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Did Palin quit to head off an embezzlement scandal?
in Sox First, on July 4, 2009
... Max Blumenthal at the Daily Beast dishes up more dirt. "The suddenness of her announcement raises the question about whether Palin resigned to avert a major scandal. One logical place to star...
World Bank finally catches up with Siemens
in Sox First, on July 3, 2009
... division database for six months. These penalties are unlikely to hurt Siemens bottom line. Which raises the question of whether the company has had any real incentive to fix itself, as it's cla...
It's getting tougher to get a mortgage-broker license
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 2, 2009
...ts such as interest-only loans and adjustable-rate mortgages with artificially low initial interest rates.
It's good, then, to see states such as Massachusetts being more vigilant. Of course, it ...
Is plain vanilla the right goal?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 30, 2009
... that consumers know that they can take out basic mortgage loans — without adjusting interest rates, interest-only options or any of the other fancy stuff that got so many borrowers in trouble d...
The True Story of True Ventures
in Wangtam, on June 29, 2009
...ures
• BlackBerry Tour hitting Verizon Wireless on July 12th, selling for $199?
• Gmail Raises Attachment Limit to 25 Megabytes
• Firefox 3.5 gears up for a possible Tuesday public release
• F...
Durbin-Grassley, Indian Outsourcing, and the H-1B Visa
in Global Mobility Report, on June 29, 2009
...es in the U.S. and 70% to 80% offshore. The mix allows the companies to benefit from the lower wage rates offshore, while doing the most critical work, such as testing software applications, on-site. ...
Credit Scores and Car Insurance
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on June 29, 2009
... © me and the sysop
One way to get better car insurance rates and save money is to keep your credit score in good shape. For some time now, insurers have been looking at credit scores in order t...
Undervalued or Not, the Yuan is Not Likely to Gain Much
in China Venture News, on June 29, 2009
...il Raheja has an excellent explanation of the theory behind exchange rate. The currency exchange rates of every country in the world are based on a concept called the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)....
Logistics cost in the U.S. is dropping
in Supplychainer, on June 28, 2009
...o offset the 13.2 percent decline in inventory carrying costs, primarily due to record-low interest rates last year. Transportation ($872 billion) now accounts for 6.1 percent of nominal GDP while inv...
Another Way to Save on Car Insurance
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on June 27, 2009
... need to financially cover your obligations in the event of an accident, or of a loss. The insurer rates each customer for potential losses and then charges accordingly. You, of course, want to keep y...
How to Save Money When You Buy Auto Insurance
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on June 23, 2009
... two things:
• Which cars should you avoid
• Which cars will give you the best auto insurance rates
You see, it needs to start here because trying to get discount auto insurance on a car that will c...
Did Sonia Sotomayor's mortgage views help send county into recession?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 23, 2009
...n't they the ones who took out adjustable-rate mortgages with artificially low initial interest rates just so they could squeeze into home that were a little nicer or bigger than what they could a...
Bankers' pay soars despite crisis
in Sox First, on June 22, 2009
... UBS and Citigroup are actually cranking up pay for investment bankers to stop them leaving. Market rates for bankers have been running close to the boom-time highs of two years ago and banks are also...
Beware of loan-modification scams
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 21, 2009
...se scammers take an advance fee, and then do nothing to actually lower the homeowners' interest rates.
The East Valley Tribune story points to the case of Bobby John Herrera, who victimized 47 ho...
Does Apple need Steve Jobs?
in Sox First, on June 20, 2009
...ys it means investors are coming to terms with the idea of their favorite CEO's mortality which raises a very important question: does it really matter to Apple whether Jobs returns? How much diff...
A new wave of mortgage foreclosures on the way?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 18, 2009
...— is that many of these option adjustable rate mortgages are set to adjust to higher interest rates between 2009 and 2012. Many homeowners won't be able to make the higher monthly mortgage p...
Azotobacter vinelandii Genome Sequence
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 18, 2009
...cesses, using A. vinelandii as model organism.
A. vinelandii has one of the highest respiratory rates of any known bacterium and has the capacity to maintain low levels of cytoplasmic oxygen throug...
The slow recovery
in Sox First, on June 16, 2009
...dest 0.75% in 2010. It's not huge but at least it's headed in the right direction. The IMF praises the administration's fiscal stimulus but still concedes that the balance of the risks is ... ...needs to compared to what's happening in the real world. Capital One says credit card default rates have risen to 9.4% and American Express says defaults have risen to 10.4%. Meanwhile, Reuter...
