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Raising Money for Your Start-Up
in TJ's Weblog, on July 13, 2009
... VentureBeat had a piece earlier this month on fundraising: Startup Fundraising 101. The author, Bernard Moon, has been through three startups now.
The piece is an interesting, fairly personal acco...
ETF und Indexfonds - vergleichen lohnt sich!
in Das Börsen Weblog, on July 8, 2009
...ch gleich noch einen guten Tipp. In diesem Fall geht es um ETF bzw. Exchange-Traded Funds - das Boomprodukt im Kapitalmarkt. Diese ETF werden an der Börse gehandelt und wie folgt erklärt:
Man kann...
Palin shoots the media
in Sox First, on July 7, 2009
... speculating whether her resignation was about averting an investigation into whether she embezzled funds. Now, Palin has hit back on Twitter : "Critics are spinning, so hang in there as they f...
Save On Car Insurance by Raising Your Deductible
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on July 6, 2009
...ape Chronicles (MSNBC), the average individual could save as much as 40% of their annual costs by raising their deductible. By changing it from the lower amount of $250 up to a deductible of $1,000, ...
Headache Online Tool: Headache U
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 4, 2009
...fort to keep programs like Headache U going, NHF has recently launched an endeavor to help raise funds for future programs.
To check out the details, and to learn more about Headache U, simply visit...
The Goldman Sachs-Rolling Stone slugfest
in Sox First, on July 3, 2009
...tment bank to a bank-holding company, a move that allowed it access not only to $10 billion in TARP funds, but to a whole other publicly backed funding, including lending from the discount window of t...
ExxonMobil funds climate sceptics
in Sox First, on July 2, 2009
Fascinating to read the report of scientists warning Congress about "climate alarmism". It's fascinating because the crew includes retired manager for strategic planning at ExxonMobil Roger Cohen. Are ExxonMobil's footprints all over this? Maybe, when The Guardian reveals ...
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in Wangtam, on June 30, 2009
...t business, business school, raising money, company purchase
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Madoff gets the max! What now?
in Sox First, on June 30, 2009
...f to "clean" their cash. On paper, they "invest" huge sums in capital in Madoff funds in return for 10% a year in dividends. But only the 10%, plus fees for Madoff, are transferred...
Another Way to Save on Car Insurance
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on June 27, 2009
...urself. This will let you save money in the long run.
You can also save money on car insurance by raising your deductible just for this purpose. By having a higher deductible, say $500 or $1,000, you...
Stimulus packages create corruption opportunities
in Sox First, on June 23, 2009
...ll need to make the processes as transparent as possible and make sure they're providing enough funds for the watchdogs. And officials overseeing these projects will need to be rewarded on the out...
Airline crisis strategy: screw customers and staff
in Sox First, on June 21, 2009
...t bad enough, the Miami Herald tells us that they are making passengers pay extra. But instead of raising fare, they're making them pay fees on fees. So if you fly US Airways or United, you have...
Does Obama's patchwork overhaul go far enough?
in Sox First, on June 18, 2009
...d ultimately destructive side bets that financial institutions make. And finally, advisers of hedge funds whose assets exceed a certain size will be required to register with the Securities and Exchan...
Hedge Funds Up & Social Media Footprint Expansion
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on June 16, 2009
... " Hedge funds finished up 4.06% in May , capturing the largest monthly gains since February 2000." Oliver Schupp, President of Credit Suisse Index, said, "Emerging Markets funds wer...
NIKA Water: Helping Body and Soul
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 12, 2009
...ne their cumulative experience and knowledge to help solve global problems. The group personally funds all of NIKA's startup costs and, in a display of altruism, will realize no compensation or ec...
Beverley K Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on June 11, 2009
...ion after his long-time partner and wife Beverley Knopp. Beverley splits her busy schedule between raising their two young daughters and assisting Morrie with the daily operations of his jewelry firm...
