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Sarbanes Oxley on trial

Amazing that seven years after it was signed into law, people are still pushing to wipe out Sarbanes-Oxley. On Monday next week, the Supremes will hear arguments that seek to dismantle Sarbox by wiping out the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). The case, as detailed here , i...

Goldman Sachs loading up on guns

For Goldman Sachs, this year has been a PR nightmare. For the merchant bank, it's as if the financial crisis never happened. After paying back billions of dollars in taxpayer funded bailout money, it paid annual bonuses that rivaled the record payouts it made in 2007, at the height of the bub...

One in four American children on food stamps

The deep divide in American society becomes wider. Wall Street is booming but, as the New York Times tells us, one in eight Americans and one in four children are now on food stamps. The NYT reports: "More than 36 million people use inconspicuous plastic cards for staples like milk, bread...

Dubai: a sign of worse to come

Dubai media and business leaders are moving to reassure the world about the Dubai World mess, claiming the fears are overblown and exaggerated with papers like the English-daily Khaleej Times saying the decision to restructure Dubai World shows "maturity". Having worked in Dubai, I can t...

Seen that? - Teaching Golf to Kids

Teaching Golf to Kids at Eagle Par Birdie Courtesy: Camp Olympia There's a practice facility I sometimes go to early in the golf season. It's one of those facilities that have plenty of mats. There's a handy 12 hole (!) course adjacent...

Seen that? - THE STAR'S STARS

THE STAR'S STARS at The Celebrities Weblog You might have something in common with either of the guys pictured above, and it could be more than just bearing a resemblance. Or, maybe you have something in common with Madonna, or Pee Wee Herman, or ...

Artists and capitalism

For the most part, you wouldn't think that artists would have much to like about capitalism. But a new paper, Art and Money suggests that artists can make big bucks out of capitalism. The researchers, William N. Goetzmann from Yale School of Management, Luc Renneboog and Christophe Spaenj...

CDs Still Falling - Black Friday Figures

Nielsen Soundscan has just released the weekly figures from the week ending with "Black Friday", a day known in america for being one of the biggest shopping days of the year, with many retailers offering bargain deals to try and get customers through the door. While in general, figures are positive...

CanAm Revival! The World's Most Spectacular Road Racing Series, Now on DVD

Back in the late 1960s and early 1970s there existed a kind of road racing unlike any other before or since. It was called the CanAm Challenge Cup and featured many of the finest drivers from Europe and North America at the wheel of brutally fast machines. These spectacular sports-racers were vir...

Seen that? - Spanish blogging companies are hiring

Spanish blogging companies are hiring at Web 2.0 It's not common to see such vitality in Web 2.0 companies from this side of the Atlantic. At least three spanish blogging companies - Baquia, WeblogsSL and Last InfOO are looking for bloggers. V...

Unemployment among blacks at Depression levels

This Washington Post story shows how centuries of racial discrimination still shapes the lives of Americans with unemployment for 16-to-24-year-old black men reaching Great Depression proportions. It was at 34.5% in October which is three and a half times the rate for the general US popula...

CRM in Health Insurance

© roland In a recent series of two articles ( Part 1 and Part 2 ), CRM Buyer made the case that health insurers should look to outsourcing to build up their CRM capabilities. The article points out that health insurance companies have historically been behind the curve when it comes...

China with the most English speakers

Which country will have the most English language speakers? It will be China with the Financial Times reporting that China is about to get more English-language speakers than India. Whereas an estimated 55 million speak English in India, China is increasing its English language speakers by ...

Seen that? - FROM HEAD TO FOOT

FROM HEAD TO FOOT at The Celebrities Weblog There's no lack of luxury amenities available to celebrities. From near the top of the world, England, to near the bottom, Australia, celebrities are pampered from top to bottom. Shoemaker Jeffrey-W...

Seen that? - In The Dark - Sad Poetry

In The Dark - Sad Poetry at Latina Viva You once told me Things would be easy... You Lied. I'm strong, you see But the world is wrong: Nobody cares. And I'm lonely Among millions of faces Lonely like me. There's so much hate In the eye...

Ugg Boots – do or don't?

