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Suddenly more bullish on housing?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 14, 2009
...aid that they thought the value of their homes would rise in the next year.
What accounts for this optimism? There has been some good housing news lately. Home sales rose during the Spring. But when ...
Supply chain video: Preparing for the worst, managing supplier risk in the downturn (Part 1)
in Supplychainer, on June 30, 2009
... earlier this year).
In this first part, Prof. Hanfield starts with a discussion about the uncertainty in the current period. He continues with mentioning the fact that because of such uncert...
Survival strategies for a deepening recession
in Sox First, on June 23, 2009
...went into a tailspin as did the Australian market . All this needs to be seen in the light of the optimism that's been breaking out all over. It's been premature. A new Boston Consulting Gr...
Study Anticipates Increasing Use of Linux on Mainframes
in HackITLinux, on June 21, 2009
...vices they deliver to the business, even as their infrastructure budgets are constrained by market uncertainty and competing priorities," says CA's Michael Zinda. "This study shows that ...
Could Childhod Obesity Be Declining?
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 16, 2009
...inding, reported by The Journal of the American Medical Association, has been greeted with guarded optimism, and it remains unclear whether efforts to limit junk food and increase physical activity in...
Crunch for airlines
in Sox First, on June 8, 2009
...L-shaped recovery,'' Bisignani says. "I am a realist. I don't see facts to support optimism. Our industry is in survival mode." British Air's Chief Executive Officer Willie ...
Pay cuts fail to save HP jobs
in The CIO Weblog, on May 28, 2009
...right layoffs. It was odd to me that people seemed to prefer the more traditional sugar-coating and uncertainty followed by outright layoffs or business failure, prompting this observation in comments...
Economists predict recession ends this year. As if!
in Sox First, on May 27, 2009
...oubini predicts that the US will have sub-optimal growth for two years and that there is too much optimism. Personally, I have given up believing in economists. Indeed, I blame this financial crisi...
Supply chain video: Interview with Edwin van der Meerendonk, Vice President of European Supply Chain for Walt Disney
in Supplychainer, on May 23, 2009
...ean Supply Chain for Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on high thoughts about bullwhip effect, uncertainty, open innovation, etc.
The interview also covers an introduction to the supply chain p...
Climate change and health
in Sox First, on May 14, 2009
...l impact on mental health, according to the report. "Social illnesses related to environmental uncertainty cannot be underestimated because extreme events are by definition destabilising," t...
Peace and Love Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on May 4, 2009
... semiprecious stones . The designs are a timeless combination of elegance and brilliance. Boundless optimism is the hallmark of Nancy Davis. Her jewelry collection reflects the designer's belief t...
Dangerous economic optimism
in Sox First, on April 24, 2009
...ing to pick up and the signs are looking good, the train is a long way down the track. In fact, the optimism might even be dangerous. Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff has told Reuters that the US, ...
How a nut case blogger fooled the market
in Sox First, on April 21, 2009
...n the US market place now where everyone is jumping at shadows. It is a market filled with fear and uncertainty.
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Hope, greed, fear and the financial crisis
in Sox First, on April 16, 2009
...chology behind the financial crisis. It makes the point that the crisis was underpinned by a mix of optimism and delusion, which created the bubble in the first place. And it makes the point that peo...
What is up with Enterprise 2.0, anyway?
in The CIO Weblog, on April 13, 2009
... through the potential uses to find those which are truly beneficial is dealing with this period of uncertainty.
This uncertainty is what is plaguing Enterprise 2.0 advocates at the moment, and Hinch...
Recession: neither the beginning of the end or end of the beginning
in Sox First, on April 13, 2009
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Last week, we saw President Obama expressing some guarded optimism with the US economy and declaring that there were "glimmers of hope". that coincides with economists surveyed by Th...
Enterprise 2.0: Reality Check
in The CIO Weblog, on April 10, 2009
...percolating in to the field. There was nothing reactionary to be seen, and a considerable amount of optimism as to the eventual applicability of the concepts... tempered with a healthy dose of the rea...
Here we go again
in The CIO Weblog, on April 6, 2009
...gnan's take on the reaction among those who sign the checks: the sheer amount of confusion and uncertainty created by the failure of this deal creates risk that can in most cases be avoided by pr...
RFID in times of recession
in The RFID Weblog, on March 27, 2009
...ions are demanding, it is expected to cast a small effect on the adoption of RFID. Despite all this optimism the vendor performance and end user activity during the first and second quarter of 2009 is...
Market soars as trade collapses
in Sox First, on March 24, 2009
...ince the recession began to take hold in the fourth quarter of 2008 there has been little cause for optimism in the outlook for trade in 2009. The financial crisis has disrupted the normal functioning...
Detroit: a new beginning?
in Sox First, on March 10, 2009
...already showing up." It's an interesting piece to read, but it doesn't quite gel. The optimism and hope it expresses is just window dressing for something that's heart-breaking to wa...
Recession to last three to five years
in Sox First, on March 10, 2009
...uld be "L-shaped stagnation, or near depression," he says. Still, there is room for some optimism. Kind of. Roubin says the risk of a total meltdown has been reversed for now. Instead, the ...
