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NetworkingForPros.com Puts You on the Web
in Bizinformer, on June 30, 2009
© Dmitry Baranovskiy
I've been contributing over the last few months to the content of a vibrant and growing site that points toward the future of the Internet and has profound potential for eCommerce and business. The site is NetworkingForPros.com .
When I look across the web at the mome...
Your Company Website
in Bizinformer, on June 30, 2009
I talked yesterday over at BizPlanHacks about getting customers through your company website. Do you have a company website? You should.
SimplWeb has an online course available to help you start a website. They describe it as "a free 7 part guide to creating a killer content site that ca...
Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 3
in Wangtam, on June 26, 2009
...9;s Smith On Authentication: '70 Billion Reasons To Make This Work'
• Hedge fund managers betting Twitter will give them an edge in rapid trading
• Habitat sorry for Iran Tweeting
• Did ...
Can You Get Money from the Government? Maybe...
in TJ's Weblog, on June 23, 2009
Michael Sanibel had a helpful blog post recently on government grants. He looks at all the basics:
What is a grant?
Who can qualify?
How do you apply?
What types of grants are available?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of getting a grant?
Why would a grant application not b...
US Immigration Overhaul "Essential"
in Global Mobility Report, on June 20, 2009
...in the U.S. illegally the chance to become citizens. In many ways, now is a good time to acomplish something on the immigration issue precisely because it is not much of an issue, politically, at the ...
Enjoying First Grade
in The Parenting Weblog, on June 19, 2009
...to wake up my son.
We live 30-minutes away from where the school is. We take the public transpo - something that isn't reliable in my part of the world. So to make sure we get to school on time,...
CIA recruits bankers
in Sox First, on June 19, 2009
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If you've been retrenched as a banker or hedge fund manager, don't worry. There's plenty of work out there, if you want to become a spook. The CIA is now running a recruitment ad for...
Does Obama's patchwork overhaul go far enough?
in Sox First, on June 18, 2009
...to the layering, duplication, and gaps of the current system." Until this administration does something about the lobbyists, any reform runs the risk of beign hijacked by vested interests. But ... ...ve, and 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 ...
A GM name change?
in Sox First, on June 17, 2009
...set off the debate about a name change for GM . It suggested going for an American theme, although somehow I don't think Stars and Stripes Automobile Manufacturing Co. is going to cut it in a glo...
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...
Just Koogle it.
in Sox First, on June 16, 2009
Now I've heard everything. We have reports of a new kosher search engine called "koogle" developed in Israel that allows religious Jews to search the Net without compromising their religious standards. Koogle screens out such forbidden material as sexually explicit images or pict...
Accelerating Relationships with Social Networking
in TJ's Weblog, on June 15, 2009
...mportance in client work. He goes on to take about why he might use a particular social network for some things with some clients and some other social network at a different time. I like to think of ...
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...
Recession and marriage
in Sox First, on June 12, 2009
It seems the recession is saving marriages. Or it might be prolonging the agony. In Britain, The Independent reports that accountants Grant Thornton have found that fewer couples are divorcing. Plummeting property prices means it's just not worth it, even if it means prolonging a bad marr...
Art Funds
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on June 10, 2009
According to Friedrich Kiradi, head of Merit Alternative Investments GmbH and director of the world-wide first Art Photography Fund. "Investments in material assets such as real estate, commodities, as well as art, continues to be an area that investors seem to be focusing on, with the gro...
Hedge Fund Competing To Buy British Bank
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on June 9, 2009
... (BGI), including the iShares business.
BlackRock's BGI buyout will break its own record in a hedge fund transaction, when in 2006 BlackRock took over Merrill Lynch's asset management busine...
Entrepreneurial Life
in TJ's Weblog, on June 7, 2009
© tedmurphy
I came across a interesting piece last week from Small Business Trends : Entrepreneurial Lessons From The Experts. It was a list of simple observations about the life of entrepreneurs in general. Author Lisa Bourne was lucky enough to get Copyblogger's Brian Clark, John Jantsc...
Social Networking With Purpose
in BootStrapMe, on June 7, 2009
...on Twitter and you've already friended on MySpace.
Jennifer Shaheen's piece gives you some guidelines to think about when you participate in social networks for professional purposes. He...
The Genius Visa
in Global Mobility Report, on May 25, 2009
...technology companies. While H-1B applicants must hold at least a bachelor's degree and possess some specialized skill, O-1 visas are allotted to a more elite crowd: those who can prove to U.S. imm...
