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Introducing Concentric Managed Backup
in On Storage, on 2009-06-20
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Concentric recently introduced Concentric Managed Backup , a hosted service designed specifically for small and medium sized businesses. The service is powered by EVault backup and recovery technology from i365 .
"The service backs up new and changed data at the blo...
Conrad Black's landmark case
in Sox First, on 2009-05-28
Conrad Black's appeal against his fraud conviction will have massive implications on the system, regardless of what the decision is. Black, as we know, was convicted two year ago of a a $6.1-million fraud and obstruction of justice related to his eight years as head of his company Hollinger ...
Vera Wang Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on 2009-05-27
Fashion Designer Jewelry
Vera Wang was a senior fashion editor for Vogue for sixteen years. In 1985, she left Vogue after being turned down for the editor-in-chief position currently filled by Anna Wintour, and joined Ralph Lauren as a design director for two years. In 1990, Wang opened her own...
Ben Amun Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on 2009-04-22
Designer Fashion Jewelry
Isaac Manevitz , Egyptian-born designer for Ben-Amun, has had over 30 years of success with his exquisite line of designer fashion jewelry and belts. The company is named after the designer's eldest son (Ben), and the King of Egypt (Isaac's homeland) named Tutank...
Newspaper and auto industry self-destruction.
in Sox First, on 2009-04-01
With Conrad Black's Sun-Times Media filing for bankruptcy , the Paper Cuts blog estimating that the newspaper closures have resulted in the loss of nearly 8000 jobs and with GM and Chrysler heading for bankruptcy, it's time to look at the similarities between the newspaper and auto in...
Janis Savitt Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on 2009-03-24
Designer Fashion Jewelry
Janis Savitt was born and raised in New York City, the daughter of an artist father and a fashion savvy mother. She spent her childhood immersed in fine arts, culture, and following the latest fashion trends. While still in high school, Janis fabricated pieces for Va...
Conrad Black speaks - again
in Sox First, on 2009-02-28
One year after his incarceration, convicted fraudster Conrad Black seems to be adjusting to life in the slammer. In an interview with the National Post's Theresa Tedesco , done via email, Black says he is as busy as ever, reading until 1.30am, reviewing, tutoring fellow inmates and resp...
Lady Black defends "kulak" bankers
in Sox First, on 2009-02-19
Barbara Amiel, the big-spending wife of jailed fraudster Conrad Black, has come out with a most extraordinary defense of the banking community. While most of us accept that bankers have created the world's economic crisis, Amiel compares them to the intellectuals targeted by Mao Tse Tung...
Blagojevich and Spitzer: a moral tale about power
in Sox First, on 2009-01-08
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, now embroiled in allegations that he tried to flog to sell President-elect Barack Obama's former Senate seat, and former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who was forced to resign after it was revealed he was Client No. 9 in a high-end prostitution ring, hav...
Dress Like Olga Kurylenko, the Newest Bond Girl
in Busy with Style, on 2008-11-24
Ah, the Bond Girl. Every time a new James Bond flick comes out, whoever The New Girl is gets a ton of press. She's always beautiful, sexy and smart. So who is it this time for Quantum of Solace ? Olga Kurylenko gets to share the screen with Daniel Craig (lucky girl).
As important as w...
Black blogs from cell
in Sox First, on 2008-10-24
Jailed for more than six years for Fraud, Conrad Black is "working", even if it's for gratis, for Tina Brown's web venture The Daily Beast . The disgraced businessman has taken to giving John McCain advice ("President Bush did his best to manage the financial crisis in...
How long will the recession last?
in Sox First, on 2008-10-23
So what are the bets for how long we will be in recession? In Britain, the Financial Times suggests one year with a one in three chance that it will last longer. Finland's Finance Minister Jyrki Katainen has told Bloomberg it could last two to three years. In Australia, ANZ banking chie...
Shooting up with AIG
in Sox First, on 2008-10-20
It's bad enough that AIG presented a completely false picture of its finances in its 2007 annual report , including a sign off from the world's biggest audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers that everything was above board. So what then do we make of this News of the World report detailin...
A Return to Old School Glamour with Ralph Lauren Notorious
in Are you a beauty?, on 2008-10-20
Created by perfumer Olivier Gillotion , NEW Ralph Lauren Notorious is a bold return to old school fragrance glamour this fall.
