Finance

“How much for a web video?”

Posted on September 4, 2009. Filed under: Finance, Video, recruitment | Tags: |

Recruiting Has to Go Video, right. Video, combined with the Internet, is a game-changer for recruiting, right, as Kevin Wheeler has stated recently. But I still hear it all the time – “How much for a video?,” “It too expensive?” In ADOTAS I came across an article that is retweeted below. This article answers the [...]

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The Great Recession Is Almost Over!

Posted on August 25, 2009. Filed under: Finance, recruitment | Tags: |

The Great Recession is in the ninth inning and the home team is up by one run.  As long as the other team doesn’t ties it up, the recession is over.  As you can see, I am cautiously optimistic.  We have come a long way from the market panic in the fall on ’08 and [...]

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Bloomberg L.P. Cuts Salaries 5 Percent

Posted on January 7, 2009. Filed under: Finance | Tags: , , |

Bloomberg L.P., a news and media company that provides business and financial professionals information, at the end of December cut all employee salaries by 5 percent in response to the weaker economy.  This move might save some jobs.
Certainly with the downturn of the financial markets Bloomberg revenue must have taken a hit, but Bloomberg is private and doesn’t report [...]

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Comcast buying Plaxo:A Letter from the CEO and Founders

Posted on May 20, 2008. Filed under: Finance, Social Networking, Uncategorized | Tags: |

Here’s an email I got today, I’d like to see if plaxo become my preferred biz networking site, I hope it does.  I like the Outlook backup and sync features.  The personal vs biz preferences are nice too.  I wish the search people/connections could be more like linkedin.
I wonder how many people on Plaxo live in [...]

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Why do two HESS gas stations, 0.8miles apart, have different prices?

Posted on March 16, 2008. Filed under: Finance, gas | Tags: , , |

For several days I have noticed that prices at two HESS gas stations in NJ had prices that were inconsistent.  On March 14th I toke pictures and then calculated that the price variances ranges from 1-4%, why is that?  How are gas prices determined? 
Why would a gas station on the same street less then one mile [...]

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Are Facebook Application Users Worth $1.40 a Piece?

Posted on January 16, 2008. Filed under: Finance, Social Networking |

I saw this in Mashable:
SNAP Interactive Earnings: Are Facebook Application Users Worth $1.40 a Piece?
January 16, 2008 — 03:22 AM PST — by Adam Ostrow — Share This
As a publicly traded company, SNAP Interactive (formerly eTwine Holdings), the company behind Facebook apps “Meet New People” and “Are You Interested?” is required to file their [...]

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