Crime doesn’t pay…
sourceFor many of us, the stock market debacle of 1929 conjures images of devastated investors leaping from upper-story windows; ... today.As the Financial Times reports, corporate fraud is spiking:Fraud is closely correlated with the business cycle… As the downturn deepens and companies struggle for credit, the more managers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 00:31:49
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News: Government's real help for business
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson today unveiled a package of measures designed to address the cash flow, credit and investment needs of small and medium businesses. The support package, which builds upon the commitments outlined in November's Pre Budget Report, consists of loan guarantees and a new [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 11:20:00
Back In Business @ The Roundup
I’m just getting settled here at home after getting back from a 14 hour flight ... to be. Frugal Dad tells us how to resolve credit bureau reporting errors. Money Smart Life: shares [more...]
Date: 2008-10-26 16:24:35
Intel reports sharp profit drop
Slowing demand for computers has hit chipmakersSlowing spending on computers saw Intel profits fall by 90% from $2.3bn to $234m (£159.6m) ... is building into its chips - but there are fears that the credit crunch will impede its business plans. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 13:45:49
Officescape Launches New Telework Solution
Officescape is getting off to a busy start in 2009, no doubt leveraging the credit crunch and the down economy that’s buoying its industry ... of a distributed workforce, whether it’s a multinational company or a small group of partners scattered ... in 2006, according to a report issued by WorldatWork. In total, the sum of teleworkers (both [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 23:54:30
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Unveils State of American Business Report
The two seem to make an unlikely pair, but according to the CEO of the U.S ... to get our economy going in a forward motion," Josten said. "One is credit and the other is confidence - and we ain’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 22:20:43
Four at Four: Looking for Cash
Whatever remaining euphoria that existed on expectations for the passage of a mighty bailout package that will cure all bad debts and even ... s not ideal.” Business as usual means looking forward to the jobs report due out in the morning, the lackluster demand for consumer goods, and ongoing credit problems that have reduced borrowing [more...]
Date: 2008-10-02 11:40:00
Citigroup Posts $8.3 Billion Loss, Splits Up Company
NEW YORK — Citigroup said Friday it is splitting up into two businesses as it reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $8 ... and banking revenue, and $5.3 billion on the value of credit derivatives. It also lost $2.5 billion [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 13:14:43
No Financials Required - Commercial Lending
If you search the internet for factoring or accounts receivable financing programs you have probably seen many companies claim, ... companies (”factors”) without financial statements. As a small business owner that performs multiple ... for your company without having to prepare a large amount of reports. But can a bank loan or line of credit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:40:00
Banks put their hands up
The local banks turned up at the Assembly a month after they were requested to do so and put their hands up ... with the credit crisis had not always been fairly treated. Business, personal users and people ... . I blogged about this a couple of times before Christmas. PA has a good report on the proceedings [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 09:21:49
The Year in Business: 2008
ABC News’ Daniel Arnall reports: 2008 has been the most important year in the lifetime of every working-age American ... say this firm -- the bookie for hundreds of billions in credit default swaps -- was too big to fail [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 15:10:56
Fannie teed up. Are you teed off?
Housing headlines of note in today's Los Angeles Times Business section: --"Fannie regrets golf excursion," ... not dispute the report, described the event as a mortgage industry customer meeting held twice ... for the quarter would fall by half to $1.5 billion. -- Lauren Beale Your thoughts? Comments? Photo credit [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 20:53:11
He Gets Credit For Candor
He Gets Credit For Candor Jennifer Rubin - 12.18.2008 - 2:56 PM Pro-business groups and conservatives aren’t the only ones, we learn from this report, who see a problem for “card check” legislation in Blago-gate: Gerald ... when the FBI linked a competing union to Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich’s effort to sell Illinois’ U.S. Senate [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 19:56:56
IIT placements slow down
This report was the first indication that it's not 'business as usual' at the IITs ... companies like Shell, RIL, Credit Suisse, HUL, Transocean, Dell and NetApp had initially said they would [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 19:09:00
UAE's Loan Quality To Worsen: Moody's
Source : The Business Times, January 15, 2009(DUBAI) ... the past four to five years,' John Tofarides, a Dubai-based Moody's analyst said in a report. 'These factors will negatively affect the credit environment over the next 12 to 18 months.' UAE's small [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 16:20:00
Financial Crisis: missing the beat?
In Business Day yesterday, Anton Harber asked whether newspapers have ’explained (the financial crisis) ... Ritz and the web production team have done an excellent special online report (ok, lots of us don’ ... Another Bank, Credit Crisis and Market Failure (18 September), SA Banks are Safe (19 September), Morgan [more...]
