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Running Down Rogue Traders: Rogue trading is the kind of risk that keeps risk managers awake at night with its highstake gamblers trafficking in derivatives and other financial instruments, losing big and then hiding their losses. Beyond risk management is the failsafe of insurance. Unfortunately, the exposures generated by these lone wolves are not...; Tags: Financial Planning, Financial services, insurance, trader, risk management, financial instrument, Risk Manager, derivatives, capital market, financial, environment; White papers 2001-01-01
Building Efficiency: Rogue Valley Manor Chiller Retrofit: Rogue Valley Manor, a continuing care retirement community in Medford, has discovered a way to save more than $4,500 in annual electricity costs. When a major component of a 250-ton chiller fell short of operational standards, the nonprofit facility opted to replace the entire chiller with two York International 120-ton...; Tags: financial; Case studies
Is Honesty the Best Career Policy?: Is Honesty the Best Career Policy?Honesty to WHO or WhomShould one be honest in an interview? As companies today are using private services to verify your past, you have to tell the truth about where you were and when. BUT at that point the gloves come off. ...; Tags: Professional development, honesty, career; Discussion threads 2007-05-22
10 Things You Should Know About Windows XP System Restore: Windows XP's System Restore monitors changes to your files and folders and takes a snapshot of your system at regular intervals. If you run into problems with your system--such as a bad driver or rogue application issues--you can restore the system to a previous point and roll back your system...; Tags: BNET, system restore, Microsoft Windows, operating system; Download resources 2006-02-28
Let’s Send Kevin Davis a Metrocard: Greg Newton submits: With its stock down 80 percent from the first tick of its IPO last year, don’t think that the board of MF Global Ltd MF is snoring gently at the wheel. Facing a certain uncertainty in its outlook, caused not least of all by the urgent...; Tags: Financial; External links 2008-06-29

Optimizing Lawful Responses to Cyber Intrusions: Cyber intrusions are rarely met with the most effective possible response, less for technical than legal reasons. Different rogue actors (terrorists, criminals, spies, etc.) are governed by overlapping but separate domestic and international legal regimes. Each of these regimes has unique limitations, but also offers unique opportunities for evidence collection,...; Tags: George Mason University, intrusion, decision-making; White papers 2005-03-15
How Implementing a Project Gateway Process Will Improve Your Organisation: Introducing a project gateway process into an organisation, especially where old ways of working have been in place for many years and are deeply embedded, can be demanding on the already stretched and finite resources available. However, a great deal of value can be created if the new gateway process...; Tags: Gateway Inc., Organization, Portfolio Software, Financial Accounting, Finance; White papers 2007-11-21
Asante Health System Puts Patient Service First: More than 775,000 patient care visits occur annually at Asante's 11 healthcare facilities, including Rogue Valley Medical Center, Three Rivers Community Hospital and nine outpatient centers. A patient's first interaction with a healthcare provider often has the most lasting impact. This point usually occurs at patient registration. Asante wanted to...; Tags: patient, health care, imaging; White papers 2005-03-01
The Curious Case of Herman Arbizu, Cont'd: Felix Salmon submits: I've now seen various complaints that JP Morgan JPM filed against rogue private banker Hernan Arbizu in the Southern District of New York, which between them clear up a few of the many questions in this case. Firstly, the complaints say that Arbizu "is a...; Tags: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Financial; External links 2008-06-30
Applications of Dynamic Systems Theory to Effects-Based Operations and Adversarial Modelling: Effects-based operations EBO have become an increasingly important doctrinal concept used in the prosecution of war, most especially against terrorist organizations and the rogue states which support them. As a philosophy, EBO reaches beyond the realm of the propagation of simple physical effects. EBO encompasses the full spectrum of military...; Tags: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, theory; White papers 2004-03-22
Purchasing Card Best Practices For University Procurement: According to Hanover Research's paper on Purchasing Practices in Higher Education, institutions are continually seeking ways to better manage purchasing and incorporate more efficient, cost-effective purchasing systems in order to save on both purchases and back-end support costs. Many institutions have found that a standardized, controlled purchasing system based on...; Tags: University of Pennsylvania, best practice, procurement, strategy; White papers 2007-03-01
