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Carbon market bonanza for accountants
in Sox First, on July 10, 2009
... trading a license to print money. Earlier this week, we had reports that the Big Four accounting firms are beefing their expertise and setting up climate desks for their clients which include high ...
Virginia Nanotechnology Park Moves Forward
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 9, 2009
...basic nanotechnology research from 2003 through 2007 with 187. Virginia Tech and nearby nanotech firms captured 61 of them valued at $15 million, more grants than in any other region of the state.&q...
Install OS X On SD Card
in Wangtam, on June 30, 2009
... HTC Hero Pre-Order At Amazon UK!
• Microsoft puts Razorfish up for sale
• Telecom firms back standard phone charger in Europe
• Fennec Alpha 2 now available for Windows Mobile
• Vodafone eye...
Durbin-Grassley, Indian Outsourcing, and the H-1B Visa
in Global Mobility Report, on June 29, 2009
...itizenship for those workers.
The Indian outsourcing model takes a different approach. Outsourcing firms typically post visa workers in the U.S. on a short-term basis, in many cases about 18 months. ...
Does Obama's patchwork overhaul go far enough?
in Sox First, on June 18, 2009
...rge institutions that could destroy the financial system. The changes also force financial services firms to carry more capital to guard against losses. They will also have to retain a portion of the ...
Hedge Funds Up & Social Media Footprint Expansion
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on June 16, 2009
...strongest performers, finishing up 6.96%. The Emerging Markets sector has experienced a significant turnaround over the last three months as risk appetite seems to be returning to markets, and investo...
Hard times for logistics and transportation companies...
in Supplychainer, on June 11, 2009
...cts their large logistics chain.
- The predicted growth haven't materialized so some logistics firms have ended up with extra resources.
So, like many other sectors, these companies have started...
The Twitpocalypse is Near: Will Your Twitter Client Survive?
in Wangtam, on June 10, 2009
...smaller firms
• Asustek Vows to Out-Apple Apple
• Breaking: Facebook Username Landrush to Start June 13 at Midnight
• Bing Off to a Good Start in First Week of Search Activity, According to comS...
50 Beautiful Flash Websites
in Wangtam, on June 9, 2009
...he European Parliament
• WWDC 2009 Predictions
• Super Chirp
• PC firms face China decree
• Seesmic To Launch New Desktop Version, iPhone App And Browser Based Client
• Scan Your Books And S...
Could This be the Future of Outsourcing?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on June 9, 2009
... a project can be positioned in the marketplace and prospective bidders can bid price, quality and turnaround. A customer could choose the best bid, send the work out and receive turnaround in a very ...
Supply chain video: Short interview on SC Finance
in Supplychainer, on June 8, 2009
...panies in car business have put working capital reduction in their agenda and gives examples of the firms like KPN (Telecom operator in Netherlands) and Syngenta and their initiatives.
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Supply chain video: Supply chain scorecard
in Supplychainer, on May 31, 2009
... there are less examples of the concepts and models such as SCOR reference model adopted by several firms at once. However, I came across another new one which is becoming mainstream among Electric co...
National Venture Capital Association: Suggestions and Blind Spots
in TJ's Weblog, on May 25, 2009
...nstead of buying them to speculate on and flip quickly. And a final suggestion was that taxes on VC firms not be raised past the current capital gains framework.
Bulger at PE Hub made some interesti...
Britain to lose AAA rating, US is next
in Sox First, on May 23, 2009
...d of course, the perverse irony is that the US is running up a budget deficit to save the financial firms that had been given AAA ratings by those same ratings agencies....
The refi money is still flowing
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 21, 2009
...ir employees at a record pace. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, mortgage brokerage firms slashed 3,900 employees in January alone. This leaves a smaller number of loan officers to han...
Employee disengagement in a recession
in Sox First, on May 21, 2009
... engagement levels should set alarm bells ringing in boardrooms because there is some evidence that firms with highly engaged workforces tend to outperform stragglers." So with more companies cu...
Speed Sourcing - An Over-Reaction to Long Procurement Cycles?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on May 19, 2009
... frustration that corporate bureaucracy can create, particularly for IT managers used to immediate turnaround, and can see the attractiveness of the "solution" proposed by EquaTerra, I belie...
