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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Google makes a risky play for the gallery - ZDNet (blog)
http://rom-ukr.biz/en/component/content/article/47-top-10-sporting-romances.html
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Business Alliance joins corporate tax fray - Houston Business Journal:
http://blog4realestate.com/bonsai-gardening-for-beginners/
The proposal, put forward by House and Senate Democrats, woulc boost the state’s corporate minimum tax from thecurrent $10 levekl to between $150, for companiese earning less than $500,000, and $100,00o0 for companies earning more than $250 “The $10 Oregon corporate minimum tax has become a source of public scrutiny and controversy,” wrote Stevw Holwerda, the group's chair, in a news release.
“Wee agree that the minimum tax shouldbe adjusted, but believwe the changes must be modest and reasonable as the minimumn taxes all (C-corporations) whether they are profitable or Holwerda, chief operating officer of Portland’s Ferguson Wellman Capita l Management, added that the proposal “would be a major disincentive to operating a businesa in Oregon and is particularly harmful to businessesz that are already losing money.
” Holwerdaz sent a letter to the group's memberws a day after Democrats have revise a May proposal that would have chargesd a minimum between $250 and The group also calleed for the state to use rainy day funds, reserve funds and stimulus money to help solve Oregon’s $4.2 billionb shortfall. The group further expressed concerjnabout “what appears to be an ‘anti-business’ in Salem. “For our state to be all sectors need to be successful and we need to join togethert to makethat happen,” Holwerda said.
The proposal, put forward by House and Senate Democrats, woulc boost the state’s corporate minimum tax from thecurrent $10 levekl to between $150, for companiese earning less than $500,000, and $100,00o0 for companies earning more than $250 “The $10 Oregon corporate minimum tax has become a source of public scrutiny and controversy,” wrote Stevw Holwerda, the group's chair, in a news release.
“Wee agree that the minimum tax shouldbe adjusted, but believwe the changes must be modest and reasonable as the minimumn taxes all (C-corporations) whether they are profitable or Holwerda, chief operating officer of Portland’s Ferguson Wellman Capita l Management, added that the proposal “would be a major disincentive to operating a businesa in Oregon and is particularly harmful to businessesz that are already losing money.
” Holwerdaz sent a letter to the group's memberws a day after Democrats have revise a May proposal that would have chargesd a minimum between $250 and The group also calleed for the state to use rainy day funds, reserve funds and stimulus money to help solve Oregon’s $4.2 billionb shortfall. The group further expressed concerjnabout “what appears to be an ‘anti-business’ in Salem. “For our state to be all sectors need to be successful and we need to join togethert to makethat happen,” Holwerda said.
Friday, August 27, 2010
The loopholes in the Nuclear Liability Bill - Rediff
http://titanenvironmental.com/aboutTitan.html
Moneycontrol.com | The loopholes in the Nuclear Liability Bill Rediff The government introduced the Civil Liability for Nuclear damages Bill, 2010 in the Lok Sabha on 15th of March, 2010, to enable the initiation of a Nuclear ... Indian liability bill passes lower house India's new nuclear law criticised by business groups Getting round the specifics |
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
An MBA, outside the box - Charlotte Business Journal:
http://best-recipes-blog.com/2008/10/start-the-year-with-a-good-salad.html
"The average age of students in our executive MBA program isabout 40, and they can be a cynicak bunch if we only offerr them theory and equations," says Bill director of the executive MBA program at the McColl School of Business at . More than 40 students are enrolleds in its executive MBA and the evening MBA programhas 161. "Wse are not a theoretical saysDan Fogel, dean of Charlottde programs for 's Babcock School of Management, wherer 170 students are enrolled in its evening MBA program. "Wed help people practice, so relevance is somethinb we worry about allthe time.
" Area businesas schools take a variety of stepe to make their offerings relevant, such as the use of case studieas and the input of advisoryg boards composed of corporate leaders. But administratore must balance "contemporary practices with tried-and-true principles that enablre you to analyze anything that comes up in the Fogel says. "These don't and while applications and contentt have tobe fresh, we want to stay away from he adds. "We'll conduct lots of researcb before we'll change our base principles. I don'tt apologize for using case studies that are 20years old, for they are classicf examples of these principles.
