...
The myth of labor market deregulation
in Sox First, on September 27, 2007
In countries around the world, including Australia, Governments have adopted policies around the ideology of labour market deregulation. Put simply, the view is that a deregulated labour market is good for business because it increases flexibility and reduces cost. This is what makes the ...
New Publication: Microbial Biotechnology
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 30, 2007
... Wiley-Blackwell , the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc , and the Society for Applied Microbiology (SfAM) announced today pub...
Position and Orientation of Game Objects in Tabletop Games Can be determined using RFID-based Infrastructure
in The RFID Weblog, on July 16, 2007
Up till now RFID solutions were being developed for identification of objects within a range but how about pinpointing the exact position and orientation of objects? Steve Hinske and Marc Langheinrice have thought about this concept and its technical realization in the case of augmented mi...
Peace Corps podcasts available
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on December 1, 2006
Ran across this site this morning via the Jayne Blog . It's run by the graduate school of international studies at the University of Denver. Called RPCV (Returned Peace Corps Volunteer) Podcast, the site interviews RPCVs and brings you the podcasts of those interviews. Worth a look. The fi...
Gast-Beitrag für den Blog-Karneval: Mit System gegen das E-Mail-Chaos
in Das CIO Weblog, on 30.10.06
...c. rer. publ. Jan de Vries ist Fachjournalist für IT und Telekommunikation bei Siemens Enterprise Communications in düsseldorf . Er hat u. a. die Bücher " Die Erreichbarkeitsfalle " ...
Joint Forum Releases Outsourcing Guidance for Financial Services
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on February 22, 2005
... regular risk reviews.
The report underwent a consultation process with different sectors and the public. Furthermore, "the Joint Forum worked closely with the International Organization of Sec...