Cashing in on the disgust with banks
in Sox First, on May 19, 2009
...l be losing market share to such forces as peer-to-peer lending, Islamic finance, boutique advisory firms and retailers setting up their own banks. All of them will be cashing in on the public disgust...
Financial crisis winners to hurt banks
in Sox First, on May 15, 2009
Who are the big winners coming out of this financial crisis? And how will they threaten to destroy banks? The Economist identifies four big winners that will decimate the banking sector. These include the advisory boutiques which are cashing in on the banks destroying their reputations and da...
Dayton RFID Convergence Center: World’s First Business Incubator for Start Ups
in The RFID Weblog, on May 13, 2009
...Convergence Center is located at the thirty acre Tech Town Business Park and is scouting for RFID firms who would like to bring over their technology experience. It will be offering flexible facilit...
SpringSource Buys Hyperic
in Java Entrepreneur, on May 11, 2009
...n popularity in the five years since it was created, and it has won numerous accolades from analyst firms, such as Gartner, which named it a 'company to watch in 2009,'" writes SD Times&...
H1B: Frying pan to fire
in The CIO Weblog, on May 11, 2009
...e losing the war by inadvertently driving talent away from American tech companies and into foreign firms and startups, according to this Investors.com article .
The problem is an outgrowth of a lar...
Kapalua Saved. PGA Sighs With Relief
in Eagle Par Birdie, on May 8, 2009
...r broader industry sectors" rather than sticking with the traditional financial and automotive firms.
Ya think? The Tour should have been doing this last year but apparently they're not too ...
USC Gets $12.5 Million from DOE for Nanotech Energy Research
in Nanotechbuzz, on May 2, 2009
...rs will be established at universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and private firms across the nation... the new Materials for Energy Systems research center at USC will seek to ...
The Future of Golf is Online
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 17, 2009
...dumb about that is how global advertisers like Coke, MacDonald's, Ford, GM, worldwide financial firms like UBS, Citi and many others are denied access to a literally global audience.
When you com...
IPOs: don't blame Sarbox
in Sox First, on April 15, 2009
...ournal was raising concerns about the Obama administration's plans to regulate venture capital firms, pointing out that Sarbanes Oxley's compliance costs had stopped start ups from going publ...
Recession: neither the beginning of the end or end of the beginning
in Sox First, on April 13, 2009
... cheap money is bound to induce some borrowing. The real question is whether this means an economic turnaround. The answer is it doesn't. Cheap money, you may remember, got us into this mess ... T...
Skype's Founders Want Their Company Back
in The VoIP Weblog, on April 10, 2009
...uot;Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, the founders of Skype, have approached several private equity firms and are pooling their own substantial resources to make a bid for the Internet calling service...
Seattle TechExecs CIO Panel Forum
in The CIO Weblog, on April 8, 2009
...d selection of IT executives, whether or not the conversations matched up with what the big analyst firms were talking about; IT/business alignment or the post-IT/business alignment world (depending o...
G20 and FASB: the banks win again
in Sox First, on April 3, 2009
...he table when the firm starts performing badly so there will be no reward for failure. Furthermore, firms have to "clear, comprehensive and timely information" about their compensation pract...
Novell Intros SLE 11
in HackITLinux, on March 27, 2009
...dows tools."
"On the server side, SLE 11 offers a high-availability extension that lets firms build Linux clusters to maintain business continuity," writes VNUnet's Daniel Robins...
Geithner's push for power and the law of unexpected outcomes
in Sox First, on March 26, 2009
...cretary 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 ahead and whether we should be p...
NASA to provide 100 TB of space images to Microsoft
in Wangtam, on March 26, 2009
...sable the Close button (X) of selected windows.
• Firms Seek Profit in Twitter's Chatter
• IBM to Cut U.S. Jobs, Expand in India
• For Whom the .Tel Tolls
• iStopOver Short Term Rentals: R...
Market soars as trade collapses
in Sox First, on March 24, 2009
... 2009. The financial crisis has disrupted the normal functioning of the banking system and deprived firms and individuals of much-needed credit. Falling stock markets and housing prices have also admi...
Executive pay and shareholder greed
in Sox First, on March 23, 2009
... Barack Obama is about to give itself increased oversight of executive pay at banks and Wall Street firms. The new rules, it's said, are likely to tie pay more closely to performance and one would...
Global recession: no co-ordination, no end.
in Sox First, on March 20, 2009
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There will be no turnaround this year, or next if the latest International Monetary Fund report is anything to go by. The IMF says global GDP has fallen by an unprecedented 5% in the fourth quar...
