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Liquids-Rich Companies Will Weather the Dry Spell: Luc Mageau
2012-02-03 00:00:00 The Energy Report: With Brent Crude trading at about US$110 per barrel (bbl) and natural gas futures trading at 10-year lows, are you leaning more heavily toward oily names than you did in 2011? Luc Mageau: Absolutely. In fact, although gas prices have been reduced to around the $2.50 level, it still seems like the picture could get worse before it gets better. Current natural gas storage is at ~3.5 trillion cubic feet (Tcf); that’s a full 0.4 Tcf fuller than an average winter. The reason we have such a glut of gas is the winter has not been co-operating. Basically, we rely on winter to post the bulk of the withdrawals throughout any given year?in the last . . . → Read More: Liquids-Rich Companies Will Weather the Dry Spell: Luc Mageau
By: Jutia Group
Why Do We Love to Work at Companies Where We Don?t Have to Work?
2012-02-01 14:12:00 Employee engagement on the web and in business articles has almost reached parody status.� I’m waiting for a Stephen Colbert character to emerge as the voice of engagement.� (Folks planning next season’s shows – I get some of the credit if you do this!)� Don’t get me wrong – I’m all for employee engagement.� I ...
Banks & Internet Companies Are Teaming Up Against Spam. Finally!
2012-01-30 12:59:00 Spammers are the party-poopers when it comes to the Internet. Yes, the web helps us in discovering new information, connecting with other people and increasing our productivity. This has been going for a long time since the advent of the Internet but no one has come close to removing this threat and annoyance from the web in its entirety. Cyber Criminals always seem to be one step ahead. Even Google has not yet perfected its algorithm to detect and filter spam which is why we still end up with some ‘Lottery Winner’ mail in my inbox. The cases of spam, e-mail scams, phishing and general online malpractices are on the rise in India and the world and for once everyone is concerned about it. Some of the biggest Internet companies are teaming up with banks and coming up with a new approach to battling spam online. Banks are involved in this because majority of these cyber-criminals pose fraudulently as banks when they are sending out their ‘phishing’ emails. A person’s bank a...
By: WATblog
How to find out Aluminium Die Casting Companies in India?
2012-01-30 09:24:00 How can i found automobile company.
How to Find Aluminium Die Casting Companies in India?
2012-01-30 09:24:00 How can i found automobile company.
Networking Sites for Web Design Companies
2012-01-27 23:31:00 Getting your web design company’s name out in the public, as well as networking with other businesses is a great way to draw in not only potential clients but also new ideas. Every web design company should take the time out to create online profiles on various networking web sites. A company should not limit ...
Two Credit Card Companies I Got My Eye On
2012-01-18 18:38:00 While the markets have spent the last several months focused on the macro economic issues of Europe, this week brings a slew of earnings. And even in macro-economic dominated periods like the one we’re in now, paying attention to what’s going on at the corporate level can still give you good insight into the health and direction of the economy. One thing in particular that I’ll be watching this week from financial stocks as they report is commentary on loan growth demand, especially from the largest banks. That’s because, as I have long said, one of the issues the economy has wrestled with since the crisis of ’08, and that was recently improving, was the unwillingness of . . . → Read More: Two Credit Card Companies I Got My Eye On
By: Jutia Group
Mobile VAS Is Huge Business, Confirms IAMAI. Are Mobile Companies Listening
2012-01-18 05:46:00 Value Added Services (VAS) will comprise a third of revenue generated for Mobile Telcos confirmed a report by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). IAMAI, which routinely offers eye-openers for the industry, has set another ball rolling for them with the revelation that Mobile VAS market in India could be a market worth Rs. 671 Billion by 2015. We tried to look at the claim & observed the following: It’s not how many, but what you offer, matters. While there are routine services like Caller tunes or Call-back tunes, the companies need to allocate resources to offer new & unique services to the customers. Topics such as security, medical assistance, one-click approach, education, etc are must, if these companies want to increase adoption of such services. Wackiness helps. Some companies like Vodafone have started offering Cooking Tips & Matrimonial leads though Value Added Services. Jokes, Stock market updates as passé. If one wants to really up the game i...
