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Climategate was no conspiracy
in Sox First, on November 24, 2009
Scientists have always been a weird bunch but the fallout over climategate email hacking incident has been nothing short of extraordinary. Now, we have Republican senator James Inhofe calling for an investigation into the United Nations-sponsored Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change....
Stanford 资产获中投等公司逾 10 亿美元报价
in Wangtam, on 2009-11-23
...有消息称，Stanford University 上个月计划出售的大量难以出售的投资资产已经获得了超过 10 亿美元的报价，这一金额位于 Stanford University 此前预期的高端。
但一些位于私募股权等领域的报价包括了苛刻的条件，可能会降低报价的吸引力，并将考验斯坦福希望筹集现金的急切程度。
知情人士说，Stanford University 已经告知投标者在周四之前提交...
KaosPilot revolution
in Sox First, on November 21, 2009
Earlier this year, I looked at the way business schools had contributed to the recession by producing the financial engineers, Masters of the Business Apocalypse (MBAs) who ended up destroying the markets. How refreshing then to read about the most unusual business school in the world. K...
Hedge funds and brokers turn to poker
in Sox First, on November 21, 2009
...vesting and poker have often been compared. But it's not surprising that financial recruiters for hedge funds and broking houses are scrutinizing professional poker to find talent and analytical too...
Seen that? - Currency trading with Retirement money
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on November 15, 2009
... Currency trading with Retirement money at The Hedge Funds Weblog I saw a story the other day , How Retirement Funds are looking into the world of C...
Gold price rises as supply runs out
in Sox First, on November 13, 2009
The price of gold continues to rise, now hitting an all-time high of $1,123.38 an ounce . For good reason too. Investors now see it as an alternative to the slumping US dollar. But we can expect the gold price to just keep going up with reports that global gold production is in terminal ...
Is China about to collapse?
in Sox First, on November 12, 2009
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Hedge fund manager James Chanos will go down in history as the first to predict that Enron was a disaster in the making. Chanos is in the business of scrutinizing companies for their flaws a...
What Not to Say When You Hand Out Pink Slips
in Biz Plan Hacks, on November 11, 2009
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BusinessWeek ran a good article this week on things not to say when the time comes to hand someone their pink slip.
People are getting laid off. Right and left, east and west, all over the place. And it's not always because they deserve to be let go. Job cutting ...
The Trade War That Wasn't
in China Venture News, on November 11, 2009
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Remember the Obama Administration's new tariff on tires made in China? When it was announced back in September, analysts said it was going to be the start of a new trade war . In case no one noticed, that hasn't happened... China appears to have little inclination to escala...
Big Tobacco extends its reach
in Sox First, on November 11, 2009
Big tobacco has hit upon a brilliant strategy with reports that Reynolds American Inc, maker of Camel cigarettes, is planning to buy a company that's stopping people from smoking. The manufacturer of cancer sticks is apparently in talks to buy Swedish maker of nicotine gum Niconovum AB. No...
Galleon scandal: just the beginning?
in Sox First, on November 8, 2009
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The biggest prosecution of hedge fund insider trading went into overdrive this week with 20 people, including Galleon Group LLC co-founder Raj Rajaratnam, getting hauled up on criminal charges....
MBA turkeys and the market
in Sox First, on November 8, 2009
...n 30% of Harvard MBAs end up in "market-sensitive jobs" like investment banking, private equity and hedge funds, it's a long-term sell signal. If that number is below 10%, it is a long-term buy signal...
Seen that? - Hubbert Peak v. Actual Peak
in IfEnergy, on November 7, 2009
...wing especially [...] Read More logiENERGY launches Peak Oil Fund at The Hedge Funds Weblog Hedge fund investor, logi ENERGY LLC., has annou...
Eight New Insider Trading Arrests, Fourteen Total
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on November 6, 2009
... The SEC’s ongoing investigation of insider trading at hedge funds and stock trading firms has brought allegations against 14 Wall Street professionals.
The charged defendants include hedge ...