Art Funds
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on June 10, 2009
...only able to outperform equity and fixed income markets, but also various art market indices.
Art Funds as an Alternative Asset Class ...
Social entrepreneurship: A three decade history
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on May 31, 2009
...g an overview of social entrepreneurship initiatives done in the last 30 years. Leaders from Acumen Funds, Skoll Foundations and some entrepreneurs like Mohammad Yunus offer their point of views about...
Batteries Get Stimulus Grants
in IfEnergy, on May 27, 2009
... yesterday.
From the article: Candidates for the money are required to prove they already have the funds to cover half of their project costs. Winners will be announced in July and receive their allo...
Early retirement soars, but who is going to pay?
in Sox First, on May 26, 2009
... it to breaking point. As this report points out, the system only has so many reserves. Its trust funds are scheduled to run dry by 2037, which means people will be on severely reduced payments. And...
What's the next direction for CFOs?
in Sox First, on May 25, 2009
... their focus to getting the most out of the recovery. And because most companies are not flush with funds, it's going to be a tough job. According to the McKinsey Quarterly , CFOs will have to ...
National Venture Capital Association: Suggestions and Blind Spots
in TJ's Weblog, on May 25, 2009
...n on their investment in the new company. So the meager number of IPOs last year means that most VC funds aren't getting a return on their investment at the moment; their money is tied up in start...
The recession: blaming the business schools
in Sox First, on May 21, 2009
...y, the majority of Harvard's MBAs went into jobs in investment banking, private equity or hedge funds. These were the careers of choice. You can make long lists of high-profile MBAs who brought us...
Jolie B. Ray Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on May 20, 2009
...a calling and a true connection, designing jewelry. After having careers in the corporate world and raising young children, these two women decided they needed a creative outlet. Realizing they both h...
How to introduce a carbon tax
in Sox First, on May 20, 2009
...Why to Tax Carbon he argues that a carbon tax would create a more efficient and equitable means of raising revenue than taxing income, consumption, or other typical bases for taxation. He says it sho...
The deplorable state of mathematics education today
in The CIO Weblog, on May 17, 2009
...o reach higher 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 tha...
Print Books Are Target of Pirates on the Web
in Wangtam, on May 13, 2009
...or - MarketRiders
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Downturn easing without recovery
in Sox First, on May 12, 2009
...g through: the Fed'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 e...
Bankroll blues
in Sox First, on May 7, 2009
...07. Countrywide was acquired by Bank of America which received $45 billion in troubled asset relief funds from the US government. Maybe that was just payback. After all, Countrywide according to this ...
Peace and Love Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on May 4, 2009
... sizes, Davis began to design as an outlet for a harried life that includes raising three sons and running the Nancy Davis Foundation for Multiple Sclerosis. She developed the collection with the same...
The next accounting battle
in Sox First, on May 3, 2009
...re one of the reasons the markets went into meltdown. Using borrowed money, investment banks, hedge funds and commercial banks made reckless bets. They created and sold exotic investment vehicles few ...
Lost American Marques: Hupmobile
in Classical Drives, on May 1, 2009
...gant and was given the name " Skylark ." Unfortunately the company was, by then, out of funds, having failed to get relief from the city of Detroit for unpaid taxes.
Hupmobile had one las...
HedgeCo.Net Spring Manager Showcase on Wed next week
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 26, 2009
HedgeCo.Net and HedgeCo Securities is holding the Spring 2009 Manager Showcase. This event is open to all accredited HedgeCo.Net members and will profile some of the leading fund managers.
This will also be a good time to meet the HedgeCo staff and to ask them any questions you have about ...
The Pirate Google
in Wangtam, on April 25, 2009
...Phones
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Hedge Funds in the Cayman Islands
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 21, 2009
...oday hosting its inaugural Webinar on the highly topical subject of 'Managing Distressed Cayman Funds and lessons learned for new funds'.
"This fits in perfectly with our firm's pro...
