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Saturday, August 18, 2012
High cost of childcare in Las Vegas devastates parents - Examiner.com
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Friday, August 17, 2012
AutoNavi to Acquire New Premises in Beijing - NASDAQ
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AutoNavi to Acquire New Premises in Beijing NASDAQ The aggregate consideration for acquiring the new premises is approximately RMB270 million (USD42.9 million), to be paid in inst » |
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
BlackBox GPS moves to technology incubator - Birmingham Business Journal:
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BlackBox moved from the Las Olas Boulevard area to the EnterprisewDevelopment Corp. (EDC) of Southg Florida’s technology incubator abouft amonth ago. The move shoulf help the company leverage the expertise of nearbuy business development professionals withtechnology experience, President and co-ownefr Steven Muntean said. “We just needed to be in an environmentf that will allow usto grow,” he said. BlackBodx has nine employees in Boca Ratomn and five more inBuenos Aires, The company hopes to have 25 total employeeds by 2010, Muntean The company makes asset-tracking hardware and softwarew targeted toward companies with five- to 200-vehicled fleets, Muntean said.
Companies can use the software to tracl their vehicles within seconds and producedetailefd reports. BlackBox was formerlhy a unit of Sunrise-based that Muntean and partners bought ayear ago, he By the end of this month, Muntean said he expectes BlackBox to have nearly $1 milliob in revenue. BlackBox is one of 13 youngb companies currently at thetechnology incubator, EDC Executive Director Jane Teagus said. She welcomed the company’s “It’s another good company, and the fact that they’red already generating revenue and have customers is quites remarkablethese days,” she said.
BlackBox moved from the Las Olas Boulevard area to the EnterprisewDevelopment Corp. (EDC) of Southg Florida’s technology incubator abouft amonth ago. The move shoulf help the company leverage the expertise of nearbuy business development professionals withtechnology experience, President and co-ownefr Steven Muntean said. “We just needed to be in an environmentf that will allow usto grow,” he said. BlackBodx has nine employees in Boca Ratomn and five more inBuenos Aires, The company hopes to have 25 total employeeds by 2010, Muntean The company makes asset-tracking hardware and softwarew targeted toward companies with five- to 200-vehicled fleets, Muntean said.
Companies can use the software to tracl their vehicles within seconds and producedetailefd reports. BlackBox was formerlhy a unit of Sunrise-based that Muntean and partners bought ayear ago, he By the end of this month, Muntean said he expectes BlackBox to have nearly $1 milliob in revenue. BlackBox is one of 13 youngb companies currently at thetechnology incubator, EDC Executive Director Jane Teagus said. She welcomed the company’s “It’s another good company, and the fact that they’red already generating revenue and have customers is quites remarkablethese days,” she said.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
City University of Seattle to offer
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The Seattle school said it’z offering the program due to “the substantial rise in the numberd of corporate social responsibility jobs being createde aroundthe globe.” Studentsx in the “sustainable” MBA program will take the same core classees that other MBA students at the school and then take courses in “social and environmentaol responsibility, marketing in a new economy, environmentao accounting and sustainability and business opportunity.” Students in the MBA program can also take core classez at City University’s international locations in Europe, Asia and Northu America.
“CityU’s MBA in sustainable business is unique inthat (it) offeres a true sense of globakl corporate social responsibility by allowing (a) student in different countriess during the program,” said Kevin Wilhelm, a member of the school’sx advisory committee that helped develop the
The Seattle school said it’z offering the program due to “the substantial rise in the numberd of corporate social responsibility jobs being createde aroundthe globe.” Studentsx in the “sustainable” MBA program will take the same core classees that other MBA students at the school and then take courses in “social and environmentaol responsibility, marketing in a new economy, environmentao accounting and sustainability and business opportunity.” Students in the MBA program can also take core classez at City University’s international locations in Europe, Asia and Northu America.