Fall Hedge Fund Networking Event At Nikki Midtown
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on November 6, 2009
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Yesterday's Fall Networking Event attracted 200+ investors, hedge fund managers, and other industry professionals for a night of food, drink, music and mingling with other members of the alter...
Facebook and scammers
in Sox First, on November 6, 2009
Facebook has announced in its developer's blog that it is cracking down on scammers. It's not before time, given the publicity and uproar. We've had instances like phishing campaigns where users are robbed of their Facebook user names and passwords, we've had instances where users have...
Joel Klein To Receive The 100 Women in Hedge Funds' Effecting Change Award
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on November 3, 2009
... 100 Women in Hedge Funds’ Board of Directors today announced that Joel Klein, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, will receive its 2009 Effecting Change Award at its New York ...
Hedge Fund Expert To Launch Own Fund
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on November 3, 2009
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CEO at QuantZ Capital Management, Milind Sharma, is in the process of launching his own hedge fund, sources say.
The hedge fund manager is reportedly in talks to raise $500 million for the Qu...
Seen that? - An introduction to thin provisioning
in On Storage, on November 1, 2009
.... [...] Read More Evan Rapoport on Capital Introduction - Excerpt at The Hedge Funds Weblog Capital Introduction is a service usually provid...
Outsourcing and Security
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 31, 2009
© CarbonNYC In a GlobalServices article published on October 29, 2009, IT managers were found to have some concerns regarding the security of their outsourced processes. It is unclear whether these concerns were based upon suspicion or actual discovery of security issues, or whether tho...
互联网 40 年十大事件
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-31
...esearch Institute 的一台电脑发送了一条两个字母的信息“lo”，互联网就此诞生。
2、1994 年 10 月 13 日
后来众所周知的网景 Navigator 浏览器发布测试代码。
3、1997 年 11 月 6 日
Intel 推出首款可以通过互联网、ISDN 电话线以及企业局域网运行的视频会议系统。
4、1998 年 2 月 18 日
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Cap & Trade 101
in IfEnergy, on October 28, 2009
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The fact that you're reading this blog at all tells me that you're probably at least a little familiar with Cap & Trade. But just in case you have problems explaining it to other people, or in case you have friends who don't know about it, VentureBeat recently published...
Profits are a gift: Soros
in Sox First, on October 25, 2009
...e says: "That would push the risk takers who are good at taking risks out of Goldman Sachs into hedge funds where they actually belong, because hedge funds take risks with their own capital, not with ...
Seen that? - The weekly trend in US stocks
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on October 24, 2009
... The weekly trend in US stocks at The Hedge Funds Weblog The Major US index`s ( Dow 30 , SP 500 and NASDAQ 100 ) Closed in Weekly sells. They joined...
Pay cuts for auto firm executives. What about banks?
in Sox First, on October 23, 2009
...ecause as The Wall Street Journal tells us, the new rules from the US Government do not extend to hedge funds, private-equity funds and other financial firms beyond the reach of the new curbs. ...
Seen that? - AOL, Yahoo Plan Paid E-Mail Service
in I got Spam?!, on October 21, 2009
...o. And the story behind the search engine giant is worth reminiscing. In January of 1994, alumni at Stanford University, Jerry Yang and David Filo created Yahoo, which is originally called Jerry's...
!0 more to be charged with insider trading
in Sox First, on October 21, 2009
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Charging Wall Street hedge fund boss Raj Rajaratnam with insider trading is just the beginning. Bloomberg reports that US investigators plan to charge another 10 securities professionals with...
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 9.0
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-19
...herever you like
• Android 2.0 screenshot walkthrough
• iSteadii 2.0 - Image Stabilizing Unit
• Managing your reputation through search results
• Hulu Desktop Windows 7 Media Center Integr...
No autographs, say auditors
in Sox First, on October 18, 2009
Earlier this year, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board came out with a proposal requiring engagement partners to personally sign corporate audit reports. The PCAOB writes: "A requirement for the engagement partner to sign the audit report could improve audit quality in two ...
What is hedge fund third party marketing?