" Amon them, Fogel explains, are accounting rules and analysis of financiak statements. The basics of building a businesa -- developing a marketing implementing it and defending its marketspacse -- don't change. has its own take on giving studentss hands-on experience to put business principles into Inthe Student-Managed Investment Fund class, classmates manage several hundred thousand dollars of the university's endowment from an actuap trading floor on campus. "This is real moneh that belongs tothe university," says Ron director of graduate programs at UNC Charlotte's Belk Collegew of Business. He says the clasds often outperformsthe market.
There are about 300 students inthe school'z full-time and part-time MBA programs. There' a number of other, more traditional routeds business schools take to keep theirdegreews relevant. One way Queens maintains its "pragmatic Berry says, is by hiring faculty with industry experiencee and by encouraging teachers to maintainconsulting practices. Othef colleges do the same. "Consulting keeps our faculty fresh and create additional linkages to the peoplwe who send students to our Fogel says.
Robert Spear, director of the MBA progranm at , agrees with this "By working in the industry, our facultyy members stay in touchwith reality, and they keep a good finger on the pulse of what is relevant and what is Pfeiffer has more than 500 students in its eveninfg and online programs at its Charlotte campus. Discussinb case studies -- eight to 12-page analyses of real-worlsd business challenges -- is a common teachiny tool. "Case studies provide a much better appreciation for the richness of a situatioh than an abstraction created throughcomputerizee models," Berry says. "They are a way of teaching outsidedthe box.
" At Wake Forest, Fogell says, faculty members are encouraged to writee those studies themselves. "Our basis is research, and that keepsd you fresh, inquisitive and A good university generates knowledge and disseminates Administrators also listen to their advisoryg boards and survey graduates on the usefulnesa ofcourse offerings. But this, too, is not just an academicv exercise, and administrators use the feedback to tweakkthe curricula. "It's an ongoingb process," Spear says. At Queens, Berry has moved coursese in business strategy and finance to an earlierr point inthe two-year program and added a shorr course on the history of business.
"We never teacb the same curricula two yearz ina row. It createa an administrative nightmare, but it is pedagogicallh useful. If you teach people to get out ofthe box, you need to get out of it During a discussion of UNC Charlotte's MBA curriculum at an advisory board meeting last year, members told Veith they wantef more emphasis on effective communications and critical decision-makin g skills. They also wanted more time spenrt on businessethics -- not in a single class, but integrated into every course in the programj and supplemented by outsidde speakers.
And although international businesse is arequired course, board memberw thought it, too, was a subjectt that needed to be woven into all courses, whethetr marketing, management or finance. Locall colleges also look at what other schoolesare doing. Veith says the Universitg of California at Berkeley has added a requirementy that students must demonstrate writing competencwe to graduate and provides assistanced to helpstudents improve. Although UNC Charlottd hasn't made writing skills a requirement, it does offer writingh workshops and seminars forMBA students.
Sometimesx the response to industry needs can be totally new The Belk College will debut a MBA concentration this fall in sportsd marketingand management. In addition to the MBA concentration in real estate financeand development, it will also offer a graduate certificate in the The university has also gone beyond the MBA to respon to the needs of the banking industry by offerinb a master's in math Pfeiffer takes their response a step offering customized MBA programs for companies that enroll a minimumk of 20 students. Classes are oftenj held at the firm's location.
"The average age of students in our executive MBA program isabout 40, and they can be a cynicak bunch if we only offerr them theory and equations," says Bill director of the executive MBA program at the McColl School of Business at . More than 40 students are enrolleds in its executive MBA and the evening MBA programhas 161. "Wse are not a theoretical saysDan Fogel, dean of Charlottde programs for 's Babcock School of Management, wherer 170 students are enrolled in its evening MBA program. "Wed help people practice, so relevance is somethinb we worry about allthe time.
" Area businesas schools take a variety of stepe to make their offerings relevant, such as the use of case studieas and the input of advisoryg boards composed of corporate leaders. But administratore must balance "contemporary practices with tried-and-true principles that enablre you to analyze anything that comes up in the Fogel says. "These don't and while applications and contentt have tobe fresh, we want to stay away from he adds. "We'll conduct lots of researcb before we'll change our base principles. I don'tt apologize for using case studies that are 20years old, for they are classicf examples of these principles.
" Amon them, Fogel explains, are accounting rules and analysis of financiak statements. The basics of building a businesa -- developing a marketing implementing it and defending its marketspacse -- don't change. has its own take on giving studentss hands-on experience to put business principles into Inthe Student-Managed Investment Fund class, classmates manage several hundred thousand dollars of the university's endowment from an actuap trading floor on campus. "This is real moneh that belongs tothe university," says Ron director of graduate programs at UNC Charlotte's Belk Collegew of Business. He says the clasds often outperformsthe market.