While most perfumes on the market are generic floral or fruity or clean aquatic scents, the smoldering and provacative Notorious, defined as a "sparkling sp...
Laura Gibson Fine Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on 2008-10-16
With her mother a sculptor, her father a writer, and her grandmother a painter, it would seem natural for Laura Gibson to pursue a career in the arts. The fact is that Laura began her professional life as a sales and marketing specialist with IBM. A casual visit to the internationally renowned Tucs...
CFO turnover continues
in Sox First, on 2008-10-13
The churn rate for chief financial officers is continuing at the same level as last year, reports CFO.com . That is somewhat surprising but it will be interesting to see how it pans out in the economic slowdown. One suspects that with more companies taking a chainsaw to their operations, C...
Ford and GM: can they survive?
in Sox First, on 2008-10-10
That General Motors and Ford are in serious trouble is no big surprise. Standard & Poor's says it might cut their rating deeper into junk and specialists have told Bloomberg their liquidity levels are so low they might have to file for bankruptcy. GM is losing around $1 billion cash e...
Iceland close to collapse
in Sox First, on 2008-10-07
If Americans think they're doing it hard in this crisis, spare a thought for the folk in Iceland. The "Land of Fire and Ice" is close to bankruptcy because of the taste for debt, and the fact that its banks are so powerful, with liabilities worth almost 10 times the country's g...
The end of capitalism as we know it?
in Sox First, on 2008-09-27
The scene of banks going under and policy makers risking moral hazard and bailing out the guilty is changing US market capitalism as we know it. The great economist Joseph Schumpeter talked about "creative destruction". This was the great engine of capitalism where the old ways are ...
Boxing Cox
in Sox First, on 2008-09-23
The market is in meltdown mode so the heat is on Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Christopher Cox. A few days, I did a blog entry on John McCain talking tough and threatening to sack him. I just dismissed that as political opportunism. Still, it's hard to go past this fascinat...
Credit crisis: views from the inside
in Sox First, on 2008-09-18
How bad is this crisis? Bad enough for central banks around the world to pump $180 billion into global financial markets, to jump start a system that seems to have broken down completely. Of course, that doesn't solve the main problem here. Banks don't trust each other and won't le...
Is AIG next?
in Sox First, on 2008-09-16
AIG could be the next to go. We'll know tomorrow. If it doesn't secure fresh funding by Wednesday September 17, it could be forced to file for bankruptcy, reports The Wall Street Journal . AIG is such a big player. Viewed through certain ways, it is the biggest financial services compa...
The future of newspapers
in Sox First, on 2008-09-05
All over the world, the story is the same. Hit by declining circulation and advertising that is at best sluggish, newspapers are cutting jobs. It causes me a lot of pain to see it happening at my old employer, Fairfax . Seeing the way the industry was going, I decided it was emotionally, creati...
Ralph Lauren Parfüm 3.540 US-Dollar
in Worldwide Luxus, on 2008-09-04
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Das ist ja mal eine Hausnummer. 3.540 US-Dollar soll das neue Parfüm aus dem Hause Ralph lauren kosten. Wer also schon jetzt auf der Suche nach einem wahrhaft edlen Weihnachtsgeschenk ist: bittesehr!
Doch was macht "Love" (so der Name des neuen Duftes) so edel? Na...
Gustav means business
in Sox First, on 2008-09-01
The petroleum industry might be bracing itself for the impact of Hurricane gustav but its economic impact is going to be wider than that. The Washington Post reports that Louisiana's trademark tourism industry, along with sugar, shipping and even the manufacture of Tabasco sauce wil...
Closing the GAAP
in Sox First, on 2008-08-28
Finally, the US has moved another step closer to joining the rest of the world with the Securities and Exchange Commission releasing a road map that would have US companies using International Financial Reporting Standards ( ifrs ) six years from now. Indeed, CFO.com's Sarah Johnson ...
Conrad Black's life on the inside
in Sox First, on 2008-08-25
So Conrad Black 's latest appeal against his six and a half year sentence has been rejected . No surprises there. But it's not surprising either to read that the Lord Black of Crossharbour has settled down into prison life pretty well. Black has been dubbed "Lordy" by his ...
