| 
Results for slowdown. Search took 0.35 seconds.
Is the arrow still pointing down for the housing industry?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 15, 2009
It seems as if we've all been waiting since 2007 for the housing market to hit its bottom. I know I'm tired of watching my home's value continually go down. I'm also tired of all those "For Sale" signs still dotting the lawns in my neighborhood.
I've seen a few pr...
More bad news: Mortgage delinquencies on the rise
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 29, 2009
...housing slump, and the national recession that followed it, have been going on forever. The housing slowdown, though, didn't start until the middle of 2006 or so.
The problem is, when you read th...
The refi money is still flowing
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 21, 2009
...me when it needs all the incoming business it can get. At the same time, the results of the housing slowdown have created an industry that can no longer move quite as quickly as it once did.
If you&#...
Oil shock ahead
in Sox First, on March 28, 2009
...Intermediate crude up nearly 40%. As The Wall Street Journal reports, part of the problem is the slowdown in investment in oil and gas production ensuring that the laws of supply and demand will ki...
RFID in times of recession
in The RFID Weblog, on March 27, 2009
...near future growth of RFID market within traditional and modern applications.
Despite the current slowdown, ABI Research latest market data states that the revenue from RFID software, readers, tra...
Wall Street batters Music.
in Digital Music - The Future, on January 21, 2009
...XM and all the ticket based companies lost serious value this week. It just shows that the economic slowdown reaches quite a bit further than just the fincancial sector!...
Slowdown and RFID Industry
in The RFID Weblog, on January 14, 2009
...itude affecting lives of people to such an extent. With most of the sectors getting hit hard by the slowdown how can the RFID industry remain unaffected by the ripples created by it?
This year the RF...
内容网站收入下降将超 50%
in Wangtam, on 2009-01-01
TechCrunch 创始人 Michael Arrington 今天撰文称 ，未来三个月中以内容为主的网站收入将大幅下滑，甚至超过 50%。
美国经济可能已经进入了最为衰退的一年，各大科技公司都在增长率大幅下滑的环境中坚持。但对大多数互联网公司来说，这种日子似乎还没有来到，例如 Amazon 近日还刚刚推出了其"最畅销产品"的名单。
然而，从本周开始这一切即将会发生改变，尤其是那些以内容为主的网站。今年一月，我就根据部分内容网站的数据得出了这个结论：以广告为主的内容网站的收入将开始下滑。
一名互联网广告销售经理表示，"今年 12 月的广告销售提前占...
Obama: it will take years to recover
in Sox First, on December 20, 2008
...ing along, they are Friedmanites who leave the market to do its thing. When they get one whiff of a slowdown, though, they turn Keynesian, rushing to stimulate the economy with rate cuts. 'As a ru...
Buying a Home
in The Dating Weblog, on December 19, 2008
//
Here's something singles may not have thought about: buying property .
Sure, the economy stinks right now, but one expert says it's a great time for singles especially. One source quotes Sid Davis, author of The First-Time Homeowner's Survival Guide, as saying, ...
China slowdown continues
in Sox First, on December 11, 2008
...
China's economic slowdown continues and that spells trouble for the global economy. "Things are not so good. November figures will come out soon, and industrial growth will be something ...
The Mumbai Tragedy
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on December 1, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Jeremy Edwards
Last week's terror attacks in Mumbai could have sweeping effects on the outsourcing industry over the next year. The brazen targeting of westerners by militants potentially linked to Al Qaida, occurring at some of Mumbai's nicest hotels...
Recession: the worst is yet to come
in Sox First, on November 13, 2008
...assive. Add to that the forecast from the OECD that Japan, Europe and the US are in for a massive slowdown. And the world is unlikely to recover before 2010 or 2001, warns Morgan Stanley Asia Chair...
China: the next domino
in Sox First, on November 5, 2008
... party rests on continuing to deliver this high growth great transformation of the economy. Thus, a slowdown of growth from 12% to 5-6% would be the equivalent of a hard landing or a recession for Chi...
The Slowdown's Effect on Indian Hiring
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 28, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 6763783
Recently, the Washington Post published an article on the effects of the downturn on the Indian outsourcing community. While the managers in Indian companies remain confident, they are taking steps to "immunize" themselves from problems...
Europe Feels the Crisis
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 20, 2008
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Jan Rysavy
As today's ZDNet Asia makes clear, the economic slowdown and its effect on outsourcing in the financial segment, has crossed the Atlantic and is low...
Global Economic Slowdown Hitting China Hard
in China Venture News, on October 18, 2008
... National Public Radio ran an interesting story this week on how the global economic slowdown is affecting China.
