RF Code Announces Wireless Environmental Monitoring Solution
AUSTIN, Texas & DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–RF Code, Inc ... the Active RFID in Asset Tracking track, along with IBM. For more information click here ... . , a leader in automating physical asset management using RFID enabled solutions, today announced [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 20:03:41
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How Much Did Harvard Lose?
by Andrew GillenLost among the holiday shuffle was a piece in the Huffington Post (HT: Felix Salmon) ... close the Harvard Management Corporation (HMC), which runs the fund for Harvard, the loss is closer ... physical commodities. Such "real assets" plunged in value, if they could be sold, much more severely [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 17:05:00
Warning: COMEX May Default on December Gold
This warning comes from someone I’ve respected since I got involved in the silver/gold story in 2005, John Embry. He’s the senior analyst for Sprott Asset Management in Canada and member of the Gold Anti-trust Action Committee. If COMEX is unable to deliver physical gold and declares a “force majeure” [more...]
Date: 2008-10-22 15:25:06
Real Estate Market Case Shiller ETFs almost here
Getting closer to reality: Yesterday Bob Shiller's firm MacroMarkets announced that they've cleared the final approval for their exchange-traded ... Housing will provide investors with much needed access to the housing asset class, allowing ... , transparent, market based risk management solutions. Ongoing private sector innovation remains a vital [more...]
Date: 2008-10-02 16:00:55
Web Reconnaissance for 01/06/2009
A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention, updated throughout the day...so check back often.In the News: (Registration may be required to read some stories)Obama Pitches Stimulus Plan - President-elect Barack Obama arrived on Capitol Hill yesterday and immediately set to work reassuring skeptical Republicans about his [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 16:06:00
vertical map. One of the reasons I dropped the ball with it in the past was because I got overly fussy about making sure everything connected up. I sometimes have to overcome the need to over-analyze everything and make it all just right. One other odd little quirk of mine is that if I have a lot of time on my hands I actually become less [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 19:02:36
Senior Metallurgist for Gold Mining
OPERATING GOLD MINE LOCATION: Central Kalimantan Golden Career Opportunity! Our client is a leading international gold mining company! ... - Strong managerial skills and previous leadership experience will be regarded as an asset! - Previous ... clearance; a competency assessment; physical capability assessment, reference checking Equal Opportunity [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 12:58:47
Portfilio Theory.
(1). Introduction. The analysis of risk and uncertainty concentrates in some way on altering future returns to allow for uncertainty of outcome (e ... investment in a computer electronics firm we would usually demand higher returns ... , we can better the return earned by investors on the stock market by investing in a physical asset offering [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 09:55:09
Liquidity is king and the Feds are emperors
By Fester: Right now the only people and organizations that are able to function effectively in this economic environment are people with ready ... of US investment banks. But they are available cheaply, and the more tangible and physical assets should ... in the infrastructure or other state asset backed by revenues. This way assets bought at high [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 11:52:32
Financial Crisis Has Biological Roots, Too
Successful stock traders may be physically prone to hormonal excess — a physiology that leads to success on fast-paced trading floors, but also to a global economy steered by hormonally imbalanced decision makers. In a study of 44 London traders, the most successful tended to have longer ring fingers than index fingers, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 22:34:58
My Financial Implosion: Bad House
“A house is a home when it shelters the body and comforts the soul.” – Phillip Moffitt For most people, the idea of home ownership is irresistible. Owning your own piece of dirt, with a house and a white picket fence is the American Dream. Unfortunately, in many parts of the country, it’s a dream that can be nearly impossible to attain [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 20:13:40
Virtual desktops on the cusp
By: Paul Weinburg Virtual desktop infrastructure has been seriously considered as a natural follow-up to server virtualization in some corporate IT ... . An interesting feature, he stated, is the ability to decouple a desktop from any specific physical ... virtualization,” stated Andi Mann, research director at Emergency Management Associates. IDC calls [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 17:03:47
[khabor.com] Bangladeshi companies need to learn from Indian companies
Dear Bangladesh Govt. I like to urge Bangladesh Businessmen to produce quality products for the consumers, even though you may get quick bucks out of no compliance, but once you get caught you will loose everything. Doing business with thinking customers safety first and their well being is the most important in this world [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 19:29:00
Reserved Seats for Big Credit Spenders
