Technology: Recruiters’ Friend or Foe?

There is no doubt that technology has had a significant impact on the way we identify and recruit candidates in this age of social networking and ... to be treated as a commodity? Have we forgotten that recruiting is sales? That sales is what builds real [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 10:13:05

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Homosexual brain resembles that of opposite sex: study PhysOrg Blogger arrests hit record high BBC ... about Clinton corruption too (please, the commodity trading, the sale of the Lincoln bedroom, the list goes ... of the CIA who was also given a two star general rank as an advisor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff [more...]

Date: 2008-06-17 05:43:51

P&G says 1Q profit rises 9 percent

... more options of popular items helped Procter & Gamble Co. post a nearly 9 percent increase in its fiscal ... of its earnings guidance for the full fiscal year, facing slower sales amid volatility in commodity and energy [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 19:41:42

Cleantech: The Recession-Proof Sector

Has the ongoing recession dampened your spirits? It probably has, as it's affected everything from stalwart automakers to commodity prices to home sales to unemployment. But despite a few delayed and canceled downstream projects (steel [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 10:39:14

More Troubling Employment News

At this point it is hard to remember the last time we say positive employment news, and the latest batch isn't helping anything ... commodity prices. As Reuters reports, retail sales in November suffered their biggest drop in five years [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 20:22:37

Above the fold

A DAILY round-up of economic news: The bailout saga continues to turn ... for oil yesterday. Traders buying October oil futures to cover earlier sales of the contract briefly ... by resurgent commodities prices and a tangled global financial situation. [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 14:18:14

10/29/2008 - Upgrade & Downgrade (Update 2)

UPGRADE :S&P maintains strong buy opinion on shares of Procter & Gamble (PG)September-quarter EPS of $1.03, vs. $0.92, is $0.03 above our estimate ... sales and profits, commodity cost pressure may ease. We trim our 2008 EPS estimate to $1.90 [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 11:41:00

SIPC: Lehman To Be Liquidated

How did this little gem slip by unnoticed? Tomorrow at 4PM, Lehman is to be liquidated ... of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Reserve, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ... in connection with a proposed sale of the business of the broker-dealer to Barclays Capital Inc. A hearing [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 05:00:00

THE CASE AGAINST BARACK OBAMA

How would Barack Obama govern if he were elected? The answer, says author David Freddoso, in his new book, "The Case Against Barack Obama," ... economic turmoil -- it has lost its two leading banks and thousands of jobs in the futures and commodities markets.Not only does it have the highest retail sales tax in the country, at 10.25 percent [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 16:35:56

Obama has raised a full $395,574 from employees and PACs of the now-bankrupt Lehman brothers

Second only to Hillary Clinton. Chris Dodd and Chuck Schumer did quite nicely, too; McCain is seventh among the firm’s favorite pols ( ... and the sale of Merrill Lynch fed expectations of another big liquidation of commodities holdings ... institutional investors were major participants in the commodities boom of the past year, helping [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 18:49:55

Trade deficit is going where?

rdan(hat tip Stormy)Market Oracle has an opinion on where the trade deficit will be headed: ... situation: * We make mining equipment at a time when commodity prices are crashing and mines ... . The resiliency of Wal-Mart sale is bad news for the US, as virtually all the retailer's cheap [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 10:00:00

The Intangible Doppleganger

Can I resell my MP3's> - the post-sale life of digital goods Can you own an idea? ... a tangible product or commodity is obviously limited in how many copies can be made ... . A physical commodity does not have this characteristic. It can be resold, borrowed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 03:48:07

Lawsuit Targets Banks With Novel Tactic

Some Cleveland neighborhoods have a message for banks that abandon their foreclosed houses or unload them at fire sale prices to speculators: ... go downhill from there: “The vacant property enters the cheap housing ‘commodity’ market, where ... , sometimes for less than $1,000 - the housing equivalent of trading in ‘penny stocks.’ “The vast majority [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 08:11:08

Lunch Wrap

On FT Alphaville Friday morning, - Rio offloads assets to private equity. - Ponzi meets Treasuries bubble. - Time for an Exxon M&A move? - New Year sales, Federal Reserve edition. - All calm on the Allianz front. - Deutsche Bank's mythology of commodities. - Mini turmoil at Foxtons.... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 12:26:23

Gold Sale Spurs Manipulation Talk

MarketWatch is reporting Gold Sale Spurs Manipulation Talk Recent heat from Congress and regulators, along with public speculation, over whether commodity prices are being manipulated has also reached gold pits, where the debate ... , an investment advisor at Sitka Pacific Capital Management, in an online blog post on Wednesday. Banks [more...]

Date: 2008-08-30 06:21:11

Rio Tinto survival plan includes possible JV sale, job cuts

Rio Tinto plc may sell its stake in a China joint venture as it fights devastating commodity prices and towering debt. Reuters quotes unnamed sources at Rio's JV partner Qingtongxia Aluminum as... [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 16:02:03

How will the current retail environment affect green industry sales in the spring?

Quick overview of some of yesterday's December retail data (no real surprises):Wal-Mart cut fiscal Q4 earnings target about 10% ... " with vendors in the first half of the year as grocers push for lower prices to help shoppers through ... Wednesday.With commodity and ingredient costs falling sharply in recent months, supermarket [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 15:01:00

Tin Pan Alley for Sale

Now might be a good time to take a look at Tin Pan Alley, because The NY Post reports that "the birthplace of American song" has become a real estate commodity. Dating back to 1885, when music publishers came to the area ... . Ekman, whose apartment floors sloped a radical five inches. "She thinks the future of the row [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 20:30:12

Supermarts becoming bustling for Tet sale

Hanoians now begin to flock into supermarts and traditional markets to do shopping for Tet which is coming in two weeks ... carts full of commodities, from drinks to fish sauce, glutinous rice, to chestnuts and confectionaries. Hang estimated that she would have to spend VND 2 million for the commodities.   Like many other [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 03:59:00

Media Digest 1/6/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

According the Reuters, December domestic cars sales were the worst month in years. Reuters writes that Toyota (TM) will cut plants. Reuters reports that Apple's (AAPL) Jobs tried to calm investors about his health. Reuters reports that China is making strategic use of commodity priced collapses. Reuters reports [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 09:02:51

Friday morning links

TOP STORIES Retail sales fall by record 2.8 percent in October - Reuters Chances Dwindle on Bailout Plan for Automakers - NY Times State and city ... Online China Expected to Shift Reserves into Commodities and Gold - Jesse's Cafe ECONOMY U.S. Retail [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 14:19:08

Bridal Show follow up is key to closing sales

Email & Snail Mail Email & Snail Mail You can meet an incredible number of brides at just one wedding trade show ... has conversed with 5 to 10 wedding vendors in your category, they all start to look like a commodity [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 19:39:01

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