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Thursday, January 24, 2008

Adaptive Planning: A cure for the recession blues?

From Blogging Stocks - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:39 am ET

Filed under: Next big thing, International Business Machines (IBM)The economy may be slowing, but that doesn't seem to be a problem for Adaptive Planning, which develops web-based business performance management (BPM) software. This week, Adaptive ... (more)

Snort Me: The Burg's legendary pre-gentrification Kokie's is... (1 click)

From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:37 am ET

The Burg's legendary pre-gentrification Kokie's is a symbol of the entire recent history of the neighborhood. "Just before the turn of the millennium, on the soon-to-be gentrified corner of Berry and North 3rd in Williamsburg, ... (more)

Selling Over? I'm Just Not Buying It.

From Seeking Alpha - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:34 am ET

Mark McQueen (Wellington Financial) submits: The Hong King market was up more than 10% Wednesday morning, while Japan and China bounced back two and three percent, respectively. As washouts go, this one has been remarkably ... (more)

Why Investment Banking Mergers Stink (2 clicks)

From Information Arbitrage - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:33 am ET

This morning, DealBook linked to a Breakingviews piece on rumors of Credit Suisse possibly buying Bear Stearns. I immediately broke into a cold sweat even considering the possibility. Why? Because investment banking mergers are quite ... (more)

NDS Jumps As RBC Ups Rating To “Top Pick” (1 click)

From Tech Trader Daily - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:32 am ET

NDS Group (NNDS) shares are up sharply after RBC Capital’s Daniel Meron upgraded shares of the cable industry equipment provider to “Top Pick,” from Outperform, with a price target of $66. Meron notes that the company’s ... (more)

What Do DVD Rentals and Airport Security Have In Common? (3 clicks)

From Freakonomics Blog - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:31 am ET

Both are provided by companies offering cash prizes in exchange for new business ideas. Just as Netflix announced plans to pay a $1 million prize to anyone who comes up with an algorithm for movie ... (more)

Stop Paying to Cash Your Check and Save $360,000 For Retirement (10 clicks)

From AllFinancialMatters - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:31 am ET

How much does it cost to cash a check? A lot more than I thought: …according to a new Brookings Institution report, as much as $360,000 in pre-tax wealth could be created if the average, full-time unbanked worker invested in the stock market what he will spend over his lifetime paying to cash his paychecks. [...] ... (more)

Speak Up and Save Money (21 clicks)

From Money Ning - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:30 am ET

My fiancee is very good at helping us save money because she isn’t afraid to speak up! Just today, she managed to save us $500 because she spoke up when we were treated unfairly. The place we picked for our wedding ceremony had a $500 wedding coordination fee and we were told that it was [...] ... (more)

AT&T Acquires A Record 2.7 Million Customers [Wireless Wars]

From Consumerist - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:30 am ET

Team AT&T is absolutely kicking everyone's ass all over town, adding a record 2.7 million new wireless customers in the 4Q, says MarketWatch. They also added 396,000 high speed internet customers and 105,000 U-Verse TV ... (more)

Four Not So Contrarian Retail Plays

From Seeking Alpha - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:30 am ET

Stockerblog submits: When I wrote the article on retailer stocks on Monday, during the Martin Luther King holiday, I really did think that they would be good contrarian plays, but even I was surprised about ... (more)

De La Hoya Is Back! Buying Sears Property After All (1 click)

From Curbed Los Angeles - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:30 am ET

Boxer Oscar De La Hoya has inked a new deal to purchase the Sears property in Boyle Heights, reports the Los Angeles Business Journal. Last summer, De La Hoya’s company, Golden Boy Enterprises, had agreed ... (more)

Personal Debt Is One Of The Biggest Problems We Face (22 clicks)

From The Money Well - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:29 am ET

There is a saying that, ‘If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always had.’ It is an obvious but useful reminder that if nothing changes then things remain the same. If your situation is that you spend more than you earn and/or your debts are overwhelming then [...] ... (more)

Hip Boozy Park Slope Parents Must Leave Progeny Behind

From Curbed - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:28 am ET

A minor controversy has broken out in Park Slope, where popular bi-level bocce ball bar Union Hall has suddenly reversed its policy of granting admittance to the small children that come attached to so many ... (more)

Confirmed My 5.1% Zopa CD (4 clicks)

From RateLadder.com - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:28 am ET

Two days I purchased a Zopa CD right after the Federal Reserve cut the fed funds rate 75 basis points. I half expected Zopa to renege on the 5.1% that I signed up under, especially since ... (more)

Apple: So Where Are All The iPhones?

