tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88081734138082941252024-02-20T13:47:54.364-08:00Keeping Up With Mister JonesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808173413808294125.post-65550185885635073952007-06-18T06:43:00.000-07:002007-06-18T06:50:11.348-07:00Cost of Living - Mercer HRC Mar '07Moscow's numero uno! If NYC with a cost of living basis of 100 points, Seoul is 122.4, Tokyo 122.1, Hong Kong 119.4, Osaka 108.4, Singapore 100.4, Beijing 95.9. London is 126.3 and Moscow is 134.4. I guess that's hardly surprising given the weaker dollar.Click to see the rest of the list here.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808173413808294125.post-64944036586048028542007-05-27T14:46:00.000-07:002007-05-27T16:49:54.620-07:00Obama's views on religion and politicsA somewhat long speech (40 minutes) but good to see how he doesn't try to polarize and divide, but tries to engage the issue head on in a reconciliatory manner:Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808173413808294125.post-68874448828485941312007-05-26T20:41:00.000-07:002007-05-26T20:44:33.519-07:00International PhilosophyHat tip to Andrew Sullivan. My question is, what on earth was Beckenbauer doing? Fancy footwork by the Greeks! ;)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808173413808294125.post-9876744603675869402007-05-25T09:39:00.000-07:002007-05-25T09:52:37.772-07:00More Than Ever, It Pays to Be the Top Executive - Mergers, Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds -- DealBook - New York TimesThe Dealbook link and the NY Times link.The money quote from the Dealbook article:But all the attention on chief executives as business superstars raises new questions. In a report published last year, Moody’s Investors Service said it would start taking into account the difference in pay within an executive team in its bond ratings. “It raises issues of key-person risk and of whether the C.E.O. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808173413808294125.post-44178130582152435382007-05-23T08:16:00.000-07:002008-11-12T22:44:31.735-08:00New look Google Finance buggyApparently the front page of Google Finance is introducing a "recent quotes" section. However, ABN Amro shows up with a market cap of a quadrillion very large negative number!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808173413808294125.post-18986190266374064202007-05-22T11:49:00.000-07:002007-05-22T11:52:08.667-07:00Best and Worst WiFi Hotels 2007The best and the worst Wifi Hotels 2007. You'd think with the prices that you pay to stay at some of these hotels, they'd throw in WiFi for free i.e. include their infrastructure costs into the room rates. Take my stay at the InterContinental The Barclay in NYC for example, free WiFi in the lobby, but pay if you want it in your room. Why stinge just because the Marriott across the road is doing Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808173413808294125.post-8582676712767829142007-05-21T22:49:00.000-07:002007-05-21T22:50:18.002-07:00Private-Equity Firms Stock Up On Seasoned Executive TalentPrivate-Equity Firms Stock Up On Seasoned Executive TalentWhen you're looking at the luminaries of the likes of David Calhoun, Jack Welch and Lou Gerstner being the advisors or the executives-in-residence (that's the understatement of the year!) on board of these PE firms, is it any wonder that such huge buyouts are occurring every other day?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808173413808294125.post-5512692310334677562007-05-21T20:57:00.000-07:002007-05-21T21:31:34.283-07:00First Things FirstSome house-keeping is in order here:This blog needs a more elegant design.I need to get my feeds organized - Some of these RSS feeds have too much noise!I also need to experiment with some feed aggregators to remove duplicate entries.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0