By: WATblog
Companies Leverage Social Media Platform For Talent Acquisition
2012-01-09 12:53:00 As social media carves a niche for businesses to promote, companies are realizing this medium as a talent seeking destination. Teach For India is one of the most sought after fellowship program and this year it has set a target to bring in 450 fellows from amongst 7000 applications. Leveraging social media has become a common affair for today’s business and the recruitment campaign by Teach For India has propelled ahead using Facebook, Twitter and Youtube channels. Somika Basu, manager, Teach For India says, “We have been leveraging social media much more because getting air time or space in publications is expensive”. They feel that they are more in control of the program that they are offering. To this Somika Basu says, “It is one channel of communication we have control over. And since our model is layered and complex we get much more space through social media“. The young and the restless generation is online and communicating round the clock on Fa...
By: WATblog
Regulatory Bodies That Monitor Wage Advance Companies
2012-01-07 04:55:00 Most Countries have governing bodies that regulate lending and credit companies in order to ensure good lending practice. These bodiesRead the Rest...Regulatory Bodies That Monitor Wage Advance Companies - Financial Tips and Advice
WWE is Among the Companies in the Movies & Entertainment Industry With the
2012-01-03 12:11:00 Below are the three companies in the Movies & Entertainment industry with the highest current ratios. Current ratio is useful to get an idea of how quickly a company can repay its short-term liabilities with its short-term assets. The higher the current ratio, the more capable the company is of paying its obligations. World Wrestling Entertainment (NYSE:WWE) is highest with a current ratio of 4.4. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an integrated media and entertainment company with offices in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The Company conducts operations in live wrestling events, original television programming, music, publishing, advertising, licensing, and home video. World Wrestling distributes its programs to countries worldwide in various languages. World Wrestling Entertainment (NYSE:WWE) has potential upside of 12.7% based on a current price of $9.32 and analysts' consensus price target of $10.50. The stock should run into initial resistance at its ...
By: KLQ Blog
Special Feature: What is SOPA? And Why Are So Many Internet Companies Again
2011-12-26 10:23:00 In the past few days we have all heard and read about SOPA. We have read how some big-name tech companies are either for SOPA or against it. So, let us first break it down and explain in layman terms what SOPA exactly is. SOPA = Stop Online Piracy Act This is the official name but has also been referred as the PROTECT IP ACT. The US House of Representatives will be debating on SOPA next month and if the bill gets passed it will basically mean that ISP’s will have the right to block any domain/s if the content hosted under that domain violates copyright. Let me explain it in a little more details. Site A has infringed a copyright law. Going by what SOPA proposes, “services connected or tangential” to Site A will be the ones to face the music first and not Site A. So any advertiser or payment processor (like a PayPal) will have to remove Site A from its services within five days or be considered to be violating the law. This is not all. A search engine (like Google), which has ...
By: WATblog
TRAI Fines Telecom Companies Rs. 6L For Unwarranted Calls
2011-12-20 06:36:00 No one can say that the folks over at The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) haven’t been doing their job. After getting serious about cracking down on unwarranted SMSes to consumers, they first initiated a 100 SMS/day maximum limit for numbers. This was later pushed up to 200 SMSes a day on festive dates. They then turned to operators with the TRAI Customer Preference Regulations, 2010, which came into force on September 27, 2011 and made sure they don’t allow unwarranted calls to reach consumers. Now they have fined operators a total of Rs. 6 lac for unwarranted calls to their customers. We know this from a recent Rajya Sabha declaration, through Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora’s written reply to a question on this issue. Mr. Deora said, “Prior to coming into force of this regulation, on an average 47,454 complaints were received a month (March 2010 to March 2011). However, the total number of complaints lodged by telecom c...