There are about 300 students inthe school'z full-time and part-time MBA programs. There' a number of other, more traditional routeds business schools take to keep theirdegreews relevant. One way Queens maintains its "pragmatic Berry says, is by hiring faculty with industry experiencee and by encouraging teachers to maintainconsulting practices. Othef colleges do the same. "Consulting keeps our faculty fresh and create additional linkages to the peoplwe who send students to our Fogel says.
Robert Spear, director of the MBA progranm at , agrees with this "By working in the industry, our facultyy members stay in touchwith reality, and they keep a good finger on the pulse of what is relevant and what is Pfeiffer has more than 500 students in its eveninfg and online programs at its Charlotte campus. Discussinb case studies -- eight to 12-page analyses of real-worlsd business challenges -- is a common teachiny tool. "Case studies provide a much better appreciation for the richness of a situatioh than an abstraction created throughcomputerizee models," Berry says. "They are a way of teaching outsidedthe box.
" At Wake Forest, Fogell says, faculty members are encouraged to writee those studies themselves. "Our basis is research, and that keepsd you fresh, inquisitive and A good university generates knowledge and disseminates Administrators also listen to their advisoryg boards and survey graduates on the usefulnesa ofcourse offerings. But this, too, is not just an academicv exercise, and administrators use the feedback to tweakkthe curricula. "It's an ongoingb process," Spear says. At Queens, Berry has moved coursese in business strategy and finance to an earlierr point inthe two-year program and added a shorr course on the history of business.
"We never teacb the same curricula two yearz ina row. It createa an administrative nightmare, but it is pedagogicallh useful. If you teach people to get out ofthe box, you need to get out of it During a discussion of UNC Charlotte's MBA curriculum at an advisory board meeting last year, members told Veith they wantef more emphasis on effective communications and critical decision-makin g skills. They also wanted more time spenrt on businessethics -- not in a single class, but integrated into every course in the programj and supplemented by outsidde speakers.
And although international businesse is arequired course, board memberw thought it, too, was a subjectt that needed to be woven into all courses, whethetr marketing, management or finance. Locall colleges also look at what other schoolesare doing. Veith says the Universitg of California at Berkeley has added a requirementy that students must demonstrate writing competencwe to graduate and provides assistanced to helpstudents improve. Although UNC Charlottd hasn't made writing skills a requirement, it does offer writingh workshops and seminars forMBA students.
Sometimesx the response to industry needs can be totally new The Belk College will debut a MBA concentration this fall in sportsd marketingand management. In addition to the MBA concentration in real estate financeand development, it will also offer a graduate certificate in the The university has also gone beyond the MBA to respon to the needs of the banking industry by offerinb a master's in math Pfeiffer takes their response a step offering customized MBA programs for companies that enroll a minimumk of 20 students. Classes are oftenj held at the firm's location.
Monday, August 23, 2010
In Japan, a Debilitating Lack of Options to Fight Deflation - New York Times
http://stbasiltoronto.org/sacraments_of_service.html
New York Times | In Japan, a Debilitating Lack of Options to Fight Deflation New York Times TOKYO â€" The economist Milton Friedman once famously proposed scattering money from a helicopter to get consumers to spend their way out of ... |
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Profile: Julian Assange - BBC News
http://masterwork.blogetery.com/2010/08/17/repairs-for-home-improvement/
The Guardian | Profile: Julian Assange BBC News Swedish authorities have cancelled an arrest warrant issued for Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, the whistle-blowing site that recently became famous for publishing tens of thousands of secret US military documents on the war in Afghanistan. ... WikiLeaks founder wanted in Sweden for rape Sweden drops rape accusation against founder of WikiLeaks Sweden Drops Rape » |
Thursday, August 19, 2010
San Francisco plane threat deemed non-credible - CNN
http://renovation.blogetery.com
CBC.ca | San Francisco plane threat deemed non-credible CNN By the CNN Wire Staff People leave American Airlines Flight 24 and board a bus Thursday afternoon at San Francisco's airport. For more on this story, check reports from CNN affiliates KRON and KTVU. (CNN) -- A security threat to an American Airlines ... California: Plane Grounded After Threat Jetliner grounded in San Francisco after threat FBI: Plane Threat In San Francisco Not Credible -Fox |