Pocket Cinema V10 von Aiptek - Kino aus der Hosentasche
in Digitaltivi, on 2008-08-20
Irgendwas hatte mich bei beim Eingang der Informationen über den Pocket cinema V10 von Aiptek zunächst veranlasst, auf den Kalender zu schauen. Nein, es ist nicht der erste April. Der mobile Mini-Beamer im Taschenformat, der bei Conrad erhältlich ist, projiziert Bilder, Filme und Präsentatio...
Fall 2008 Trend: Plaids
in Busy with Style, on 2008-08-20
If you're mad about plaid, then your season is coming up. Plaid is a big trend for fall 2008. While every designer didn't take part in it, here's some who did in a really cool way.
ADAM showcases this adorable skirt ensemble in typical fall colors. Unless you've got ultra-skinny thi...
Lauren K Fine Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on 2008-08-15
To say that Lauren kessler inherited the family jewels is an understatement. She is the fourth generation to run the prestigious N. Zaidens Company , a leader in the fine jewelry arena for over 90 years. During her college years, Lauren began working alongside her grandfather learning no...
Barbara Amiel and Conrad Black: delusion city
in Sox First, on 2008-08-09
As a piece of bizarre, self-serving crap, the piece from Conrad Black's grieving wide Barbara Amiel in The Times is hard to beat. Like her husband, she shows absolutely no remorse about the fraud perpetrated on shareholders but instead attacks old friends who let them down and the "c...
Conrad Black appeals again
in Sox First, on 2008-07-21
The endless case of Conrad Black has moved into its latest phase, After the court rejected a plea to toss his conviction on fraud and lying about looting $6.1 million from his media empire, he is appealing again to get out of his prison cell in Florida. According to this report , his lawyers...
Are you looking for a medical ID jewelry? Check out Lauren's Hope.
in Straightfromthedoc, on 2008-07-21
People living with a medical condition know how wearing a medical ID helps a lot - adults, kids, athletes, students, men and women alike. Whether the condition is food allergy, asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, etc. - a medical ID can save your life.
Information about Lauren's Hope arrived...
Jewelry Sale at Nordstrom
in The Jewelry Weblog, on 2008-07-20
Big Anniversary Sale going on this week at Nordstrom, and that includes fashion jewelry - at 60% to 65% off. There are some great values here - and they show you what the prices will be after the sale. Prices go up on August 4, 2008.
Lois Hill Orbital Open Hammered Cutout Ring Necklace
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PokerStars.TV is Born
in Internet Poker, on 2008-07-08
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Remember watching Hevad Khan aka Rainkhan go three degrees of nuts on ESPN a few times during the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event? Maybe a couple of times? Now, catch the Team PokerStars Pro in a little more calm light with the launch PokerStars.TV bringing so...
Conrad Black loses appeal
in Sox First, on 2008-06-26
Conrad Black has lost his appeal against convictions for fraud and obstructing the course of justice. That means he will now almost certainly serve the six-and-a-half prison sentence handed out to him last year. That really doesn't leave the former media baron with many cards to play, alt...
The Photography Channel
in Megapixelig, on 2008-06-24
Dank kwerfeldein.de bin ich auf den Photography Channel gestoßen, der mit unzähligen und interessanten fotojournalistischen Videos aufwartet. In diesen qualitativ doch recht guten Flash-Videos zeigen Fotografen aus allen Themenbereichen ihre Fotos und erzählen die jeweiligen Stories ...
Siemens case expands
in Sox First, on 2008-06-20
The Siemens bribery scandal gets wider and wider. Now we have reports that the bribe money was distributed through a German company owned by three banks. Needless to say, the banks have all since professed ignorance. For the record, a verdict in the case is expected at the end of next mo...
Conflicted consumers and the greenwashers
in Sox First, on 2008-06-17
It had to happen. Writing in the Harvard Business Review blog , Andrew Winston talks about the rise of the "conflicted consumer", the one who will buy products that are environmentally or socially preferable at the same price and quality As Winston says, this might have significant im...
Flying industry solutions
in Sox First, on 2008-06-16
Two weeks ago, I looked at how soaring oil prices will turn flying into hell. Now we have some advice from BusinessWeek's Traveler's Check blog on how to save the industry. Bob Crandall, the former president and chairman of American Airlines, regarded by some as an industry icon, s...
