After eight years at Forbes, he is managing editor at Silicon Alley Insider. Peter Kafka sits down with Julie Alexandria to share his thoughts on the future of newspapers and magazines, the 2008 recession, and the hit TV show "American Idol."
It's crucial for business owners to understand exactly what expenses can be deducted from total revenues and reported to shareholders, employees and taxing authorities. Some expenses are obvious: wages, salaries, and benefits you pay employees, for example. Allowable expenses also can vary according to activity, and thus can be a...
This paper empirically examines the relationship between insider selling of secondary shares at the Initial Public Offering IPO and underpricing and long-run stock returns. Similar to extant research, it is found that firms with high insider selling are significantly less underpriced and have better long-run performance than firms with low...
While most people have heard of executive coaching, few have personal experience working with a coach. In this paper, the author presents his view of the profession and process from seven years of working as an executive coach. There are plenty of references that describe the various types of executive...
This paper attempts to shed a new light on the insider trading issue by studying the unintended effects of insider trading laws. It shows that government regulation of insider trading can actually make the problems it intends to resolve worse. More particularly, this paper shows that insider trading laws instead...
The paper summarizes various agency cost and market theories of insider trading propounded over the course of the perennial law and economics debate over insider trading. The paper then suggests three testable hypotheses regarding the relationship between insider trading laws and several measures financial performance. Using international data and alternative...
Insider trading is a term that conjures up visions of illegal backroom dealing to buy and sell shares on information not available to the public. One has heard of cases of illegal trading by corporate heads, but thousands of shares are bought and sold weekly by corporate insiders. This insider...
The Securities and Exchange Commission SEC, under the direction of a recent Act, seeks to streamline the behavior of a companies' insiders. It has adopted rules regarding electronic filing of beneficial ownership reports by the insiders. The rules call for enhanced transparency in the insiders' actions and movements. They also...
The Securities and Exchange Commission is adopting new rules to address three issues: the selective disclosure by issuers of material nonpublic information; when insider trading liability arises in connection with a trader's "use" or "knowing possession" of material nonpublic information; and when the breach of a family or other non-business...
The Web is a great place for customer service. It's where people go to find answers fast. It provides a way for customers to navigate their way through lots of content to find the particular piece of information they need. Web-based customer service (also known as "e-service") is one of...
It isn't a coincidence that corporate executives seem to always buy and sell at the right times. After all, the CEOs and CFOs of the world have access to every bit of company information one could ever want. This doesn't mean individual investors are left in the dark. Insider trading...
In the world of trading and investing, there are a few steady winners and a lot of losers. It is the insiders and professional traders that make consistent profits at the expense of everyone else. The insiders and professionals trade with a specific plan based on the emotional trading of...
Nomura, Japan's largest brokerage, was caught red-handed involved with insider trading. But the real news isn't that a Japanese investment bank was involved in insider trading, but rather that one erred in an unknown manner that angered bureaucrats enough to slap it back into line. by Kevin Kelleher
INTRODUCTION The main objective of this article is to study the transient natural convection inside [LN.sub.2] and [LO.sub.x] cryogenic tanks due to heat transfer from surroundings. In aerospace industry like Single-Stage-To-Orbit SSTO or Reusable Launch Vehicles RLV the volume/weight propellant storage tanks is of vital importance, due to...
First, I would like to say that I have enjoyed your magazine over the years, and have come across a good chunk of information reading it. I have never written to the magazine before, but I have to say it has crossed my mind several times. The reason I am...
I just wanted to drop you a quick note to let you know how much I appreciate you putting Team Pegasus in Handgunner (Insider, July/Aug). I was very pleased to be able to see them get a little press and emailed everybody who has anything to do with the crew...
I disagree with Mr. Smith about a thumb safety on the XD (Reality Check, Sept/Oct). I have permit to carry and there is no way I am going to stick a gun inside my belt with a so called Trigger Safety, which has a history of accidental discharges (can you...
INTRODUCTION In urban environment, the dynamic spatio-temporal of the fluid movements is there very complex, he occurred of movements of vortex, of very variable scale. The turbulence that occurred can have several reasons. Indeed, the presence of the obstacles, their geometry and their orientation are as many the...
I'm sort of playing "book review catch-up" in this Insider and Wess' book is one I've been meaning to cover. Wess is an old friend, with plenty of LE, military and training experience under his belt. He has a Master's degree in Criminal Justice Administration and a Bachelor's degree in...
[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] It wasn't enough! It just wasn't enough. I'm talking about the airsoft MP40 full auto BB gun I wrote about (Shooting Iron, Jan/Feb 2008). It's fun to play with, especially when shooting our horses in their big butts when Yvonne turns them into the driveway to...
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