Higher mortgage interest rates putting a scare in homebuilders
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 15, 2009
... that home builders are spooked rather easily these days.
Today it's higher mortgage interest rates that are giving builders the willies. A story in the Wall Street Journal pointed to rising in...
Vopium-Free VOIP Application for Smartphones
in The Smart PDA, on June 15, 2009
Vopium is a carrier-grade mobile telephony service designed to offer affordable and reliable international calls from any mobile handset. By using the Vopium application on their mobile to make calls from their home country, consumers and businesses alike can save up to 90% on international mobi...
Want a better credit score? Manage your money
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 12, 2009
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Home buyers with the highest credit scores qualify for the mortgage loans with the lowest interest rates. Buyers whose credit scores - also known as their FICO scores - are too low will either have t...
Recession and marriage
in Sox First, on June 12, 2009
...9;s just not worth it, even if it means prolonging a bad marriage. According to the report, divorce rates in England and Wales are at their lowest for 26 years thanks to the recession. It's a sim...
Will rising mortgage interest rates stop housing recovery?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 11, 2009
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Mortgage interest rates are still pretty low. But they are rising. That has some economists worried. They're wondering whether increasing mortgage interest rates will slow or even halt the mo...
What economy? CEO private jets take off
in Sox First, on June 11, 2009
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Despite unemployment in the US reaching 9.4% and foreclosure rates topping 300,000, as reported by Bloomberg , it's heartening to see some things don't change. Pay perks for chief executi...
Is it time to refinance your mortgage?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 10, 2009
...e is a bright spot for certain homeowners: The weak economy has resulted in lower mortgage interest rates. That means it's a good time to refinance a mortgage loan.
Of course, even with low inter...
Rental Rates for that House at the Beach this Summer are Down
in The Flyaway Weblog, on June 10, 2009
If you're thinking of renting a place this summer as part of your vacation, the NY Times says you should be very happy with the price you get in the current market - and it might pay you to shop around. And up and down the East Coast, those who rent out vacation properties are wondering about ...
Are reverse mortgages the next trouble spot?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 8, 2009
...If your mortgage loan officer tells you to consider an adjustable rate mortgage, one whose interest rates could jump sky-high after, say, five years, you'd probably be apt to listen, right? After ...
Wells Fargo accused of pushing bad loans on African-Americans
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 8, 2009
...wers. Many loan officers pushed interest-only loans. These came with extremely low initial interest rates. They then adjusted, and when that happened, many borrowers couldn't afford to make their ...
It's Not Called a Sunroof for Nothing
in Classical Drives, on June 8, 2009
... Summer, for those of us who live up north, is special. It raises hopes for the future, gets us outdoors, even encourages a change of wardrobe. It's also the beginning of the sunroof season. Thu...
Mortgage giant Mozilo charged with fraud
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 5, 2009
...meowners who couldn't make their mortgage payments once their artificially low initial interest rates adjusted to higher levels, brought the company down. It has since been bought out by Bank of A...
OpenX 再度获得 1000 万美元风险投资
in Wangtam, on June 3, 2009
TC 消息 ，由网络行业资深人人士、前 Yahoo 搜索业务主管 Tim Cadogan 经营经营网络广告业务的 OpenX 公司，在新一轮融资中筹集了 1000 万美元，总融资额达到 3100 万美元。
OpenX 是家与 Google、微软 和 Yahoo 竞争的独立网络广告公司，服务于超过 15 万个网站，每月的广告印象数超过了 3000 亿次。该公司表示，将从新筹集的资金中拿出一部分用于加快上月发布的一个在线广告平台的开发，该平台可使小型网络出版商和广告商更容易相互合作。小型出版商发布的网站数量呈爆炸式发展，其中一些拥有价值潜力很大的小领域用户，但在谷歌等提供的广告平台上，这...
60+ Amazing Poster and Advertisment Tutorials
in Wangtam, on June 2, 2009
...illion, To Expand Into TV, Movies, Online Video
• Twitter / Major Nelson (Larry): Twitter is coming to Xbox ...
• The Spoils Go To The Smartest. Apple And RIM Take Majority Of Cell Phone Industry ...
Be honest with your finances before taking on a mortgage
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 2, 2009
...d never, ever conspire with mortgage lenders to create loans with artificially low initial interest rates. Yes, these loans may make it easier for borrowers to make their mortgage payments for a set p...
New MBAs claim they'll be ethical. Yeah right!
in Sox First, on May 31, 2009
...cause it happens bang in the middle of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Which raises an obvious question: how many would have been prepared to be ethical when the market was boom...
