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AdvaMed says of health care inflation, not me: We have reached the stage in the health care debate where everyone is pointing the blame, and pointing it elsewhere. It's like the Family Circus Not Me. Who did it, Billy? Not me. In this case the Not Me is a study, from AdvaMed,...; Tags: Device Manufacturer, Insurance Company, Health Care, Inflation, AdvaMed, General Device Inflation, Insurance, Government, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Regulations, Benefits, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-02-14
Can medical inflation be controlled?: Everyone talks about medical inflation. But no one does anything about it. (Picture from Majorconflict.com, a liberal blog.) A quick look at the figures gathered by Watson Wyatt today make that point clearly. Medical inflation is a global phenomenon. Whether you run it privately...; Tags: Health Care, Inflation, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-02-06
Fed slashes interest rates by half point: Fed slashes interest rates by half pointAfter some 20 increases in the last few years...They are gonna have to do more than that.One day they will learn to leave it the hell alone instead of upping them to stop inflation. That does NOT work and only sends us into...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Financial services, housing market, Federal Reserve Board, inflation, interest rate; Discussion threads 2008-01-30
News to know: Mozilla Weave, LCD inflation, Santa tracker, predictions, more: Notable headlines: George Ou: How LCD makers inflate their contrast ratio score Google NORAD Santa tracker Robin Harris: Mac OS X Leopard still not ready for prime time Larry Dignan: Can an airline exec run Red...; Tags: Google Inc., Mozilla Corp., LCD, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Productivity, CAD, Monitors & Displays, Apple Mac OS X, Finance, Software, Hardware, Components, Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-12-24
Financial Advisor (exe): An extensive and easy-to-use collection of financial tools and calculators aimed at both home and professional users. Features include: mortgage analysis, retirement analysis, personal budgeting, investment, savings and annuity calculations, future and residual value calculations, planning for your children's education, interest rate conversions, inflation calculations. It even includes a lottery...; Tags: Financial, Annuity, Interest Rate, Calculation, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Financial Planning, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance; Software downloads 2007-09-13

Budget Planner (gz): Budget Planner allows you to define the key events in a long term outlook, such as buying a new car, paying for college, and retiring. By changing the inflation rate, interest rate and savings goals the user can ask What if' types of questions. The graphical view shows how the...; Tags: Snowmint Creative Solutions, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance; Software downloads 2007-07-19
Innovation inflation: Innovation inflationIBM turns to "internal" VC??Hi,I have been noticing something strange from IBM for a long time now.I thought it was time someone else noticed that too.IBM had several initiatives to harness business ideas inside the company.One wonders why they did not do this in the past?Too much formal processes...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Telecom & Utilities, IBM Corp., inflation; Discussion threads 2007-02-22
Innovation inflation: About 15 miles south of San Jose, down a country lane, and hidden behind one of the scenic rolling hills of "Steinbeck country" is IBMs Silicon Valley research and development labs.It used to be called Santa Teresa Labs, opened in 1977 with about 3,000 square feet, housing about 1300 researchers,...; Tags: Business strategy, Disruptive, IBM; Blog posts 2007-02-21
Google's Achilles' Heel: click fraud PPC inflation: Google's Achilles' Heel: click fraud PPC inflationJust the beginningThis is just the beginning. There are large click-fraud rings. And the members make thousands of $$$ each month from sending each other traffic with no intention to buy anything.Google MUST know this.overblownClick fraud is overblown. The bottom line is...; Tags: click fraud, PPC inflation, Achilles, PPC, Google Inc., inflation; Discussion threads 2006-08-19
Google's Achilles' Heel: click fraud + PPC inflation: The Google auction driven Pay Per Click advertising model responsible for the company’s $113 billion market cap is inherently vulnerable due to 1) click fraud and 2) bid price inflation.CLICK FRAUDIn “Click Fraud: What does Google fear?” I discuss Google’s strategic assault against the work of click fraud consultants.posting at...; Tags: Google Inc., click fraud; Blog posts 2006-08-19