Date: 2008-10-02 08:56:37
The General Electric Unit Sale: Obama’s Energy Plan to the Rescue?
Why sell a business just when its prospects could improve? ... to work. As Credit Suisse’s Nicole Parent noted in a Dec. 9 research report, GE [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 10:01:00
The General Electric Unit Sale: Obama?s Energy Plan to the Rescue?
Why sell a business just when its prospects could improve? ... to work. As Credit Suisse’s Nicole Parent noted in a Dec. 9 research report, GE [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 10:01:00
Dan Gainor on Fox News, Discusses Decline of Media
Vice President for the Business & Media Institute, Dan Gainor, spoke with Gretchen Carlson, host of "America's News HQ," ... , as reported in the paper Dec. 7. The Times said its credit rating from Standard & Poor's recently ... bankruptcy and cut jobs in many print news bureaus. [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 15:32:25
Everybody Thought They Were Rich In California
The Bay Area Newsgroup reports from California. “Over the year that ended in July, ... of Business at University of California-Berkeley. ‘It is clearly the worst since the 1930s.’” “Financial institutions are already tightening up on terms, conditions, rates and amounts of credit [more...]
Date: 2008-09-16 20:00:21
Downgrades of European Real Estate Companies More Likely
The European real estate sector’s business model resilience and companies’ financial policies will be tested over the coming months, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services says in a new Industry Report Card. In the context of lower investor ... . Technorati Tags: credit-ratings, European real estate, standard-and-poors [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 15:24:08
Pre Budget Report: Live Blog
Fasten your seatbelts. You can comment in real time - comments are unmoderated.4.38 ... more for NHS wage bill. £2 bn for British business. Precision guided missle at the heart of economic ... . Pensioners: pension credit goes up to £130 for couple - above indexation. Biggest increase since 2003 [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 15:21:00
It’s Time To Cut Back In California
The Union Tribune reports from California. “ABA Recovery Service owner Marcelle Egley-Sparks said that in the past year, ... of the Center for Consumer Financial Services at E. Philip Saunders College of Business in Rochester, N.Y. ... During its first 73 years, San Diego Metropolitan Credit Union never lost money on a real estate loan [more...]
Date: 2008-08-24 18:28:13
JP Morgan:2009 Cloud Computing Outlook
Bert Bouwhuis pointed me to the a report by JP Morgan on Internet-oriented companies, ... computing was on track to be the buzzword of 2008 until it was displaced by the credit crunch. But beneath ... and cloud applications for the consumer and small businesses due portability, collaboration, convenience [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 21:37:09
NACUBO: The FTC's Red Flag Rule Identity Theft Prevention Rule May Affect Colleges
The National Association of College and University Business Officers notes that the FTC's Red Flag rule likely applies to colleges ... of consumer reports must develop reasonable policies and procedures when they receive notification from a credit agency that there is an address discrepancy. Second, that financial institutions [more...]
Date: 2008-09-26 17:00:00
The Days Of Selling For An Unreasonable Price Are Gone
The Rocky Mountain News reports from Colorado. “Caroline Hoyt, whose company next Saturday is opening the Casitas at Stapleton, ... contracts. We don’t accept contingencies. They all fell apart over credit issues.” “If you want ... markets for years.” “‘When I got into the business nine years ago, all the stories were [more...]
Date: 2008-09-15 21:01:45
Credit Crisis Sequel, Global Bank Bailout, Emerging Markets Still a Buy?, Gas Wars and More!
Ghosts of the fourth quarter haunt global financials… so begins the second act of the credit saga… Even the IMF needs a loan… $150 billion to back ... and notprofitable) segments of the business. Robert Rubin, who among other things helped create this “ ... predicted today. According to Morgan’s report, profits at HSBC will decline “sharply” this year [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 15:28:24
No Costs Are Fixed
My first year in business was bewildering. The various services necessary to run a business took some effort to figure out and pull off at the right time. Insurance, credit card processors, telephone and Internet, payroll and accounting, and even ... guys handled. A smart company has IT report to finance because techies are like kids in a candy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 08:01:00
The Problem With The Housing Market In California
The Press Enterprise reports from California. “For Inland Empire Auction in San Bernardino, ... . Finally, there was the credit crunch. It has all added up to a slow summer for auto dealers ... sales manager for Merle Stone Chevrolet in Tulare. ‘Everything has dropped.’” “‘ Business [more...]