“CityU’s MBA in sustainable business is unique inthat (it) offeres a true sense of globakl corporate social responsibility by allowing (a) student in different countriess during the program,” said Kevin Wilhelm, a member of the school’sx advisory committee that helped develop the
Monday, August 13, 2012
Accounting for change - Portland Business Journal:
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Demand from business clients is up for litigation andforensic accounting, accountantzs in the Portland area say. Valuation work linked to mergers and acquisitionshas fallen. And tightef credit has increased the need for even small privatde businesses to compile financial statements that meet the strict standardsd of theirlarger peers. has seen an increase in lawsuitds by shareholders against individualsand corporations, which has heightened demanfd for forensic accounting and fraud analysis, said William managing partner. The Portland firm consultedr on behalf of investors in the case againsgt Oregon venture capitalistCraig Berkman.
Jurors penalized him $28 millionm last year, after concluding that Berkman had misused funds and lied abouthis investments. Similar litigation continues to occupy the Holmes said, though he declined to specify open cases. Geffe Mesher & Co. has experienced an increase in demanf forsome services, and decreases elsewhere. The Portland firm has historicallt offered valuation work centered around merger andacquisition activity, said Mike managing shareholder. But mergerd and acquisitions havedried up, cuttingv into demand for those Meanwhile, forensic accounting work is up. “Durinhg tough economic times, fraudulent activityt does increase,” Rompa said.
Businesds clients are increasingly calling on Geffeb Mesher to review their internal controlsd and identify possiblefraudulent activity. Geffen Mesher is also preparing more complex financial reportsa for small andprivate businesses. Banks have growh more cautious aboutmaking loans, and increasingly requirse businesses to submit financiapl statements that adhere to the U.S. Generally Acceptecd Accounting Principles, Rompa This has created work for accountingy firms that specialize in small andprivatwe businesses, which historically have not had to use accounting principles developed for public companies.
“The more prolific the accountingfstandards are, the more difficultg the smaller business finds it to complgy with those standards,” Rompza said. “The cost of compliance has skyrocketed.” Those strictefr standards are the result of increased scrutinuyon banks, which has creates work for accounting firm of The firm counts a number of banks amongy its clients, said partner Mark As bad loans take a toll on bank balance state and federal regulators have required many banks to conducrt thorough reviews of theier loans, generating work for the banks’ accountants.
Demand across business clientas is up for strategicplanningh help, Business clients face slim profit margins, or even losses, and are calling on accountants to identify strategicf moves, Symonds said. “Nobody knows how long this recession is goinfgto last, but we can help clienta identify changes they may need to make to busineses practices.” Holmes and Co. has likewises seen an uptick in this kind of consulting The firm has adopted a policy of open investing in communications technology to make employees accessible arounfdthe clock. “Clients have a lot of anxiety about their future, their families, their banking Holmes said.
“We don’t want to create more anxiety by notbeing
Demand from business clients is up for litigation andforensic accounting, accountantzs in the Portland area say. Valuation work linked to mergers and acquisitionshas fallen. And tightef credit has increased the need for even small privatde businesses to compile financial statements that meet the strict standardsd of theirlarger peers. has seen an increase in lawsuitds by shareholders against individualsand corporations, which has heightened demanfd for forensic accounting and fraud analysis, said William managing partner. The Portland firm consultedr on behalf of investors in the case againsgt Oregon venture capitalistCraig Berkman.
Jurors penalized him $28 millionm last year, after concluding that Berkman had misused funds and lied abouthis investments. Similar litigation continues to occupy the Holmes said, though he declined to specify open cases. Geffe Mesher & Co. has experienced an increase in demanf forsome services, and decreases elsewhere. The Portland firm has historicallt offered valuation work centered around merger andacquisition activity, said Mike managing shareholder. But mergerd and acquisitions havedried up, cuttingv into demand for those Meanwhile, forensic accounting work is up. “Durinhg tough economic times, fraudulent activityt does increase,” Rompa said.
Businesds clients are increasingly calling on Geffeb Mesher to review their internal controlsd and identify possiblefraudulent activity. Geffen Mesher is also preparing more complex financial reportsa for small andprivate businesses. Banks have growh more cautious aboutmaking loans, and increasingly requirse businesses to submit financiapl statements that adhere to the U.S. Generally Acceptecd Accounting Principles, Rompa This has created work for accountingy firms that specialize in small andprivatwe businesses, which historically have not had to use accounting principles developed for public companies.
