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Is plain vanilla the right goal?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 30, 2009
...'re stuck with those higher payments, whether they can comfortably afford them or not.
The way responsible borrowers were supposed to use interest-only loans, though, was to make sure they could ...
Dragging out the foreclosure mess
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 26, 2009
...eady left their homes and moved on. Yet, until their banks take possession of these homes, they are responsible for the condition of their homes. They may not be living in them, but they have to mow t...
Did Sonia Sotomayor's mortgage views help send county into recession?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 23, 2009
...e board did precede our current mortgage meltdown by two decades, so she can't be directly held responsible for the problems we're now having. However, he does blame the policies that she and ...
Survival strategies for a deepening recession
in Sox First, on June 23, 2009
...ght be opportunities for growth. Don't cut the marketing budget, hold on to the talent and keep investing in R&D....
Social Entrepreneurhip at Stanford
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on June 21, 2009
.... Its JaipurKnee is a polymer-based knee joint that can be manufactured for less than $20. The team responsible for developing this product is now doing the field trials in India and has been fitted o...
Mafia cashes in on crisis
in Sox First, on June 19, 2009
... month, Bloomberg reported about the mafia's money laundering and using its hoard of cash for investing and lending money to those who can't get it from the banks. As reported here , Italy...
Azotobacter vinelandii Genome Sequence
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 18, 2009
...ome allowed the team of researchers to identify the genes involved in respiration, including those responsible for respiratory protection. Genome analysis helped pinpoint the chromosomal location of t...
Throwing the book at Madoff
in Sox First, on June 16, 2009
...ard these people have been hurt by the crime. Consider this: "We are in our mid 60s and began investing directly with Madoff in 1993 after he had been investigated by the SEC. Madoff's crime...
Unemployment: are the numbers lying?
in Sox First, on June 14, 2009
So unemployment in the US has jumped to 9.4% but are the numbers telling us the truth? Is unemployment actually worse than what the statisticians are telling us? As reported here , consultant John Williams says the number of unemployed in the US is actually more like 20%, which takes it up t...
NIKA Water: Helping Body and Soul
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 12, 2009
...rom the press release I got:
The first CarbonFree® certified and one of the most environmentally responsible bottled waters on the market, NIKA offsets its carbon footprint by funding the planting o...
Art Funds
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on June 10, 2009
... 15% since inception in March 2008.
"We are convinced that there are better opportunities for investing in sectors or artists that are currently not being 'hyped'; but rather recognised ...
Recession Forces More Golf Deals
in Eagle Par Birdie, on June 8, 2009
...memberships aren't cheap and are often complex. Plus you still pay an annual fee and you're responsible for spending a monthly minimum in the restaurant and bar.
Next came the coupon books an...
Social entrepreneurship in China
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on May 23, 2009
...s nice examples of how some Chinese companies are taking responsibility towards creating a socially responsible business and also the role of the entrepreneurs in this area.
One interesting one was ...
The recession: blaming the business schools
in Sox First, on May 21, 2009
How much are business schools to blame for the recession? Writing in The Times , Phillip Delves Broughton says MBA should actually stand for Master of the Business Apocalypse. Broughton writes: "Harvard Business School alumni include Stan O'Neal and John Thain, the last two heads of ...
Five Golf Destinations in Spain
in Wandalust, on May 19, 2009
...#39;s most successful player of all times. Nicklaus heads a golf course design company that is responsible for some of the most amazing new courses in recent times. The lush fairways here remind you o...
Spain's Top Five Golf Destinations
in Eagle Par Birdie, on May 15, 2009
...#39;s most successful player of all times. Nicklaus heads a golf course design company that is responsible for some of the most amazing new courses in recent times. The lush fairways here remind you o...
Why stricter laws won't work
in Sox First, on May 13, 2009
... a very large scale, such as what happened in the Soviet Union, if people don't practice making responsible decisions, then they lose their capacity to do so. It's like any skill, particularly...
Microsoft needs LESS focus, not more
in The CIO Weblog, on May 8, 2009
...t it is this supposed recent loss of focus on some particular notion or sector or something that is responsible for the hard times in which the business finds itself.
You may find some clue as to my ...
