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  • Steve Rosenbaum: Are we a Curation Nation? Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:15AMThere's a new world order emerging around media and publishing. Producing original content is simply too expensive to sustain alone for all but the largest...
  • Barclays pension head Tony Broccardo builds dynamic asset allocation Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 7:13PMFN: Why the move from an asset management house to a pension fund? Broccardo: I started off my career as an investment analyst and strategist at brokerage houses and then moved on to fund management. My clients were large institutional pension funds, based mainly in the US and Holland in those days.
  • State of Ohio fails to build on northwest Ohio solar success Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 6:40AMBy JOE VARDON BLADE PROJECTS EDITOR First of three parts Toledo and its northwest Ohio neighbors have missed out on coveted manufacturing jobs in the solar industry because of a failure by state officials to attract companies with tax incentives or create a viable market for solar panels in Ohio, a Blade investigation shows. Since 2007, thousands of those jobs have gone to states where companies ...
  • More Asia and the Pacific Pages Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 5:24PMAbstract: The relationship between America and Indonesia can and should expand far beyond its current level.
  • New Ontario venture fund targets tech startups Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 4:55PMDuncan Hill and Robin Axon are going back to basics to help forge a new future for venture capital in Ontario. Today, the founders of Toronto's Basecamp Labs are joining forces with commercial ...
  • New Ontario venture fund targets tech startups Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 1:45PMThe $20-million fund plans to seek out early stage mobile and Web software companies, including companies building smart phone applications
  • GBP 17m Government Investment In Retrofitting To Pave The Way For Low Carbon Housing Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 12:38PMThe UK government announces a programme in which GBP GBP 17m of funding is to benefit 87 social housing projects across the nation in a test of low c ...
  • County Supervisor Don Knabe delivers State of the Marina address to Marina Affairs Committee Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 1:58PMIn his State of the Marina address February 17th, Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe said the county “did the right thing in setting aside money for a rainy-day fund, but it didn’t anticipate the 100-year flood.”
  • Earth Watch Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 9:31AMTroubled waters tinge UK's marine protection plan
  • Today's Opinions And Editorials Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 11:41AMDoctors Willing To Make A House Call Politico Leaders from both parties have been invited to bring ideas. But not one member of Congress with a background in health care will be present (Rep. Tim Murphy, 2/24). 'Don't Ask' Is No Way To Run Health Care Bloomberg Creating a system of real health insurance, along with honest subsidy where necessary, is the simple solution to many of our problems ...
  • Genzyme Chief May Not Go Gently Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 4:30AMIn the biotechnology business, where executives or even entire companies can come and go in an instant, Henri A. Termeer has been a constant. His 25 years atop the Genzyme Corporation is one of the longest tenures for a chief executive in industry, The New York Times’s Andrew Pollack writes . During that time, he built Genzyme from a tiny start-up into one of the nation’s top five biotechnology ...
  • Real Estate Looks Risky, but Less So for Bargain Hunters Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 6:36PMFor passive investors interested in REITs or entrepreneurs seeking to buy buildings, the uncertainty in commercial realty could present opportunities.
  • Is Town Sports International a Healthy Pick? Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 11:47AMBy Nathan Kawaguchi. As we screen the stock universe for companies that generate a lot of free cash flow, we often come across ideas that have a lot of upside potential coupled with a lot of downside risk. As risk-averse value investors, our first reaction is to pass. But we sometimes buy a small basket of such ideas and treat this basket as one position. We may have come across an idea to throw ...
  • Organization boards direct ethical tone, strategic ends Monday, February 15, 2010 @ 10:04PMLack of corporate governance integrity has reached such proportions that the very assumptions upon which our free market investment system is based are being shaken. At the same time, our confidence in charities also has been repeatedly shaken. In fact, charities and their governance are coming under increasing examination from several directions, including Congress.
  • Rotman takes MBA show on the road Saturday, February 13, 2010 @ 4:45AMIt only took two weeks to totally change the way Ruben Sekhon felt about working in the Middle East – more aptly to lure her away from a position in Canada to Dubai.
  • Semiconductor Stock Alert for Vishay Intertechnology Inc. Issued by StockPreacher Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 6:50AMDALLAS -- StockPreacher.com announces an investment report featuring Vishay Intertechnology Inc. . The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision. 
  • 2010 ZODIAC OUTLOOK: Claw your way up Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 1:13AMIT'S fantastic when any brand has the occasion to celebrate all-year round with its customers. Tiger Beer is certainly roaring with delight as it celebrates the Year of the Tiger, especially with the winning outlook predicted for tigers. Read on to find out what the year holds for your animal sign.
  • Grabbing the big cat by the tail Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 10:49PMLET feng shui master Joey Yap (pix) explains how your animal sign in the Chinese zodiac can play to win with this year’s Metal Tiger. TIGER This is a good year to plant the seeds of success for you to charge ahead in subsequent years. Put in more effort to gain recognition at your workplace.