MBAs and Entrepreneurs
in BootStrapMe, on May 21, 2009
...nation with the comings and goings of MBAs as obsolete as our lionization of investment bankers and hedge-fund managers? Is it time to look elsewhere for the "best and the brightest" of what...
The recession: blaming the business schools
in Sox First, on May 21, 2009
...areness and most of their grads tend to be self-absorbed and ego driven. All that suggests is that some of courses need to be changed and that there needs to be more focus on connection students with... ...ecently, 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 brou...
Franchises: WYNTK
in Biz Plan Hacks, on May 19, 2009
...e that I thought I'd point out this piece by Jeff Elgin on buying a franchise. Elgin looks at some things you should know about a franchise contract.
One of the things he points out is that st...
Hedge Fund Administrator of The Year
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on May 13, 2009
... Along with an award for Hedge Fund Administrator of the year for their alternative investment services (AIS), the Bank of New York Mellon received 6 other awards at the International Custody &...
A Hippocratic oath for managers
in Sox First, on May 8, 2009
The global crisis is as much a failure of ethics as it is of finance. Business at the end of the day has to serve society which gives it its licence to operate. Creating virtual products as they did in financial markets wasn't serving anyone. Neither was flogging subprime packages to people ...
No recovery yet
in Sox First, on May 8, 2009
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Is the US economy on its way to recovery or not? Some would point to the results of the bank stress tests as a green shoot with 10 of the 19 largest banks needed to boost their capital by a combi...
An End to Tax Havens?
in Bizinformer, on May 5, 2009
...covering President Obama's proposal to close tax loopholes and shut down corporate tax havens. Some examples of the coverage include:
The NY Times , Agence France Press , The Washington Post...
The next accounting battle
in Sox First, on May 3, 2009
...ir big money spinners bought under closer supervision. There's a good chance there will even be some political campaigning. It's going to be one very dirty fight.... ...les were 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 vehicle...
How Sound is Your Business Plan?
in BootStrapMe, on April 27, 2009
...I recently reported at BizPlanHacks on some research that shows that business plans don't get start-ups funded by VC's. But what do we care?
A business plan takes on a whole new meaning ...
More Wall Street greed
in Sox First, on April 27, 2009
...e salary cuts or pay higher taxes. The piece says: ""No offense to Middle America, but if someone went to Columbia or Wharton, [even if] their company is a fumbling, mismanaged bank, why sho... ...irate Citigroup executive to a colleague. "I'm not giving to charity this year!" one hedge-fund analyst shouts into the phone, when I ask about Obama's planned tax increases. "...
Nouriel Roubini: we're not even at the bottom yet
in Sox First, on April 27, 2009
...ting growth cycle will come from. "We had the real-estate bubble, tech bubble, housing bubble, hedge-fund bubble, private-equity bubble, commodities bubble, even the art bubble-and they are all b...
HedgeCo.Net Spring Manager Showcase on Wed next week
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 26, 2009
...ng 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 ... ... 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.
T...
Hedge Funds in the Cayman Islands
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 21, 2009
... Sophia Harris, the firm's Managing Partner.
"The recent significant stresses placed upon hedge funds, particularly in Q4 of 2008, have given our investment funds group invaluable insight in...
Resources for Women Entrepreneurs
in BootStrapMe, on April 19, 2009
Adam over at Blogtrepreneur points out the prominent role women play in the bootstrap community and the larger world of entrepreneurs today. He uses suffrage as a point of reference; 90 years ago women couldn't even vote. "You've come a long way, baby." (Hope that doesn't...
New Hedge Fund Manager at SilkInvest
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 15, 2009
... investment bank Renaissance Capital, to spearhead its move into Frontier Fixed Income, an emergent hedge fund asset class.
"We will offer a liquid Frontier Market Fixed Income product, " Z...
IPOs: don't blame Sarbox
in Sox First, on April 15, 2009
...nvestors hold less than 30% of publicly traded shares with the remainder held through mutual funds, hedge funds and other institutional investors. Which, as Davidoff implies, makes the arguments about...
The new consumer
in Sox First, on April 9, 2009
Last year, I did a blog entry looking at the way consumer patterns have changed in the recession. The earlier this year, I did a piece looking at thrift chic, the latest trend where people are embracing frugality and a new conservatism. The lessons of the 1930s taught us that when an economy...
Airlines in tailspin
in Sox First, on April 9, 2009
The airline industry goes from bad to worse. A crumbling global economy means fewer seats on planes declining profits for the world's biggest airlines. More details here .The big problem lies in their fixed costs. As Morningstar analyst Basili Alukos told reporters , it's a high fixed...