Earthquake funds and sneakers
in Sox First, on 2008-06-14
Since when are US brand runners necessary for earthquake relief? That's the question the world should be asking following the report that staff at the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC) in Henan and a branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Mianyang use...
FBI steps up on mortgage fraud
in Sox First, on 2008-06-13
Last month, I did a blog entry on how mortgage fraud cases were up and stretching the resources of the FBI. Now we have further evidence of that with Bloomberg reporting that the FBI has pulled agents off financial crimes cases so that they can focus on subprime. Clearly, this problem is ge...
Cracking down on cartels
in Sox First, on 2008-06-12
Something that will send shockwaves through the British business world with the first jail sentence for cartel conduct in the UK . Three businessmen, including two from the British unit of Continental AG, Europe's second-largest tiremaker, were sentenced for up to three years in jail for fi...
Banking squeeze
in Sox First, on 2008-06-10
Let's take yesterday's expected announcement by Lehman Brothers of a $2.8 billion loss and $6 billion capital raising in context. It coincides with the Bank of International Settlements issuing its latest quarterly financial report makes it quite clear that the banks simply don'...
Conrad Black's last-ditch appeal
in Sox First, on 2008-06-09
This is the last roll of the dice for Conrad black . He has begun his appeal against the six and half year sentence for fraud and obstruction of justice with his lawyers telling the appeal judges that their client didn't get a fair trial. Still, the chance of a successful appeal don...
The problem with deferred prosecutions
in Sox First, on 2008-06-09
Back in April, I did a blog entry looking at the disturbing trend in the US justice system for prosecutors to do special deals with companies accused of wrongdoing in the form of deferred prosecutions. Some good insights into this last month from political writer Cheri Cabot . As she points...
US recession reality check
in Sox First, on 2008-06-07
Friday's bleak US payroll data showing another drop in jobs and rising unemployment, combined with this long-term chart of US gross firing and hiring , is not just another sign of the unfolding US recession. It's also a warning for the global economy. Indeed, the Chicago Fed's N...
The most ethical companies
in Sox First, on 2008-06-06
Nike, BMW, Alcoa , Rio Tinto, IKEA, Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, Xerox, American Express and Honda. These are some of the world's most ethical companies, as listed by Ethisphere . The list is not perfect. But then, no business is either. Ethisphere sums it up thus: "Every la...
Deutsche Telekom and Stasi
in Sox First, on 2008-06-06
Less than two weeks ago, we looked at how Europe's biggest phone company, Deutsche Telekom, was spying on executives and journalists to track down the source of leaks. If that sent shock-waves through Germany because of its history, it was well-justified. Now we have reports that Deutsc...
BAE: The net closes
in Sox First, on 2008-06-05
The intrigue surrounding the BAE-Saudi bribery scandal continues with the Financial Times reporting that a third man, BAE's business development director Alan Garwood has been issued with a subpoena by US authorities. BAE chief executive Mike Turner and Sir Nigel Rudd, a BAE non-execu...
Fox News and bed bugs
in Sox First, on 2008-06-05
Bizarre story about a Fox News employee Jane Clark launching legal action claiming she got bedbug bites at work and that she is now suffering from post- traumatic stress disorder. Just how bad is it really? According to the Harvard School of Public Health , bedbugs might be annoying but...
The audit cartel
in Sox First, on 2008-06-04
British accounting academic Prem Sikka has long been a savage critic of the accounting and audit industry. One of the few public interest accountancy academics, Sikka has argued that the problem with the Big Four is that they are unaccountable. Sikka is from a growing army of critics wh...
Executive hurdles
in Sox First, on 2008-06-03
So you reckon it takes an executive only a few months to get up to scratch with a new job? Think again. According to new research, published here , almost one in three top executive hired from another company are still not delivering after two years. And one in five who within the organization...
Why flying will get worse
in Sox First, on 2008-06-02
Interesting thoughts from Thomas Stewart at the Harvard Business Review blog on the way airlines continually wage war on their customers. He says it usually happens when companies get in a panic when companies get in a panic about profits. And that's certainly happening now with oil prices...