In the words of NPR reporter Louisa Lim: The export sector - which has driven 30 ye...
A Time to Renegotiate
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 14, 2008
... be evaporating, customers may find themselves with substantial pricing leverage.
Furthermore, the slowdown has also affected advisors, consultants and attorneys, creating an opportunity to reduce th...
CFO turnover continues
in Sox First, on October 13, 2008
...om . That is somewhat surprising but it will be interesting to see how it pans out in the economic slowdown. One suspects that with more companies taking a chainsaw to their operations, CFOs will...
The Economic Crisis - and an Opportunity
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 3, 2008
...ished an article entitled " India's Outsourcing Bubble is Bursting " - describing the slowdown as it effects the IT Outsourcing labor market in Bangalore. While it doesn't appear tha...
Redefining recession
in Sox First, on September 18, 2008
...down. According to the old economist joke, when your neighbor loses their job, it's an economic slowdown, when your work colleagues lose theirs, it's a recession, and when you lose your job, i...
Big Four plan to axe staff
in Sox First, on September 11, 2008
...
The big accounting firms are planning to chop staff because of the slowdown in the economy, and more companies adjusting to the rigors and processes of Sarbanes-Oxley, reports Compliance Week . ...
The Fannie and Freddie band-aid
in Sox First, on September 8, 2008
... Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, housing over-supply, falling employment, rising unemployment and global slowdown are not about to disappear. And the big worry is that it might actually keep bad loans in t...
US economy and the Bush spin
in Sox First, on September 2, 2008
...loomberg that the signs are not looking good with the decline in crude symptomatic of the economic slowdown in the US and Europe. "In the U.S., if statistics were compiled properly, the economy...
US recession? Depends how you define it
in Sox First, on August 26, 2008
... market in equities by year end and the rest of the world failing to de-couple from the US economic slowdown. Add to that Warren Buffett's opinion that the problems will continue and even get wo...
Headwinds?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on July 25, 2008
...he single-country providers (as compared to global suppliers). The combination of a global economic slowdown, combined with significant wage inflation in places like India, were seen as potential draw...
Confusing Numbers
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on July 23, 2008
...w initiatives.
Also, Avinash Vashistha, CEO of Tholons , pointed out that the "impact of the slowdown will be there all through 2008, considering it's an election year in the US." he w...
Why Offshore Services Are Being Adversely Impacted by the Global Economy
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on July 16, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Siew Yee Lee
Given the current poor economic climate, one would expect rapid growth in offshore outsourcing contracts as companies struggle to find ways to cut cost. However, such exponential growth has been difficult, at best, to find - with share prices of com...
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" an...
Las Vegas Gets Cheap
in Play Las Vegas, on July 1, 2008
..., and they're not going to let this town play second fiddle to any destination city.
Despite a slowdown in tourism construction continues on the next generation of mega-resorts and still more hav...
Las Vegas Station Casinos To Rebate $100 In Slot Losses
in Play Las Vegas, on June 23, 2008
... the first of what will no doubt be a series of incentives to attract gamblers during this economic slowdown.
It looks as if Station Casinos slot machines are the first recipients of some player...
Hard times: why history is no guide
in Sox First, on April 25, 2008
...a soft landing for the rest of the world. While a global recession will be averted, a severe growth slowdown will not." London-based investment consultants Independent Strategy say this recess...
Google Share Price Takes A Tumble
in The Search Engine Weblog, on March 30, 2008
...rding to comScore.
The question on most analysts mind is whether the results are a precursor to a slowdown or is it due to the quality increase in clicks as Google claims. Perhaps the results in the...
Art and Wine
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on March 3, 2008
...er of art and wine funds compete to combine passion with high returns.
Downturns typically mean a slowdown in investments that are seen as discretionary, but industry watchers say the credit crunch ...
The Yuan, Exports, and the Hot Economy
in China Venture News, on March 3, 2008
I saw two interesting pieces last week on the rise of the yuan. One said that the appreciation of the Chinese currency was hurting small businesses in China and increasing the mortality rate among small business start-ups (something VC people should be interested in). The other said, basically, ...
India Internet outage update
in The CIO Weblog, on February 3, 2008
...s to have happened rapidly and smoothly.
The real significance of the outage was not the immediate slowdown, but rather whether or not it would give pause to corporations considering engaging India-b...
China's growth: is a slowdown coming?
in Sox First, on January 19, 2008
...
In the past I have raised the question of whether China is headed for a slowdown. It's one of the big issues for 2008 and the answer is important for businesses and economies around the w...
