Where are Your Sales and Marketing Efforts Focused?

I was recently reading an annual report for a successful company, and, as always, I looked at the words used about customers ... of the success of this business.  The annual report is written in such a way as to bring out this focus ... information. A Customer Focus In this report, I looked for more.  Specifically, I looked to see how [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 18:31:26

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Another Unusual Risk

Another Unusual Risk Here’s another risk for companies to consider disclosing in their financial statements: ... of credit cards to the fiscally challenged, has included this risk factor in every quarterly and annual report since its 2005 annual report: “Negative publicity may impair acceptance of our products. Critics [more...]

Date: 2008-08-08 02:28:00

50 Financial Skills Every Person Needs To Know

Popular Mechanics created a list of 100 Skills Every man Should Know, ... using ABA Routing and bank account numbers. Request and review your free annual credit report ... and/or through Treasury Direct. Read (and understand) a company’s annual report (including [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 11:00:10

Report: Lee Newspapers facing possible default

Ruh roh:The crushing debt that was built up over the past few years at newspaper publishers like The Tribune Company and McClatchy (NYSE: MNI) ... its annual report until on or before Dec. 29, because it needs additional time to sort ... s annual report of Lee’s “ability to continue as a going concern.” Like a lot of newspapers facing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 22:10:00

#371 - The List Of Economic Models

I saw this yesterday and nearly busted a gut. It's quite funny!SOCIALISMYou have 2 cows.You give one to your neighbour.COMMUNISMYou have 2 cows ... letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap ... company.The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more.You sell one cow [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 13:54:00

NY TIMES: Buffett to Offer Details on Derivatives

Warren E. Buffett has long been an proponent of transparency and a critic of murky financial instruments ... by 2019. On Monday, Mr. Buffett said he would disclose in the next annual report more information ... of companies and stocks with the highest possible credit rating, have tumbled 36 percent since Oct [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 04:21:48

Data Breaches Affect Records of 35.7 Million People in 2008

Businesses, governments and educational institutions reported a nearly 50 percent increase in data breaches last year over 2007 ... that steals data blamed for nearly 14 percent of breaches. Many Companies Fail to Report Foley said annual ... and inadvertent posting of personal data online along with other accidental disclosure account for more than 35 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 20:10:52

Surviving Financial Infidelity: Assessing the Damage

The ugly truth was out in the open. My wife had committed financial infidelity, and it was time to assess the damage. “How much do you owe? ... t any other surprises. We each got our annual free credit report from all three credit bureaus ... on her report. The only hint was that the company in question had made a single credit inquiry [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 23:13:51

Posts about Real Estate Market Reports as of January 14, 2009

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks - caprockanalytics ... estate acquisitions were … is what I wrote for my company’s annual market report. It’s a bit heavy on the jargon so if GCC Fixed Income Report - Markaz - crealis.es 01/14/2009 (Crealis) — The GCC [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:24:38

If you invest your tuppence wisely in the bank…

Ladies and gentlemen, your new chair of the Federal Reserve So, the economy ... -themed Urban Entertainment Center from the 2006 Walt Disney Company annual report The first salvo [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 05:18:08

Annual Report - Sasken - 2008-2009

SASKEN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDANNUAL REPORT 2008-2009DIRECTOR'S REPORTYour Directors have pleasure in presenting the report on the business and operations of the Company along with the Audited Accounts for the financial year ended March 31, 2009.Result of Operations (Consolidated) - Extract Amount in Rs. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-16 03:37:00

Use TrustedID to Fight Identity Theft

With the incredibly rapid growth of ID theft, there have been several businesses that have been formed with the distinct objective of battling this crime epidemic. These ID theft prevention companies essentially lock down your credit bureau ... supply you with annual credit reports from all three credit bureaus, so that you can check to see [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 04:06:14

To Reiterate: The Bailout Won’t Help the Big Three Unless Folks Start Buying Cars Again

More bad news for Detroit: Toyota announced yesterday that it expects to lose $1.7 billion for the fiscal year ending March 31 — the first annual loss for the company in 70 years ... will also soon be reporting losses. Worse, analysts said that they expected next year to be even [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 16:02:11

PUBLIC COMPANIES MUST BE HARD-UP

Look what changes the City of New York was able to secure from a bunch of publicly traded companies: Thompson_NYC_Comptroller_nyreblog_com_ ... William C. Thompson, Jr. today issued his annual report detailing the results of shareholder ... Department Pension Fund, and New York City Board of Education Retirement System. The full report [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 04:27:53

How to Avoid Becoming a Victim of Identity Theft: Interview with Jeremy Duffy

If the CEO of LifeLock can't prevent his ID from being stolen, who of us can avoid becoming a victim? ... or annual fees. Luckily, most of what companies like LifeLock and Free Credit Report do can be done [more...]