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on October 15, 2009
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Third party marketers (3pm's) are essentially hedge fund brokers. They represent various hedge fund products and introduce and sell these products to qualified investors.
The Third Party Mark...
Starting A Hedge Fund - Seminar
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on October 15, 2009
... Starting A Hedge Fund In The Post-Madoff Era, a seminar organized by Andrew Schneider and Hedgeco Networks , 220 managers, investors and service providers came together at the U.S. Trust Build...
Bloomberg's plans for BusinessWeek
in Sox First, on October 15, 2009
So Bloomberg has picked up BusinessWeek for between $2-5 million. It's a significant deal because as BusinessWeek's Tom Lowry reports, the deal is unprecedented for both buyer and seller. It's the first major acquisition for Bloomberg and signals its shift into the consumer focused media. ...
Hedge funds lied to investors
in Sox First, on October 15, 2009
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Hedge funds have been badly exposed in a new study Trust and Delegation . Hedge funds were instrumental in buying bad securities and and helping bring the world's financial system to its knee...
Madoff gets in prison fight, and wins
in Sox First, on October 14, 2009
...st Enron fraudster Jeff Skilling? Other potential fight contenders according to that list are Allen Stanford, Martha Stewart, Bernie Ebbers and Dennis Kozlowski. Of course, they've forgotten about o...
Keep Yourself Sharp
in BootStrapMe, on October 11, 2009
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In any endeavor in life, keeping yourself mentally well tuned is extremely important if you want to be successful. Entrepreneur.com 's Scott Halford recently had some tips to help you keep yourself sharp. The foundational idea is simple: be a life long learner. Consider t...
Bankers' cocaine binge
in Sox First, on October 11, 2009
To what extent can the market's failure be blamed on cocaine? According to this alarming news report , there was a clear link between the heady trading during the boom and snorting. And professionals in the detox business in London say they've been flooded with calls since the financial cri...
Seen that? - NYSE Value, is in Goldman`s mind
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on October 9, 2009
... NYSE Value, is in Goldman`s mind at The Hedge Funds Weblog When you look at the numbers as a trader, you must shack your head and laugh.. We are wa...
Seen that? -
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on October 8, 2009
at The Personal Finance Weblog Today is a great celebration of practical jokes. Have fun playing them or being played. When the jokes are over, it's a good idea to use today as a reminder to review your financial game plan. Are you properly d...
Seen that? - NBA's Marc Cuban Blogs his Plans to Launch Betting Hedge Fund
in The Gambling Weblog, on October 2, 2009
... NBA's Marc Cuban Blogs his Plans to Launch Betting Hedge Fund at The Gambling Weblog Cuban says he will launch betting hedge fund In a plan that g...
Hedge Fund Rocktoberfest 2009
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on September 30, 2009
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As one of Wall Street's most popular annual events, Hedge Fund Rocktoberfes t features bands whose members work in the hedge fund and finance industry. All of the five bands scheduled to per...
Recessions boost your health
in Sox First, on September 30, 2009
It seems that recessions and depressions are good for your health. According to this study , people were healthier during 1930-1933 when the Great Depression was laying the world to waste. In times of economic expansion, according to the study, mortality rates increased. "In contrast, th...
Who's the Next IT Acquirer?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 29, 2009
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In a recent Computerworld article , AMR Research Director Phil Fersht suggests that there may be more consolidation in the IT Outsourcing market.
Given that the big hardware players - IBM, Dell and HP - have already jumped into the mix, it is an open question as to who the nex...
The science of retweets
in Sox First, on September 24, 2009
Is there a science to getting retweets? Viral marketing scientist Dan Zarella has studied retweets and his nine rules for getting them, as reported on the Fast Company blog . 1. Whatever you do, don't use tinyurl. That's the least likely to get retweeted. Go for bit.ly, ow.ly, su.pr...
Hedge Fund Charity Event With New Jersey Nets
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on September 23, 2009
...o the attention of representatives of The New Jersey Nets, the basketball team committed to joining hedge fund, Capstone Global Markets, on October 1st to raise money for the cause.
