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Mistresses of the universe: can women save the world?
in Sox First, on July 13, 2009
... recovery will need a healthy dose of estrogen. It cites research from accounting giant Ernst & Young showing that companies with more women in senior management roles make more money and research...
Mac Malware Numbers Growing
in The Gadgets Weblog, on July 10, 2009
...e fact of the matter is that Apple computers and devices are growing in popularity among families, young professionals, and students. These are just the kind of computer users that virus writers love ...
Pebble Beach Swamped, Calendar Needs to be Split
in Classical Drives, on July 6, 2009
...ing said that, I acknowledge that a La Dolce Vita Scholarship Fund has been established to assist young people aiming to follow a career in automotive design, shaping the classic cars of tomorrow. T...
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
© jurvetson
The Obama Administration made it clear this week that overhauling the immigration system in the U.S. is a priority for his administration. Obama told the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference that U.S. borders must be strengthened to thwart illegal immigrati...
Enjoying First Grade
in The Parenting Weblog, on June 19, 2009
My son is truly enjoying first grade. It has been 2 weeks and he is already having a blast.
Though we both have to adjust to waking up early (classes are from 710 to 1130 in the mornings and 1 to 4 in the afternoons), we have slowly gotten there. I don't just rely on one alarm clock, I hav...
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
...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
Last month, Harvard Business School 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 global market. But a name change might be necessary. "If ...
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
Business has always been at least partly about networking. More and more, it has come to be about social networking. I wrote recently about the need to focus your efforts in social networking. I came across this piece not long ago by Christopher Rollyson on how business relationships can, in h...
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...
In Search of a Cool Summer: Lake Baikal, Siberia
in Hidden Travel Gems, on June 12, 2009
One of the least noticed natural wonderlands in the tourist world today is Lake Baikal in Siberian Russia.
During the 52 days between June 20th and August 10th it usually breaks 85F degrees in Ulan-Ude (on the shores of Lake Baikal) less than a dozen times each year. The high temperature is more...
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...
Book: Fluorishing with Food Allergies
in Allergies, on June 11, 2009
...ld of: Flourishing with Food Allergies: Social, Emotional and Practical Guidance for Families with Young Children .
Some excerpts of reviews are summarized in a press release at Yahoo . See more re...
Beverley K Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on June 11, 2009
...g-time partner and wife Beverley Knopp. Beverley splits her busy schedule between raising their two young daughters and assisting Morrie with the daily operations of his jewelry firm, often appearing ...
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...
Badgley Mischka Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on June 9, 2009
...aptivated the fashion press and prominent retailers around the world with a style that caters to a young, modern couture customer, without forsaking women of any age. They have remained true to this...
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...
Age and the Australian Riesling
in Celebrate Wine, on June 7, 2009
... Dr. Vino had an informative piece recently n Australia's Rieslings. They tend to get consumed young and, in his words, can be very refreshing at that age. But Australian Rieslings are almost alw...
Social Networking With Purpose
in BootStrapMe, on June 7, 2009
Entrepreneur.Com had a piece recently that made a simple point: You should be selective with your social networks.
The simple truth is that social networking can be a time consuming endeavor. It's easy to get bogged down trying to read all your Twitter posts. Social networks can become redun...
60+ Amazing Poster and Advertisment Tutorials
in Wangtam, on June 2, 2009
...sing
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• The One Fiber Optic Cable No One on ...
Peaches Geldof for Miss Ultimo
in Feschsamma, on June 1, 2009
...k good . It's not too sexy or too mumsy, which you have to be careful about when targeting young girls. " 50er Jahre Kitsch im retro american Diner... erinnert ein wenig an die Kampagne m...
Mike Hawthorn, Britain's First F1 Champion, Remembered in Art
in Classical Drives, on May 29, 2009
...help but notice a news flash regarding Britain's first F1 champion, Mike Hawthorn. The handsome young Englishman had been killed in a road accident.
In those days motor racing deaths were not unc...
June’s Deluxe Clothing Item
in WebKinzBlog, on May 27, 2009
...pover that night, I'm sure some of the girls dreamed of their prom nights.
For those of us too young (and others too old like me) for prom festivities, the June Deluxe gift item is a bit of dream...
Rebecca Summer 2009 Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on May 26, 2009
... cutout detailing dangling from a sophisticated box chain.
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Testi SPA was founded in 2002: a young but solid company that has reached a sales turnover of 30 million in only nine years, thanks t...
The Genius Visa
in Global Mobility Report, on May 25, 2009
© Keith Allison
You've probably never heard of the genius visa. Les than 10,000 people a year are allowed into the U.S. on it. People who are at the absolute top tier of their field in the arts, athletics, sciences, education, or business. Its formal name is the O-1 visa, and BusinessWeek...
National Venture Capital Association: Suggestions and Blind Spots
in TJ's Weblog, on May 25, 2009
...e question, "What is the right NASDAQ spread to compensate a full service I-bank for nurturing young volatile public companies?"
But the dialog around a healthy IPO market has to start with...
Prague for the Young
in Wandalust, on May 22, 2009
I've always associated Prague with youth for some reason. Now here's a story that confirms my suspicions...