Date: 2008-09-09 21:31:47
Understanding Sun's Business - Q1 Results
We announced our earnings today, and put specifics around our preannouncement from a week ago ... , which reflected a dramatic slowing in the US and Europe, and the effects the credit crisis is having ... for investors and analysts, we've added a new management report to our quarterly updates [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 21:46:37
Beige Book in a tag cloud: Continued gloom
The Fed’s Beige Book is a hefty document that several times a year pulls together reports on economic activity from each of the Federal Reserve's 12 ... have been worse. To their credit, the Beige book's writers used many different phrases: "continued to weaken ... cloud! activity banks business commercial conditions construction consumer contacts [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 20:53:43
Citigroup plans to shed 53,000 jobs
Citigroup plans to shed 53,000 jobs by The Star-Ledger Business Desk Monday November 17, 2008, 9: ... of its work force, according to a report on Bloomberg News. The cuts are on top of a previous round ... of the contraction in the financial industry, which has been by crippled by the ongoing credit squeeze and exposure [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 14:59:52
#15-AubreyJ’s Energy Update Report - November 12, 2008
AubreyJ’s Energy Update ReportOil Tycoon T. Boone Pickens puts hold on Wind Farm -Touts Natural-Gas Vehicles - Russia, Iran and Qatar hold talkson formation of NEW Gas CartelWednesday, November 12, 2008. Image Credit - John McCain Campaign Website.* The Arizona Republic has this article posted in their Business [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 19:19:00
Amici Brief Exposes Risk to CA Businesses if Gay Marriages Annulled
Amici Brief Exposes Risk to CA Businesses if Gay Marriages Annulled January 16, 2009 By: jaysays Category: ElectionO8, Gay Marriage Rights, ... , they: extended credit in reliance upon California’s laws applicable to community property ... Continuation Benefits Replacement Act; took advantage of state tax reporting privileges based on married [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 23:00:29
Charon Reports: On Twitter - Are you going to put some skin in the game?…
“Twitter is becoming ever-more powerful. You can tell when businesses, brands and governments start putting skin in the game ... at Twitter. Today, as Winter tightens its grip on credit-crunched and completely financially knackered Britain, I get my podcasting kit and WWII helmet out and trawl the world to report on Twitter… [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 14:45:45
S&P: Credit losses will rise into 2010
Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s expects nonperforming loans to continue to rise through 2009 and into 2010, ... for Biz2Credit. Biz2Credit is a small business marketplace that provides entrepreneurs ... to increase amid the widening economic downturn, Standard & Poor’s said in a new report released [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 02:34:39
Wishful thinking from castro's Canadian business partners
Sherritt International is a Canadian firm that's been in bed with castro, inc. for many years now ... . This is from theirquarterly report which was released yesterday: Sherritt's Oil and Gas ... . As at September 30, 2008, the Oil and Gas credit risk exposure related to its share of accounts [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 10:05:45
Bank of America’s Chalice: Poison or Red Bull?
For months, as he endured hearings on Capitol Hill and fought off a series of lawsuits, Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis trudged through a post-apocalyptic financial landscape against a steady drumbeat of questions about his future. The deal he had called “the strategic opportunity of a lifetime” — his purchase/salvage of Merrill Lynch — had swung from an act of patriotism, keeping the American way of banking from utter ruin, to a scandal over Merrill losses and bonuses. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-01 13:22:21
Gov’t and Economic Interests as Bedfellows
Recently there have been a number of observers from all corners of the political spectrum increasingly worried about the growing collusion between Washington, DC and the powerful economic interests in our country. The discourse on this issue reminds me of the “governmental support” German economist Wilhelm Röpke spoke of in A Humane Economy : “The market and power do not go well together, and anyone who wished to use his strong position vis-à-vis some buyer or seller to establish a dominating [more...]
Date: 2009-10-01 16:44:41
Is the 6-month Stock Market Rally About to End?.