Professor Conrad Black
in Sox First, on 2008-05-30
Totally irrepressible! Conrad Black has settled down into the slammer quite well. He is now taking american history classes in prison. His students include prison staff and, from all reports, he is drawing a huge crowd, reports the National Post . All this might be part of a broader plan ...
The oil squeeze
in Sox First, on 2008-05-29
Oil prices have dropped slightly but it's not over yet. The oil price will continue to rise simply because there is an issue of supply constraints biting against soaring global demand. Certainly there are signs that people are cutting back on driving. Americans drove an estimated 4.3 perc...
Tomorrow's hot job: compliance officers
in Sox First, on 2008-05-28
Compliance officers are cashing in on the ever-growing pile of laws and regulations confronting companies around the world. Some are now earning well into the seven figures, reports Michael Grebb at Bank Technology News . The work is enormous. Just the babks alone have to contend with Bank Sec...
Siemens probe to widen?
in Sox First, on 2008-05-26
If Siemens executives thought the fallout from the bribery scandal was about to go away, they should think again. It's likely to get worse with the trial starting today of former executive Reinhard Siekaczek. Because he is now a key witness, The Wall Street Journal suggests that his trial...
Email liabilities
in Sox First, on 2008-05-25
How seriously should companies treat their outbound emails? And are they handling the issue appropriately? For some, these might be significant questions in light of study, reported in the National Law Journal , showing that more than one in three large US companies had their emails subpoenaed...
Failed audit in Iraq
in Sox First, on 2008-05-24
No surprises that US government auditors have found that the contracting practices in Iraq are deficient. And a complete waste of taxpayers' money. The New York Times reports that the us army 's disbursement of $8.2 billion in taxpayer money on contractors in Iraq lacked adequat...
Zeroing in on BAE
in Sox First, on 2008-05-22
The US Department of Justice is flexing its muscles with the unexpected detention of BAE chief executive Mike Turner and another executive at George Bush International Airport. The DOJ is investigation BAE for alleged corruption and if found guilty, the company could be forced to repay billions ...
Rich and poor: the CEO pay disconnect
in Sox First, on 2008-05-19
Soaring executive pay is shaping up as a major political issue. US share prices might have fallen but executive compensation has continued to rise with the average chief executive now making more than 465 times what the average US worker makes. That's in contrast to the differential of 54 ti...
News from the FCPA front
in Sox First, on 2008-05-16
Interesting developments in relation to the activity surrounding the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) . Now we have reports that the US Justice Department has started targeting inidviduals, not just companies, for bribery and corruption. This is quite strategic. It not only puts the heat...
Blackwater's "get out of jail" card
in Sox First, on 2008-05-10
After its involvement in the shooting of 17 Iraqi citizens last year, a criminal investigation by the FBI, internal investigations by the State Department and the Pentagon, and high-profile Congressional hearings, the people at Blackwater walk free with reports that it won't face criminal ...
AIG shame file
in Sox First, on 2008-05-10
AIG , in combination with the soaring oil price, managed to drag down the US market after it posted a first quarter loss of $7.8 billion on the back of the mortgage-related downturn. And the reality is that they don't know whether they've hit the bottom. AIG is raising $12.5 billion i...
The new hot job: Chief Risk Officer
in Sox First, on 2008-05-09
With the world's banks bleeding from their over-exposure to bone-headed investments and bad loans, the latest hot job is the Chief Risk Officer. Bank Of America , Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley have all announced that they have a Chief Risk Officer, not be...
Greenwashing complants more than quadruple
in Sox First, on 2008-05-07
With more pressure on companies over environmental issues, it's no surprise that complaints about greenwashing are up. A report released by Britain's Advertising Standards Authority found that complaints about greenwashing rose nearly 480 per cent in one year. Worst offenders includ...
UBS woes
in Sox First, on 2008-05-07
It's been a bad bad week for Swiss bank UBS. First it announces it's on the way to cutting 5500 jobs after losing $11 billion in the first quarter as a result of the US subprime crisis. Most of the jobs will go in the US and Britain, all part of a giant shakeup of the bank's a...
Directors' pay heads north
in Sox First, on 2008-05-05
Directors pay is going up, according to a new study from the Corporate Library . Directors' pay has gone up 12 per cent and the explanation given is that it's because of the increased workload. According to those stats, directors are now putting in 200 to 225 hours a year, compared to ...