More bad news: Mortgage delinquencies on the rise
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 29, 2009
...t again this morning. They ran a story today pointing out that the nation's rising unemployment rates helps push a record number of homeowners into either mortgage delinquency or foreclosure .
A...
Mortgage interest rates went up. Don't panic!
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 28, 2009
...Yes, mortgage interest rates rose this week. According to Bankrate.com , the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage loan carried an interest rate of 5.45 percent. That's up from 5.24 percent a week ...
Windows 7: More of the New '7'
in Wangtam, on May 27, 2009
...ndows 7: More of the New '7'
• iPhone 3.0 betaphiles upset the Apple cart
• OpenX Raises $10 Million to Serve Ads
• Google 购物搜索
• Adobe Reader Lite 9.1.0.29
• 微软提供Vista SP2英文正式版下载
•...
More on the Satyam-PWC scandal
in Sox First, on May 27, 2009
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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...
Loan modifications not always helping homeowners
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 26, 2009
...gs report that points out that subprime loans that have been modified are turning bad again at high rates, even with a change in loan terms.
According to the Fitch Report, from 65 percent to 75 perc...
You can lower your mortgage interest rate -- BEFORE you take out that loan
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 25, 2009
...ers — or soon to be borrowers — who don't want to lower their own mortgage interest rates.
Unfortunately, the time to lower your mortgage interest rate is before you take out a mort...
Higher rents and sale prices for green buildings
in Sox First, on May 25, 2009
...economic climate. According to the study, buildings with a "green rating" command rental rates that are at a 3% premium per square foot than otherwise identical buildings. If there is a gre...
How low will interest rates go? Who knows?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 22, 2009
...sh; whether it's a new loan or a refinance — sometimes feels like a big gamble.
Interest rates on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage loan may stand at 5.1 percent today. But what if they drop ...
The refi money is still flowing
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 21, 2009
...ng market: The government has consistently made moves that have resulted in lower mortgage interest rates.
This means that buyers who qualify for mortgage loans at an interest rate at or slightly bel...
Will credit card bill stall mortgage foreclosures?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 20, 2009
...e bill includes a host of changes , including this big one: Customers penalized by higher interest rates because they missed a payment will, if the new legislation becomes law, have the chance to ret...
How To Install Windows 7 On Almost Any Netbook
in Wangtam, on May 18, 2009
...onger Queries Driving Down Ad Impressions? How About Bankrupt Advertisers?
• Facebook raises $150 million more to cash out employees
• WordPress 2.8 Beta 1
• 11 Cool Android Prototypes We'd ...
The deplorable state of mathematics education today
in The CIO Weblog, on May 17, 2009
... reliability levels, they will have to pay for them just like everyone else (possibly raising their rates to do so). What they don't do, and neither has anyone else covering this that I have seen,...
Times' reporter's story a reminder: It's easy to fall into foreclosure nightmare
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 15, 2009
...meowners who were simply greedy, and took out mortgage loans with artificially low initial interest rates, are now placing a burden on the rest of us taxpayers who bought homes that we could afford.
...
Looking to buy? Your mortgage loan might be smaller than ever
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 13, 2009
...u're thinking of buying in Florida or California, now is a pretty good time.
Mortgage interest rates also remain low, with Bankrate.com reporting that the average interest rate on a 30-year fix...
Navigating the new mortgage roadmap
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 12, 2009
... The higher the score, the better. If your score is low, you'll be asked to pay higher interest rates for your loan. If it's too low, you won't qualify for a loan at all.
It's importa...
ZettaCore Raises $21 Million
in Nanotechbuzz, on May 12, 2009
ZettaCore, Inc. yesterday announced that it had raised $21 million in Series C financing from a wide range of investors, including Globis Capital Partners , Itochu Technology Ventures , Yasuda Enterprise Development , Epic Ventures , Panasonic Ventures , Draper Fisher Jurvetson , Klein...
Downturn easing without recovery
in Sox First, on May 12, 2009
...#39;s measures and government guarantees mean that banks have access to low-cost funds, and lending rates are high. If nothing nasty happens - losses on mortgages, commercial real estate, business loa...
Introducing Truphone 3.0
in The VoIP Weblog, on April 30, 2009
...reen interface. Presence icons let you see which of your friends are online at any given time. Call rates can now be seen before numbers are dialled, call history is available, and credit top ups can ...
No recovery in sight
in Sox First, on April 30, 2009
...ut." With the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting that there are 18 cities with jobless rates of at least 15%, recovery looks like it's at least two years down the track. In any case, ...