SOX and complacency
in Sox First, on May 5, 2009
...n us that when you do that on a very large scale, as occurred in the Soviet Union, they stop making responsible decisions. Like any skill, that falls away when it isn't used. Corporate governance ...
Ceva contracts Aston Martin to manage inbound logistics
in Supplychainer, on April 27, 2009
...id that its solution incorporates domestic, European and international transport. Ceva will also be responsible for managing a storage facility at Aston Martin's Gaydon production plant and a 120,...
Sun, Oracle, WordPress, and MySQL
in Wangtam, on April 23, 2009
...ne
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Another sucker's rally
in Sox First, on April 22, 2009
Should we read anything into the gyrations of the Dow Jones industrial average? Should we take heart when the market starts trading higher? If the experts are right, it's just a sucker's rally. As Dr Doom, Nouriel Roubini told Steve Forbes in this interview , the extent of the contract...
Spreadtweet is Sneaky, Very Sneaky
in The Gadgets Weblog, on April 22, 2009
...ication called Twitter? According to Oprah , it just might be the next big thing. Well, if you are responsible for one of the roughly 33 million Twitter logins currently Tweeting away, then there is ...
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in Wangtam, on April 20, 2009
...arter?
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The long recession's impact
in Sox First, on April 17, 2009
...Luxury Institute has found that consumers who can still afford luxury goods are preferring socially responsible brands. The Luxury Institute says , that much of it is tied up with the view that flaun...
Hope, greed, fear and the financial crisis
in Sox First, on April 16, 2009
...eally needed however are policies to ensure bubbles are contained before they get out of control. A responsible government would bring in systems that anticipate our thinking and inhibit bubbles. But ...
Small Wind: GE Is Investing
in IfEnergy, on April 16, 2009
CNET reported earlier this month that GE is sinking money into wind power. But it's not the big super-turbines, it's small personal wind turbines that GE is focusing on. Southwest Windpower, which makes residential wind turbines, said on Monday it has raised $10 million from existing inves...
Enterprise 2.0: Reality Check
in The CIO Weblog, on April 10, 2009
...ed the thought that internal implementations of such tools might help prepare the workforce to make responsible use of them externally at some point in the future. There was considerable concern evinc...
Top 5 Places to Play Golf in Spain
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 8, 2009
...golf's most successful player of all times. Nicklaus heads a golf course design company that is responsible for some of the most amazing new courses in recent times. The lush fairways here remind ...
Defending the Hedge Against Coyotes
in The Outdoor Weblog, on April 8, 2009
...en from personal experience and is not meant to be the tell all for coyote encounters. I'm not responsible for your actions.) ...
Broccoli Sprouts, Good For Your Gut
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 6, 2009
... We should all munch on broccoli sprouts. Apparently, it protects our stomach from the germ responsible for many cases of gastritis, ulcers and stomach cancers.
A new study shows that eating 2 ...
Can You Hear Me Know and Can You Spare a Dime
in The Gadgets Weblog, on March 24, 2009
...he services they require such as food stamps or homeless shelters. The homeless advocates that are responsible for the survey also report that a large number of homeless also have email accounts. I re...
Your car keys will now foot your bill
in The RFID Weblog, on March 21, 2009
...ight soon witness happening at stores across the globe. Your ordinary car key which up till now was responsible for keyless entry will serve as a payment option too. In order to make life comfortable ...
A Time to Invest
in Celebrate Wine, on March 17, 2009
...world of wine. And the more expensive the wine, the tougher things are. Whether you're actually investing (and I'm not giving investment advice here) or just looking for good buys, this is the...
AIG's Contracts and Obama's Outrage
in Bizinformer, on March 16, 2009
...l over AIG's bonuses being paid to people in it's financial unit - the same people who were responsible for the company's collapse.
I heard a report today that contrasted white collar wor...
Will Health Care Reform Affect Outsourcing?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on March 15, 2009
... suggests (with health care) or mandates (with social security and medicare) that employers become responsible for all or a part of these costs.
This approach was fine in a non-globalized economy, wh...
Green Tea Against Gum Disease
in Straightfromthedoc, on March 11, 2009
... about 30 percent of the population.
The antioxidant catechins - found in green tea - are the ones responsible for the protective effects.