“The more prolific the accountingfstandards are, the more difficultg the smaller business finds it to complgy with those standards,” Rompza said. “The cost of compliance has skyrocketed.” Those strictefr standards are the result of increased scrutinuyon banks, which has creates work for accounting firm of The firm counts a number of banks amongy its clients, said partner Mark As bad loans take a toll on bank balance state and federal regulators have required many banks to conducrt thorough reviews of theier loans, generating work for the banks’ accountants.
Demand across business clientas is up for strategicplanningh help, Business clients face slim profit margins, or even losses, and are calling on accountants to identify strategicf moves, Symonds said. “Nobody knows how long this recession is goinfgto last, but we can help clienta identify changes they may need to make to busineses practices.” Holmes and Co. has likewises seen an uptick in this kind of consulting The firm has adopted a policy of open investing in communications technology to make employees accessible arounfdthe clock. “Clients have a lot of anxiety about their future, their families, their banking Holmes said.
“We don’t want to create more anxiety by notbeing
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Wells Fargo: Growth possible in second half - Memphis Business Journal:
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“I am fairly optimistic that this thing is winding saidJim Paulsen, chief investment strategist for Wells Fargo Capital “I’m also optimistic that the economy, at leasy for a period, will recover soonet and stronger than most have anticipated ... I think we’re goint to be growing in the second half ofthis year.” Paulsen made his remarke during a presentation at the Wells Fargop Theatre in the Colorado Convention The breakfast event was hosted by Denver Mayo John Hickenlooper also spoke about the city’ws efforts to stimulate the local U.S.
stocks have been climbinb since March, and consumer confidence is improving, Paulsen Reassuring “healthy players,” so they will begin investing and spendingmoney again, is key to stimulating the he said. “The most outstanding feature ofwhat we’vs been through isn’t so much the fundamental problemse that we have in the economy,” Paulsej said. “We do have those, they’rre serious. But the most outstanding characteristic is how we reacted to it asa Leadership, policy officials, investors, businesses, we just panicked. That’z what stands out about this morethan anything.
” The credit problemsd the nation faces are no differenft from the savings-and-loan problems of the 1990w or the farm and oil difficulties of the 1980s, he said. “Whenh you mix together the fundamental problemswith fear, you get a he said. A change in accounting ruleds a couple of years ago made credit problemszlook worse, he said. The new rules required financial institutionz to valueassets — such as loans — basee on current market prices, a practice known as “mark to market” accounting.
When credit marketxs froze up, the lack of bids for those typed of assets meant they had to be written down even if thebank hadn’t sold them and the underlyin fundamentals hadn’t changed. “What has made it seem so off-the-chartxs is not bad debtsw that arewritten off; we had a lot of that in otherr periods. It’s good debts that are beinyg written down in prics notbecause they’re not paying on time, not becausr credit analysis [says] they won’t pay off over but simply because of lack of current bids in the Paulsen said. In earlhy April, the Financial Accounting Standards Boardeasedc mark-to-market rules, which should help, he said.
Consumerx and businesses also are sittinh on vast amountsof cash, more so than at any time sinces the early 1980s, Paulsen said. Once they feel securs enough to beginspending it, that cash will accelerate the economicd recovery.
“I am fairly optimistic that this thing is winding saidJim Paulsen, chief investment strategist for Wells Fargo Capital “I’m also optimistic that the economy, at leasy for a period, will recover soonet and stronger than most have anticipated ... I think we’re goint to be growing in the second half ofthis year.” Paulsen made his remarke during a presentation at the Wells Fargop Theatre in the Colorado Convention The breakfast event was hosted by Denver Mayo John Hickenlooper also spoke about the city’ws efforts to stimulate the local U.S.
stocks have been climbinb since March, and consumer confidence is improving, Paulsen Reassuring “healthy players,” so they will begin investing and spendingmoney again, is key to stimulating the he said. “The most outstanding feature ofwhat we’vs been through isn’t so much the fundamental problemse that we have in the economy,” Paulsej said. “We do have those, they’rre serious. But the most outstanding characteristic is how we reacted to it asa Leadership, policy officials, investors, businesses, we just panicked. That’z what stands out about this morethan anything.