Derivatives Risk in Commercial Banking: Derivatives activity at commercial banks, as measured by total notional values of over $56 trillion as of December 31, 2002, continues to grow dramatically. Derivatives serve an essential role in the U.S. and world economies but also present certain risks to the deposit insurance funds. This article explains what these...; Tags: Banking, FDIC, commercial banking, derivatives, Risk Manager, risk, liquidity, trader, insurance; White papers 2003-03-26
Impact Of Enterprise Collaboration On Productivity Of Intangible Assets: This paper examines a pernicious challenge for management: how to increase productivity of intangible assets. The paper below depicts our case - enterprise collaboration speeds long-term value drivers: Acquisitions and divestitures that entail complex negotiations, sharing of documentation, and compliance with regulatory requirements for detailed reporting; Value-chain innovation that emphasizes...; Tags: Groupware, Corporate law, Marketing research, GISTICS, collaboration, strategic sourcing, marketing communication, divestiture, marketing, procurement, negotiation, compliance, supply chain, supplier, acquisition, asset; White papers 2005-06-20
The Buy Side Picks Up The Risk-Management Pace: Risk management has been a hot topic in the financial-services industry following Sept. 11, Enron's collapse, and rogue-trading losses at All first and Lehman Brothers. However, while the sell side may have historically been faster to adopt new technologies and strategies to cover risk, the buy side is picking up...; Tags: Asset management, SECURITY, CMP Media, asset, risk, Sept. 11, risk management, strategy, technique, industry; White papers 2002-05-07
Societe Generale's Fraudster Says He's a Scapegoat: Jerome Kerviel, the rogue trader at France's Societe Generale who manipulated the company's computer system to enter large unauthorized bets under someone else's name that led to $7.7 billion in losses -- the biggest financial fraud in history -- is claiming he's being made into a scapegoat for the company's...; Tags: Workforce management, William Baker, Jerome Kerviel, Societe Generale; Blog posts 2008-05-23
A Strategy for Breaking Into a Competitive Market: With Apple's integrated iPod/iTunes product dominating the digital-download market, competitors have found it challenging to stake a claim. So what makes MTV, Verizon Wireless, and RealNetworks think they can lure customers to their new Rhapsody America download service (which draws upon two unsuccessful ventures: MTV's URGE music store and Real's...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, strategy, Digital Media Wire, Lori Deschene, RealNetworks Rhapsody, Apple iTunes, Apple Inc.; Blog posts 2007-08-21
French Bank Body Fines SocGen $6 Million Over Kerviel: PARIS (Reuters) - France's Banking Commission on Friday fined Societe Generale 4 million euros ($6.3 million) for serious breaches in internal controls revealed by the French bank's 4.9 billion euro rogue trading loss. In a decision e-mailed to Reuters, the Banking Commission ...; Tags: Investment, rogue, trader, lawyer, stock market, Paris, stock, Thomson Reuters Corp., bank; News items 2008-07-04
French Bank Body Fines SocGen Over Kerviel: PARIS (Reuters UK) - France's Banking Commission on Friday fined Societe Generale SOGN 4 million euros (3.2 million pounds) for serious breaches in internal controls revealed by the French bank's 4.9 billion euro rogue trading loss. In a decision e-mailed to Reuters, the Banking Commission ...; Tags: Bank, SocGen, Financial Services, Euro, Oukbs, Societegenerale; News items 2008-07-04
SocGen and Rockefeller in Global Private Banking Deal: By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Pascale Denis PARIS (Reuters) - French bank Societe Generale SOGN and U.S. wealth manager Rockefeller Financial Services have formed an alliance in private banking, an area which has remained relatively resilient to the global credit crunch. As part of...; Tags: Financial services, banking, bank, Paris, France, alliance, trader, subprime mortgage, emerging market, Thomson Reuters Corp., financial, U.S., asset, computer; News items 2008-06-17
Home Sales Slide as Gloom Deepens: LONDON (Reuters UK) - The number of homes changing hands fell nearly 40 percent on the year in May, spelling more gloom for the country's estate agents and furniture retailers as a housing downturn intensifies. Revenue and Customs said on Monday property transactions numbered 100,000...; Tags: Housing Market, Interest Rate, Retail Company, Economist, Sales Strategy, Retail, Mortgages, Sales; News items 2008-06-23