MSNBC ran a piece yesterday on how Prague is a good place to take your kids. There are more than 80 museums and 70 theaters in Prague. Kids will like taking the funicular train to t...
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...
Tasty Alternatives to Milk
in Allergies, on May 21, 2009
... few individuals with cow's milk allergy. Didn't work for us, though.
Of course, for very young infants or toddlers with milk allergies, there's still the option of completely hydrolyzed ...
The recession: blaming the business schools
in Sox First, on May 21, 2009
...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...
Jolie B. Ray Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on May 20, 2009
...g and a true connection, designing jewelry. After having careers in the corporate world and raising young children, these two women decided they needed a creative outlet. Realizing they both had a pa...
Franchises: WYNTK
in Biz Plan Hacks, on May 19, 2009
We talked recently about how well franchises do during a recession. To balance 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 strong franchises usual...
New survey launched to identify the current state of supply chain education
in Supplychainer, on May 15, 2009
...pursue SCM education.
This 15 minutes survey which has been conducted in cooperation with Brigham Young University tries to evaluate professional associations, universities, and publications. To pro...
Antica Murrina Italian Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on May 15, 2009
... form and color. Antica Murrina and its glass jewelry was born back in the 60s from the idea of two young Venetian brothers, Achille and Francesco Voltolina, starting with crystal and blown glass lamp...
Mother Says...
in The Parenting Weblog, on May 15, 2009
...gh Mothers' Day is over, I thought to share it with all you moms out there. Those who have very young kids might not be able to relate yet (wait a few more years, and you'll remember this post...
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 &...
Madoff's secretary tells all. What's next?
in Sox First, on May 11, 2009
...me shaking my head disapprovingly, he would say, 'Oh, you know it excites you.' If a pretty young woman came in, he'd say, 'Do you remember when you used to look like that?' I'...
Survey: Most Women Work Because They Have To
in Well Woman Blog, on May 8, 2009
...y a nanny, then you might as well stay at home and take care of your kids especially when they are young. By the time your kids are in regular school, then I guess it wouldn't hurt if the mother i...
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
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 combined total just shy of $75 billion. Not as much as many expected, prompting officials and industry ex...
Madoff's son in slug fest
in Sox First, on May 6, 2009
...t fight with securities trader Reed Abend came out on the Dealbreaker blog last week. Apparently, young Madoff was offended when Abend started bad mouthing his dad. The New York Post picked up the...
An End to Tax Havens?
in Bizinformer, on May 5, 2009
© marcn
A vast number of news sources have been 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 , Financial Times , Mother Jones Bloomberg...
Chevrolet Bel Air Honours LA Residential Enclave
in Classical Drives, on May 4, 2009
... Looking back, I now offer myself up as a fool. Those Bel Airs had so much glamour that most of the young beauties we'd hoped to attract into the passenger seats of our sporty cars would have pref...
The next accounting battle
in Sox First, on May 3, 2009
...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...
May pet of the month - Cocker Spaniel
in WebKinzBlog, on May 2, 2009
...t inspired.
Lady - star of the classic movie Lady and the Tramp
Coppertone - many of you are too young to even remember the famous Coppertone commericals but there was a cute dog grabbing at the cl...
The Invisible Hook by Peter Leeson
in Sox First, on April 29, 2009
...s of association prohibited drunken raucousness to allow other pirates to get sleep, bans on women, young boys and gambling to stop fights and tensions among crew members and strict rules prohibiting ...
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 in the context of a bootstrapped business. PE Hub 's Joanna Glasner rightly points out that the...
More Wall Street greed
in Sox First, on April 27, 2009
...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
... 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...
Classic Car Collector Buys a Spitfire
in Classical Drives, on April 24, 2009
...n, Powell! As a kid during WW2 I often imagined myself in the cockpit of a Spitfire or Mustang. Too young then and later overtaken by family responsibilities I was in my mid-50s before I finally took ...
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...
Di Modolo Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on April 14, 2009
... balanced with excellent Italian craftsmanship , function, and design. While Di Modolo is a fairly young entrepreneurial endeavor, the brand has quickly joined the upper echelon of luxury jewelry hou...
Nick Jonas and Bayer Diabetes Care Launched Creativity Contest for Kids/Teens with Diabetes
in Daily Diabetic, on April 13, 2009
...unched the "Express Your Simple Win Creativity Contest" - an online video contest where young people with diabetes ages 6-18 can submit videos demonstrating their "Simple Wins"-s...
Is Easter Egg Painting Safe for Egg Allergics?
in Allergies, on April 9, 2009
... us since my boy, who had egg allergies as a baby, was about 2 and a half. Before that, he was too young to do any painting anyway, so we didn't even consider doing it with him.
While we were pai...
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
...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 ...
Schuhe bei Urban Outfitters
in Das Schuh-Fashion-Blog, on April 6, 2009
...klich bezahlbar und es gibt auch ein paar interessante Klamottenlabels, wie z.B. Anglomania, das Young Fahion-Label von Vivienne Westwood, A.P.C. Madras oder Paul&Joe Sister. Dieses Paar Schnürpe...
