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The Goldman Sachs-Rolling Stone slugfest
in Sox First, on July 3, 2009
...rmula is relatively simple: Goldman positions itself in the middle of a speculative bubble, selling investments they know are crap. Then they hoover up vast sums from the middle and lower floors of so...
ExxonMobil funds climate sceptics
in Sox First, on July 2, 2009
...ut "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,...
全球前 100 名最佳投资网络 VC
in Wangtam, on July 1, 2009
最近的一项报告根据风险投资者的网络化程度，评选出具备最佳网络的前 100 家风险投资商。
该报告认为 ，风险投资者的网络化程度越高，网络越好，投资回报率就越高。该报告指出，风险投资者的网络是与由其他与其进行联合投资的投资者所组成的。风险投资拥有的联合投资者越多，网络就越好。风险投资商的网络规模与回报率之间的关系，可以为其投资带来更好的交易流、人才、顾问、潜在客户和退出可能。
该报告对 2006-2008 年间为超过 3300 家创业公司提供融资支持的 2700 个投资者进行了分析，并根据网络化程度评分，评选出具备最佳网络的前 100 家风险投资商。请见下表：
1 德丰杰
2 红杉资本...
DHL makes exansion in China
in Supplychainer, on June 30, 2009
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DHL group has invested around $2.2 billion in Asia-Pacific and will continue to make significant investments in the region in the future, Mr. Mok said. He said DHL Supply Chain's growth in Chin...
July 8: China Cleantech Business Forum
in China Venture News, on June 30, 2009
...nture capitalists funds with infrastructure funds also playing a big role. China has increased its investments on cleantech by three-fold to RMB1.35 trillion in the past decade. According to 2Point6Bi...
Is plain vanilla the right goal?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 30, 2009
... they were supposed to invest the money they weren't paying on their mortgage into safe, steady investments. It'd be a chance to make extra money.
Of course, I have no idea how many holders o...
Has Intel finally broken into the cell phone market?
in Wangtam, on June 24, 2009
...ia Announce Strategic Relationship to Shape Next Era of Mobile Computing Innovation
• How Apple Brought Nokia And Intel Together
• iPhone In-App Purchases Already Leading To The Dreaded Two Words:...
Don't believe the homeownership hype
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 24, 2009
You should buy a home because it's the best lifestyle choice for you and your family. You shouldn't buy a house becasue it's a good investment.
There's a simple reason for this: Homes aren't as good of an investment as real estate agents and mortgage loan officers make them out ...
Directors warned about greenwash
in Sox First, on June 22, 2009
...t climate change information in their annual reports. The report will require companies to detail a strategic analysis, regulatory risks from potential and upcoming climate change legislation, physica...
Philippines Announces 10-Year Nanotech Roadmap
in Nanotechbuzz, on June 21, 2009
...ry," writes INQUIRER.net's Alexander Villafania . "The PCASTRD's nanotechnology strategic roadmap will cover at least six industrial sectors, including the semiconductor, informatio...
Securing pharma supply chain: Is now the right time?
in Supplychainer, on June 18, 2009
... demonstrating that protecting patient safety can be good business if you keep your eye on your key strategic imperatives, be they product integrity, operational efficiency, customer service, or other...
Art Funds
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on June 10, 2009
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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, comm...
Questions which should be answered when buying a mid-size ERP
in Supplychainer, on May 31, 2009
... at this piece and you can download it here . The document tries to create a balanced view between strategic issues such as total cost of ownership and the business issues the company wants to attack...
Fujitsu expands to Australian ERP market
in Supplychainer, on May 31, 2009
... now in a position to offer a broader range of solutions and services to support our customers' investments in SAP and Oracle throughout their investment lifecycle. This is very exciting news for ...
AMR announces top 25 supply chains for 2009
in Supplychainer, on May 31, 2009
...ploy traditional supply chain practices like demand-driven replenishment for its DVD business and strategic sourcing in its theme parks, with new collaborative models for pure content distribution...
More on the Satyam-PWC scandal
in Sox First, on May 27, 2009
... gets stuck into the problem with these conflicts of interest. She points out that Satyam was a key strategic partner for PwC and that is worth examining. McKenna writes: "Did the strategic impor...