Defending the Hedge Against Coyotes
in The Outdoor Weblog, on April 8, 2009
...ecause they're looking for food. Food comes in many forms for a coyote, mostly as trash and in some cases small animals and pets. Very rare cases involve small children.
The worst thing you can d... ...nt of indigenous species. An interesting angle on this situation can be seen in the movie Over The Hedge, but it does little to provide you with solutions to real life situations like coming face to f...
Communities printing money
in Sox First, on April 7, 2009
It had to happen. USA Today reports how cash strapped communities have taken a Depression era idea and started printing their own money. Ylu buy it at a discount and spend it at stores that accept currencies like Detroit Cheers, Ithaca Hours in New York, Plenty in North Carolina or BerkShares ...
Two Equity Fund Launches
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 6, 2009
...t Ltd, successfully launched The African Lions Fund and the Arab Falcons Fund, which helped the hedge fund manager achieve its goals in becoming a specialist in Arab and African equities.
The Lux...
Advertising market crash
in Sox First, on April 2, 2009
...ertising is a lead indicator of economic trends and the data suggests there will be no recovery for some time....
The Economist to Launch London Theme Park
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 1, 2009
As part of a strategy designed to broaden the revenue base, leverage content over new platforms and promote The Economist brand to a young and dynamic audience, The Economist Group is delighted to announce the development of a public-entertainment facility that combines the magic of a theme P...
Do You Have a Jellyfish?
in IfEnergy, on March 28, 2009
The commercial-industrial efforts to turn wind into energy for money seem to get a lot more attention than the smaller efforts to enable individual citizens to use wind energy as a means of opting out of the power grid altogether. So I found the Jellyfish Wind Appliance to be fascinating as a pe...
Netflix to hit the PS3?
in The Wired Home Weblog, on March 27, 2009
I love my PS3. It sits at the hub of my media centre and plays blu rays, dvds, cds, and even my occasional SACD (I have an early model!). It's quiet, reliable, and it does almost everything I want, and will be even closer when I get round to aquiring a PlayTV.
However, for you US guys it just ...
Oil shock ahead
in Sox First, on March 27, 2009
Last week, I did a blog entry on the International Monetary Fund warning that there might be a small recovery next year if there are comprehensive and co-ordinated global policies, and if commodity prices remain low. So far, there's been no sign of global co-ordination. Add to that the r...
Geithner's push for power and the law of unexpected outcomes
in Sox First, on March 26, 2009
... wind up paying bonuses to those same geniuses. No wonder the chorus of demands that the government somehow get back that money, contract or no contract. If the Wall Streeters don't like it, fine.... ...g reporting 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 ahe...
Ideas for social entrepreneurship in crisis times
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on March 22, 2009
...raditional business model as the price of garbage is going down 50%).
Therefore I decided to post some ideas which might be successful in today's environment. You can also feel free to add yours... ...e may apply the idea of companies like Zopa to Africa...The idea is to create some sort of communal hedge fund and allow community members to submit ideas that the community gets to approve funding fo...
The Death of SpiralFrog
in P2P File Sharing, on March 21, 2009
...ng last 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 cla...
AIG witch hunts: the new McCarthyism
in Sox First, on March 21, 2009
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Some of the most disturbing reports now coming out of the US tell us that AIG employees are now living in fear. Now we're told employees have been told to avoid sporting the company logo and...
The greening of Disney?
in Sox First, on March 20, 2009
... has been to Disneyland would have to wonder how that's possible. The Orlando Sentinal raises some serious questions. How can Disney hope to go green when its two cruise ships in 2006 generated ...
Squeezing accounting independence
in Sox First, on March 18, 2009
The rule maker for accounting standards is coming under pressure again. Once more the Europeans are putting the heat on the International Accounting Standards Board to change the rules and let the banks hide their losses. The trouble is the IASB has already compromised its independence and cou...
Wolfgang Münchau: Kreditderivate im Finanzmarkt sind eine Zeitbombe!
in Bauen - aber richtig, on March 18, 2009
...G20-Gruppe der führenden industrie- und Schwellenländer sollte sich nicht mit Steueroasen und Hedge-Fonds beschäftigen, die mit dieser Krise gar nichts zu tun haben, sondern mit Banken und Versicherun...
Mortgage fraud and AIG
in Sox First, on March 17, 2009
Mortgage fraud is on the rise, up 26% , and it's a serious problem. Fewer loans are being processed but there's more fraud, suggesting there is a real sickness in the system. It means people are getting more desperate. The increase in mortgage fraud is linked to other crimes like check...