by The Mogambo Guru When I come to my senses, I find that I am in some dingy little bar on the other side of town, stinking drunk; and the bartender has grabbed me by the front of my shirt to haul me unceremoniously halfway across the bar, and is rudely in my face, telling me through gritted teeth that if I want to stay there, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 20:52:10
Digital Organization: Taming the Clamoring and Unruly Beasts
Once Upon a Giant, Snarling Collection... We creatives tend to be collectors. After all, collecting is a common consequence of having a passion. We collect tools, ideas, materials, and more, in preparation of creating. Our collections inspire us while connecting us to things we enjoy, to our lives, and to each other [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 16:26:44
Ten years after
The Information Era has arrived. The Machine Age is over. The rules have changed. The sky has fallen in. Human resources are more important than natural resources, brains more important than brawn. Networks are connecting everyone and everything. Clocks run faster. In this topsy-turvy world, few things are predictable. %&#* happens [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 18:33:01
A Brief Look at the Technological Advancements in James Cameron's Avatar
It's about that time again where we get a much-needed update from James Cameron on his still 16-months-out Avatar ... it was the Hollywood Reporter that talked with him further about some of the most amazing digital advancements you'll hear about, including live rendering of CG environments while shooting, an editing system [more...]
Date: 2008-08-10 00:25:11
What Might Have Been
Ezra Klein makes the case that the decline of newspapers was and is so inevitable that there’s nothing smarter or better management could have done to prevent it: Jarvis had no answer for this, and nor, so far ... be separated from the question of whether or not the firms and brands traditionally associated [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 16:33:59
Gold Will Head To $1,200 When Commodity ‘Supercycle’ Resumes
The commodity “supercycle” isn’t dead, says Justice Litle. Global demand has flat-lined for now, but the fundamental story of emerging market growth has not changed. And low prices are forcing many mines to shut down operations. This means that when demand recovers, it will do so faster than new supplies can reach the market [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 18:06:34
Gold: the glitter vs. the tarnish
I don’t know whether Wistar Holt and Larry Swedroe have ever met, but the two financial advisers are conducting a vigorous debate in my inbox ... gold prices. In the opposite corner is Swedroe, research director at Buckingham Asset Management ... . First comes a letter that Holt, a partner at Holt & Shapard Capital Management in St. Louis [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 17:29:48
Garbage pail
Looks as if the Treasury has decided the federal government is going to have to be the buyer of last resort for bad mortgage paper One pretty clearly ... points by buying not-quite-safe paper. If the investors are to be held harmless, then the management ... , not the executives and shareholders of the banks and quasi-banks and asset managers and hedge [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 05:05:25
And Then There’s This… Friday, September 5th, 2008
Gold showed some real signs of life yesterday when London opened for trading, but shortly after 4:00 a.m ... a Singapore dealer remarking...’The market is still short of physical gold at the moment’...and another ... its strongest physical sales in the past 20 years over the last two weeks.’ "Since that covers the 1999 [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 16:04:54
Curriculum Vitae Sheri L. Clary
Learn more on the power of coordinated brainwaves. Vijay Eswaran practices this while running the conglomerate QI Group, a company less than 10 years old that is approaching $1 billion in annual sales. A Hindu Indian born in Malaysia, he starts each day monk-like with an hour of silence, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:40:29
Autodesk Showcase 2009 SP1
Autodesk® Showcase™ software creates accurate, realistic imagery from 3D digital design data to communicate form and brand character ... environments. It includes all of the functionality in Autodesk Showcase software, plus additional tools ... review process. Autodesk® Showcase™ Professional software addresses the content creation needs [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 19:16:15
New Business Part 3 - Know What Your Attack Surface Is
Hiking near Ely, MN I’d like to move the discussion past the data and information point, and on to one of the other, ... of anti-virus/spyware/malware software running. Each operated in various areas of the enterprise ... , desktops, and laptops to ensure adequate and proper software licensing was in place [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 16:29:33
Credit Crisis 101 - Re-Powering America by Getting Capital Investments Flowing Again
See Also Part 1, Part 2 This is the third part of a three part series on how the credit crisis started, where it has left us, and how we can start re-powering our economy starting today. Companies Remain out in the Cold with respect to Credit While inter-bank lending rates are finally starting to thaw following the central banks nearly $4trln [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 20:45:10
Deals of the Day: Capital Ideas for Lehman Brothers
Deals of the Day includes all the major news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions and financing ... Management may bid for Rio Tinto’s aeronautics and automotive unit. Sydney Morning Herald Roche ... trading: Investment banks that entered the physical oil business are finding reason for regrets. Reuters [more...]
