Any requirement for access to Enterprise Application data will require an understanding of the data structures. Saphir is a simple but powerful Windows-based tool that makes the exploration and utilisation of Enterprise Application metadata practical. This paper describes why metadata management is an issue, why it is important to manage...
Organic milk now offers consumers real value for money, OMSCo's executive chairman has claimed. The gap in price between organic and conventional milk, which stood at 45% back in 1997, is now at its narrowest since 2001 due to input costs of organic production rising more sharply than...
BERLIN -- Sigma Systems, a leading provider of IP service fulfillment and management solutions for MSOs and telecom operators, will be speaking at the upcoming CTAM EuroSummit 2008 taking place from September 25-26th at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Berlin, Germany. The session entitled, "Multi-screen Presence for Operators -- Cable,...
Fluidigm's TOPAZ[R] Protein Crystallization System Helps Make this Discovery SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute have uncovered the structure of a critical protein from the Ebola Virus that allows viral entry in human cells. "This structure reveals how this critical piece...
In collaboration with Santa Fe Relocation Services Japan KK, the J@pan Inc Arrivals & Departures column takes a look at some of the key figures of Japan's expatriate business community who are either just landing in Japan or flying off to new places. Arrivals Lounge 01 ...
In 1864 a Talmudist named Jacob Saphir arrived at Cairo. He made his way to the district confusingly named 'Babylon' after a Roman fort. There he visited the ancient Synagogue of Ben Ezra, and after complex negotiations he gained access to the Geniza, or treasury. The keepers provided him with...
The Extreme Makeover: Home Edition bus rolled into Billings, Mont., on June 23. With the blast of a bullhorn and a "good morning" wake-up call to the Carter family (Lon, Julie, and daughters Jade, Saphire, and Chalce), Ty Pennington, the rest of the Extreme Makeover cast...
NOTE: ADDITIONAL OBITUARIES ARE AVAILABLE ON GAZETTE.COM WILLIE L. BOND Born Dec. 1, 1923. Died July 20, 2007. Homemaker, seven-year Colorado Springs resident. Survived by two sons, Terry Harrison and James Carter; and two daughters, Judy Carroll and...
Byline: ANN SAPHIR John Canning is swinging for the fences. The CEO of Madison Dearborn Partners LLC is cutting his biggest deals and aiming to raise his largest fund ever, $10.5 billion. Last week, he took a piece of the biggest private-equity...
Byline: ANN SAPHIR With time running out on their campaign to acquire the Chicago Board of Trade, the only thing standing between Chicago Mercantile Exchange executives and an easy victory may be their own shareholders. At least that's what Merc brass has...
Byline: ANN SAPHIR Chicago Board of Trade members could face tax bills for hundreds of thousands of dollars each if they were to take cash from an IntercontinentalExchange Inc. buyout rather than opt for a bid from Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. ...
Byline: ANN SAPHIR IntercontinentalExchange Inc. CEO Jeffrey Sprecher's Chicago ambitions took a hit last week when leaders of the city's futures markets stuck with a hometown deal. But Mr. Sprecher, who previously bought futures markets in New York and London, isn't expected to go...
Byline: GREG HINZ AND ANN SAPHIR Gov. Rod Blagojevich's proposed gross-receipts tax-which he argues will create fairness by forcing corporate "fat cats'' to pay their share-would cut taxes for at least a few of the most profitable corporations in Illinois. The...
Survey predicts local hiring, spending rise Half of Chicago companies in a KPMG survey say they'll add staff this year; 57% will boost tech and other spending. Just 11% plan to cut jobs. The survey, taken in February, covered 101 companies, 76% of which...
CBOT exec jumps to rival HedgeStreet Thomas Bakas has resigned as a managing director of the CBOT to join California-based rival HedgeStreet, where he will head up sales to institutional investors. Mr. Bakas, 49, joined the CBOT two years ago from rival Eurex U.S....
Byline: ANN SAPHIR Boosting a company's pool of available stock by almost half would normally spell trouble for the share price. But these are not normal times at the Chicago Board of Trade. On Tuesday, a lockup imposed as part...
Byline: ANN SAPHIR Two local investment bankers have hooked up with a pair of overseas firms to court mid-size businesses. While global services for mergers and acquisitions used to be the purview of Wall Street firms serving large clients, "now it's ...
Interception reception The "new'' Interceptor concept is a warmed-over version of the 2002 Lincoln Continental concept. This illustrates how slow and tentative Ford is to go from interesting concepts to production and why it's so far in the red. Had this come out in...
Byline: ANN SAPHIR Wall Street banks, fearing the creation of a Chicago exchange juggernaut, are banding together to form a competitor. Since October, when the Chicago Mercantile Exchange announced its deal to acquire the Chicago Board of Trade, a group of 12...
CBOT to CBOE: Not so fast on that IPO The Chicago Board of Trade vows to stand in the way of the Chicago Board Options Exchange's plans to do an IPO next year-that is, unless the CBOE will strike a deal, a CBOT lawyer says....
Articles 2007-01-08
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