Blind over-optimistic analysts
in Sox First, on February 27, 2009
Why do the analysts and forecasters keep getting it so wrong? Going from the predictions, you can see they haven't yet twigged that things are a lot worse than they're making out. The situation is even worse when you consider that regulators are coming from the same direction. That'...
The meltdown and fascism: minister warns
in Sox First, on February 10, 2009
...t Shiller warns that in good times people are willing to co-operate and accommodate others but when optimism for the future turns sour, they become angry, fearful and selfish. The Great Depression the...
Deloitte's new report on supply chain improvement in crisis times
in Supplychainer, on January 30, 2009
...ain managers were given the challenge of making it work?
- Eliminate fixed costs: In times of uncertainty, it is generally a good idea to swap fixed costs for variable costs wherever you can - p...
Wall Street to Obama: the banks are insolvent
in Sox First, on January 21, 2009
So Wall Street has greeted the new President by plunging 4% , the worst ever performance on inauguration day and beating the previous record set by the hopeless herbert hoover . Wall Street is telling Obama something: US are in bad shape, perhaps insolvent. The banks led the tsunami with ap...
Maths and the meltdown
in Sox First, on January 14, 2009
...ancial economist at Harvard Business School, looked for signatures of investor sentiment-irrational optimism or pessimism-in stock-market data since the 1960s. They hypothesized that certain stocks wo...
The Effect of Satyam's Revelation
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on January 10, 2009
...rting discipline to all players in the industry.
Glowing annual reports and boundless, unrealistic optimism have long been part of India's sales pitch. For the more cynical among us, these statem...
Outsourcing safely
in The CIO Weblog, on January 9, 2009
Implicit in the conflation of agile operations with fragile support is a requirement that your users have access to services which are at once flexible and scalable and which are also efficient for your business to provide. When you put those three words together, the next thing you come to is i...
New supply chain symposium in 2009
in Supplychainer, on January 1, 2009
... is this nice symposium in February in Tilburg University.
This year's subject of lectures is uncertainty and the confirmed speakers are:
The following prominent speakers will discuss and expa...
The year ahead: what to expect?
in Sox First, on December 31, 2008
...chological impact of the inauguration of Barack Obama also shouldn't be discounted. He embodies optimism. It wouldn't be in the least surprising if, towards the latter part of the second half ...
News Around the Industry
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on December 5, 2008
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News around the industry is a fairly mixed bag in these times of domestic economic uncertainty. Research in Motion (RIM), maker of Blackberry smartphones, has renewed a multi-year patent license...
The no surprise recession
in Sox First, on December 2, 2008
...#39;s guess. "The likely duration of the financial turmoil is difficult to judge, and thus the uncertainty surrounding the economic outlook is unusually large. But even if the functioning of fina...
How to solve the problem of competing with private label products?
in Supplychainer, on November 29, 2008
...tor. But this might not be 100% positive: As the consumers are trying to save more money because of uncertainty, they might start to buy private label products and actually that's what is happenin...
Venture Funds Still Spending Big in China
in China Venture News, on November 26, 2008
... trend continues, the VC people will eventually run out of money to spend - regardless of their own optimism...
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Bailout blues won't stop foreclosures
in Sox First, on November 13, 2008
...issue are examined here . But the bottom line is that this will keep the US in a state of fear and uncertainty for some time....
Recession impacts India based outsourcing
in The CIO Weblog, on November 12, 2008
As if having China encroaching on them weren't enough, the powerhouses of Indian IT outsourcing are feeling the impact of the global economic crisis.
Conventional wisdom, including that espoused by yours truly, held that outsourcing shops and their ilk (including consultants) could prosper ...
Britain is a laggard on bribery
in Sox First, on October 27, 2008
... new foreign bribery legislation at the earliest possible date. The Group also strongly regrets the uncertainty about the UK's commitment to establish an effective corporate liability regime in ac...
Report on the Impact Presidential Elections will have on US Investments
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on October 22, 2008
...l remove an administration which has largely become a lame duck and more importantly it will remove uncertainty. No doubt the first 100 days will be significant especially, in my opinion, if Obama get...
Jamie Joseph Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on October 20, 2008
...ling silver chain. Found in Brazil, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Russia and Australia, aquamarine strengthens optimism and expression, while calming nerves, eliminating fears, and sharpening mental clarity. Thi...
What's wrong at Everton?
in The Soccer Weblog, on October 2, 2008
...at Moyes puts pen to paper as soon as possible or hands over the reigns to someone else. Whilst the uncertainty exists it is difficult to see how things can get better.
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How to identify the future trends in supply chain?
in Supplychainer, on October 2, 2008
...locate new product budget based on the output of such exercise.
In the supply chain world, as the uncertainty is rising more than ever, a similar approach can be adopted for the long range planning ...
Credit crisis: views from the inside
in Sox First, on September 18, 2008
...haking hands, patting each other on the back, hugging. It was absolutely surreal and still there is uncertainty about what is going to happen." Or this one from blogger Wendy . "I am beref...