US personal incomes up 0.7% in Jan 2006, inflation up 0.2%: US personal incomes rose 0.7% in January 2006, but higher inflation eroded most of the gains, US Commerce Department reported. Consumer inflation increased 0.5% in January 2006 on higher energy costs. Core inflation increased 0.2%.; Tags: inflation, income; Blog posts 2006-03-02
Right tool, wrong fight: Freedom of Anonymous Speech: Ross Mayfield writes of the Wikipedia debate.... Beyond this attempt to weaken anonymity on the Net, Wikipedia's open nature is also under attack. Adam Curry edited podcasting history in his favor. Big deal. It's a wiki, just edit it if you disagree and let the community's...; Tags: Wikipedia; Blog posts 2005-12-07
Consumer spending up 0.5% in September, down 0.4% with inflation adjustment: Consumer spending climbed 0.5% in September 2005 after a 0.5% drop in August 2005, US Commerce Department said. But soaring fuel costs ate into the September 2005 gain, which when adjusted for inflation turned into a 0.4% drop. Personal incomes shot up 1.7%, the biggest rise since December 2004, as...; Tags: Consumer Spending; Blog posts 2005-10-31
Inflation up 1.2% in September 2005: The Labor Department says inflation jumped 1.2% in September 2005. 90% of the increase came from a record-setting 12% surge in energy prices, which reflected gasoline prices that briefly topped $3 a gallon. Outside of energy and food, inflation was more moderate, rising just 0.1%.; Tags: inflation; Blog posts 2005-10-14
Business view inflation and trade deficit as top threats in 2005: 94% of business who responded to Interland Business Barometer survey say their businesses have Internet access, and 70% cite email as very or somewhat critical to their business. As far as 2005 priorities, 79% of business leaders name revenue growth, 70% customer retention. 46% expense reduction. As far as threats,...; Tags: e-mail, inflation; Blog posts 2005-06-15
US companies to delay IT projects; economic factors at play, cites IDC: US companies to delay IT projects; economic factors at play, cites IDCDon't like the interest rates now???Just wait until our buddy Greenspan gets done.Oil prices are going to drive up inflation. This guy can't STAND any sort of inflation, so he must immediately punish consumers by hiking up interest...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, inflation, IT Project, International Data Corp., information technology, Oil Prices; Discussion threads 2005-04-25
Fed raises rates by quarter point: Fed raises rates by quarter pointAs usual, the Feds have no clue !Yeah, this should stop inflation... along with the minimal economic growth that's transpired in the past 24 months. Why give the economy any chance to actually recover when we can make knee-jerk decisions to kill it while it's...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, inflation, Federal Reserve Board; Discussion threads 2004-06-30
US technology grew at annual rate of 36% in January 2004: The U.S. technology sector grew at a solid pace in January, according to an index released by the New York Federal Reserve Bank on Wednesday. The Tech-Pulse Index, a compilation of data on activity in the U.S. tech sector, grew at an annualized rate of 36.0% in January, down from...; Tags: annual rate; Blog posts 2004-02-11
How DNS Misnaming Distorts Internet Topology Mapping: Network researchers commonly use reverse DNS lookups of router names to provide geographic or topological information that would otherwise be difficult to obtain. By systematically examining a large ISP, the paper finds that some of these names are incorrect. This paper develops techniques to automatically identify these misnamings, and determine...; Tags: Router, DNS, Internet Service Provider, Inflation, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Currency & Foreign Exchange, Domain Names, Routers & Switches, Networking, Internet, Finance; White papers

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Do college degrees get you anywhere?: Do college degrees get you anywhere?Just another thought...In the sector of work I'm in, I think IT is losing it's "elite" status as a job. With basic IT skills being aquirable with just a few certifications it is becoming less elite and more like a tradeskill not unlike an...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, payroll solutions, Benefits, Development tools, salary, job, IT IS, worker; Discussion threads 2008-07-23