Researchers from Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan sugg...
The key themes in the supply chain of tomorrow
in Supplychainer, on March 8, 2009
... process such as e-billing, companies can benefit from a growing market trend that rewards socially responsible organizations.
Sustainable design and manufacturing. Retailers can design products to...
GM - too big to fail?
in Sox First, on March 7, 2009
...9;s Harris would agree. But maybe that's wishful thinking. How much more money can the US keep investing in a company that's going nowhere?...
Married to the Job: A very cool supply chain comdey!
in Supplychainer, on March 5, 2009
...called "Married to the Job" is about some characters who are working in an office and are responsible for managing different parts of the value chain. From time to time funny things happen i...
Counterpoint: Employers snoop away!
in The CIO Weblog, on March 4, 2009
... American freedoms and responsibilities. As long as the legal system continues to hold corporations responsible for the actions of individual employees, and as long as there is publicly available info...
Oliver Wight launches fast track offerings for supply chain improvement
in Supplychainer, on February 28, 2009
...u look at the consulting market for supply chain today, you clearly see that many companies are not investing in big transformational projects but tend to spend money on quick cost reduction work. So ...
The Bernanke-Obama dance
in Sox First, on February 25, 2009
...oes it stack up? Consider some of his claims: "We have launched a housing plan that will help responsible families facing the threat of foreclosure lower their monthly payments and re-finance th...
Cinnamon May Improve Blood Sugar Levels
in Daily Diabetic, on February 21, 2009
...ndinavian scientists .
Ingesting the spice led to reductions in blood insulin levels, the hormone responsible for controlling blood sugar levels, and increased levels of a peptide reported to work b...
Genetic Sequencing of Cold Virus
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 19, 2009
... mapped the genome of all known human rhinoviruses , which causes the common cold which in turn is responsible for about half of all asthma cases and is a factor in other upper and lower respiratory ...
WOWIO: Free Ebooks, Comics and Graphic Novels
in Wangtam, on February 13, 2009
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Trust crashes
in Sox First, on February 13, 2009
...s. Alarmingly, the study also found that US Government intervention had left 80% less confident of investing in the market. Three out of four admitted they had lost confidence as a result of recent f...
How the Recession is Shaping Up
in Biz Plan Hacks, on February 12, 2009
A few days ago I looked at job losses in this recession and talked about the difficult task of predicting sales. I used a chart from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that showed real job losses in the 1990, 2001 and current recessions. I thought I'd create a little more context with this new cha...
Design Revolution, BMW Style
in Classical Drives, on February 6, 2009
...ncerning the resignation of BMWs design chief, Chris Bangle , who has greater ambitions than being responsible for the styling of autodom's most successful maker of performance sedans and sports ...
AOL 宣布裁员 700 人
in Wangtam, on February 3, 2009
TC 消息 ， AOL CEO Randy Falco 上周在致全体员工的备忘录中表示，受经济衰退的影响，公司将裁员 700 人。
Falco 在备忘录中称公司将裁员 700 人，占员工总数的 10%。同时还将冻结 2009 年全年的加薪计划。"全球经济衰退已经影响到每一个角落，包括我们自己。" Falco 表示。
本月初， AOL 的母公司时代华纳其 2008 年的营收预期下调了 3.7 亿美元，这意味着其旗下 AOL 的广告营收同比下降了 18%，大约为 6400 万美元。
上周，Google 承认其于 2005 年收购 AOL 5% 股份已成为一笔亏本生...
4 Types Of Salmonella Found In Georgia Peanut Processing Plant
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 31, 2009
... in the United States, which has caused well over 500 people to become sick, may be the same strain responsible for an outbreak in 2007 which caused illness in over 700 people.
8 deaths have been att...
Green Tea and Weight Loss
in Straightfromthedoc, on January 27, 2009
...e circulating FFA and TG levels. Additional research is warranted to further clarify the mechanisms responsible for these effects."
Now I'm grateful that I dumped coffee over green tea. If ...
The meltdown's rogue gallery
in Sox First, on January 26, 2009
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So who is responsible for the financial crisis? The Guardian's City editor Julia Finch picks out the 25 who were at the heart of the meltdown . The list is headed by former Fed chairman A...