Ich kann mich noch genau daran erinnern, als ich Ugg Boots das erste Mal in meinem Leben gesehen habe. Es war in den Neunzigern und ich habe eine Folge von Baywatch gesehen. Dort lief Pamela Anderson am Strand im roten Badeanzug und Ugg Boots rum. Ich dachte noch:"Was macht die mit Stiefeln im Som...

Free Wi-Fi from Yahoo and Google

Both Google and Yahoo are offering free Wi-Fi this winter. Google is sponsoring free Wi-Fi Internet access at 47 airports across the U.S., and Yahoo is sponsoring free Wi-Fi in New York's Times Square . "This is the second Wi-Fi promotion Google is offering this season -- previo...

Angebot: Kreuzfahrt zur Fußball-WM 2010

© KiltBear Die Idee ist nahe liegend und doch glaube ich, dass die MS Noordam und die MS Westerdam der Reederei Amsterdam America Line bislang die einzigen Kreuzfahrtschiffe sind, die ein Angebot eigens zur Fußball-WM 2010 bieten. Und auch, wenn noch gar nicht feststeht, welche Teams am E...

49 million Americans go hungry

US stocks might be rallying to a 13 month high and retail sales have bounced on the back of resurgent car sales but look behind the numbers and you will see the US is a long way off from recovery. According to a new report from the United States Department of Agriculture, America is stru...

Christianity and the crash

Did Christianity cause the market meltdown? Probably not completely but according to Hanna Rosin at The Atlantic , it fueled the housing bubble that created the crash. In her piece, Rosin talks about a different strain of Christian faith which has has grown in popularity, one that promises ...

Seen that? - Nanotech's for real in the building industry

Nanotech's for real in the building industry at Nanotechbuzz Nanotechnology is sometimes seen as all hype, with little real-world application. But nanomaterials are already all around us. Take the buildings that we live and work in, for instance. ...

Seen that? - Connecting the Pieces with SOA

Connecting the Pieces with SOA at Java Entrepreneur Source: W3C Over the years I've attended a number of different meetings held by consultants and executives in which they explained the need to bring different technology platforms together. M...

The Trade War That Wasn't

© kludgebox Remember the Obama Administration's new tariff on tires made in China? When it was announced back in September, analysts said it was going to be the start of a new trade war . In case no one noticed, that hasn't happened... China appears to have little inclination to escala...

Februar 2010: Alinghi ist bereit, BMW verzögert

Der Streit zwischen den zwei großen Kontrahenten im weltweiten bedeutendsten Segel-Match geht weiter: In einem Brief, den der America's-Cup-Titelverteidiger Société Nautique de Genève (SNG) nach den erfolglosen Diskussionen mit dem Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC) heute an Richterin Kornreich vom...

Seen that? - Beau Rivage to Repoen In August With Poker Room

Beau Rivage to Repoen In August With Poker Room at Internet Poker MGM Mirage has announced that the Beau Rivage casino in Biloxi, MI, one of the many in that area destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, will re-open on August 29th of this year, which is t...

Seen that? - Harvest Moon for Revolution?

Harvest Moon for Revolution? at House of Nintendo Harvest moon developer Natsume recently told IGN that they're currently working on a project for the Nintendo Revolution. Few details were given, but it's not outrageous to assume it will b...

Seen that? - Big Sur Bonanza #2

Big Sur Bonanza #2 at The Outdoor Weblog I was feeling my oats a little bit that fateful morning. A recent string of sessions at OB had me pumped and overly confident. When we walked down to the bluffs to check it, we knew it was going to be big b...

Seen that? - What a Sexy Movie!

What a Sexy Movie! at Latina Viva I've just finished watching The Mask of The Zorro. I've been meaning to watch it since it was released, but I couldn't find an opportunity. Today I finally found the time to see it, and I have to say i...

Olympus E-P2 发布

THE PEN IS NOW MIGHTIER: OLYMPUS EXPANDS THE POWER AND PERFORMANCE OF THE E-P1 WITH THE NEW E-P2 New Electronic Viewfinder, External Audio Port, Autofocus Tracking and More Creative Control All in a Retro Black Metal Body – Looks as Good as it Performs CENTER VALLEY, Pa., November 5, 20...

