Q&A: Top-Ranked Economists Look to 2010
Morgan Stanley?s Richard Berner and David Greenlaw took top honors in The Wall Street Journal?s annual ranking of economists, topping 50 other forecasters.
Categories: Real Time Economy Tags: David Greenlaw, federal reserve bank of atlanta, rate, Richard Berner, Wall Street
BIGLIST Update: SEM Blog Reviews Snarky Edition 020410
Welcome to the newest BIGLIST review of Search Marketing Blogs. We have a little bit of everything today ranging from Chinese focused PPC to the World’s Greatest SEO to a steaming pile of SEO Bull$#*t. Enjoy! If you think your blog deserves to be included, then write a compelling and maybe humorous comment below. We’ll almost certainly [...]
Categories: Online Marketing Tags: biglist, BIGLIST SEM Blogs, blog-reviews, Darren, Darren Slatten, Ed Reese, Gordon, Gordon Choi, Paul Ten, Sebastian, SEM, SEM Blog, SEM Blogs, SEO, seo-blogs, Sioux Falls
Are You Nurturing Your Seedlings?
The analogy between gardening and growing client relationships is an obvious one. Here’s an example of how it can go wrong. The sad looking picture to the left is of my onion seedlings. You may just be able to pick out tiny flecks of green amongst the vermiculite. But there’s not much left. I like gardening. And [...]
Are You Nurturing Your Seedlings? is a post from: Get Clients
Categories: Ian Brodie Tags: Angelina Jolie, chile plants, david maister, England, North East, nurturing relationships, Robinson, Selling Professional Services, Share
Answering questions about podcast editing
Fourth in a series For an explanation of the series, please read this post. Questions from Olivia D’Orazio: Do you edit your own podcasts? What software do you use? How long does it usually take? The first question is easy...
Categories: Trafcom News Tags: A.Related, Amadeus Pro, audio editors, Don, editing, Mac, Olivia, Orazio, Podcasting, U of T students' Q&A
The podcast voice
Third in a series For an explanation of the series, read this post. Questions from Claire Saunders Is your podcast voice your “normal” speaking voice, or are you painfully aware of the sound of your own voice while you are...
Categories: Trafcom News Tags: Claire Saunders, Joe Cipriano, Podcasting, slur words, U of T students' Q&A, voice, Voiceover
Chicago Fed Weighs Making High-Speed Trading Safer
While this style of trading has an upside in creating liquidity in the stock market, critics worry that bad programming and human error could create catastrophic market moves. High-frequency trades are measured in nearly microscopic time intervals. Distance is also the enemy of these investors, who need to locate their operations next to major exchanges, because remoteness introduces enough too much of a lag into their activities.
Categories: Real Time Economy Tags: Carol Clark, Chicago, Clark, screw ups, trading, U.S.
Dodd Digs In
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D., Conn.) had some tough words for the White House on Tuesday, warning it not to bog down the effort to overhaul financial regulation with any new complicated ideas. On Thursday, he had quickly shifted his glare to the banking industry.
Categories: Real Time Economy Tags: senate banking committee
January Sales: How Retailers Fared
Many large retailers reported their January sales numbers this week, with most of them coming out the morning of Thursday, Feb. 4.
Categories: Real Time Economy Tags: gap stores
IMF Stands Ready to Help Greece
The International Monetary Fund stands ready to help Greece, which is struggling to stabilize its public finances, but understands that other members of the euro-zone currency bloc want to resolve the matter among themselves, the fund's managing director said.
Categories: Real Time Economy Tags: Dominique, dominique strauss kahn, euro, Greece, Prime Minister George Papandreou, Strauss
Secondary Sources: One Year Later, Forecasts, Payroll Taxes
A roundup of economic news from around the Web.
Categories: Real Time Economy Tags: Australia, China, chinese stock market, Chip, David Rosenberg, Doug Elmendorf, India, Phil Izzo, U.S., United States, year