Speed Sourcing - An Over-Reaction to Long Procurement Cycles?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on May 19, 2009
...customer looses much of its leverage once vendor selection is complete. Upon selection, it becomes strategically in the supplier's benefit to "give less" during negotiations. At that poi...
Corporate social responsibility and recession
in Sox First, on May 15, 2009
...." Jeff Swartz from Timberland has told Ethical Corporation magazine that cSR is actually a strategic opportunity in this climate because there is such an enormous amount of anti-corporate fee...
微软确认将于 12 月正式发售 Windows 7
in Wangtam, on May 12, 2009
刚才在洛杉矶的 TechEd 2009 会议上，微软 Windows 业务高级副总裁 Bill Veghte 确认，微软确认将于 12 月正式发售 Windows 7。公司旗下的另一款产品，适用于客户端及服务器版本的 Windows Server 2008 R2 也将于同期上市。
微软同时表示，将在今年 7 月向此次年会的参加者放出 Office 2010 的技术预览版。微软的一位产品经理 Ward Ralston 则表示，这并不意味着 Office 2010 步入了正式发布前的阶段。微软尚未公布该产品的发布日期。
微软在半月前推出了首个 RC 版的 Windows 7，这也意味着该...
Supply chain video: Future Supply Chain 2016
in Supplychainer, on May 11, 2009
...ure Supply Chain 2016" last year. The below video discusses in a brief way, the challenges and strategic themes identified by the research team and the company collaborators.
Among the th...
HP to Get on the Blackberry Software Train
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on May 4, 2009
...get a boost. Research In Motion (RIM) and computer giant Hewlett-Packard said they have agreed to a strategic alliance to design and sell business software for the popular BlackBerry line.
The two co...
The next accounting battle
in Sox First, on May 3, 2009
...ess bets. They created and sold exotic investment vehicles few could understand and hid those risky investments in off-balance-sheet structured investment vehicles and conduits. In effect what that di...
Will Biofuel Make It?
in IfEnergy, on April 23, 2009
...el earlier this month. Simply put, the outlook is bleak... Yet behind the very real innovations and investments, the brash claims and the breathless headlines, lies an inconvenient truth. Replacing pe...
PreEmptive Releases DashO 5
in Java Entrepreneur, on April 17, 2009
...o better establish R&D priorities and ultimately increase the return on application development investments."
More here from JAVA Developer's Journal.
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Hope, greed, fear and the financial crisis
in Sox First, on April 16, 2009
... seems to focusing on the psychology of the market by talking it up and expressing optimism. A more strategic approach to keep a lid on future bubble would be more effective in the long run and sound ...
Is all this free sustainable?
in The CIO Weblog, on April 16, 2009
...r suggestions for avoiding this situation but it's something to consider and keep an eye on for strategic technology decision makers. R&D has effectively been outsourced for the past decade or...
New partnership to offer supply chain network design services
in Supplychainer, on April 11, 2009
...tion services: ChemLogix, a provider of logistics services, announced recently that it has formed a strategic alliance with Automated Decisions, to provide a Supply Chain Network Optimization Service ...
Coming to Pebble Beach? Leave the Golf Clubs at Home
in Classical Drives, on April 8, 2009
...he economy affects buyers and sellers of collectible automobiles. One might look upon them as solid investments to wait out the recession but on the other hand, when things get tough it's the big ...
Kristina Fine Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on April 8, 2009
...ld pendant with Yellow Gold chain
$2850
Based in New York City , Kristina Fine Jewelry has been a strategic force in the jewelry industry for over 16 years. Their vast knowledge of colored gemstone...
Google to Invest in Biotechnology
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 2, 2009
Google is launching "Google Ventures" a new venture-capital fund which will invest across a range of industries, including consumer Internet, software, clean-tech, bio-tech and health care.
According to the Boston Globe report :
Google Ventures will scout for entrepreneurial oppor...
SUNY Albany Launches $150 Million Nanotech Expansion
in Nanotechbuzz, on April 2, 2009
...on of its Albany NanoTech Complex that the University says will support more than $1 billion in new investments and 600 new high-tech jobs by 2013.
"Two new buildings at the College of Nanoscal...
A Web 2.0 Obituary?
in TJ's Weblog, on April 2, 2009
...get me wrong - you need to try these things to figure out what works and what not. Without the big investments into the Internet and Web 2.0 in the last decade we would not have seen the wonderful imp...