by Bob Chapman Global Research October 1, 2009 The G-20 Pittsburg Summit ended last Friday. Their official statements made for some novel and interesting reading. We were informed that the group could by working together could manage a transition to a more balanced pattern of global growth. Tending to domestic demand as private savings increase. It is obvious to us this cannot work. We are seeing increased savings and decreased consumption. The IMF as well agrees with these policies. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-01 17:54:55
Pair Programming: Lone Programmer Shoots Back
photo credit: Johnathan! I got a few angry and scolding comments on my last post on pair programming . Let me address each of the issues in turn: Programmers are not lazy - Rather, they are no more or less lazy than any other type of worker. Why do the peak usage times of most web sites, including Facebook and the like, coincide with business hours? You can look at the studies that reinforce this finding, but those traffic graphs speak volumes. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-30 20:38:53
Happy Fiscal 2010: Loose Lips Daily
As much local politics as humanly possible. Send your tips, releases, stories, events, etc. to lips@washingtoncitypaper.com . And get LL Daily sent straight to your inbox every morning! IN CASE YOU MISSED IT—’ Jim Graham’s Ties to Ted Loza Included Abortion ‘; ‘ Jim Graham’s Decade-Old ‘Taint’ ; ‘ D.C. Gay Marriage Bill to Be Introduced Tuesday ‘ IN LL WEEKLY— The Right-Hand Man : Why has Jim Graham stuck with accused bribee Teddy Loza? Greetings all. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-01 16:48:58
Davidian: Turkish-Armenian Protocols: Reality and Irrationality
“The Protocol on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations Between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Turkey” officially announced in Berne, Yerevan, and Ankara on Aug. 31, 2009, has been brought to center stage and not without controversy. In order to fully appreciate and rationally analyze this yet-to-be-ratified document that is meant to serve as the basis for further dialogue between the parties, its origins and accepted norms of international behavior regarding it must be understood. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-01 14:04:13
Bailed Banks
The Bush-Obama strategy of throwing trillions at the banks to solve the mortgage crisis has been a failure. The banks welcome public money to remove toxic assets from their books, insured by we-the-taxpayers, as well as the hundreds of billions in direct handouts, but they’ve hardly returned the favor. They’ve used these funds to pay mega salaries and prop up stock values, choices that obviously benefit them. They needed public support, no one wanted the system to collapse. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-30 21:58:57
Most People Think a Rising Housing Market Makes Them Richer
The Daily Reckoning Houses bounce too… Not much happened yesterday. The Dow fell 47 points. The newspapers attributed the reversal to surprisingly low consumer confidence numbers. Apparently, consumers aren’t so sure this crisis is over. As we reported yesterday, they’re saving money…maybe even at an 8% rate. Oil didn’t move yesterday. Neither did gold. The Wall Street Journal reported that markets were reacting to “mixed data.” That is to say, some reports were encouraging. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-01 02:38:40
Most People Think a Rising Housing Market Makes Them Richer
Houses bounce too... Not much happened yesterday. The Dow fell 47 points. The newspapers attributed the reversal to surprisingly low consumer confidence numbers. Apparently, consumers aren't so sure this crisis is over. As we reported yesterday, they're saving money...maybe even at an 8% rate. Oil didn't move yesterday. Neither did gold. The Wall Street Journal reported that markets were reacting to "mixed data." That is to say, some reports were encouraging. Others were not. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-01 01:00:48
New Player in Health Care Reform Fight
Here's an interesting development in the health care reform battle: Consumers Union , the publisher of Consumer Reports , jumps into the fight with an advertisement backing President Obama's plan. Said President Jim Guest: "You may wonder why we are injecting ourselves so publicly into a heated debate that has generated an enormous amount of concern and confusion... We are in the business of providing information and advice that helps consumers. We don't make campaign contributions. [more...]
Date: 2009-10-01 12:37:11
Entrepreneurship 101: Create Marketing Knowledge About Local Conditions And Opportunities
How did you learn how to create demand for the offerings your company provides? Most people either go to school or learn on the job. Sometimes, they do a little of each . . . as I did. When I was studying at Harvard Business School, two methods were used to teach marketing: cases involving specific decisions facing real marketing managers; and unpaid consulting assignments working for companies with unresolved marketing issues. In either course style the issues studied always related to U.S. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-30 20:21:59
Germany - The Bitter-Sweet Tears Of Angela von Merkel
German voters gave Chancellor Angela Merkel the green light for a second term on Sunday, along with a clear mandate to form a new government with the liberal Free Democrat Party (FDP). But just what exactly is the new government likely to do? Merlek has been quick to pour cold water on any idea of early tax cuts, “I expect we’ll agree very quickly on tax policy, especially when you look at the leeway we have with the budget,” she is quoted as saying. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-30 22:01:26
Can Remote Access Help Firms Make Female Partners?
There are firms that want to make more female partners (and minority partners for that matter), but honestly do not know how to make that happen. Retaining top female associates through a couple of years of around 3,000 billable hours is just difficult, especially if those women want to have a family. Over on the WSJ Law Blog, Ashby Jones explores the female partner problem facing Clifford Chance : The issue was the topic of an interesting article this week in the UK's The Lawyer . [more...]
Date: 2009-09-30 20:40:47
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