TARP fraud investigations
in Sox First, on April 21, 2009
... looking at how the TARP cop Neil Barofsky bemoaning the lack of accountability for the bailout funds being put up by US taxpayers. Clearly, the system is open to fraud and now we have the Los A...
New Hedge Fund Manager at SilkInvest
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 15, 2009
FSA regulated specialist asset management firm, Silk Invest Ltd, has hired John Bates, former Head of Credit Research Africa at investment bank Renaissance Capital, to spearhead its move into Frontier Fixed Income, an emergent hedge fund asset class.
"We will offer a liquid Frontier M...
Super Mario Chess Collector's Edition
in Wangtam, on April 14, 2009
... high IQ a burden as much as a blessing?
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Venture Capital Fundraising Is Down Nearly 40 Percent In First Quarter of 2009
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Venture Capitalists' Confidence Creeps Back
in Wangtam, on April 8, 2009
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The Latest on PowerPlay Golf
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 7, 2009
...seman and Wool along with PowerPlay Golf's brainchild, Peter McEvoy and several others are busy raising the necessary funding to make the dream happen.
The miracle is that they are able to attrac...
The Panic of 2008-09
in Sox First, on April 7, 2009
...compares the conditions to the Panics of 1837, 1857, 1873, 1893, and 1907 where depositors withdrew funds and hoarded cash, where banks lost confidence in one another driving up the price of their raw...
Two Equity Fund Launches
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 6, 2009
...tage of liquidity opportunities.
Full story; Hedge Fund Manager Silk Invest Launches Two Equity Funds
...
Bailout funds sink without a trace
in Sox First, on April 6, 2009
Last week, I did a blog entry bemoaning the lack of oversight into the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) bailouts. Some of the banks have not been able to say where the money has gone. Now, the US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) has come out with a neat item tallying up the TARP ...
Bailouts total $3 trillion with no oversight
in Sox First, on April 2, 2009
...responses - complaints that it was impractical or impossible for banks to detail how they used TARP funds were unfounded. While some banks indicated that they had procedures for monitoring their use o...
Car chiefs in the gun
in Sox First, on March 30, 2009
...M had made massive losses and given up its market share. It coincides with the Obama administration raising the bar for the industry, refusing to give GM and Chrysler any more money from taxpayers and...
Geithner's push for power and the law of unexpected outcomes
in Sox First, on March 26, 2009
...orting 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...
The Death of SpiralFrog
in P2P File Sharing, on March 21, 2009
...t year, the company issued secured notes in order to borrow at least $9 million from several hedge funds and others."
"The New York-based company launched in 2006, and a year ago claimed t...
Obama Set to Help Small Business
in Biz Plan Hacks, on March 16, 2009
... Monday to make it easier for small business owners to borrow money, using $730 million in stimulus funds to cut lending fees, boost loan guarantees and expand other programs, officials said.
"W...
Will Health Care Reform Affect Outsourcing?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on March 15, 2009
...is site uncomfortable. However, he also makes a very interesting point about the way that the U.S. funds its own social safety net, and how that funding creates additional pressure for outsourcing/off...
Climate change deniers on the increase
in Sox First, on March 13, 2009
...alist website, the 50 or so thinktanks linked to this conference between them have received $47m in funds over the years from Exxon and the Koch and Scaife families, who are the leading patrons of con...
March is DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) Awareness Month
in Straightfromthedoc, on March 12, 2009
... importance of DVT risk assessment. In the last five years, the Coalition has made great strides in raising awareness - but more needs to be done. DVT still remains a national public health crisis.
D...
Things I Should Have Blogged About...
in Bizinformer, on March 10, 2009
...ink that theirs is in good working order, though.
On March 5th, The Good, Bad, and Ugly in Hedge Funds: A Manager's View . An insightful piece by a hedge fund manager.
On March 4th, PC Indus...
Palm to Offer Stock While Finalizing The Pre
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on March 9, 2009
...stock will first be used to pay off the $49 million owed to Elevations Partners while the remaining funds will go back to Palm to help fatten up its cash position in these tough economic times.