Has Ike caused disruption in chemical-related supply chains?
in Supplychainer, on September 16, 2008
... this problem as they may have enough inventory and no immediate need; however there is a degree of uncertainty about when the operation in Texas will be normal again.
I was wondering if any of you h...
Should Juande Ramos be worried?
in The Soccer Weblog, on September 16, 2008
...of his teeth.
Last season's Carling Cup win seems to be a long way away and the excitement and optimism that the triumph generated has already faded away....
Volatility rules
in Sox First, on September 13, 2008
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Last week, we saw some extraordinary volatility in the market, thanks to the troubles and uncertainty surrounding Lehman Brothers. The CBOE Market Volatility Index jumped 11.67 percent to 23.06 wi...
Private Equity Investment in China Drops
in China Venture News, on September 11, 2008
...s in China have been on the receiving end of PE investment.
With the pressure of inflation and the uncertainty of what a post-Olympic economy will do, PE investors are likely to hold on to their mone...
US economy and the Bush spin
in Sox First, on September 2, 2008
... As the Organisation for Economic Development and Co-operation said : "In the United States, uncertainty as to the extent of weakness hinges importantly on how rapidly the effects of temporary ...
Are we firing people here, or what?
in The CIO Weblog, on August 6, 2008
...should still be the case even when similar fears for 2008 have not played out (witness the relative optimism in Merrill Lynch's report, where respondents are forced to look at actual numbers from ...
England's plan for Eco-Towns
in carzz.org, on July 24, 2008
...reat ideas and England is pushing for new Eco-Towns. The bid process starts in 2009 with plenty of uncertainty. Take a read at Car free commute eco-town plan ...
Russia Hedge Fund Compares In June
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on July 24, 2008
...se turbulent times and the country is in excellent financial shape. However, global nervousness and uncertainty will cause short term volatility that will at times push fundamental valuation metrics a...
Confusing Numbers
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on July 23, 2008
...this backlog in demand, the outsourcing and technical services world can look at 2009 with cautious optimism, both because of the floodgates being lifted and because of many companies' inability t...
Why Offshore Services Are Being Adversely Impacted by the Global Economy
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on July 16, 2008
... and fewer people are purchasing high-tech solutions that require technical support.
Adding to the uncertainty in the outsourcing markets are questions about tax and regulatory policy changes that ma...
Ten Things Worth Knowing about the Chinese Internet
in China Venture News, on July 8, 2008
... supernovas of the blogosphere and they nailed it with this piece.
They've captured both the Optimism and the pessimism that surrounds the Internet in China. They get the fact that what m...
Ince makes the step up with Blackburn.
in The Soccer Weblog, on June 22, 2008
...e fans when Mark Hughes left to go to Manchester City will have been replaced with renewed hope and optimism.
Mark Hughes has made Blackburn a force to be reckoned with in the top half of the Premier...
Will Ford layoff more workers
in carzz.org, on May 28, 2008
...s drivers who have given up those big toys that were cutting into our already shrinking dollar and uncertainty in the job market. I know I sold one of my F350s just six months ago. Makes me wonder how...
A fresh breeze from Hong Kong
in TJ's Weblog, on May 20, 2008
... Indian Ocean or business hubs like Shanghai, Singapore or KL.
So it's easy to share the optimism people express here about the near future especially with awakening dragon (who has not bitt...
The battle for Yahoo!
in Sox First, on May 17, 2008
...ogle to attract and retain the brightest geeks-ultimately the crucial factor in the search wars-the uncertainty of an acquisition cannot help. Mr Yang had better become very co-operative indeed, and q...
More CIO unrest
in The CIO Weblog, on April 30, 2008
...rs, just as many were at the end of the dot-com implosion .
I think there is reason for some optimism, however. While there will be an old-guard of CIOs who fight advances diminishing their bud...
Hard times: why history is no guide
in Sox First, on April 25, 2008
... for 70% of GDP, that means that the workout will also last a very long time. That does not warrant optimism about a short sharp downturn followed by a quick recovery in the US or OECD economies."...
Gen Y and cheating
in Sox First, on April 22, 2008
...arents" who tried solving their problems for them and who shielded them from moral and ethical uncertainty and who were raised in an achievement oriented society where there has been more toleran...
China - A New Business' Best Friend, or Not?
in China Venture News, on April 22, 2008
I came across a blog post by James McMullen back on February 16: China Is a Budding Business' Best Friend . I saved it. I intended to comment here on it, but I just never got around to it. Then a couple of weeks ago (April 6) I saw this piece by Mark Gilroy on the current state of the Chinese...
Mark to market mess
in Sox First, on April 9, 2008
...ss money because the value of the collateral he was putting up was clearly a product of unwarranted optimism or that he shouldn't collect management fees based on the assets under management becau...
Hedge Funds Rebound In Febuary
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on March 12, 2008
...nd strategy groups ended the month with gains.
"February's rebound in the midst of market uncertainty continues to highlight the diversification benefits of hedge funds," notes Margaret...