A.I.G. Lists Firms It Paid With Taxpayer Money
in Wangtam, on March 16, 2009
...• A.I.G. Lists Firms It Paid With Taxpayer Money
• Email Marketing with Sendn
• FastSoft, Inc.
• BlueStripe Software
• Web Access Management | On Demand | Symplified
• Axxana.com - Taking D...
Warning to CFOs: don't trust HR
in Sox First, on March 11, 2009
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All over the world, financial services firms are sacking workers. An International Labor Organisation (ILO) report says there were 325,000 layoffs around the world between August 2007 and 12 Feb...
The key themes in the supply chain of tomorrow
in Supplychainer, on March 8, 2009
...ods domestically. "...in the face of lower volumes and fuel cost issues, about 2,000 trucking firms failed in 2007, and almost a thousand more in Q1 2008. That is taking an incredible amount of ...
Oliver Wight launches fast track offerings for supply chain improvement
in Supplychainer, on February 28, 2009
...al projects but tend to spend money on quick cost reduction work. So I see more and more consulting firms launching such programs:
Oliver Wight is one of them which has launched a series of "Fa...
James Galbraith: Obama not solving the financial crisis
in Sox First, on February 27, 2009
...would be to preserve the wealth of investors and bank insiders. Everyone else would suffer. And any turnaround would be a long way down the track. "In this situation, stuffing the banks with mon...
Outsourcing Takes a Hit
in Biz Plan Hacks, on February 24, 2009
...e so pronounced that even outsourcing is getting scaled back. Executives who once relied on outside firms to handle certain IT tasks to cut costs are now reining in some outsourcing plans on concern t...
Tour Gets Burned Again
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 24, 2009
... the sorts of sponsors the PGA Tour - or any other Tour that has done business with major financial firms - wants to dance the Tango with.
The problem is in finding other well-heeled sponsors outside...
AZ Collection Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on February 19, 2009
...ing partnerships with the most renowned local artisans , as well as the internationally recognized firms, to bring you a unique and extensive selection at the best possible value. ...
Bad Money by Kevin Phillips
in Sox First, on February 17, 2009
...g much to rein in 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 ...
Data management and forecasting remain top challenges in life science sector
in Supplychainer, on February 16, 2009
...resources with specific expertise in data integration or outsourcing such task to business services firms.
The authors also propose companies to focus on value in demand management do projects such ...
Banks are insolvent
in Sox First, on February 13, 2009
...omics Nouriel Roubini, Dr Doom himself, has warned that total losses on loans by American financial firms and their falling value will reach $3.6 trillion. That's up substantially from his previou...
Del Gatto Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on February 4, 2009
...rilliant diamonds for a total of 0.06 carats.
$1298
The thing that sets Del Gatto apart from other firms is their specialization in shell cameo jewelry, but they also use gemstones and diamond accent...
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...
Perry Wins Packed FBR
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 2, 2009
...ey show no signs of bottoming out.
New home sales are non-existent, forcing plenty of construction firms to lay off employees or simply close the doors.
Unless you're from another planet, I don&...
The Truth About Classic Car Auctions
in Classical Drives, on February 2, 2009
... After reading the optimistic press releases from the various auction firms that participated in the 2009 Scottsdale extravaganza, I'm pleased to deliver the truth, thanks to our contributor Nig...
Does Sarbanes-Oxley mean audit offshoring?
in Sox First, on February 2, 2009
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Offshoring has become more prevalent in recent years. Most firms send part of their operations to cheaper places overseas. But offshoring of audit functions is becoming more popular and, accordin...
The axe man cometh: get ready for a shorter working week
in Sox First, on January 27, 2009
...re likely to put their workers on shorter weeks. The British Government is considering plans to pay firms to cut the working hours of thousands of staff instead of retrenching them, according to this ...
Microsoft joins the layoff club
in The CIO Weblog, on January 22, 2009
This morning reveals that the rumored and expected layoffs at Microsoft have in fact materialized. In the wake of disappointing 2Q revenue results which missed company estimates by $900 million, the company announced this morning that it will begin with immediate layoffs of 1400 staff, a numbe...