Date: 2008-08-07 14:53:55
Governor Paterson’s Executive Budget Reins in Unaffordable Medicaid Spending
Reforms Reimbursement Systems to Deliver Quality Health Care at an Affordable Cost Actions Provide Necessary Savings, While Investing in Primary and Preventative Care Governor David A. Paterson today announced that his Executive Budget includes a comprehensive $3 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 04:02:50
Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/18/2008
The most ominous news story tonight: “IAF is Ready for Iran’s Nuclear Sites”.A period of great peril for Israel is fast approaching. Assuming that the mullahs have a nuclear capability, the most dangerous time will likely be between the inauguration of Barack Obama — when the United States will cease to be a credible deterrent to Iran — and the [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 04:59:00
The Death of Trust
I do not believe I have previously The Richter Report, or at least I do not recall doing so. That said, their post entitled “The Death of Trust”, though a bit wordy, is certainly food for thought and a clarion call for the gold standard which Ron Paul and many others have been calling championing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 18:49:54
Make Money Investing in Gold
Before investing, it is prudent to understand how the gold price is influenced ... has created a huge selloff in many asset markets. Cash does not provide much growth, however ... millionaires. It involves making a legal contract that binds the investor to buying a fixed amount [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 02:23:15
3 Outcomes for Today
Jack Canfield have also had variations of 30 day routines. In fact, Jack Canfield walked me through a study from NASA that validated that you need an uninterrupted sequence of days for a new habit to sink in. Making 30 Day Improvement Sprints More Effective In a previous post on 30 Day Improvement Sprints post, a reader asked, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 23:20:28
Why You Must Include Gold In Your Portfolio For 2009
Gold bugs have suffered one of their worst years in history, says Keith Fitz-Gerald ... asset class at the same time. And that includes gold. As we’ve seen in the last few months, during ... to realize that gold, just like any other asset, produces the best returns when it is attractively [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 14:01:25
Scotiabank offers some finacial advice for Canadians
These are some of the items that Scotiabank has offered to Canadians in order to improve their financial situation ... , is to manage stress by paying attention to your physical and emotional fitness. If you don't have a financial plan, now is the time to get one that emphasizes debt management and map out your short [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 09:57:00
Go Long For Safer Options
In a move that’s akin to looking in a mirror with a mirror behind you… I am convinced that a long-term option on optionsXpress could pay off nicely for you during the next 12 to 18 months. Headline of the week: “Lehman’s secret talks to sell 50% stake stall” Ah, memo to Financial Times copydesk [more...]
Date: 2008-08-23 20:12:20
Record Your Assets
Record Your Assets If you’re a woman in business, you probably know how important it is to properly manage your assets, ... and there can end up adding up to hundreds of dollars. Following of a good accounting practice and asset management ... , or that can be sold, is considered an asset. For instance, most of us know that our computer [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 16:14:30
AIG: The Looting Continues (Banana Republic Watch)
The Wall Street Journal reports, as was rumored on Friday, ... by asset sales Now this could and should have been treated as a nationalization in all but name. The very top management was replaced (and realistically, only limited housecleaning would be possible [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 04:46:23
DrumBeat: December 16, 2008
Robert Bryce: OPEC Was Right About Oil Prices. Now What? Back in June, I wrote a piece for The American in which I argued that oil prices were being driven higher by the immutable law of supply and demand. Today, with prices plunging to near $40 instead of the $145 level seen in mid-July, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 13:30:26
Product review - Computrace LoJack for laptops
Filed under: Gadling Gear ReviewIn this product review I'm going to take a closer look at a piece of software that has the potential to recover your ... for today can help; LoJack for Laptops is a piece of software that combines 2 basic components into one security solution; one part is the software itself, the other is the LoJack theft recovery team [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 15:00:00
Links for 2009-01-07
Stimulus arithmetic (wonkish but important) - Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com - «I see the following scenario: a weak stimulus plan, perhaps even weaker than what we’re talking about now, is crafted to win those extra GOP votes. The plan limits the rise in unemployment, but things are still pretty bad, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 08:00:55
Permalink to Should Investors Bet on Gold in 2009?
