LAS VEGAS -- Gemstone Development, one of Las Vegas' largest new homebuilders, announced that CEO Alex Edelstein has launched FrothingDeveloper, a new blog designed to counter the media's perennially negative spin on the economy and the housing market. Initially inspired by what Edelstein believes are misleading and negative local Realtor[R]...
Philippe Melka has been retained as winemaker for Gemstone Vineyard, Napa County producer of Gemstone and Facets wines. Melka's own label is Metisse, and the Bordeaux specialist is also associated with Allen Shoup's Long Shadows project.
PARK CITY, Utah -- Gemstone Resorts International, LLC, a leading resort management company that specializes in managing and asset managing four- and five-diamond-quality, unique urban hotels and lifestyle resorts, today announced that it has named Dave Cocks director of transitions. In his new position, he will provide leadership to newly...
Today's IT organizations are grappling with technology initiatives that are driving significant evolutions in both hardware and software design and implementation. The confluence of these technology and business drivers is also coupled with the fact that organizations are going global and risk management and business continuity planning are increasingly critical....
Profitable banking is dependent on the effective use of data throughout all business operations. Whether working with consumer accounts, mortgages and loans, credit cards, investments, or associated financial services, banks and specialized financial institutions must integrate and consider data from many disparate sources. In the competitive financial services market, a...
The many facets of insurance operations have a common denominator in their reliance on data. Whether working with P&C, auto, home, life, or commercial policies, insurers must integrate and consider data from many disparate sources. Data drives operations from new policy applications processing to claims management to auditing and compliance...
Inconsistent, inaccurate, or incomplete reference data is the primary cause for trade failures in the Financial Services industry. Exceptions in the trade lifecycle caused by unreliable reference data lead to increased operational risk, lost revenue opportunities, financial liability and the need for expensive manual trade duplication and reconciliation processes. Since...
Competition, regulatory changes and market volatility necessitate extremely sophisticated decision making tools for financial institutions to thrive in this complex marketplace. Further, the data volumes that are generated in real-time (e.g., market data) or need to be analyzed (reference data, historical data) have also increased significantly. Today's market needs the...
Enterprise risk management, whether it's operational, credit or market risk, is a data initiative. Having good data on a timely basis is the key to good decision making. Risk management is no longer an end of the day batch settlement activity, but a critical process that affects the core operations...
A leading global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm is deploying GemFire Enterprise Data Fabric EDF as an integral part of its risk computation infrastructure. The primary goal is to improve the efficiency of the risk computations and deliver timely and accurate risk data to the portfolio management applications,...
MANALAPAN, N.J. -- Viking Power Services, Inc. ("Viking") ("the Company")(ticker: VKPW) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Financial Advisory Agreement with Gemstone Securities LLC headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, whereby Gemstone Securities LLC will act as the Company's financial advisor. Gemstone Securities LLC is a member NASD/SIPC...
Enterprise Risk Management ERM is an increasingly important initiative for financial service providers FSP as these organizations battle to minimize exposure to potential economic loss. ERM usually involves multi-pronged initiatives focusing on strategy, process, and technology to ensure a balanced approach. This paper looks at the challenges in data management...
PARK CITY, Utah -- Gemstone Resorts International, LLC, a leading resort management company that specializes in managing and asset managing four-star and five-star complex resort projects and unique urban hotels, today announced that it has signed or expanded three management contracts: the 269-room Hotel Orrington in Evanston, Ill.; the Lake...
Utah-based Gemstone Resorts International will manage a new 130-room boutique hotel under development in Kansas City, MO. ... Utah-based Gemstone Resorts International will manage a new 130-room boutique hotel under development in Kansas City, MO. The property, which will be part of the West...
According to "VoV", the 2005 Silver and Gold Jewelry and Gemstone Fair will open at the Giang Vo Exhibition Center in Hanoi from November 22-27. The fair is expected to attract around 150 enterprises displaying their products and equipment, According to "VoV", the 2005 Silver and...
HOUSTON & PARK CITY, Utah -- Gemstone Resorts International, LLC, a leading resort management company that specializes in managing and asset managing four- and five-diamond unique urban hotels and lifestyle resort projects, today announced that it has signed management contracts with the historic Warwick Hotel in Houston Texas, which will...
ROCKVILLE, Md. and VIENNA, Va.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 14, 1996-- Following the incredible success of the No. 1 game in the online world, GemStone III, comes a new spin-off game -- GemStone: DragonRealms.