By: WATblog
Using Moving Companies To Take Care Of A Difficult Relocation
2011-12-16 23:29:00 If you are relocating and simply do not have the means to physically move your items, moving companies can help you take care of the most difficult aspects of the process. Whether you are elderly, disabled, or simply have really heavy furniture, moving companies can provide the necessary manpower to transport anything from a heavy couch, to a grand piano. You can even hire moving companies to take care of all the other aspects of your move including packing and driving duties, as well as setting up your new home. Using moving companies for the entire process is a really great idea for anyone who is extremely busy or does not have the physical capability to do so themselves. Remember that moving companies have a staff that is trained and certified to move your belongings properly, which means that even when it comes to the most fragile items, moving companies are probably more equipped to handle them than you are. Of course, if there is something you do not want the movers to touch,...
Do Not Neglect The Service Of The Seo Companies
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Is It a Good Time to Invest in Pipeline Companies?
2011-11-16 17:59:00 By Marin Katusa, Casey Energy Opportunities Let’s begin by positioning the sector. Investing in a pipeline company is similar to investing in a utility: Like electricity providers, pipeline companies operate in heavily regulated environments, and once they are up and running, pipeline operators enjoy stable cash flows from long-term contracts. In an economy where uncertainty is the new norm and speculation is a more dangerous game than usual, investors are gravitating toward income-generating investments. However, it’s not only the current economy that’s pushing investors toward defensive stocks. As US baby boomers retire, they tend to reduce the risk levels in their investments and move toward steady-as-she-goes, income-generating stocks. Unfortunately, those two forces also mean that many of these defensive . . . → Read More: Is It a Good Time to Invest in Pipeline Companies?
By: Jutia Group
What Should Companies Do to Attract Engineering Candidates?
2011-11-16 12:52:00 What has your company done to address the new difficulties in finding qualified engineering candidates? How has your organization modified the training programs for new recruits? The preceding article is a "sneak peek" from Electronic Product Design, a newsletter from GlobalSpec. To stay up-to-date
John Kaiser: Rare Earth Companies Poised for Comeback
2011-11-08 21:30:00 The Critical Metals Report: John, you were one of the first analysts to start following the rare earth sector. You have watched it go from sleepy to overheated and now partially downgraded. In a recent newsletter, you blamed the recent steep downturn in juniors on “Eurozone and Tea Party-inspired fears about a market crash leading to a ’30s-style depression that will sink the global economy and send us back to caves where rare earths are of no use.” Is that our only option? John Kaiser: This ironic comment was designed to convey the absurdity of what is happening in the rare earth sector. So no, I don’t think that is our future. The slamming of the rare earth . . . → Read More: John Kaiser: Rare Earth Companies Poised for Comeback
By: Jutia Group
Telemarketing Companies Find A Loophole In TRAI Directive; Starts Routing S
2011-11-08 06:50:00 The recent TRAI directive, aimed to curb unsolicited text message advertisement, has not met with complete success. The directive restricts the maximum number of SMS sent from any number to 100 in a day. The telemarketing companies have quickly found a way around this by utilizing offshore servers. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) earlier initiative, Do Not Call Registry, had also not met much of a success. A little over a month has passed since the directive came into effect on 27th September. Initially there was a drastic reduction in the number of unsolicited SMS’ received, but within a week or so these SMS’ were back albeit in smaller numbers. TRAI has already received over 2500 complaints regarding this.India has over 860 million mobile subscribers, which makes telemarketing a very lucrative venture. This directive has had an adverse effect on their business and they will be looking at loopholes in the system. Telemarketing companies have been severely hit ...
By: WATblog
Monster.com Targets Students With Monster College. A Boon For Companies?
2011-11-04 08:34:00 After invading the Social Networking circuit, Monster has launched another initiative into India’s Campus Placement Market. Called as Monster College, this is an integrated placement platform, which is aimed at seamlessly connecting colleges, students and companies. Under this noble initiative, Monster will work with educational institutes across the country to help companies make campus recruitment’s possible right from the comfort of their offices. Sanjay Modi, Managing Director, had this to say,”With Monster College, our goal is to convert the art of campus hiring into a science. There is a war of talent and this concept will help companies in saving costs and time. It also eliminates the concept of day zero or day one on college campuses.” The response is great; over 2,400 colleges and 180,000 students across India have registered. Mr. Modi further revealed,”The concept of this integration arose out of Mumbai-based IT company Syntel’s recruiting dr...