TechFlash discusses roadblocks to innovation in America

Monica Harrington at TechFlash posts on "Innovation: Nine hurdles facing America as a center of tech" discussing our country's challenges in maintaining an education system, and therefore workforce, capable of maintaining the lead in global technical innovation. This isn't really an article for...

Firefox 3.6 Beta 1

• Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 • F1 车手年薪榜：Kimi 高居榜首 • Promote on Twitter & Facebook-Cal Tweet • OPM UK December 2009 Preview • TheDailySearch.com • stereomood – emotional internet radio - music for my mood and activities • Recurring Billing, Subscription Billing, Web 2.0 and SaaS Billing - ...

Review Roundup: Motorola DROID

The reviews are already starting to pile up for the Motorola DROID , coming November 6th to Verizon Wireless -- and I've gotta admit, it's making me seriously consider getting rid of my iPhone... Wired's Priya Ganapati writes, "Overall, Droid makes the iPhone 3G look a little tire...

Seen that? - Live at the Bike

Live at the Bike at Internet Poker For those poker diehards who cant get enough of poker on tv, you can now get live poker televised to your computer. Live at the Bike, shows a live no limit poker game direct from the Bicycle Club in Bell Gardens,...

Seen that? - An introduction to thin provisioning

An introduction to thin provisioning at On Storage An introduction to thin provisioning: One of the more important but often misunderstood advancements within data storage is thin provisioning. This article defines and discusses thin provisioning,...

Seen that? - BIG SUR BONANZA #3

BIG SUR BONANZA #3 at The Outdoor Weblog As far as I could see out to the horizon there were lined-up set waves. All those six to eight foot mush-burgers crumblers that were pushing us closer to the rocks were nothing but lull tasters. The real me...

Seen that? - Ever Wonder How Much a Casino Makes

Ever Wonder How Much a Casino Makes at The Gambling Weblog How much does that casino rake in? Its one of those questions that everybody loves to ask - and no-one really has an answer for. But thanks to an investment prospectus recently published...

Where to Ski in France

© geoftheref The Telegraph recently published an overview of ski resorts in the French Alps. When it comes to skiing , France gets a lot of things right. More than 300 resorts, many located at high altitude, provide skiers with some 5,000 miles of pistes – a great number of which are to...

Seen that? - Intel Capital Makes Swift Investments Post-Alibaba Deal

Intel Capital Makes Swift Investments Post-Alibaba Deal at China Venture News Intel Corporation's $200 million China Technology Fund has wasted little time making an undisclosed investment in three companies. Although industry analysts speculate that the i...

Pay cuts for auto firm executives. What about banks?

How heartening to read the report in the Detroit Free Press that executives at General Motors and Chrysler will get pay cuts of up to 25%. Just to make sure the bailouts aren't feathering the nests of executives at these failed companies. But it's a different story with the banks and other...

Sun Microsystems to Cut 3,000 Jobs

© Silveira Neto Sun Microsystems has announced plans to cut 3,000 jobs in the coming year. "The job losses -- about 10 percent of the global workforce -- are the latest in a series of cuts by the struggling company, which reached the $7.4 billion deal with Oracle in April," write...

35 sexy girls wallpaper beautify your desktop

• 35 sexy girls wallpaper beautify your desktop • Announcing Zoho Projects for Google Apps • Vevo Gets its Investor: Abu Dhabi Media Joins "Hulu for Music Videos" • Verizon Plans to Sell Mobile Service in Discounted TV, Internet Packages • Facebook and Twitter Founders Join Net Neutrali...

Dollar to tumble even more

The US dollar is expected to plummet big time over the next six months with Goldman Sachs warning that teh dollar is likely to fall further over the next six months. It says the Canadian dollar will reach parity and the Aussie will come close to it, although it sees a recovery 12 months ou...

Seen that? - AOL, Yahoo Plan Paid E-Mail Service

AOL, Yahoo Plan Paid E-Mail Service at I got Spam?! Antone Gonsalves: America Online Inc. and Yahoo Inc. on Monday said they planned to launch certified email services that would bypass spam filters and deliver messages directly to subscribers. ht...