Newspapers: obituaries and renewals.
in Sox First, on March 17, 2009
...s. Clearly, the industry needs to reinvent itself. The New York Times setting up an R&D lab, something I covered in a blog entry last week, might be one answer. It's not the end of journa...
Hedge Fund Manager Joins Water Reclamation Company
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on March 12, 2009
... Long time hedge fund manager, Eric D. Pedersen has been appointed to The position of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors at fresh water reclamation company, STW Reso...
Things I Should Have Blogged About...
in Bizinformer, on March 10, 2009
...39;ve been kind of distracted for a couple of weeks now with a variety of demands on my time that I somehow failed to see as converging all at once. I won't bore you with the details...
As I look... ...ere think 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...
Tour Gets Burned Again
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 24, 2009
... face we can put to that characteristic; Allen Stanford is another.
Corporate entities, too, can sometimes become embroiled in this mire. Enron was a perfect example in its time. Merrill Lynch ...
Hedge Fund Fat Tuesday Networking Event
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on February 21, 2009
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HedgeCo is inviting investors, hedge fund managers, and other industry professionals to come together and enjoy a night of sharing ideas and meeting new contacts at the first big networking event...
The Two Trillion Dollar Meltdown by Charles R Morris
in Sox First, on February 19, 2009
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The book from Morris provides some interesting insights into the market's implosion. It's not that we didn't have any warning. Morris makes the point that the collateralised mortgag... ...lts. The 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 bui...
Lady Black defends "kulak" bankers
in Sox First, on February 19, 2009
...lass that are the Red Guard, and Wall Streeters the accused," Amiel writes. "Every night, some TV station posts photos of the day's addition to the Top 10 Business Villains and another f...
Bad Money by Kevin Phillips
in Sox First, on February 17, 2009
...household, financial and non-financial corporate debt that went ballistic and wound up totaling some $36 trillion. "My summation is that American financial capitalism, at a pivotal period in... ...n the 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 ...
Diamond Hedge Fund Prospers
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on February 17, 2009
...ng director Philip Baldwin, who co-founded the business with Mahyar Makhzani.
Full story: Diamond Hedgers Report Increase in Fund Assets ...
New Town Killers - Movie Debut
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on February 16, 2009
... Playing a hedge fund banker turned killer, Dougray Scott stars in the 'credit crunch' movie: New Town Killers. It being shown for the first time in Scotland tonight as part of the Glas...
Book Review; The Complete TurtleTrader
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on February 11, 2009
...ok), he gave them each a million dollars and set them loose on Wall Street.
Full review here at HedgeCo blogs.
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Stimulus Hype: Will the Stimulus Work? (Part I)
in Bizinformer, on February 7, 2009
...on Post back in January struck me as a condescending regurgitation of Far Right Republican thought. Some quotes: Economic growth occurs when there is an increase in national income, not a redistributi... ...really peaked my interest and got me emotionally involved in the discussion was by Alan Schram , a hedge fund manager. His article at the Huffington Post back in January struck me as a condescending ...
Winners in Crisis
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on February 6, 2009
...man, the UAE state of Quatar and ExxonMobil.
Paulson shorted the pound, while Eisman won through a hedge fund, Quatar and Exxon expanded while oil prices boomed.
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Russian Investments and Hedge Funds
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on February 3, 2009
... up +0.4% whereas the Russian market RTS was down -15.3% and the MSCI Russia down -11.6%.
More at HedgeCo Blogs
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Credis Suisse sheds light on hedge fund failure
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on February 2, 2009
...of each event on individual sectors and the hedge fund industry as a whole. The piece also offers some comparisons to past market downturns, periods in which strategies saw severe declines in assets u... ... Credit Suisse Tremont Index LLC released a new research piece, 'One for the History Books: Hedge Fund Performance in 2008′, a review of the factors which contributed to hedge funds' dismal...
A Conversation with Larry Guevel of Unisys
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on January 29, 2009
...obal Outsourcing and Infrastructure Services, about the current state of the outsourcing market and some of Unisys's products in the marketplace.
Given the recent news regarding Satyam, I started... ... on their prospective providers. Also, he suggested that companies consider multisourcing as a risk hedge against supplier instability.
Talking about multisourcing, Mr. Guevel acknowledged the increa...
Hedge Fund Manager Surrenders to Police
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on January 29, 2009
... Missing hedge fund manager Arthur Nadel, who disappeared last week along with an estimated $350 million of investor's money, turned himself in to The FBI yesterday.
The Sarasota resident...