By: WATblog
On –The – Move Technology Is Worrying Companies
2011-11-02 08:17:00 Companies earlier had employees that came to office everyday & worked on Work-Stations that ran through corporate servers. However, the recent trend of employee’s working-on-the-go has unleashed a new cause of worry. Employees today prefer Communication & productive gadgets that enable them to work almost everywhere. Though companies usually look on approvingly since it enables their employees to be productive (& accessible) almost 24×7, the risk of data-theft on these devices, many of whom run on an “Open Operating Systems” is very real. According to Ambarish Deshpande, Director (sales), McAfee India who states, “Most employees want a choice of devices beyond that stipulated by the company. Organizations are beginning to like the trend, since their workers can become more productive. However, this has increased the threat of data security, as most of these devices have enough storage capacity and can fall into the hands of unintended persons&ldquo...
By: WATblog
New Israeli VC seeks portfolio companies in smart agrotech
2011-11-02 01:11:00 New Israeli VC seeks portfolio companies in smart agrotech: Efficient farming for the win! :-)
By: IsraGood
Solar Energy Companies Worldwide Threatened by Cuts in Government Subsidies
2011-10-28 21:23:00 In any country, at the end of the proverbial day, both energy utilities and consumers are finally interested in the technologies that generate a kilowatt of electricity most inexpensively, all other considerations aside. Accordingly, all countries involved in solar energy are optimists, but nascent industrial efforts to generate power on a commercial scale from the sun are without exception dependent upon current government subsidies to enter the market, which is littered with optimism, the failure of U.S. federally subsidized company Solyndra being Exhibit A. But countries worldwide are seeking government support to shield their embryonic solar industries from market realities until conditions improve, and few countries are more caught between the realities of the "free market" and national priorities . . . → Read More: Solar Energy Companies Worldwide Threatened by Cuts in Government Subsidies
By: Jutia Group
Vikas Ranjan: Companies Meeting Emerging Market Demand
2011-10-27 22:30:00 The Energy Report: Vikas, Ubika Research launched its Mining 30 Index on October 1, during a time of less-than-robust projections for the global economy. Why commodities, and why now? Vikas Ranjan: It is true that in the short term, the global economy does look sluggish. However, we are very optimistic about the longer-term health of the global economy, especially the emerging markets. Countries like China, India, Brazil, South Africa, Russia, Indonesia and Vietnam will continue to grow at a robust pace. Commodities are a big part of that growth story. At this stage, a slight economic downturn creates an opportunity to spot undervalued assets. TER: How did you choose which commodities to focus on? VR: Because our . . . → Read More: Vikas Ranjan: Companies Meeting Emerging Market Demand
By: Jutia Group
Jonathan Lee: Companies Positioned to Grow with Exploding Lithium Demand
2011-10-25 21:30:00 The Energy Report: Thank you for joining us this afternoon, Jonathan. You have a technical background in engineering and manufacturing in addition to your experience as an analyst. This gives you a unique perspective in evaluating investment opportunities. What do you look for specifically in a lithium company? Jonathan Lee: Numerous factors. Our strategy is to find low-cost producers within a sector. Then from a capital cost side, it’s always more beneficial to have a lower capital cost to get a better return on equity and make the project more feasible. We like to have low capital expenditures and operating expenditures. Beyond that, it really comes down to valuing the company and trying to make sure that the equity . . . → Read More: Jonathan Lee: Companies Positioned to Grow with Exploding Lithium Demand
By: Jutia Group
These 3 Companies are Spending BILLIONS on Stock Buybacks
2011-10-24 01:30:00 After stocks slumped badly this summer, many questioned the wisdom of big stock buyback programs. After all, companies were spending huge amounts of cash on repurchases at formerly higher prices and would have been able to buy a lot more shares if they waited until stock prices really slumped. Yet just as individual investors can't time the market, neither can corporations. And with cash balances rising higher and higher, buybacks, along with dividends, are the most logical use of a company's money right now. The real takeaway of buybacks is the real leverage it can provide to earnings per share (EPS) growth. Take toy maker Hasbro (NYSE: HAS) as an example. Net income is likely to fall . . . → Read More: These 3 Companies are Spending BILLIONS on Stock Buybacks
By: Jutia Group
Amazon Lets Other Companies Use Their Supercomputer Cluster
2011-10-20 07:26:00 Amazon has always innovated and tapped the right spots to become the huge internet giant that it is today. Amazon offers cloud computing solutions besides digital retail, software and hardware products. The companies using Amazon’s web services number in the thousands and include such companies as Dropbox and Netflix. Amazon doesn’t only restrict its offerings to storage and computing cycles. They have now introduced a new offering which combines all Amazon Web products and gives as much processing power as a supercomputer. Amazon highlighted this combination at the Web 2.0 Summit today. Many companies have more requirements the data storage. Sometimes they need some really strong data processing capabilities to solve some big data problems. This is by no means new. Amazon has been using these combinations to make some mind-boggling 50 million changes per week to its retail catalog of 1.5billion items. Operations of this scale do require a supercomputer because of the c...