Interesting finalists for Obama CTO
in The CIO Weblog, on January 20, 2009
... took the Cisco job after a hard ending at Motorola , but her background has been at large, staid firms of that sort and while she enjoys a fine reputation in the industry, it's unclear what sort...
The big accounting issues for 2009
in Sox First, on January 16, 2009
... illiquidity in certain markets. What's even more worrying is the warning that we will see more firms taking more "other than temporary impairment" charges in the coming quarters. The s...
Security is just broken
in The CIO Weblog, on January 15, 2009
I'm at the Seattle Tech Security conference today, and all I can tell you about it so far is that, despite quite a number of very excellent tools available, IT security today seems fundamentally broken to me.
Don't get me wrong; I think security is actually pretty decent in most organ...
Recession to last a year - CFOs
in Sox First, on January 14, 2009
...t 12 months are expected to decline 9%. Based on those sorts of projections, it is hard to see any turnaround happening this financial year, not even the fourth quarter.
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Windows 7 looks on-track for early release
in The CIO Weblog, on January 14, 2009
What with one thing and another I hadn't quite gotten around to commenting on the zoo that the Windows 7 public beta release turned into last week. I don't think there's much to be read into the mechanics of the process, unless it's that people are clearly anxious to take a look ...
Executives targeted in trojan attack
in The CIO Weblog, on January 12, 2009
At a time when most of us have finally become accustomed to big, bot-generated, impersonal attacks becoming the primary threat vector for malicious external attacks on corporate IT systems, it appears that some criminals are going old school and giving penetration attempts the personal touch aga...
Fixing the financial system
in Sox First, on January 12, 2009
...ce companies, mortgage companies, hedge funds, finance companies, thrifts, credit unions, commodity firms, brokerage firms, prime brokers, derivative and futures markets dealers, and banks not regulat...
The Effect of Satyam's Revelation
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on January 10, 2009
...o doubt that it casts a pale on the statements of strength in the face that many Indian outsourcing firms made in the face of the global financial crisis.
No doubt, this crisis will be difficult for ...
Outsourcing safely
in The CIO Weblog, on January 9, 2009
... you need when the economy is uncertain; the flexibility is for your peace of mind when outsourcing firms may be affected as heavily or worse than yours.
More after the jump....
Silicon Alley Insider 评面向 Web 2.0 市场 20 大风投公司
in Wangtam, on January 8, 2009
科技 Blog 网站 Silicon Alley Insider 本周根据 VC Experts Key Investment Trends 数据 评出了 面向 Web 2.0 市场的 20 大风险投资公司。
由于股票市场低迷、IPO 市场紧缩，并购市场又不景气，风险投资产业受到了影响。据美国风险投资协会 (NVCA) 数据显示，明年整体风险投资额将下滑 10% 以上。
对于 Web 2.0 企业而言，所吸纳的风险投资额之所以减少，在一定程度上与其自身资金需求下滑有关。以下这 20 大风险投资在 Web 2.0 市场的投资总额为 7.26 亿美元。
Subprime meltdown drives litigation
in Sox First, on January 7, 2009
...associated with 97 federal securities class actions. In 2008, 111 class actions were filed against firms listed on the NYSE/Amex compared to 68 against firms listed on NASDAQ. With the way the marke...
Satyam stranger than fiction
in The CIO Weblog, on January 7, 2009
...n anything I was imagining when I wrote this entry on the dismal prospects for Indian off-shoring firms last week, singling out Satyam particularly in light of their increasing financial difficultie...
What's ahead for US financial institutions?
in Sox First, on January 6, 2009
...hat lies ahead for the US financial services sectors, particularly mortgage brokers, private equity firms and hedge funds. Economist james K Galbraith has produced his list which makes a lot of...
Opening the kimono of your IT department
in The CIO Weblog, on January 5, 2009
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 2616141
Everyone thinks they are serious about running their business efficiently until something like the current economic client rolls in on them, and then the panic sets in and suddenly budgets which previously seemed balanced and reasonable are on the...
Feasting on the carcasses of off-shoring firms
in The CIO Weblog, on January 2, 2009
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In a downturn it's inevitable that those firms which are luckier or better prepared than their competitors will take advantage of their positioning to eat the lunch, or other savory delectable...
IP infringement is the new risk category in SCM
in Supplychainer, on December 29, 2008
... The solution providers for design and manufacturing collaborations with suppliers
- The consulting firms which provide auditing services and supplier selection in countries like China with lower risk...