Seen that? - Diabetes Challenges: Dealing With Diabetes On Valentine's Day

Diabetes Challenges: Dealing With Diabetes On Valentine's Day at Daily Diabetic Living with diabetes presents all sorts of challenges, but never more than on holidays. This is an especially big problem in America, where every major holiday is cent...

Champions League Group Stages - Fixture 3, Day 1

Almost half way through the group stage and things are hotting up. While some teams go from bad to worse, others look to cement themselves in a qualification place before reaching the last two games. Arsenal, though, could only manage a draw away to AZ Alkmaar, putting them only one point clear ...

Bailed out banks continue to live it up

Like pigs at a trough, the US banks were wallowing in US government bailout but at the same time, they were handing out perks to their executives that had taken them to the brink of disaster. While 8 million jobs have been destroyed in this recession, perks for executives at the bailed out ba...

Seen that? - A VOD Ad Network is Possible

A VOD Ad Network is Possible at The Digital TV Weblog Last week I had the good fortune in two separate meals to be talking with one of the top people in the Comcast Spotlight advertising group and the top guy at Time Warner Cable's advertising...

Trotz Rechtsstreites: Alinghi trainiert wieder

Mit einem Ablegemanöver von der America´s Cup-Halbinsel Al Hamra und dem Heißen der Segel nahm der Titelverteidiger des 33. America's Cup, Alinghi , das Training in den Gewässern der Emirate auf. „Die Bedingungen hier sind ideal für diese Boote“, sagte Alinghis Teamskipper Brad Butterworth...

How Behind Are You?

© jelene I swear it seems like I'm always behind. I leave for work five minutes later than I need to and get to work seven minutes late. I walk around with a list of things I should have done yesterday in my hand, hoping to get them done by tomorrow. My latest time waster is FarmVill...

World Cup qualifiers - the last night

For the home teams at least, its pretty much decided. With one match left to play tonight in each European group only the fate of England come next summer is secure. They sit six points of clear of current play-off place-holders Ukraine, who could be dispossessed by third place Croatia (a team who...

BMW Opti Team Cup: Der Erste verliert

...n müssen: Gewinner der Zweikämpfe Boot gegen Boot ist hier wie beim großen Vorbild, dem America`s Cup, wer den jeweiligen Konkurrenten am wirkungsvollsten am Start behindern, ihn auf der Bahn mit Sege...

Forza Motorsport 3 中车款全列表

2008 Acura #15 Lowe's Fernandez ARX-01b 2008 Acura #26 Andretti-Green Racing ARX-01b 2002 Acura #42 Realtime Racing NSX 2008 Acura #66 de Ferran Mortorsports ARX-01b 2009 Acura #66 de Ferran Mortorsports ARX-02a 2005 Acura NSX 2002 Acura RSX Type-S 2007 Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione 2009 Alfa Ro...

FTC Steps in to Regulate Bloggers

© faungg I liked the reaction of JD Lasica last week to the news that the Federal Trade Commission was going to start regulating product endorsement in blogs. I‘ve been struck by the varying reactions to this week’s news that the Federal Trade Commission will now begin to regulate pro...

Seen that? - Recipe: Banattle Dome

Recipe: Banattle Dome at WebKinzBlog Ramen Noodles + Banana + shrimp = [...] Read More New Recipe: Floridisa Recipe at WebKinzBlog Are you planning an end of summer party on webkinz? Per...

Seen that? - Game on Supply Chain Management

Game on Supply Chain Management at Supplychainer XIMB, a business school in India, has arranged a supply chain management game to test the decision-making skills of the participants in the field. According to Cool Avenues, The game will be based ...

How Safe is Mexico?

© Jason Pratt Two different pieces surfaced last week on the safety of Mexico as a tourist destination - one in Fodor's and on at CNN . Fodor's points out that the superficial image of Mexico as littered with Swine Flu and drug violence is, well, superficial. It's not a very compl...

Rich getting richer

Yes, the global financial crisis has reduced the amount of global wealth by 11.8%. In the United States, wealth has shrunk by 21.8% to US$29.3 trillion compared to 2007. But the picture is a lot more complicated than that. Some have lost a fortune but at the very top, there are people rak...