By: WATblog
The World's Greenest Companies
2011-10-20 04:38:00 Green momentum has seriously stalled during the past few years, at least in the public sector-but many of the globe's big companies missed the memo. Top-ranked companies are approaching green...
By: Light Within
Companies Will Now Post Status Updates Via LinkedIn
2011-10-07 10:37:00 Companies, just like professionals seeking a job, will now be able to post updates on their “Profile” page on LinkedIn. Details like recent achievements, breaking news, jobs, etc. can all be updated in the “Overview” which is presently limited to 500 characters. If any LinkedIn user has “subscribed / followed” the company, the status updates will be visible on his/her LinkedIn homepage news feed. And any LinkedIn member can see, “like” and comment on status updates, or share an update with friends, from the company page. This is a good attempt to make the companies’ page more dynamic & up-to-date as compared to earlier versions which were “frozen” with whatever information was shared when building the page. This move brings LinkedIn a lot closer to Facebook Pages, where companies have long-been able to do this. Earlier LinkedIn introduced “Apply With LinkedIn” on the Company’s website, while this move is aimed at bringing company’s updates to Li...
By: WATblog
Indian Mobile Companies to share Phishing liability of Rs 3250 crores per a
2011-09-23 05:26:00 Recently two Phishing Cases have been reported involving a combination of a Bank and a Mobile Service Provider. In both cases the combination is State Bank of India and Vodafone. Ever since RBI introduced the OTP system as a second factor authorization for some net based transactions, many Banks have jumped ...
Better Companies, Better Nations, Better Planet
2011-09-20 18:38:00 The Glasgow-based writer and artist Alasdair Gray is fond of a quote engraved in a wall of the Scottish Parliament building, “Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation.” It is an injunction that conjures up images of deep-rooted enthusiasm, vigor and ethical behavior, where people go earnestly about their ...
The credit card companies billing process is not customer friendly.
2011-08-18 19:33:00 Today the market is more open to negotiations due to the stimulus bill passed by the Obama government. The Americans have been facing harrowing times with surmounting amount of debt in both secured and unsecured debt. They must also pass an ethical standards test. To find a debt settlement company through ...
Social Media Marketing for B2B Tech Companies
2011-08-15 00:17:00 By now, every company has grasped the importance of having a social media presence on the web. Or have they? In discussions with potential clients and others I am actually amazed how many folks have done little or nothing in the area of social media marketing. Why do you think this is? Some business executives immediately associate ...
The credit card companies billing process is not customer friendly.
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2011-07-23 08:08:00 Not only the people more credit card debt at any time in history, but the Fed's monetary stimulus plays an important role in debt is to get more customers and more user friendly. This application is a number much less than a year ago, but because of the difficult economic situation, people are more ...
The highest average are larger than these companies, but 50% agree.
2011-07-21 11:24:00 Avoid debt in any way, so important in the application. Through a network of debt reduction will ensure that receivables from credit cards, the organization of the organization is really true, and deserves respect. Debt reduction is generally available and find hundreds of credit card debt settlement companies to choose between debt. ...
