February 2004's import numbers show that the U.S. apparel and footwear markets slowed compared to last February, but the import numbers remained strong for the twelve months ending February. The numbers also demonstrate U.S. consumers continue to have access to the widest variety of high quality clothes and shoes at...
While the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the SEC mull ways to improve accounting procedures, the results of a poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press suggest that regulators might want to also look at educating employees just a little better. Fifty-eight percent of the...
Jason Neault submits: The moment that many investors, and all consumers have been waiting for has finally come, the possibility that oil could finally be topping out. Today the United States Oil ETF USO broke its upward trendline that was set back in February. In order to hold the February...
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: On Monday we posted on the struggling preferred stock market. Since its lows earlier in the week, the S&P Preferred Stock index has rallied sharply off the lows. The decline and snapback rally in preferreds reminds us of the collapse in municipal bonds...
Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: The recovery at Palm PALM is still a work in progress. The company this afternoon posted revenue for the fiscal fourth quarter ended May 30 of $296.2 million, below the consensus of $301.11 million, and down from $312.1 million in the February quarter and...
This document presents the standards and detailed guidance for conducting external quality control reviews of the audit operations of Offices of Inspector General. This guide was developed to promote consistency in conducting the reviews in accordance with the February 2002 policy statement issued by the Audit Committee. An external review...
Long-time Yahoo Search Marketing strategy and finance man Rick Gombos has followed his boss, search marketing pioneer, Tim Cadogan, to OpenX. Cadogan jumped the Yahoo ship back in February to head up OpenX, an open source advertising community for Web publishers. ...
View Available Dates and Locations This course focuses on the interpersonal and management skills you need to be an effective manager. It's an ideal primer for new managers and a helpful refresher for those who have long been in a management role. Discover the difference between...
On February 7, 2003, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit found that a "gripe site" devoted to complaints about a shopping center owner was afforded First Amendment protection for its use of trademarks to attract visitors to the website.
Eric Fox submits: I just reviewed earnings for Lennar Corp LEN and as expected they were atrocious. I don't mean to pick on them since they have enough problems as it is, but while I was on the company website, I came across a presentation from a sell side conference...
On February 27, 2003, the Jobs and Growth Tax Act of 2003 was introduced into both houses of Congress. If enacted, even in partial form, it would make sweeping changes to the tax treatment of dividends and could considerably alter corporate capital structures and the investment decision process.
View Available Dates and Locations A study of verbal and nonverbal communication techniques will start your skills building and get you on your way to communicating clearly and directly. Learn the consequences of poor communication and how to avoid it through open communication and fixing communication...
Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: After another dismal day, Lehman Brothers LEH closed below $20 per share for the first time since May 2000. As shown below, its descent over the last year or so has not been pretty. From its high of $85.80 in February of last...
The chairman of communications and entertainment conglomerate, Liberty Media, has acquired an extra USD95m worth of company stocks over the past week, reports Colorado's Rocky Mountain News. John Malone reportedly bought a total of USD94.5m Class A shares and USD1.4m Class B at a price of approximately USD14.30 per-share....
Public Employees Retirement System, the largest U.S. pension fund, earned an impressive 23.3 percent return in 2003. Imagine how much better it might have done if it paid more attention to Asia. In February 2002, Calpers pulled out of stocks in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, citing concerns about corporate governance,...
View Available Dates and Locations This course offers the core curriculum of university level graduate business programs and includes targeted lectures and illuminating case studies. You will be introduced to the principles around which strategic business decisions revolve. You'll learn the major concepts and be introduced...