Finally: A Triumph for the Stag

Thanks to a blog in the latest Hemmings newsletter I've become aware that Englishman John Macartney has successfully driven a restored Triumph Stag across North America. The Stag left Florida on June 27, and crossed the finish line in San Luis Obispo, California, this past Sunday after meet...

America`s Cup: Rennen können nur auf dem Wasser gewonnen werden

"Larry Ellison, Russell Coutts und ihr Yachtclub, der Golden Gate Yacht Club, scheinen zu glauben, dass der 33. America's Cup vor Gericht gewonnen werden kann - wie ihr mittlerweile siebter Gang vor Gericht zeigt. Unser Team ist bereit, in Ras al-Khaimah in den Vereinigten Arabischen E...

Seen that? - Loremo on the Edge

Loremo on the Edge at IfEnergy German Loremo AG (Munich) introduced their ultra efficient car at the 76th annual Motor Show 2006 in Geneva last month, the Loremo. Geneva Motor Show Founded in 2000, this new company developed a light-weight passeng...

Alinghi: Huckepack ins Emirat

Nach einer zwölftägigen Reise über 4.400 Seemeilen an Bord des frachters Rickmers Singapore legte das Boot des Schweizer Titelverteidigers im 33. America's Cup am Mittwochmorgen um 6.30 MEZ in Saqr Port in Ras al-Khaimah im Arabischen Golf im Emirat Ras al-Khaimah an. An Bord waren der Kat...

California - America's first failed state?

Arnold Schwarzenegger's regime keeps lurching from one disaster to the next. California's lawmakers are looking to revamp the budget but according to this news report , the budget might be looking okay now but it will create a disaster in 2010-2011 because it was using a raft of accou...

Seen that? - Riding in groups on the street

Riding in groups on the street at Under My Helmet Riding in groups, whether on the street or in the dirt/sand, requires special attention and modified behavior. You not only need to look out for others in your group, but also for other groups or i...

Seen that? - LAS VEGAS CASINO DEALER'S TIPS IN JEOPARDY

LAS VEGAS CASINO DEALER'S TIPS IN JEOPARDY at Play Las Vegas Source: www.oddjack.com www.oddjack.com Las Vegas is a town where many people depend on tips for their livelihood. Casino jobs are still the mainstay of the Las Vegas workforce, and many...

Seen that? - Revolution Developers Get More than 1000 Dev Kits

Revolution Developers Get More than 1000 Dev Kits at House of Nintendo IGN has recently reported that over 1000 Revolution development kits have been distributed to various developers. Perhaps unfortunately for Nintendo fanboys, many kits are said...

Seen that? - International symposium on nanotechnology in construction

International symposium on nanotechnology in construction at Nanotechbuzz I'll be the closing speaker at this year's International Symposium on Nanotechnology in Construction, to be held Nov. 13-16 in Bilbao, Spain. Nanotechnology is empow...

Seen that? - NBA's Marc Cuban Blogs his Plans to Launch Betting Hedge Fund

NBA's Marc Cuban Blogs his Plans to Launch Betting Hedge Fund at The Gambling Weblog Cuban says he will launch betting hedge fund In a plan that goes against Pro-US sports and the US restrictions on gambling, internet-millionaire-come-NBA team ow...

Walk A Mile

© _Tophee_ What will happen in ten years? How will our world change? The world becomes smaller every day. Thirty years ago we couldn’t really imagine ourselves having access to the globe at large, now we interact with people from multiple cultures on a regular basis. In our schools we e...

The Rich Not Quite So Rich At the Moment

© Domain Barnyard A recent Forbes article points out that America's richest people have become a little less rich as a result of the recession. VentureBeat took a look at the numbers... Warren Buffett's wealth took a dive this past year, losing $10 billion in value on his shares in B...

Coming Soon From the Streets of Europe: The Ford C-Max

I've just returned from two weeks in Germany and England and as always when I go overseas I was awestruck by the number and variety of interesting cars that we don't get in North America. (One might also say that it's the marketing executives who don't get it.) Many of these cars ...