This ...
New emerging risks of the Chinese supply chains
in Supplychainer, on March 8, 2009
...entually, which is not the case with its bankrupt Chinese suppliers.
While rising bankruptcies are raising the risk of doing business in China, the country is unlikely to lose its status as a low-pri...
5 Ways to Save Money This Year - A Lot of It
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on March 5, 2009
...ou have insurance - whether it is health, auto, homeowners, or anything else, you can save money by raising the deductible on each of them. Remember, though, that you must pay the deductible first - b...
Coal and the New EPA
in IfEnergy, on February 28, 2009
... pollution from from coal-fired power plants could make wind and solar energy more competitive - by raising the price of electricity generated by coal.
No matter how you look at it, the future of coa...
Auto catastrophe
in Sox First, on February 27, 2009
...tors has lost billions more than we expected with its latest result . The question is whether the funds from the US Government keeping the company going is throwing good money after bad. There is a ...
WagerLog: Track Your Gambling Stats
in Wangtam, on February 26, 2009
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The Stanford-Madoff connection
in Sox First, on February 22, 2009
...ut why were regulators ignoring it? As far back as 2003, one of his brokers Charles J. Hazlett was raising questions about those certificates of deposit. Hazlett was seen as a rising a star in that ...
Hedge Fund Fat Tuesday Networking Event
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on February 21, 2009
...tworking Event is sponsered by the Hedge Fund Association among others and the proceeds go to Hedge Funds Care.
The event is being held at Nikki Beach 151 East 50th Street, New York City, NY
Sign...
The Two Trillion Dollar Meltdown by Charles R Morris
in Sox First, on February 19, 2009
...he global financial system will be in catastrophe. And the global banks, investment banks and hedge funds have become part of a giant Ponzi scheme. Morris writes: "In effect, they have built a h...
Bad Money by Kevin Phillips
in Sox First, on February 17, 2009
...finance buccaneers given how they heavily it was funded by financial services firms including hedge funds. "In Republican and Democratic national politics, the notion of a breath of fresh air ha...
House And Senate Agree On The Economic Stimulus Package
in Exclusive from our news room , on February 11, 2009
...billion tax cut and stimulus package has a little something for everyone and it is hoped that these funds will result in 4,000,000 jobs being created or saved.
Check out the details here .
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IMF risks running out of cash
in Sox First, on February 9, 2009
...ough resources." That means the IMF is likely to be knocking on the doors of sovereign wealth funds. The IMF has also indicated that things are getting worse, with the world's advanced econ...
Barack Obama's Stimulus Package Passes Senate Test Vote
in Exclusive from our news room , on February 9, 2009
... a step closer to adoption after Democrats and Republicans each gave in somewhat so the much needed funds can be approved quickly.
Here are the latest details .
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E.U. At Odds With America Over "Buy American" Rules
in Exclusive from our news room , on February 4, 2009
...m of bail out money to American manufacturers.
The current rules governing qualifying for bail out funds includes provisions insuring that American made steel, for example, is used by manufacturers w...
Russian Investments and Hedge Funds
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on February 3, 2009
The 11 year period of January 1998 through December 2008, which encompasses two market meltdowns and many other mini-crises, the Pharos Russia Fund has returned a total of 100.33%, against a gain of only 3.81% for the MSCI Russia Index.
"Our long history in the Russian financial mark...
Credis Suisse sheds light on hedge fund failure
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on February 2, 2009
...istory Books: Hedge Fund Performance in 2008′, a review of the factors which contributed to hedge funds' dismal -19% return in 2008.
The report discusses the impact of events such as the fall of...
Bailout transparency problems continue
in Sox First, on January 31, 2009
...various programs work together to fulfill TARP's purposes or how it will use the remaining TARP funds." The report also says there continue to be problems with hiring for oversight of the pr...