The New Jersey Ne...
FitForCommerce - Your Key to eCommerce Success
in TJ's Weblog, on September 21, 2009
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In an age when ecommerce is becoming a central part of all most all retail business plans, can you find the solutions you need?
A huge number of companies and consultants out there today will gladly offer you ecommerce software and then pretend to have provided you with solutions...
Cyber crime pandemic
in Sox First, on September 18, 2009
We are in a cyber crime pandemic and it's getting worse with US federal authorities telling the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee this week that the crooks are now turning their attention to small businesses, a much easier hit than larger more secure corporations...
logiENERGY launches Peak Oil Fund
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on September 16, 2009
... Hedge fund investor, logi ENERGY LLC ., has announced the formation of The Peak Oil Value Fund. Launched September 8, the new hedge fund is the first of its kind aimed at institutional and accr...
Top Venture Capital Blogs
in TJ's Weblog, on September 15, 2009
TechCrunch had a nice resource piece last week on the top venture capital blogs. Are you reading them? It's a great way to keep up with the trends and issues involved in the VC industry today.
Guy Kawasaki 's blog ( How to Change the World ) is at the top of the heap at the moment with o...
World Habitat Day - Oct. 5
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on September 15, 2009
The United Nations has designated the first Monday each October as World Habitat Day .
This year on Oct. 5 in Washington, D.C. and around the world, Habitat for Humanity is supporting this global observance, declaring that the lack of decent, affordable housing is unacceptable.
According to ...
Hedge Fund Rocktoberfest WildCard Play-Off
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on September 15, 2009
... A Leg To Stand On is celebrating the sixth anniversary of their annual benefit, Hedge Fund Rocktoberfest . It is being held at B.B. King Blues Club in New York on Thursday, October 8.
The Rockto...
$4.5 billion go into Hedge funds in Aug 2009
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on September 9, 2009
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Net inflows for hedge funds reached $4.5 billion in August, with over 50% of the reporting funds attracting capital during the month.
Preliminary reporting from Eurekahedge finds that August ...
Can the SEC be sued for Madoff?
in Sox First, on September 7, 2009
At the end of last year, a 61 year old New York woman Phyllis Molchatsky sued the Securities and Exchange Commission for negligence after she lost $2 million investing with Bernard Madoff. Now in the wake of the an SEC internal investigation report slating the agency for missing obvious tel...
Media misleads with Cerberus Hedge Fund Three-Year Lockup Announcement
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on September 3, 2009
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This morning on the HedgeCo hedge fund blog , Aaron posted this interesting piece on Cerberus and the new three-year lock up policy that they instituted for their new hedge funds. The arti...
Be Your Spouse's Boss? Maybe...
in BootStrapMe, on September 1, 2009
Women Entrepreneurs asked an interesting question that bootstrappers should consider: should you put your spouse on your payroll?
Of course, for them the issue was complicated by our society's views of male-female authority. While adding your husband to the payroll may help him get affordable...
The app economy
in Sox First, on August 28, 2009
How big is the Apple iPhone economy? Fast Company tells us, there are $200 million apps from App Store downloaded every month. Multiply that by 12 and the App Store is worth $2.4 billion which makes it bigger than the economy of Somalia and Eritrea. Not combined but soon it will be. App Sto...
Hedge Fund Journal’s Funds of Hedge Funds/ Newedge Release Top 50 Research
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on August 27, 2009
...y are not out of the game. Smaller funds, of course, are facing an even tougher time. Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research (HFR) has reported that over 200 funds of hedge funds liquidated in 2009. This i...
EM Market Moves
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on August 25, 2009
...of 2009, which probably isn't surprising to anyone reading this. "Some of emerging markets hedge funds were down almost 50 percent," according to Andrew Schneider, managing partner of He...
Who is buying up US debt?
in Sox First, on August 23, 2009
...lds $189.7 billion worth of Treasury securities. That group takes in the Cayman Islands, home to US hedge funds and investment vehicles. It's hardly surprising that group is the fifth biggest hold...