Conference calling companies
2011-06-17 14:34:00 Business corporations and individuals can find the services of conference calling providers very useful. Companies that offer conference calling services use telephone, video, and web based technology to allow many individuals at the same time to communicate in real time from basically anywhere in the world. A conference call provider uses modern technologies that allow them to offer their services at a very cheap cost rate. There is a growing need for value added service development in the conference calling industry including better support for mobile conferencing. Improvements in this area will cause important changes within the conferencing industry like acceleration of the movement from personal to web conferences, new investments in teleconferencing devices and services, and ultimately the strengthening of the whole industry as the large conference calling companies will offer services to meet the demands of conferencing users. A good conference call provider will ...
This ensures that companies that work exactly what he said.
2011-06-12 19:15:00 Most companies offer options to eliminate debt in order to eliminate the debt. While many companies offer excellent service, desperation, debt can be left open to fraud. 2010 could be a year from the credit card debt. Protect yourself from this and know exactly what all the terms. You can with ...
Behance 1 of "5 Companies I'd Invest In At a Wild Valuation"
2011-06-03 20:45:00 It was a nice surprise to find ourselves on this list put together by Rob Go (a co-founder of NextView ventures, a VC firm focused on internet enabled innovation) where he listed his picks for companies he'd most want to invest in, "even at a crazy valuation." Behance keeps company here with Yelp, Tripadvisor, DropBox, and Pinterest. Behance is a New York based company that is emerging as the dominant platform and community for creative professionals. It’s not really in the public spotlight, but everyone I know in the design/creative industry is well aware of the company and a participant in the network. I also love Scott Belsky’s vision for how the creative process should evolve (and by extension, how creative professionals can capture more of the value they create in the industries that rely on them). 5 Under-Hyped Companies I'd Invest in at a Wild Valuation [Full Article]
All companies must pass an examination of ethical standards.
2011-05-20 08:10:00 Due to the recent monetary stimulus packages through the White House Barack Obama are accepted for debt relief very attractive. If you want, and choose a credit card debt consumer debt settlement companies on the negotiation and then I have an important part of leadership. The search for an amount of credit ...
All companies must pass an examination of ethical standards.
2011-05-15 23:37:00 Make sure you aware, absoluetly, as the final bill, but normally it should not pay a penny until they are able, credit card debt is to fix a reasonable value. Do not move to the right of a company-specific credit cards, debit cards, but before you go to a network of debt associated with ...
Amazon’s Cloud Player and Music Companies
2011-03-31 06:43:00 Amazon has launched a cloud drive and a cloud music player. It offers up to 5 GB of free space to store your music files, videos, pictures and documents. Rumors are the blue-eyed boys of technology, Google and Apple are also planning to launch a similar kind of service. But, this is not a novel idea as such. Services like these already exist. Mp3tunes.com is a well-known example. Amazon is a first major technology firm to offer such kind of service. But, music record industry is not happy about it. They think this service violates the copyright law. EMI has already sued mp3tunes.com and Sony Music has also threatened to take action against Amazon. Why Music Companies are fretting? Music companies have already lost a considerable business to piracy and illegal file sharing on Internet. They are fighting with peer-to-peer file sharing and file-hosting websites on a daily basis. The CD sales are also dwindling, but digital sales have not compensated for this loss. Hence, music compan...
By: WATblog
ILL Gov. Quinn Signs the Boot Out Internet Companies Law
2011-03-11 21:00:00 -By Warner Todd Huston Illinois' Democrat Governor Pat Quinn has signed the so-called Mainstreet Fairness Bill brought to him by the Illinois General Assembly. The bill forces all Internet companies to charge Illinois' 6.25% sales tax whether they are based in the state or not. Quinn signed the bill in the last few days before it would have gone into force anyway. The nation's largest Internet-based business, Amazon,com, said it would cut ties with all its affiliates in Illinois if the bill became law. And, as the morning of March 11 dawned, Amazon has indeed cut ties with it's Illinois partners via an early morning email notifying Illinois affiliates that their contracts were terminated. The Internet giant has also done...
