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- Learning From Others' Mistakes
- Making mistakes is part of the learning process, but all too often, it's plain old common sense that separates a successful investor from a poor one. At the same time, nearly all investors, new or experienced, have fallen astray from common sense and made a mistake or two. Being perfect...
- White papers 2005-07-01
- Avoiding Costly Benefits Bloopers in Mergers and Acquisitions
- Employee benefits can be the source of large liabilities that show up in a transaction, yet deal negotiators often avoid dealing with the issues, or they turn to them when it is too late to adjust the purchase price. Assuming that the details can be worked out after the agreements...
- White papers 2005-07-01
- A Frank Look at VC
- The article talks about the much talked-about topic of VC. In today's venture capital environment, second-round financing is a truly scarce commodity. Although circumspect in admitting it, more than a few early-stage VCs are preoccupied with getting follow-on financing for their own deals, and very few are concerned about looking...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- How to Avoid the Worst Mistakes Investors Make
- Investing is about taking risks, and when one does that, they are entitled to expect a return that is commensurate with the level of risk taken. However, if one is not careful, the own mistakes can prevent from achieving the return. Some of the mistakes which are made include: No...
- White papers 2003-01-01
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- Christopher Jones, Author of The Intelligent Portfolio, Available for Interviews on What Investors Should Be Doing Given the Current Uncertain Economic Outlook
- PALO ALTO, Calif. -- The recent surge in unemployment coupled with the unprecedented rise in the price of oil converged on Friday, driving the Dow Jones industrial average down nearly 400 points. Meanwhile, the U.S. dollar continued its plunge against other major currencies. Understandably, investors are anxious, but what exactly...
- Articles 2008-06-09
- Make a move: beat complacency by repositioning yourself
- BISHOP T.D. JAKES, FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE DALLAS-BASED THE POTTERS House, believes change is good. Of course, it's all about how you do it. In his book Reposition Yourself. Living Life Without Limits (Atria Books; $24), Jakes challenges readers to effect positive changes in their relationships, careers,...
- Articles 2008-06-01
- Spreadsheets "worst practices"
- Finance executives may rove electronic spreadsheets, but they are also guilty of abusing them. In an examination of common pitfalls--many of which entail treating spreadsheets as little more than glorified calculators--Babson College professors Shahid Ansari and Richard Block analyze where and why things often go wrong and offer tips that...
- Articles 2008-06-01
- $4.2M down drain, kind of
- By Tim Hrenchir THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL The city of Topeka will need to write off $4.2 million in assets it mistakenly thought it possessed because of flaws in a formula used to calculate water department assets, a city council committee was told Thursday. ...
- Articles 2008-05-23
- $4.2M down drain, kind of
- By Tim Hrenchir THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL The city of Topeka will need to write off $4.2 million in assets it mistakenly thought it possessed because of flaws in a formula used to calculate water department assets, a city council committee was told Thursday. ...
- Articles 2008-05-23
- Key to managing floorplan costs: Be realistic.(Finance & insurance)
- Byline: Jim Henry Managing inventory and floorplan expenses in a downturn is a core dealership skill, since now more than ever no one wants to get caught with unsold cars racking up interest charges. "Anybody in the new-car business is...
- Articles 2008-05-05
- President of AEP says U.S. faces power crisis without further plant
- If the federal and state governments do not take dynamic measures to ease construction of new electrical generation plants, the U.S. economy could face crippling power shortages within a decade, according to Michael Morris, chairman, president and chief executive of AEP, parent company of Public Service Co. of Oklahoma. ...
- Articles 2008-05-01
- Making the pieces fit: how to avoid finance hiring mistakes
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SOON AFTER DAVID Dreyer joined AMN Healthcare in 2004, he faced a personnel crisis. One of his divisional controllers was isolating himself from the team, not communicating with direct reports effectively, and hampering the productivity of the finance department. "His reaction to really minor...
- Articles 2008-05-01
- Finance Ministry places a 3.5 times higher value for spectrum fee.(POLICY & REGULATION)(Brief article)
- The Indian Finance Ministry had admonished the Department of Telecom DoT for making serious mistakes related to the fixing of spectrum fees. The ministry has come up with a memorandum for the DoT, placing a 3.5 times greater value for spectrum. The Finance Ministry has taken...
- Articles 2008-05-01
- Fixing credit problems will not fix economy: Italian FM
- LONDON AFP — Fixing the problems to do with the credit crunch will not by itself put the global economy back on track, Italian Finance Minister Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa said in an interview published Monday. Speaking to the Financial Times in Washington after a meeting of the International Monetary...
- Articles 2008-04-13
- Revenue increases fines on self-assessment tax returns
- Taxpayers who mis-state their income on self-assessment tax returns will face much higher penalties following new measures introduced in the Budget, it emerged yesterday. Accountants warned that the 2008 Finance Bill would give HM Revenue & Customs the power to levy fines worth 30 per cent of...
- Articles 2008-03-14
- Recession mentality: Easy to follow scared mob
- Headlines scream: Subprime crisis, housing market collapse and recession. If reading these words makes your eyes glaze over, you're not alone. Generally, American consumers are nervous. But human susceptibility to "mob mentality" might be one of the culprits that is driving us toward a recession. ...
- Articles 2008-02-29
- Housing Crisis Calls For New Solutions, Apartment Groups Tell Congress
- To: REAL ESTATE EDITORS Contact: Michael Tucker of National Multi Housing Council, +1-202-974-2360, mtucker@nmhc.org WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The worseningforeclosure crisis provides lawmakers with an opportunity to learnfrom our past mistakes and rethink our national housing policy. Thatis the message the National Multi Housing Council NMHC andNational Apartment...
- Articles 2008-02-28
- Pawnshop owner faces 19 charges
- OREM -- An Orem pawnshop owner whose store has been around more than 30 years faces 19 felony charges for allegedly selling handguns unlawfully. Norman Van Wagenen, owner of Van Wagenen Finance Co., 953 S. State, was charged Feb. 13 in 4th District Court with third-degree felonies...
- Articles 2008-02-28
- Villeneuve targets Cup Series comeback at home.
- Jacques Villeneuve has admitted that he probably made a mistake in trying to break into NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series as early as he did, but insists that he has not given up on making it in the category and revealed that he is already working towards a return. ...
- Articles 2008-02-26
- IRS looking for mistakes in defined contribution plans, nonexempt charitable trusts.(ENFORCEMENT)
- IRS is looking for mistakes in defined contribution plans. Thousands of limited-scope audits are under way in industries where large numbers of errors have been detected: Hotels, finance, food service, insurance, manufacturing, transportation and others. Among common slipups: Not properly allocating participants' payins...
- Articles 2008-02-22
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