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Jury was close to conviction on another count - Chicago Tribune
http://blaquelight.com/industrial-steel-doors-highly-protected-and-solid/
CBC.ca | Jury was close to conviction on another count Chicago Tribune The 12 individuals who sat in judgment of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich were, by their accounts, cordial and careful in their consideration of charges against the colorful politician, coming close to convicting him on many of the counts he faced, ... Jury deadlocks on » |
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Sources: Suspected Craigslist killer used bag, pen in suicide - Boston Herald
http://hongkongprop.com/an-overview-of-different-solid-steel-doors/
Seattle Times | Sources: Suspected Craigslist killer used bag, pen in suicide Boston Herald By Laurel J. Sweet, Edward Mason and O'Ryan Johnson A top Hub official is c » |
Friday, August 13, 2010
Obama supports plan for mosque near ground zero - Los Angeles Times
http://theomas.com/Society.html
Jakarta Post | Obama supports plan for mosque near ground zero Los Angeles Times At a Ramadan dinner at the White House, the president breaks his silence on the issue, framing it as one of religious freedom. President Obama addresses guests at an iftar dinner, the meal that breaks the dawn-to-dusk fast for Muslims during the holy ... Obama Strongly Endorses Islam Center Near 9/11 Site At Ramadan dinner, Obama defends plans for Ground Zero mosque Obama Supports Muslim Group's Right to Build Mosque in New York |
Thursday, August 12, 2010
JetBlue's Response to a Fed-Up Employee's Exit - New York Times
Telegraph.co.uk | JetBlue's Response to a Fed-Up Employee's Exit New York Times THE marketers and image-makers of Madison Avenue are asking each other, “What would you do if you were JetBlue?†Louis Lanzano/Associated Press Steven Slater, second from left, a flight attendant who left his plan via an emergency ... In Flight, More Dust-Ups |
http://go-greengifts.com/index.php?ukey=news
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Miffed JetBlue attendant exits plane via slide at JFK, is arrested - Boston Herald
Globe and Mail | Miffed JetBlue attendant exits plane via slide at JFK, is arrested Boston Herald MELVILLE, NY â€" A JetBlue [JBLU] flight attendant at John F. Kennedy International Airport Monday afternoon activated an emergency slide after a confrontation with a passenger on a plane, grabbed cans of beer from the aircraft's g » |
http://savvyinvest.com/real-estate/u-s-a.html
Sunday, August 8, 2010
More rains hit Pakistan as aid agencies boost relief efforts - CNN
CNN | More rains hit Pakistan as aid agencies boost relief efforts CNN By the CNN Wire Staff Children wait to be rescued as their home is taken by flood waters on August 7, 2010 near Sukkur, Pakistan. Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Heavy downpours worsened massive flooding in Pakistan on Sunday as aid agencies increased ... Pakistan troops evacuate thousands in flood disaster Fresh rains hamper Pakistan flood relief Britons Donate £4m To Pakistan Flood Victims |
http://centerlb.org/
Friday, August 6, 2010
Pras not endorsing ex-Fugees bandmate Wyclef Jean for president of Haiti - New York Daily News
Globe and Mail | Pras not endorsing ex-Fugees bandmate Wyclef Jean for president of Haiti New York Daily News Fugees star Pras (left) is endorsing Michel Martell as the next president of Haiti, and not former bandmate Wyclef Jean (right). Brooklyn-bred rapper Wyclef Jean is counting on New Yorkers to back his run for president of Haiti ... AP Interview: Wyclef Jean's Vision For Haiti Wyclef Jean bids for Haitian presidency Singer Wyclef files to run for Haiti's presidency |
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
'Static Kill' Appears to Be Working, BP Says - New York Times
CBC.ca | 'Static Kill' Appears to Be Working, BP Says New York Times HOUSTON â€" BP announced Wednesday that pumping heavy drilling mud into its stricken well in the Gulf of Mexico had appeared to stabilize pressure in the well. The company began the pumping operation on Tuesday with the hope of sealing ... BP says 'static kill' has successfully plugged oil well BP's Macondo well reaches 'static condition' BP: Mud pumped into well is holding back the oil |
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Monday, August 2, 2010
BP gears up for two-phase effort to plug Gulf oil well - CNN
The Guardian | BP gears up for two-phase effort to plug Gulf oil well CNN By the CNN Wire Staff New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- One of two efforts to seal the ruptured oil well in the Gulf once and for » |
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