Global Recession Hits Tournaments
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 18, 2008
Wentworth, West Course. Home of the World Match Play : HSBCgolf.com
This past week has seen world stock markets take a big hit and more and more economists talking about global recession.
When global recession strikes, the first thing that corporations cut back is marketing and promotio...
Bootstrap billionaire dies
in BootStrapMe, on December 23, 2007
...s companies to his employees. He marries his second wife, Diane, in 1975.
1982-During the economic slowdown of 1982, Ken and Diane take a risk and acquire three supply centers from Bird & Sons. T...
Internet Usage May Exceed Capacity By 2010
in Networking for Pros, on November 27, 2007
...s of Internet video per month and viewed more than 8.3 billion video streams.
To prevent a global slowdown of Internet services, an investment of nearly $140 billion in infrastructure improvements i...
Sprint Pulls the Plug on Clearwire Partnership
in The Wireless Weblog, on November 9, 2007
...pany founded by wireless pioneer Craig McCaw went public in March at $25 a share."
"Any slowdown in the rollout of WiMax by either Clearwire or Sprint would negatively impact companies tha...
Small Businesses Stronger
in Biz Plan Hacks, on November 8, 2007
... What Economic Slowdown? Small Businesses Grow Stronger
Here is a great article for those worrying about the economic slowdown that is being predicted.
I have said several times in this blog tha...
Demand for US Outsourcing Slows Down
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 20, 2007
...ally low as compared last year. Aside from that, outsourcing companies in the US also experienced a slowdown when it comes to outsourcing which shows a 50% downgrade from last year.
I think that this...
Debate On Linux Server Adoption Rages
in Networking for Pros, on September 6, 2007
...y account for the low market share figures.
Overall, the figures could be symptomatic of a general slowdown in the deployment of servers, regardless of platform. Analysts are also reporting that adop...
Credit Slowdown in Indian Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on August 27, 2007
More and more companies would experience some sort of "downfall" when it comes to credit loans.
This was the main idea in the news article entitled Credit Ills Strike Outsourcing Firms in India . According to the article, BPO companies in India could experience a "slow" time...
Are the bears coming?
in Sox First, on July 30, 2007
...n Wall Street at the end of last week, amid concern that tightening credit conditions may lead to a slowdown in housing activity, the market is a state of heightened uncertainty . Which way will it g...
Current Economic Conditions In Canada
in Small Business Unplugged, on May 28, 2007
...
Despite concern over the impact of a slowdown in the U.S. the Canadian economy seems to be doing pretty well.
Hiring growth was led by Alberta in the natural resources, trade and transportation ...
No Slowdown for the IT Sector
in The CIO Weblog, on May 8, 2007
... There has been a lot of talk of a possible slowdown in the IT Sector, below are some thoughts on the topic:
Announcing the fourth quarter results, Wipro Chairman Azim Premji and Satyam Chairman ...
Devil May Cry 4 IGN Impressions
in PCGamers Blog, on May 2, 2007
... of Sparda. However, the build that was shown then was still very early, and while it featured some slowdown and hints of large boss characters, we were teased without a lot of information about the u...
Indian IT Services firms - Good Valuation
in The CIO Weblog, on April 29, 2007
... placed from a demand and supply perspective," the investment bank said.
On the impact of US slowdown, Citigroup said, "While we do continue to monitor it (US slowdown) closely, our view ...
Command & Conquer 3 Demo
in XboxSpace, on April 25, 2007
...e cool lighting effects (including the new base-destroying ion cannon!) and I didn't notice any slowdown. The made-for-TV-movie full motion cutscenes are back, too (whether you like them or not.)
...
The End of Wired Broadband
in The Wireless Weblog, on April 20, 2007
... to plateau in many developed markets in the near future."
"But Ipsos Insight said this slowdown is likely to present opportunities for wireless Internet access," Jones writes. "...
RFID ...Whats happening?
in The CIO Weblog, on March 29, 2007
...stock situations in stores benefits both Wal-Mart and its participating suppliers, he noted.
The slowdown of RFID in distribution centers is a sign that Wal-Mart is having to scale back on its ambi...
A Small Businesses Strength Can Also Be Its Weakness
in Biz Plan Hacks, on March 15, 2007
...Major disaster or terrorist event
Major customer closing
Customer changing suppliers
Industry slowdown
Store access diverted by major road construction
Competitor moving into neighborhood
...
Super-sized pay rises, super-sized options
in Sox First, on March 6, 2007
...rders to US factories were down almost 8 per cent in February and concerns about the housing market slowdown have been fuelled by a higher than expected defaults on so-called 'sub-prime' mortg...