” The credit problemsd the nation faces are no differenft from the savings-and-loan problems of the 1990w or the farm and oil difficulties of the 1980s, he said. “Whenh you mix together the fundamental problemswith fear, you get a he said. A change in accounting ruleds a couple of years ago made credit problemszlook worse, he said. The new rules required financial institutionz to valueassets — such as loans — basee on current market prices, a practice known as “mark to market” accounting.
When credit marketxs froze up, the lack of bids for those typed of assets meant they had to be written down even if thebank hadn’t sold them and the underlyin fundamentals hadn’t changed. “What has made it seem so off-the-chartxs is not bad debtsw that arewritten off; we had a lot of that in otherr periods. It’s good debts that are beinyg written down in prics notbecause they’re not paying on time, not becausr credit analysis [says] they won’t pay off over but simply because of lack of current bids in the Paulsen said. In earlhy April, the Financial Accounting Standards Boardeasedc mark-to-market rules, which should help, he said.
Consumerx and businesses also are sittinh on vast amountsof cash, more so than at any time sinces the early 1980s, Paulsen said. Once they feel securs enough to beginspending it, that cash will accelerate the economicd recovery.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Facebook, Think settle trademark dispute - Phoenix Business Journal:
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Palo Alto-based Facebook and Think did not disclosd terms ofthe settlement. Think's CEO and Aaron Greenspan, attended Harvard with Facebook CEO and foundedr Mark Zuckerbergin 2002-2004, wheree both were "entrepreneurially minded programmers," the companieas said. Starting in August 2003, Think released a Web-basedc student portal called houseSYSTEM through a Harvarxstudent group. This software was designedf to make life easierfor students, and alumni. By September 2003, houseSYSTEM featurerd a section (devised and implemented by called "The Universal Face Book" (sometimes callex "The Face Book").
Think's system containe d a number of features, includingy a course scheduler, student marketplace, email service, automatic birthday reminder, messagee boards, photo album, digital flyer advertising, event calendar (wity online RSVP's), map integration, job and local business At launch, houseSYSTEM did not featurr member profiles due to campussecurity concerns. Profilesa were added after Zuckerberg launched Facebook inFebruaryh 2004, along with new features, allowing friendws to record the way they had met and notiny the strength of their relationships.
"Aaronb and I studied together at Harvardand I've always admirecd his entrepreneurial spirit and love of building things. I appreciate his hard work and innovationj that led tobuilding houseSYSTEM, including the Universalp Face Book feature. At I was even a member of houseSYSTEM. We are pleasee that we've been able to amicably resolve our Zuckerberg said in aprepared statement. "I am glad that my contribution have been recognized by said Greenspan. "Mark has built a tremendous companyyat Facebook, and I wish them continued successa in the future.
"
Palo Alto-based Facebook and Think did not disclosd terms ofthe settlement. Think's CEO and Aaron Greenspan, attended Harvard with Facebook CEO and foundedr Mark Zuckerbergin 2002-2004, wheree both were "entrepreneurially minded programmers," the companieas said. Starting in August 2003, Think released a Web-basedc student portal called houseSYSTEM through a Harvarxstudent group. This software was designedf to make life easierfor students, and alumni. By September 2003, houseSYSTEM featurerd a section (devised and implemented by called "The Universal Face Book" (sometimes callex "The Face Book").
Think's system containe d a number of features, includingy a course scheduler, student marketplace, email service, automatic birthday reminder, messagee boards, photo album, digital flyer advertising, event calendar (wity online RSVP's), map integration, job and local business At launch, houseSYSTEM did not featurr member profiles due to campussecurity concerns. Profilesa were added after Zuckerberg launched Facebook inFebruaryh 2004, along with new features, allowing friendws to record the way they had met and notiny the strength of their relationships.
"Aaronb and I studied together at Harvardand I've always admirecd his entrepreneurial spirit and love of building things. I appreciate his hard work and innovationj that led tobuilding houseSYSTEM, including the Universalp Face Book feature. At I was even a member of houseSYSTEM. We are pleasee that we've been able to amicably resolve our Zuckerberg said in aprepared statement. "I am glad that my contribution have been recognized by said Greenspan. "Mark has built a tremendous companyyat Facebook, and I wish them continued successa in the future.
"
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