Date: 2008-06-09 00:57:07

Is Nortel a Victim of the Global Financial Crisis?

Some would paint Nortel as a company that was on the verge of making a big turn around, but was blindsided by the financial crisis ... at its earnings history. I dug through old Nortel annual reports and tried to resolve all the inconsistencies ... . If only the credit markets were in better shape, Nortel wouldn’t have been forced [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 05:08:00

Lehman’s (LEH) ‘Dozy’ Risk Metrics Are to Blame

As Lehman Brothers (NYSE:LEH) stares into the abyss, Martin Hutchinson says the company's risk management strategy is to blame ... that forced little restraint on bankers. This meant even a small drop in asset values could wipe ... -management strategies. Let’s take a closer look. In its 2008 Annual Report, Lehman boasted of having [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 14:03:32

The CEO's Guide tp Derivatives

I found this while doing some research on this financial crisis ... Credit Swaps, Securitized Instruments of Debt, or other derivatives posed to their companies. Or how illiquid they really were. In doing this research, I came upon Warren Buffet's 2002 Annual Report [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 17:45:00

Sony Ericsson sees Q4 earnings slip into negative territory

With a slowing global economy, consumers are holding back their urge to splurge on new mobile phones. Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) ... cellphone maker has posted a negative Q4 2008 earnings report. The company’s €187 million ($245 million ... efforts were still on track to save Sony Ericsson €180 million (US$237 million) in annual operating costs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:41:14

US Wind Power Growth to Slow in 2009, FPL Hints

It was just last week when I shared the great news of another record year for US wind power in 2008 ... on wind’s growth for 2009. In the company’s third quarter report, FPL announced a 25% cut in 2009 ... have been overheating these past few years on 27+% annual growth. With the current Production Tax Credit (PTC [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 16:40:22

Jetcapade: Why GCI set a Dec. 3 layoff deadline

[Hyatt Grand hotel, seen in background, is likely venue for Gannett's big layoff announcement in two weeks ... as a result of the mass layoff now underway across the company. The more savings Dubow can report ... participated in last year's conference, which I live-blogged.)The three-day Annual Global Media [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 18:39:00

THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 01 December 2008

FINTAG COMMENT Shopping. Before Google (BG), analysts had to make phone calls and visit companies to be able to write research reports ... and just like the end of the dot com era, shirts and ties are back in fashion. So when I saw Bob Diamond's ... a barometer of overall holiday sales, which account for 25 to 40 percent of their annual sales [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 09:02:43

Lowongan Kerja Panin Life

Panin Life as one of the leading life insurance companies with annual revenue of more than IDR 1 trillion, invites you to join us as: ... in report programming, ISO related, project involvement, ... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:06:23

CPI at .1% Annually, Smallest Increase Since 1954

Even without properly accounting for housing which would drive the CPI hugely negative, the 2008 U.S. Consumer Price Gains Slow to 0 ... food and energy, costs were unchanged.Today’s report underscores the destruction of companies’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:32:00

An affiliate program I chose not to join

In general, I like to maintain a positive outlook on life and I rarely write posts that contain negative comments about companies and people I don’t ... Five Pillar Affiliate Report, more on that in a later post, and had left the TV on as background noise ... or annual check and don’t care about getting a lump sum, especially when that lump sum is a lot [more...]

Date: 2008-08-25 03:37:26

It's the Economy, Stupid

The Labor Department today reported that business productivity surged to a revised 4.3 percent annual rate in the second quarter of the year ... measure quality of output.)Higher productivity keeps inflation in check. When companies can produce ... of their lines of credit because the housing bubble has burst. The result? Employers can't sell [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 12:27:00

Comics A.M. | The comics Internet in two minutes

Marvel Business | Propelled by Disney's planned $4-billion purchase of the company, Marvel CEO Isaac Perlmutter debuts at No. 230 on Forbes magazine's annual list of the 400 richest Americans . The 67-year-old Perlmutter has an estimated net worth of $1.6 billion. Creators | Several sources report that cartoonist Rusty Haller passed away this week of as-yet-unknown causes. He was 45. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 14:48:52

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