Headed for the double dip
in Sox First, on August 20, 2009
As reported here , the International Monetary Fund says the recovery has begun. It's just that it will be slow and unpredictable. And it's gone so deep that it will affect supply and demand for years to come. What that means is that the long term future is uncertain and we need to win...
Bankruptcies soar
in Sox First, on August 14, 2009
Earlier this week, we had the Fed announcing that the US appeared to have ended its long decline, suggesting the end of the recession. But don't go talking about a recovery yet. Not with the alarming Administrative Office of the US Courts data showing there were 1.3 million bankruptcie...
Immigration Daily Blog
in Global Mobility Report, on August 12, 2009
If you're looking for a good source of news and opinions on immigration issues in the US, Immigration Daily is a blog you may want to consider following.
The blog is nine years old and has about 35,000 readers. The ILW's main website has a number of resources for people involved in...
No bail for Black
in Sox First, on August 11, 2009
You have to hand it to Conrad Black. Two years after he sentenced to six-plus years in the slammer for fraud, he has still been seeking bail pending an appeal. If anyone told he had a snowflake's chance in hell of getting it, he wasn't listening. He still maintains he is innocent. Now ...
Global Recovery
in China Venture News, on August 7, 2009
Is China leading a global recovery. BusinessWeek says that many international corporations seem to think so. That theme keeps cropping up in recent conversations with CEOs and financial executives. Among the voices extolling the strength of China are Alcoa (AA) CEO Klaus Kleinfeld, Freeport-McMoRa...
Google 出价 1.065 亿美元收购 On2
in Wangtam, on 2009-08-06
Google 表示 将斥资 1.065 亿美元收购数字视频压缩技术提供商 On2 Technologies。
根据协议规定，每股 On2 股票将转换为价值 0.60 美元的 Google 普通股。交易规模大约在1 .065 亿美元。整个交易预计将在今年第四季度完成。
Google 拥有广受欢迎的视频共享网站 YouTube。而 On2 是一家数字视频压缩技术提供商，在网络视频日益盛行的今天，数字视频压缩技术已成为一个重要法宝。
Google 产品管理副总裁 Sundar Pichai 在声明中表示，"现在视频已经是 Web 体验的一个重要组成部分，我们相信高品质的视频压...
Another oil shock?
in Sox First, on August 2, 2009
Are we headed for a new crisis, one that's potentially a lot worse than the credit crunch? We're talking about oil. As Scott Nyquist writes in BusinessWeek , we are looking at a second shock to the world economy as the recovery kicks in with demand expected to grow more than 2% annual...
Is Ryanair's pee fee the answer?
in Sox First, on August 2, 2009
Yesterday, I looked at how the aviation industry was nose diving, cranking up big losses from the global meltdown and swine flu. But one airline seems to be doing okay and weathering the storm. Ryanair is posting profits and continuing to attract passengers despite the recession thanks to ...
Is Ryanair's pee fee the answer?
in Sox First, on August 1, 2009
Yesterday, I looked at how the aviation industry was nose diving, cranking up big losses from the global meltdown and swine flu. But one airline seems to be doing okay and weathering the storm. Ryanair is posting profits and continuing to attract passengers despite the recession thanks to ...
Poor Bernanke
in Sox First, on July 30, 2009
Bernanke got poorer in the market meltdown. As Bloomberg reports, the former economics professor's assets fell 29% last year as the financial crisis eroded the value of his assets. Or did they really go down? Bloomberg reports: "The filings, released by the Fed yesterday, show Ben ...
First SOX clawback
in Sox First, on July 26, 2009
Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires chief financial officers and chief executive officers to reimburse the company bonuses and stock profits following a fraud. The rationale behind the legislation is that they were running the company when misleading information was being put out. ...
Can Technology Clean Up Coal?
in IfEnergy, on July 22, 2009
© MoToMo
About half of U.S. power comes from coal , according to CNN. And the process of burning coal for electricity accounts for about 80 percent of the country's CO2 emissions from electricity. And while wind, solar and other forms of clean renewable energy are expanding rapidly, it wil...