LG KX500- LG Cookie with CDMA
in The Smart PDA, on April 29, 2009
...y, the LG KX500 will also appeal to advanced users seeking high speed connections and data transfer rates.
Apart from 3G connectivity, the LG KX500 will have similar features to the LG Cookie:
Dimen...
Skype 推出新的资费套餐，每月仅需 6 美元
in Wangtam, on April 27, 2009
Skype 近日推出了一个新的资费套餐，每月仅需 6 美元，即可让用户无限制的拨打 40 多个国家的电话。不过该套餐还是有一些限制的，只能呼叫固定电话，手机号码不在套餐的服务范围中。
以下是官方新闻稿：
Skype Adds New Unlimited Country Subscriptions in U.S. and Canada
Subscriptions give Skype for iPhone app users more options for calling regular phones.
San Jose, CA, April 20, 2009 - Skype...
Save Money on Your Car Costs
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on April 24, 2009
...w," you won't be absorbing the depreciation. This also enables you to get lower insurance rates, too - for the same car.
Other options that will enable you to save money even more are to in...
Increasing Rates of Oral Allergy Syndrome
in Allergies, on April 20, 2009
© The Green Party A news report cites the rising "food allergies" to fruits and vegetables in the UK and Australia, particularly to bananas and kiwi fruit.
Common vegetables and fruits, such as celery, apples and pears, are now rivalling peanuts as the most prevalent cause of food-r...
Is all this free sustainable?
in The CIO Weblog, on April 16, 2009
...th professionally produced content have been able to either charge directly or maintain advertising rates high enough to support themselves, while those with user-driven content have not. That may be ...
Recession: neither the beginning of the end or end of the beginning
in Sox First, on April 13, 2009
...e beginning of the end, and probably not even at the end of the beginning. "Of course mortage rates are declining, mortgage orginations are surging, and people and companies are borrowing more,&...
Cloud Computing and Cloud Storage
in Web 2.0, on April 11, 2009
...Perils Of Cloud Computing: Privacy Group Wants To Take Your Gmail Away , from TechCrunch
VMware Raises the Cloud-Computing Ante , from BusinessWeek
The Open Cloud Manifesto Is Nothing But a Va...
Virgin Mobile Slashes Prices on Plans
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on April 10, 2009
...ent for many potential wireless customers. That said Virgin Mobile is revamping some of its service rates in effort to compete against intense price-cutting among second-tier wireless competitors.
Be...
What's Next For Sun?
in Java Entrepreneur, on April 10, 2009
...t; writes SFGate's Deborah Gage .
"The deal's collapse after weeks of negotiations raises questions about Sun's next step, since the IBM offer was far above the value of the Silico...
ATM Skimmers are High Tech Robbery
in The Gadgets Weblog, on April 10, 2009
...o , and several local news outlets are reporting that a card skimmers are showing up in alarming rates. There have been multiple ATM card skimmers found in California, Colorado, in Australia, Irelan...
The Panic of 2008-09
in Sox First, on April 7, 2009
...e banks lost confidence in one another driving up the price of their raw material, money, and where rates on call loans to brokerage houses soared to extremes. Warsh is talking about a complete colla...
Bailouts total $3 trillion with no oversight
in Sox First, on April 2, 2009
...oney, others did not but were still able to give information on their use of funds." All this raises an obvious question. Why hasn't the US Treasury forced the TARP recipients to provide cer...
April Fools: YouTube Flails, Amazon Cloud Computing In A Blimp, 3D Chrome Browsing, Google Masters A.I.
in Wangtam, on April 1, 2009
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Charles River Ventures Raises $320 Million For Its Fourteenth Fund
in Wangtam, on March 31, 2009
...• Charles River Ventures Raises $320 Million For Its Fourteenth Fund
• Google Plans Fifth Birthday Present for Gmail Users
• University offers social media degree about Facebook, Twitter and Bebo...
The 10 Weirdest Products of CES
in Wangtam, on March 29, 2009
...• The 10 Weirdest Products of CES
• YouTube Nonprofit Raises $10,000 in One Day Using Overlay Ads
• The Googleplex: Everything You've Heard Is True
• 6 Twitter Games To Make Tweeting Fun
•...
Recession health chart: fit and miserable
in Sox First, on March 27, 2009
...healthier," Ruhm says. "A one percent increase in the unemployment rate reduces mortality rates by half a percent. Heart attacks decrease by slightly less than half a percent. Traffic deaths...
