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In Google-DoubleClick merger, FTC chief won't recuse herself

In a statement today, FTC chairwoman Deborah Platt Majores said she wouldn't recuse herself from taking part in consideration of the Google-DoubleClick merger. The privacy groups Electronic Privacy Information Center and Center for Digital Democracy had filed a formal request that she do so, based on...

Tags: Jones Day, Google Inc., Merger, DoubleClick Inc., FTC, Business Structures, Mergers & Acquisitions, Litigation, Finance, Investment, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2007-12-14

Conflict of interest in FTC's DoubleClick hearing?

Privacy groups are trying to get FTC chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras, a Republican, to recuse herself from consideration of the Google-DoubleClick deal. It seems that DoubleClick has tapped the DC law firm of Jones Day to represent it before the FCC and Majoras' husband is an equity investor in Jones...

Tags: Jones Day, Transaction, DoubleClick Inc., FTC, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2007-12-13

Do Managers Use the Valuation Allowance Account to Manage Earnings Around Certain Earnings Targets?

This paper investigates whether managers use the deferred tax asset valuation allowance account VAA to manage earnings around three earnings targets: to report a positive profit, to report an earnings increase, and to meet or beat the mean analyst forecast. Early research on the VAA found little evidence of earnings...

Tags: earnings, Jones Day, analyst, tax

White papers 2000-01-01

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iQuoteTracker 1.0 (Mobile)

iQuoteTracker is an application which gives you a quick and easy way to track the stock prices. It allows you to create a watchlist with unlimited ticker symbols. With the built-in smart alert feature, you can set alert criteria based on the stock prices, 50-day and 200-day moving average, 52-week...

Tags: Stock Price, Mobile, Stock, Vibration, NeXtBIT Technology, iQuoteTracker, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance

Software downloads 2009-09-01

Can the networks support next-gen smartphone traffic?

As the next generation of mobile devices hits the market---iPhone, Pre and Android-based devices---the next question is whether there's the infrastructure in place to support them. Are we headed into a cellular black hole? As Rory Cellan-Jones points out, O2 has the dominance...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile Network, Mobile, Network, Smart Phone, Cellular Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, 3G, Handhelds, Wireless And Mobility, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Hardware, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-07-13

Recession and employment: where does the student stand?

Recession and employment: where does the student stand?Obama is going to socialize everythingWho needs an education, Obama is going to give you free_heatlh_care. Also, he is going to spread the wealth around so we do not have to work. He is going to tax everyone in the Middle class and...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, tax, welfare, education, tax break, real welfare, Obama, Middle-Class, recession

Discussion threads 2009-05-22

How do we prepare kids for Obama's "Green Jobs"?

Earth Day may be drawing to a close or already over for most of the world, but ideally we should really be talking about Earth Lifetimes or Earth Millennia. Earth Day has always bothered me because one day of focusing on our environment will hardly "save the planet." ...

Tags: Job, Administration, Earth Day, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-04-22

Microsoft is as troubled as the rest of us

Anyone involved in trying to make money from open source, like our own Matt Asay, is having a tough time right now. (What's singer Norah Jones doing here? Patience.) It's the problem faced by the Depression-era busker. Your song is great, the crowd is digging it, but...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-03-25

Ballmer: Apple logo costs $500

Ballmer: Apple logo costs $500Here's a caption...."He's right".Will that do?RE: Ballmer: Apple logo costs $500I'd do anything for MS, but I won't do that.hey its ballmer pleaseDont give any attention to monkey boy ....And just in case ok apple cost 500$ what about MS logo well .... than again its...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Caption, Steve Ballmer

Discussion threads 2009-03-20

Bartz announces new management structure at Yahoo but offers no details

update below with details of the new management structure Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz announced a management reorganization this morning in a blog entry titled "Getting our house in order" but offered no specifics on who's in and who's out. What we do know - via an SEC...