American IT Outsourcing Set to Grow
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on February 16, 2007
...g growth. These factors are:
-the IT workforce shortage in the US
-ongoing war in iraq
-the slowdown of spending in federal contracts
...
Outsourcing: Not Slowing Down
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on January 27, 2007
...onomic Forum in Davos, Switzerland .
He was also quoted stating that:
We have not seen any slowdown on outsourcing. It's not about total spending, it's about how much of that spending...
Emerging Hedge Fund Manager Sentiment Survey Declares Technology as Best Investment
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on January 26, 2007
... Fund Manager Sentiment Survey. The hedge fund managers believe a continued "Real state market slowdown" (29.5%) and "inflation" (21.3%) will play the biggest role in how the U.S. ...
SAP warns sales slowdown
in The CIO Weblog, on January 14, 2007
Saw this post on Infoworld, here is an excerpt from the same:
Software sales slowed in the Americas and Asia-Pacific regions, SAP reported. In the U.S. and Japan, sales dropped to a 4 percent growth rate during the fourth quarter. The enterprise software vendor reported 13 percent revenu...
Russia - As an outsourcing location
in The CIO Weblog, on January 10, 2007
...rt market - and especially the market for ready-made solutions - is not particularly significant, a slowdown in growth can only give cause for concern, especially given that the sector has substantial...
IT Spending growing - Steady, But Conservative!!! - Alinean
in The CIO Weblog, on January 4, 2007
...ending, ROIT continues to improve
IT spending increases will be constrained until the risks of a slowdown disappear
IT Vendors being looked at as partners to improve value of IT and deliver the ...
IT's First Look in 2007 - Forrester
in The CIO Weblog, on January 3, 2007
... high as the US growth of 5.8% - before slowing to 3.7% in 2007 in parallel with the US IT spending slowdown to 2.9%. O2. Overall European IT spending still lags the US -- $565 billion in 2006 (€448 b...
Paulson and SOX: the backlash
in Sox First, on November 28, 2006
...illion. That compares with 213 offerings in all of last year, which rang up $38.5 billion. Hardly a slowdown, and the year isn't over yet. Questions are also being raised whether Paulson is polit...
IT Services - Global Down / Local Up - 3rd QTR
in The CIO Weblog, on November 27, 2006
...spread over 3-5 years. Which is why the revenue growth of Indian firms is unaffected by the overall slowdown in the global outsourcing market.
Source: 1
Prashanth Rai ...
Online Advertising Continues to Grow
in Bizinformer, on November 14, 2006
...cent or more during the first half of the year and 2005. That slight softening reflects a projected slowdown in overall ad spending due to a weakening economy.
A research report issued by Merrill ...
Bluefish Blues
in The Outdoor Weblog, on November 1, 2006
... by the end of the summer.
If the bluefish stay true to form, the end of this decade will signal a slowdown in the snagging in these tenacious thrillers. To learn more about catching the bluefish, re...
Rainbow Six: Vegas Impressions
in XboxSpace, on October 31, 2006
...rly powerful.
Gameplay: The gameplay is smooth for the most part, although I did notice a bit of slowdown after throwing a grenade and firing my gun as it exploded. It wasn't horrible though. I...
Google Earth图片与真实图片的对比
in GSeeker, on 2006-09-26
点击这里看大图 （by Julien ）
Google Earth在某些地域所拍得的卫星图解析度很高，非常清晰。上图中左边是Google Earth的图片，而右边则是在35000英尺的高空实拍图片，地点均为格陵兰岛。可见Google Earth的卫星图质量已经比较接近真实图片，令人赞叹。
当然，并非所有地域的卫星图都这么清晰。在 Digg 上面找到的另一张则逊色得多：
点这里看
感兴趣的朋友也可以自己做一下比较。
一句令Yahoo!股价大跌13%的话
in GSeeker, on 2006-09-20
搜索业界永远是充满意外的。如果你的记性足够好，那么一定不会忘记在半年前，Google的市值（按股价算）曾经因为 某君的一句话而贬值100亿美元 。那人正是Google的CFO（首席财务官），他说了一句"clearly our growth rates are slowing（很明显，我们的增长速度正在变慢）"后，Google的股价当即大跌13%。虽然后来Google赶快发明另外的声明，止住了股价的跌势，但这个故事印证了一句俗话：话不能乱讲。
Hazard lights for business
in Sox First, on September 18, 2006
Things are looking good but tread carefully. That's the warning that came out last week from the International Monetary Fund. Basically, the IMF has tipped strong economic growth continuing out of Asia but has also warned that risks to world economic growth are increasing with high oil pr...