  • People on the Move Tuesday, February 9, 2010 @ 5:47PMTerry Nelson has been named executive director of the Tacoma Concert Band. He served for 32 years in the U.S. Air Force, as a command pilot and in additional leadership positions. He earned a bachelor's degree in international relations from the University of St. Thomas and a master's degree in human resource management from Chapman University. Nelson succeeds Mark Reutlinger, who served as ...
  • Lost your tongue? Friday, February 5, 2010 @ 7:08AMThe importance of preserving dying languages
  • Statesman, pacifist, civil rights icon Rev. Andrew Young going strong at 78 Thursday, February 4, 2010 @ 11:47PMThe Rev. Andrew Young’s day began Thursday at 5 a.m. in the White House’s prayer breakfast, where U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama sang from a shared hymnal. And as the clock’s hands rolled toward 5 p.m., the man described as a “civil rights icon” and “piece of American history” was in Terre Haute, lacing tales of 200-strong mobs of Klansmen with philosophical ...
  • Miguel Barbosa Interviews Mariusz Skonieczny of Classic Value Investors, LLC Thursday, February 4, 2010 @ 11:32AMBy Miguel Barbosa. Dear Readers, I'm happy to present our latest interview with young investor Mariusz Skonieczny....Mariusz has a very interesting take on value investing having competed professionally as a ballroom dancer, written a book, and launched a fund. Enjoy! Read more » »
  • Cuckoo for coconuts Sunday, January 31, 2010 @ 2:00AMMadonna has become so nuts for coconut water that she recently invested about $1.5 million in one of the leading makers of the drink, which has taken Hollywood and The Big Apple by storm, The Post has learned. Guy Oseary, the Material Girl's manager, told On the Money...
  • It's Finally Time to Buy These Stocks Tuesday, January 26, 2010 @ 2:53PMSmall-cap value is interesting again.
  • Hedge Fund Clone Portfolios Crushed the US Stock Market in 2009 Tuesday, January 19, 2010 @ 7:32AMOver 70% of AlphaClone's Smart Money Simulations Outperformed the S&P 500 Index
  • Hedge Fund Clone Portfolios Crushed the US Stock Market in 2009 Tuesday, January 19, 2010 @ 7:00AMSAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - 01/19/10) - AlphaClone LLC, today announced 2009 performance results for its simulated hedge fund clone portfolios. For the year ending December 31, 2009, over 70% of AlphaClone's 3,100 clone portfolios beat the S&P 500 market index, with over half outperforming by 10 percentage points or more. Leveraging the publicly disclosed stock picks of the world's top ...
  • Questioning India's non-aligned policy Friday, January 15, 2010 @ 11:28AMNonalignment, along with the other pillars of the Nehruvian consensus -- democracy, secularism and self-reliant equitable development -- retains much of its relevance. Today's world is even more conflict-ridden and unequal than in 1950, with income differentials of 90:1. If India is to do any good to the world, it must promote the agendas of equality, justice and peace and speak for the poor and ...
  • This Strategy Will Make You a Winner Thursday, January 14, 2010 @ 4:23PMThe best way to handle the ups and downs of the markets has been to come up with an investing plan that spreads your money across various types of stocks and other investments.
  • Big ideas Wednesday, January 13, 2010 @ 4:20PMThe Jan. 7 issue of the Arkansas Times is our yearly Natives Guide, a guide to life in Pulaski County. Our regular issue will return Jan. 14. Here: Big ideas, about schools, gardening, bocce and more.
  • China makes rapid strides to dominate science Wednesday, January 13, 2010 @ 2:39PMIn 2009, China’s research publications output was second only to the U.S.
  • Alterian predicts a new decade of marketing trends Wednesday, January 13, 2010 @ 10:32AMSome of the discussed forecasting ideas in this article are by no means new and are already being talked about in the industry – focussing on more effective ways to engage and communicate for example.
  • As Gordon Brown faces meltdown, so too does Labour Monday, January 11, 2010 @ 5:49AMThere was something poignant about Sarah Brown's revelation yesterday that the Prime Minister has made no fewer than four snowmen during this cold spell. One can imagine her husband humming Walking In the Air, as he doughtily builds yet another Snow-Gordon in the garden and mutters to himself: “Now, y'know, this one won't melt.” And yet it does. They all do.
  • In Two Parts. Part Two: Productivity Revisited Friday, January 8, 2010 @ 3:28PMIn Part One I discussed the clear and present danger to pension rights: deflation as manifested by the interest rates structure that has been falling for almost thirty years, while most observers still think that the real danger is inflation.