Tags: Team, Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Bartz, Team Management, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-02-26

Share Cracker 1.0 (Mac)

Share Cracker is a powerful tool for anyone that invests in the London Stock Exchange. It displays stock market information, including the FTSE 100, FTSE 250, FTSE All Share and AIM share prices, various stock market indexes such as the FTSE, AIM, Dow Jones, and others. Using this information, you...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Stock, Stock Market, FTSE, Freelance Writer, Investment, Finance

Software downloads 2009-02-13

Has Internet Explorer ever been safe?

Well yes, but not strictly for the reasons people think. It was once safe back in the day where there were little vulnerabilities to play havoc with the software; back in a time where Internet usage was innocent, and people wanted to create websites about interpreting the mindset of...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Jones, Matt Asay, Web Browsers, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-12-17

Did the iPhone kill satellite radio?

Did the iPhone kill satellite radio?Plus, we're also now in a period where......people are looking to cut superfluous expenses from their lives. High capital-startup costs combined with high overhead, a requirement that users purchase additional hardware, and a monthly fee for something that for a critical mass of potential...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Digital music, Network technology, radio, satellite radio, satellite, Sirius, Apple iPhone, XM Satellite Radio Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-12-01

Cloud definitions and economics

Like Phil Wainewright, I attended the excellent CloudCamp in London several weeks back. Unlike Phil, I walked away with more questions than answers but with my enterprisey antenna on high alert. Two things struck me. Rhys Jones of Royal Bank of Scotland's assertion that while cloud computing...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., James, Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-11-25

My Thanksgiving/Holiday giveaway - Ubuntu

My Thanksgiving/Holiday giveaway - UbuntuTech support deal : They buy a new HDD, you install Ubuntu.HDD is a commitment from them, and they get a nice dual boot transition and cannot lose any data.RE: My Thanksgiving/Holiday giveaway - UbuntuGuess I'm just rude because it is known within my family and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating systems, PRODUCTIVITY, IBex, Ubuntu, Thanksgiving/Holiday giveaway, Thanksgiving/Holiday

Discussion threads 2008-11-25

Video Is Not The Future of the Internet. It’s the Present.

Auto companies may be going out of business. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is shrinking dramatically, by the day. Consumer confidence is at a post-war low. But Internet traffic is unabated. Notably, it’s led by consumers. And video. "We are living in unprecedented times,’’...

Tags: P2P, Traffic, Video, Consumer Traffic, Corporate Communications, Internet, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Interesting OLPC discussion thread from Amazon

Interesting OLPC discussion thread from AmazonI don't care if they are a charity or a non-profit or whateverYou don't leave a person who gives you money pissed off. Ever. Without them you are nothing. It's far better to lose that one donation than to lose that person's goodwill. I say...

Tags: Interesting OLPC, discussion thread, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

Interesting OLPC discussion thread from Amazon

OK, really for sure, my last update for the day on the Amazon OLPC sales. Just wanted to post a conversation thread from the one, concerned, negative reviewer on Amazon: Refund Policy?, November 17, 2008 By Marilyn Jones Last year, there were many...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Refund, One Laptop Per Child Project, G1G1, XO, Marilyn Jones, Productivity, Sales Strategy, Sales, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-17

VC: "Wait Until Next Year"

If you want to get money for your startup, you might as well stop now, enjoy -- if you can -- the Thanksgiving Day holiday there must be something to be thankful for,  Christmas or Hanukkah and then just wait for the bell to ring in the New Year before...

Tags: Venture Capital, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-10-29

Take Stock. Turn Off The Tech. Turn Off The Echo Chamber. Think.

I had just plunked down $1.50 for the morning New York Times in the Atlanta airport. By the time I think plunked down $1.19 for a breakfast hot dog (don’t ask), I wanted to toss out the newspaper. The New York Stock Exchange...

Tags: Algorithm, Chairman, Engineering, Finance, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Investment, NYSE Euronext, Stock, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld, Way Thing

Blog posts 2008-10-24