Asetek appoints new supply chain lead
in Supplychainer, on March 29, 2009
...operations is particularly strong," states André S. Eriksen, Asetek's CEO. "His deep strategic vision is necessary to build a highly efficient supply chain as we ramp volume with our Chi...
The seven deadly sins of executive pay
in Sox First, on March 18, 2009
...ple plan understood by everyone. Mercer also says companies mistakenly rely too much on budgets and strategic plans when setting pay schemes. The result is that executives can get handsomely rewarded ...
Baker Hughes appoints new VP for supply chain
in Supplychainer, on March 16, 2009
...said Martin Craighead. "We expect to benefit from his insight and experience as we execute our strategic plans to advance our capabilities in supply chain management to become a world class leade...
Verizon Business Launches Hosted OCS Offering
in The VoIP Weblog, on March 12, 2009
... without removing their legacy phone networks, and they can leverage existing technical and network investments."
More here from Computerworld ... more here from Network World ... and the ...
Interview with Warren McGregor, IASB board member
in Sox First, on March 11, 2009
...erivatives are accounted for at fair value. Otherwise, it's not showing the true value of those investments and anyone looking at those accounts would not be fully informed of the risk to which th...
Warning to CFOs: don't trust HR
in Sox First, on March 11, 2009
... and morale is low. Beatty has a point. Part of the problem is that most HR people just aren't strategic. They're not that smart. Think of the best and brightest at university. How many of th...
Managing fragmented data remains a supply chain challenge, IBM research finds
in Supplychainer, on February 28, 2009
...gement Practice in conjunction with the IBM Institute for Business Value, which develops fact-based strategic insights for senior business executives. Supply chain executives in 29 industries particip...
Can VMware hold on?
in The CIO Weblog, on February 25, 2009
...t. But I'm looking pretty hard to Hyper-V and System Center these days for long-term technology investments....
The Stanford-Madoff connection
in Sox First, on February 22, 2009
...eposit. Hazlett was seen as a rising a star in that empire. When he was asked for details about the investments, no one at the bank would give him even basic information. So when he called a meeting w...
ACCESS Demos Linux Platform 3.0
in HackITLinux, on February 20, 2009
...that will further ease the deployment of sophisticated and differentiated LiMo devices. Access' Strategic Contributing Offer (SCO) is a subset of Access Linux Platform v3.0."
More here fro...
Is Mexico still a viable near-shore location?
in Supplychainer, on February 19, 2009
...wever, I believe companies should revise the country's risk scale again and be tight for future investments to see if the situation will stabilizes in the near future....
E+Co receives award for the development in energy
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on February 14, 2009
...ard for his work in the clean energy sector in developing countries. His company makes clean energy investments in developing countries. With 15 years of experience and offices in 10 locations, E+Co&#...
TARP shortchanged taxpayers $78 billion
in Sox First, on February 7, 2009
...ity among various capital infusion recipients through variations in contractual terms governing the investments or impose specific requirements on a particular recipient that might help insure stabili...
Westerners Leaving Dubai In Droves
in Exclusive from our news room , on February 6, 2009
...lavish structures in the world Dubai's financial system was hemorrhaging dollars.
Now that the investments made in Dubai have largely tanked, and the jobs are gone, thousands of people, mostly We...
Ford May Sell Volvo To China
in Exclusive from our news room , on February 5, 2009
... to ask for government bail out money.
Trying to sell off Volvo, one of the company's many bad investments, to the Chinese, is Ford's latest effort to attempt to raise capital.
Read here a...
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...
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...
Bailout transparency problems continue
in Sox First, on January 31, 2009
...al purchases and offering loans to the automobile industry. In addition, it has not yet developed a strategic approach to explain how its various programs work together to fulfill TARP's purposes ...
A Conversation with Larry Guevel of Unisys
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on January 29, 2009
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A few days ago, I had the opportunity to chat with Larry Guevel, Vice President of Strategic Business Planning for Unisys Global Outsourcing and Infrastructure Services, about the cur...
Schneider National gets best supplier award from P&G
in Supplychainer, on January 28, 2009
...president of global commercial services at Schneider National. "Safe, hard-working drivers and strategic, dedicated customer service teams are at the heart of awards like this. We're proud to...