New incentives for companies to offer transit benefit
2011-03-10 14:00:00 If your employer is not currently participating in the Transit Benefit Fare Program, now is the perfect time to talk them into it. That's because new company participants in Cook County can earn up $1,700 in federal incentives to join the program. See the Tribune story and website for details.Plus, you will see your monthly computing costs cut by up to 40%. That's because you pay for commute using pre-tax dollars. Here are the details.Let's say you get a monthly CTA pass for $86.Under the Transit Benefit program, that $86 would be excluded from your taxable income. If you are in the 25% federal tax bracket, your total tax liability is about 35%, when you include federal, state, Social Security...
Companies Cash In On World Cup Fever With Cricket-Themed Games
2011-03-02 05:26:00 With the world cup mania at its peak, companies are launching online cricket games and apps to ride the wave. The target audiences seem receptive enough as the these games are giving these sites high traffic drive. Online gaming company Zapak which has the rights to distribute the game called Cricket Power, saw traffic go double after the game went live just a month back. Cricket Power was launched by ICC itself. It is an internet browser-based simulation creatred by Karkadann Games and features teams and players participating in the world cup. So, even ICC wants to cash in on the euphoria surrounding the world cup. But, it is not the games which were surprising, but the companies who have come forth with such games surprised me more. Yatra.com has launched a game as well — Cricket Manager. As the name suggests, you have to play the role of the teams manager in this game. Some of these games involve virtual currencies. CricEx by Ibibo is a good example. The game is designed i...
By: WATblog
Who's Hiring?: Top (10) Companies for Job Growth
2011-02-15 23:21:00 Fortune magazine has come out with their annual survey of the best places to work with the best perks and the top ten firms for job growth in 2011. Some of the companies were a surprise, while others were expected. I focused on the companies that are hiring for this article. So who is hiring and expanding their employee base for 2011? With unemployment in the U. S. still over 9% nationally the reality is that job seekers may need to focus on who is hiring, rather than where they want to work. This mind set is much different than the last decade before the Great Recession when job candidate's sought out firms they wanted to work for; not...
These Companies are Sitting on Billions of Dollars
2011-01-19 13:00:00 The S&P 500 pushed back above 1,100 in September 2010, past the 1,200 mark in early December and is already on the cusp of 1,300. With that kind . . . → Full Story: These Companies are Sitting on Billions of Dollars
By: Jutia Group
What To Do About Chinese Companies Taking Your IP?
2011-01-18 01:58:00 Last week, co-blogger Steve Dickinson and I spoke at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Beijing. From our perspective, the best part of our talk were the excellent questions posed to us by the reporters in attendance. There was one question I pretty much punted on and though I have thought much about it since, I still do not have a good answer. In fact, I have determined it is not a question for a lawyer, but rather for a business. Here's the question, as best as I remember it (I believe it came from a Wall Street Journal reporter): "What do you tell your clients about how Chinese companies are taking foreign company intellectual property and then using that intellectual property to market their own products outside China?" As I recall, my response was something along the following: "Good question.In the 'old days' we used to warn our clients about the risks of Chinese companies taking our clients' intellectual property and using that intellectual property t...
By: China Law Blog
What About Chinese Companies Taking Your IP?
2011-01-18 01:58:00 Last week, co-blogger Steve Dickinson and I spoke at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Beijing. From our perspective, the best part of our talk were the excellent questions posed to us by the reporters in attendance. There was one question I pretty much punted on and though I have thought much about it since, I still do not have a good answer. In fact, I have determined it is not a question for a lawyer, but rather for a business. Here's the question, as best as I remember it (I believe it came from a Wall Street Journal reporter): "What do you tell your clients about how Chinese companies are taking foreign company intellectual property and then using that intellectual property to market their own products outside China?" As I recall, my response was something along the following: "Good question.In the 'old days' we used to warn our clients about the risks of Chinese companies taking our clients' intellectual property and using that intellectual property t...
By: China Law Blog
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