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- The Wisdom of Deliberate Mistakes
- The Idea in Brief If you're like most managers, you frown on mistakes--yours and others. Why? Your organization demands optimum performance. And it rewards you based on the height of your successes, not the depth of your...
- Articles 2008-04-01
- Nell Minow: What Went Wrong at Citi, Merrill
- Nell Minow, editor of The Corporate Library, has been a gadfly and corporate critic for many years. Her No. 1 issue these days is compensation for chief executive officers. And she's right that mismanagement of CEO compensation played a role in what went wrong at the top of some of...
- Blog posts 2008-02-21
- Solving Problems with Proven Techniques
- Humans have been solving problems since the beginning of time. Our problem-solving skills are responsible for spurring social and technological advancement. However, over time, our individual skills become less innovative. Oftentimes, as we gain experience, we resort to solutions that have worked in the past instead of broadening our scope...
- Articles 2007-11-12
- Evaluating the Adequacy of the Deposit Insurance Fund: A Credit-Risk Modeling Approach
- As part of an effort to measure risk effectively, the FDIC hired Oliver, Wyman & Company to develop a credit-risk model for the deposit insurance funds. The article applies the credit-risk model to estimate the FDIC's loss distribution; and performs sensitivity analysis using different assumptions about the parameters of the...
- White papers 2001-12-01
- Prudential Financial Inc 4th Quarter 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions. The first question will come from Suneet Kamath from Sanford Bernstein. Please go ahead. Suneet Kamath – Sanford Bernstein Thank you and good morning. Two questions please, first on your guidance, if you think back to Investor Day, I think your...
- Earnings calls 2009-02-05
- Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited, Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Noah Fields Operator, can you start questions please. Operator Operator Instructions. And your question comes from the line of Dan Farrell. Dan Farrell - Fox-Pitt Kelton Good morning. Chris O'Kane Hello Dan. Dan Farrell Hi. Couple of question, firstly I apologize...
- Earnings calls 2009-02-05
- Vocus, Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. At this time, we will take our first question from Tom Roderick with Thomas Weisel Partners. Tom Roderick - Thomas Weisel Partners Hi guys, thanks and good afternoon. So, I wanted to just review what looks like a slight disconnect between a real solid quarter,...
- Earnings calls 2009-02-03
- Biodel, Inc., F4Q08 (Qtr End 10/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. We will take our first question from William Ho with Banc of America Securities. William Ho – Banc of America Securities Can you give us anything at all on what kind of study you are going to have to do if the FDA does...
- Earnings calls 2008-12-10
- GSC Investment Corp. F2Q09 (08/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first call comes from Greg Mason – Stifel Nicolaus. Greg Mason – Stifel Nicolaus First I wanted to talk about your Deutsche Bank credit facility. If we're remembering right that has an $88 million minimum net worth covenant. You guys are at $91 million...
- Earnings calls 2008-10-15
- Spectra Energy Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you sir. Operator Instructions.Your first question comes from the line of Sunara Gussini ph with UBS. Unidentified Analyst Hi good morning guys. John Arensdorf Hi Sunara. Unidentified Analyst Congratulations on both of your new roles. Gregory Ebel Thank you. Unidentified Analyst You guys gave out thorough...
- Earnings calls 2009-02-05
- NATCO Group Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator [Operator instructions] Your first question is from Neal Dingmann from Wunderlich Securities. Neal Dingmann - Wunderlich Securities John or maybe Patrick a couple of questions. First, for you John, as far as on the guidance, a couple of things. One, I...
- Earnings calls 2009-02-17
- CONMED Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. And your first question comes from the line of Dalton Chandler of Needham & Company. Please proceed. Dalton Chandler - Needham & Company Hi, good morning. Let me just start with your new guidance. You had included some specific FX assumptions in your previous guidance....
- Earnings calls 2009-04-23
- Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Bill Carcache - Fox-Pitt Kelton. Bill Carcache - Fox-Pitt Kelton Can you talk about how much of the sequential decline in commission revenues was driven by seasonality given the seasonal boost last quarter versus just weaker performance potentially...
- Earnings calls 2009-04-29
- Ambac Financial Group, Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. The first question comes from the line of Darin Arita from Deutsche Bank. Darin Arita – Deutsche Bank I was wondering if you could share some of your macro assumptions underlying your loss reserve estimates. I think Greg you shared that...
- Earnings calls 2009-05-11
- Digimarc Corp. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Earnings Call ExcerptDigimarc Corp. DMRC Q2 2009 Earnings Call July 31, 2009 10:30 am ET Executives Bruce Davis, Chief Executive Officer Mike McConnell, our CFO Analysts Walter Schenker - Titan Capital Paul Sons - Sons Partners Kevin Henehan - KMH Capital Advisors Presentation Operator...
- Earnings calls 2009-07-31
- Is It Time You Checked Your Assumptions?
- When I was four years old I found a sparrow with a damaged wing in the garden. For a day or two my mother and I kept it in a box in our garage and fed it on bread soaked in milk. Then, one morning, it...
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Small Steps Lead to Big Disasters
- Take a disaster and deconstruct it step-by-step. You'll often find a series of small, seemingly innocuous actions that eventually boiled over into chaos -- like the butterfly's flapping wings that created atmospheric changes causing a hurricane. The economic crisis may be the result of such a cascade...
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- Stuck in a Career Rut? How to Get Moving Again
- No matter your age or experience level, everyone occasionally gets stuck in a professional rut. If you've been doing the same gig for awhile and feel comfortable verging on bored with your responsibilities but just don't know how to move up to something more challenging, than PR industry veteran Libby...
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- IMAX Corporation Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions And our first question will come from Eric Wold of Merriman Curhan Ford. Please go ahead. Eric Wold - Merriman Curhan Ford Good morning! Bradley J. Wechsler Hi Eric Eric Wold - Merriman Curhan Ford A couple of questions. I...
- Earnings calls 2008-03-14
- The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. We will now begin the question-and-answer session. Operator instructions Our first question comes from Thomas Mccrohan with Janney Montgomery. Please go ahead. Thomas Mccrohan – Janney Montgomery Scott Hi, everyone. How are you doing, gentlemen? Todd Gibbons Good morning, Tom. Thomas Mccrohan –...
- Earnings calls 2008-07-17
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