Should Investors Bet on Gold in 2009? By Daniel | December 29, 2008 The currencies are all falling right now. China has a hugh amount of our dollars and will not want to take a loss when the dollar turns. They have recently requested the companies to give account of the foreign currencies they have. They are also starting to store oil [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 18:32:48
Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/9/2008
Don’t miss Bill Ayers’ op-ed in the Toronto Star.Also worth looking at: the “Axis of Evil” countries love Obama. Kenya is expecting a quid pro quo from its favorite son. Corzine is rumored to be in line for Treasury. And the recession hits China.Thanks to Abu Elvis, C [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 04:33:00
Where are you Dr. Kildare, Ben Casey, Marcus Welby or Dr. House?
Where are you Dr. Kildare, Ben Casey, Marcus Welby or Dr. House? Health Care - Perception or Reality, Either way Shit Happens Pardon my french, but Shit Happens seems to be an appropriate title for this entry into my blog. I believe it is an appropriate metaphor for most of the issues I've encountered over the past year [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 16:33:43
How VM sprawl will drive the urgency of the network evolution
VM sprawl is predicted to be one of the outcomes of early adoption and excitement over virtualization ... technology is the rogue deployment of X. Whether that's physical or virtual servers is irrelevant ... are so difficult to manage is that they are, effectively, invisible to the management systems [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 15:10:34
The Implanted Radio-Frequency Identification Chip: “Smart Cards” in a Surveillance Society
Dandelion Salad by Tom Burghardt Global Research, September 6, ... when a RFID reader emits a radio signal. The chips are divided into two categories, passive or active. A “ ... 2008Antifascist Calling… RFID tags implanted in physical objects or human beings If incorporating [more...]
Date: 2008-09-07 17:29:50
Lessons From Ron Lewison (1938-2008)
On Thursday a good friend and fellow Toastmaster named Ron Lewison was in a serious car accident. He was rushed to the hospital, but his injuries were too severe, including a broken pelvis and a punctured lung. Shortly after his family arrived, he passed away [more...]
Date: 2008-08-18 20:26:45
Newt Gingrich, 10 years after quitting, still full of advice for GOP
Maybe you remember him. Newt Gingrich, the ex-Georgia congressman who took advantage of some serious Bill Clinton first-term mistakes to lead the historic Republican Revolution of 1994, was always brimming with ideas, some of them interesting. He still is [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 09:28:50
Recession and Environment: Why Bother?
Recession and Environment: Why Bother? December 24, 2008 at 8:51 am by Gialome · Filed under Just Delhi, environment [ ... . Prices in capital asset prices were also increasing. But due to timely actions by respective ... has reduced, now policies are focusing on asset price decline. Oil prices have reduced substantially [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 03:21:39
Words from the (investment) wise 12.28.08
Investors spent the holiday-shortened Christmas week in an un-merry mood, digesting more gloomy economic data and taking stock of a tumultuous 2008. With the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Index down by 35.8% and 40.6% respectively for the year to date, many investors would be anxious to wave the old year goodbye [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 12:31:33
CIO’s 2009 To-Do List - Focus on Cost Reduction and Risk Management
CIO’s 2009 To-Do List - Focus on Cost Reduction and Risk Management CIO No Comments » As some one said, ... it well as it is the most precious asset that businesses hold. Ensure that even if your revenues are dropping, you have sufficient cash to meet your obligations. Secondly, pay attention to risk management [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 15:54:59
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