FAS 157: Is it Killing Investment?
in Bizinformer, on January 19, 2009
...On November 15th a new accounting rule went into effect. It's called FAS 157. It regulates how investments are valued by mandating that they be valued "fairly." And the whining and compl...
Jobs 要请个长假
in Wangtam, on January 16, 2009
...n major strategic decisions while I am out. Our board of directors fully supports this plan.
I look forward to seeing all of you this summer. ...
Maths and the meltdown
in Sox First, on January 14, 2009
...folio, so they will not buy or sell unless they have extra money to invest or need to cash in their investments. However, researchers have observed that people buy and sell much more often than that d...
IBM's strategy for the future of ILOG supply chain solution
in Supplychainer, on January 9, 2009
...ings of its WebSphere and the company claims that it is guaranteeing clients' and partners' investments in existing IBM and ILOG technologies, allowing customers to take advantage of the now b...
What are three big things in social entrepreneurship in 2009?
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on January 7, 2009
...ironmental friendly concepts. The global economy is now caring more about such things and therefore investments won't be stopped.
The second one would be producing cheap high-tech products for t...
Leslie Greene Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on January 7, 2009
... Designer Fine Jewelry
An entrepreneur with a creative heart and strategic mind for business, Leslie Greene was inspired to design her own line to satisfy every woman's desire for fine je...
German Financial Genius And Billionaire Adolf Merckle Commits Suicide
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 6, 2009
...d financial genius Adolf Merckle, after seeing his life's work and fortune disappear due to bad investments, stepped into the path of a speeding train.
Merckle, who was 74, commanded an empire of...
Opening the kimono of your IT department
in The CIO Weblog, on January 5, 2009
...'re not a bad place to start if you're serious about making this effort.
Alignment of IT Investments to Business Strategy
Cumulative Business Value of IT Investment
IT Spending New to M...
Social (business) plan: Do we really need it?
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on January 4, 2009
...uot;sell" it to anybody that you encounter.
- Work with the business plan from three levels: strategic, tactical and operational. Try to balance between those three levels. Most importantly, do...
Philip Powell's 2009 Classic Car Predictions
in Classical Drives, on January 2, 2009
...yers, especially at the lower end of the market where folks are struggling to survive loss of jobs, investments, and homes ( when times get tough it's the toys that go first ). Concours and major ...
Madoff's insanity defense
in Sox First, on December 29, 2008
... Bernard Madoff has taken a New turn with a judge ruling that Madoff must provide a list of all investments, lines of credit, loans, business interests, brokerage accounts, and other holdings to t...
DHL continues its new investments in Asia
in Supplychainer, on December 29, 2008
DHL is reducing the size of its activities in North America (Read the post: DHL ends its partnership with the American drugstore ) but apparently the investment level is still up in Asia .
According to StarBiz , DHL is offering more economical options for its customers in the current chal...
Mergers of necessity: the big trend for 2009
in Sox First, on December 26, 2008
...oducts, healthcare, technology and retail. "The deal landscape will be dominated by distressed investments across sectors including financial services, automotive, consumer products and retail, a...
Will there be more Madoffs?
in Sox First, on December 16, 2008
...sh investors who trusted those institutions and bought without thinking, or even knowing what those investments were worth. Commentator Douglas A McIntyre warns that Madoff will be followed by many...
Home Depot's new pricing strategy and the supply chain restructuring
in Supplychainer, on December 15, 2008
...cked inventory in lieu of using distribution facilities.
This efforts underscore the importance of strategic supply chain design. Having the correct number, location, size, and territories of your di...
How to manage cost reduction in dark times?
in Supplychainer, on December 13, 2008
...s (e.g. recipe management and complexity reduction) are relatively new to many players and reducing investments might not seem a good idea.
- In order to reduce costs, it's good to start from re...
$8 Billion Evaporates from Harvard's Endowment
in The Universities Weblog, on December 10, 2008
...igher, once it factors in declines in hard-to-value assets such as real estate and private equity - investments that have become increasingly popular among colleges. The university is planning for a 3...
Rubin's self-serving "innocence"
in Sox First, on December 1, 2008
...for this financial crisis. As Treasury secretary he was a proponent of letting banks get into risky investments and he eased back the Depression-era laws barring banks from becoming investors. He also...
