PEOs Rebound with the Small Business Economy
February 12, 2007
U.S. PEO Market Rebounds as Small Businesses Rally and Embrace HR Outsourcing, Says IDC | services.tekrati.com
Nearly 42 percent of small and mid-sized companies expect to expand their HR outsourcing, according to outsourcing advisers at Nelson Hall, reports BenefitNews.com. PEOs can offer HR solutions tailored to small and midsized businesses in all industries.
Small business employers are driven, in part, to outsource HR functions because of the increasing cost associated with benefits coverage, combined with a need to provide health care and related benefits comparable to those offered by larger organizations in order to attract and retain employees.
Better Prices for Memory on the Horizon
February 7, 2007
Weaker Prices Smack SanDisk | www.businessweek.com
1. SanDisk is warning of declining margins
2. More competitive landscape as the price per megabyte sold has declined 62% over the past year
January 31, 2007
Soccer, Samba and Outsourcing? | online.wsj.com
In order for Brazil to capture as much as $10 billion in international outsourcing work by 2010, the country’s outsourcing industry will have to become very aggressive. While Brazil is not as cheap as India, wages in Brazil are still substantially lower than in the U.S.
January 24, 2007
AT&T debuts ‘Unity’ plans to extend wireless in-network calling to wireline numbers | www.rcrnews.com
AT&T is re-branding Cingular and is emphasizing the debut of the Unity Plan, which will cut costs due to integrated wireless-wire billing systems.
January 17, 2007
Apple Officially Announces "Apple TV" | www.ipodobserver.com
Steve Jobs at MacWorld spent a few minutes on the new Apple TV and switched gears and spent the majority of the time on the new Apple phone.
Good for Consumers but What About Tomorrow?
January 11, 2007
Juniper Feels Redback Squeeze | www.thestreet.com
1. Good for Ericsson & Redback
2. Bad for Juniper, Alcatel, Nortel
3. Good for consumers in the long run
December 29, 2006
Tech: The Look Ahead to 2007 | www.tmcnet.com
New operating systems will dominate the landscape. New types of machines will be needed to run these new operating systems. This will cause more revenue to be generated for all parties. Sony and other electronics makers aim for big sales of ultra-mobile PC's.
December 29, 2006
You Are So Wrong About Google | www.fool.com
1. How confident is the trend that Google will spill in 2007?
2. Google is vulnerable to rivals like Yahoo! or Microsoft's Live.com.
Ads Coming Soon to Your Mobile Phone
December 29, 2006
Verizon to Allow Ads on Its Mobile Phones | www.nytimes.com
Verizon is poised to become the advertising medium itself.
Beginning early next year, Verizon Wireless will allow placement of banner advertisements on news, weather, sports and other Internet sites that users visit and display on their mobile phones.
But what does the future hold?
December 5, 2006
Private equity groups could bid for Clear Channel | www.latimes.com
1) Clear Channel was reported as accepting a $18.7 Billion Takeover Bid
2)the sum of the parts of Clear Channel will be worth more than the whole
Switzerland sues Google over Street View privacy concerns
November 13, 2009
Here Come the Droids! A brief review of Verizon Wireless' new Droid line-up.
November 11, 2009
October 30, 2009
Vodafone Orange Iphone Deal Ends Two Years Exclusivity Of O2 In UK
October 5, 2009
IPhone Coma Mode puts Apple in the ICU
September 19, 2009