  • Incentives Included in Recovery Act May Stimulate Community-scale Wind Projects Friday, January 8, 2010 @ 10:38AMThe stimulus package passed in 2009 by Congress may help shovel-ready community wind projects move ahead, according to a new report by Mark Bolinger, a scientist in the Environmental Energy Technologies Division of the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Bolinger analyzed the impact of two new incentives for wind power that were included in the Recovery Act.
  • Don't try to time the market Wednesday, January 6, 2010 @ 9:18AMAs you try to figure out how to put your money to work in a market that veers from depression to mania, you're confronted with two opposing facts that lead to opposing investing strategies.
  • Enterprise Cloud Computing Utilities Wednesday, January 6, 2010 @ 4:15AMToday’s CIO organizations face a complex array of challenges in managing the Business Platform (the group of applications and services that implement the Business Value Chain (BVC)). The business expects technology innovation as a business differentiator, demands application portfolio stability, requires change requests to be handled promptly, experiences growth rates that are often ...
  • The Carter Syndrome Tuesday, January 5, 2010 @ 6:31PMNeither a cold-blooded realist nor a bleeding-heart idealist, Barack Obama has a split personality when it comes to foreign policy. So do most U.S. presidents, of course, and the ideas that inspire this one have a long history at the core of the American political tradition.
  • Internet providing helping hand to social initiatives Monday, January 4, 2010 @ 4:52AMWith more and more people getting involved with social welfare programmes, Internet has come to play significant role in increasing connectivity, cutting costs and building a strong link between rural and urban India. Some of the initiatives show how online networking has contributed towards these larger social movements.
  • For new boss, communication is key Monday, January 4, 2010 @ 12:28AMQ I'm starting the new year with a new job. What suggestions do you have for me to get off on the right foot with my new team? A Energy, enthusiasm and openness to new ideas will send a good message ...
  • Liz Reyer: For new boss, communication is key Sunday, January 3, 2010 @ 6:15PMQI'm starting the new year with a new job. What suggestions do you have for me to get off on the right foot with my new team? AEnergy, enthusiasm and openness to new ideas will send a good message to your team.
  • A solar pioneer takes his home to the next level Saturday, January 2, 2010 @ 10:51AMRichard Levine has heard all of the arguments about why solar energy won’t work in Kentucky.
  • Solar home is a net benefit Saturday, January 2, 2010 @ 10:51AMRichard Levine has heard all of the arguments about why solar energy won't work in Kentucky.
  • Top stories of 2009: 2-10 Thursday, December 31, 2009 @ 6:08AM2. Pension debt swells to $2,140 per resident
  • Interesting comments!! I Tuesday, December 29, 2009 @ 7:50PMIn reply to A Future By Design : Interesting comments!! I believe that the majority of the innovation required to make our homes self-sufficient exists already. Grace70 made a very sensible reference to Passive Houses. I recommend this to all. Our major hurdle at this stage is getting the architectural and development communities to embrace environmentally friendly design and construction. The ...
  • @ icedvolvo Anarchy is for Tuesday, December 29, 2009 @ 7:50PMIn reply to A Future By Design : @ icedvolvo Anarchy is for those who have a highly developed sense of personal responsibility. I don’t see it as a practical means of progressive problem-solving in the here-and-now. What we have is a real conundrum. On the one hand, in the face of ongoing climate change, local adaptation must become more & more of an urgent issue. As you know, Australia is huge ...
  • Earnestly pondered: why Tuesday, December 29, 2009 @ 7:50PMIn reply to A Future By Design : Earnestly pondered: why can’t Krudd and Wrong give the Electorate some indication that they take "Climate Change seriously?? It is such a small srep. Maybe it’s because the rest of the world is literally freezing its nuts off! Record freezing cold, ice and snow all across the Northern Hemisphere from the UK across Europe, Russia and Asia, China, Japan, Canada and ...
  • Small businesses awaiting change in the winds in downtown Edinburg Friday, December 25, 2009 @ 2:01AMEDINBURG — Lawyers and clerks from the Hidalgo County Courthouse fill the small dining room, takeout orders wait for delivery in tightly tied bags in the kitchen, a lonche is burning in the oven, and owner Simon Madera just discovered yesterday’s...
  • MCLB Albany inks 1st landfill gas to energy project in Corps Wednesday, December 23, 2009 @ 9:01AMMARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE ALBANY, Ga. After years of working hard, planning, strategizing and negotiating, the long awaited landfill gas to energy partnership between Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Ga., and Dougherty County was officially signed Monday.
  • 3 strategies for outsmarting the market Tuesday, December 22, 2009 @ 3:06PMAs you try to figure out how to put your money to work in a market that veers from depression to mania, you're confronted with two opposing facts that lead to opposing investing strategies.
  • Earth Watch Saturday, December 19, 2009 @ 12:31PMWhere does the world go from (No) Hopenhagen?