From Tech Trader Daily - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:26 am ET

Where are all the iPhones? That’s the question that is really troubling Apple (AAPL) investors today. As noted earlier, the market is chewing over several new bits of information. One, there are reports that the ... (more)

eBay: Citi Downgrades To Hold From Buy, Chops Price Target; So Much For the Counter-Cyclical Hedge Theory (1 click)

From Tech Trader Daily - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:26 am ET

In the wake of yesterday’s disappointing earnings outlook, Citigroup’s Mark Mahaney today cut his rating on eBay to Hold from Buy. He chopped his price target on the stock to $31 from $49. Mahaney said ... (more)

Apple: Report It Lowers FY Q2 iPhone Mfg Volumes; AT&T Says It Has Activated About 2 Mln iPhones (1 click)

From Tech Trader Daily - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:26 am ET

Apple (AAPL) shares are down sharply once again today, this time apparently on a report from the Chinese-language Economic Daily News, carried on DigiTimes, which says that, according to sources at Apple handset component suppliers ... (more)

What happened to the Baltic Dry’s 15 minutes of fame? (2 clicks)

From Alphaville - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:25 am ET

From Robert Wright, the FT's transport correspondent: Before Thursday’s SocGen revelations, analysts had found a new favourite indicator to justify falls in equity prices. It could be, of course, that the many analysts who have talked ... (more)

Chance to shorten your mortgage? (3 clicks)

From Living Almost Large - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:25 am ET

One thing I've contemplated doing, and have done before to shorten the length of our mortgage is potentially taken out a Home Equity Line of Credit Second Mortgage. I have one in place now for ... (more)

Details of Proposed Economic Stimulus Bill (2 clicks)

From Personal Finance Hacks - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:24 am ET

Photo: Susan Walsh, AP Congress and President Bush appear to have made a final agreement on the contents of the forthcoming economic stimulus bill. Highlights: Tax rebates of at least $300 to anyone earning ... (more)

Individual Health Coverage is Great; Just Don't Get Sick (4 clicks)

From Zen Personal Finance - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:24 am ET

If you work for someone else and have great group insurance coverage, consider yourself lucky. It's becoming more and more of a rarity, as this USA Today article notes: Last year, 60% of employers offered group ... (more)

From InsureBlog - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:23 am ET

Dr John Crippen practices in the UK, and writes at the award-winning NHS Blog Doctor. Recently, he reported on the National Health System's "much vaunted Choose and Book (CAB) system" [ed: methinks he owes you ... (more)

‘Till Finances Do We Part (or Merge)

From Queercents - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:21 am ET

Managing joint finances can be a challenge for all couples gay and straight alike. Unfortunately there is no how-to manual on managing a couple’s finances and running a home. Perhaps one never got ... (more)

Este es el operador causante del agujero mas grande de la historia. (1 click)

From Investors Conundrum - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:20 am ET

Foto de Jerome KervielEste chico de 31 a�os, Jerome Kerviel, es el operador que seg�n la informaci�n proporcionada por... ... (more)

Tentative deal reached on tax rebates - looks like I won't be getting one (15 clicks)

From Boston Gal's Open Wallet - view blog entries - visit this blog
January 24, 2008 at 11:20 am ET

This Boston Globe article: Tentative deal reached on tax rebates seems to indicate that I will not benefit from this stimulus plan. Rebates would go to people earning below a certain income cap,... [Head on ... (more)