Apple Juice May Delay Onset Of Alzheimer's Disease
in Straightfromthedoc, on January 25, 2009
... day for 1 month produced less of a small protein fragment, called "beta-amyloid" that is responsible for forming the "senile plaques" that are commonly found in brains of individu...
Will Bank Of America Go Belly Up?
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 25, 2009
No one would have thought that such industry giants as Citi Bank would virtually fall off the map; but it, and many others nearly did, and Bank Of America could join that list.
Just a short while after the Federal Government infused the banking industry with hundreds of billions of dollars in bail ...
Microsoft To Lay Off 5,000 Employees
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 22, 2009
Microsoft has always done things in a big way and their first ever layoff will carry on that tradition when 5,000 employees are laid off due to lagging sales.
The lay offs, which will eliminate 5% of the company's personnel, will impact virtually every department and will be instituted simultan...
The Dystopians - Review
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on January 21, 2009
The article starts off with US resident Dmitry Orlov, from Leningrad , who has been living on a semi-self-sustainable boat in a form 'bourgeois survivalism' for 2 ½ years, riding a bicycle and skipping the TV.
After the downfall of the Soviet Union he learned a lesson for future refe...
Jobs 要请个长假
in Wangtam, on January 16, 2009
...k to be responsible for Apple's day to day operations, and I know he and the rest of the executive management team will do a great job. As CEO, I plan to remain involved in major strategic decisio...
Fixing the financial system
in Sox First, on January 12, 2009
...s. Under his model, the Securities and Exchange Commission would have its powers wound back, and be responsible only for disclosure of information to investors on new and existing securities, together...
4 Crisis Related Suicides (Report)
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on January 7, 2009
...nth, swallowed sleeping pills and slashed his wrists with a craft knife. He was facing losses from investing with the alleged fraudster Bernard Madoff. His family said that his suicide was a "mat...
Climate change chain of command
in Sox First, on January 5, 2009
...onmental risk. Only one in four of the 320 executives surveyed said the chief executive officer was responsible and just under 20 per cent said responsibility lay with the chief risk officer. Not havi...
Investment in Smaller Companies Can Still Pay Big
in Biz Plan Hacks, on January 4, 2009
Paul Elliott over at Motley Fool had an entertaining story this weekend about the value of smaller, lesser known stocks. A Midwest billionaire once claimed he could earn 50% per year on a portfolio of ordinary common stocks. Of course, there was one condition. As the story goes on you find out...
Zimbabwe Golf In Ruins
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 4, 2009
...a fine piece in Golf Digest about the state of golf in Zimbabwe.
As we know, Robert Mugabe, once a responsible leader, has taken an economy that was thriving and healthy and in a single decade has br...
Daly Confirms Suspension. So What?
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 3, 2009
... the Tour steps up to take more responsibility and stop regarding the players as simply contractors responsible for themselves.
...
DHL continues its new investments in Asia
in Supplychainer, on December 29, 2008
...ur customers move their goods between Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand via road," the regional responsible for supply chain services in DHL said....
Key2SafeDriving: Keeps cell phone habits under check when you are on the wheels
in The RFID Weblog, on December 27, 2008
...rules. As of now there are no plans to commercialize it but whenever it's done I believe lot of responsible citizens would be willing to adopt it.
...
Pakistan Deploys 20,000 Troops Along Border With India
in Exclusive from our news room , on December 26, 2008
... are being called, "defensive troops", to its border with India.
India has held Pakistan responsible for the deadly attacks in Mumbai last month and although no threats have been issued aga...
Cox defends his legacy
in Sox First, on December 25, 2008
...creases for the SEC (albeit with some urging from Commissioner Atkins), even when those in Congress responsible for the SEC's oversight urged him to seek more resources. Anyways, the SEC is in dir...
The Madoff lawsuits roll in
in Sox First, on December 24, 2008
...an, Phyllis Molchatsky, is suing the Securities and Exchange Commission after losing $2 million investing with Madoff. She alleges, with good reason, that the SEC was negligent in failing to detec...
I’m Sorry Robert, But It’s Time For A Friendfeed Intervention
in Wangtam, on December 23, 2008
...nies, Investment Concepts, and more...
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