IPA Search Council Presentation - By Nilhan JayasingheiCrossing
Toyota struggled to promote the complex attributes of the IQ car. They launched a blog and social media campaign around two employees attempting a 500-mile hypermiling drive in the IQ on a single tank of petrol. This generated significant engagement and positive coverage on sites like Wired and AutoblogGreen, increasing awareness of the IQ's fuel efficiency. The campaign delivered over 100 million impressions and boosted natural search rankings by gaining relevant backlinks.
International Paper Company filed a Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2006 with the SEC. The filing includes International Paper's consolidated statement of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 which shows net sales, costs and expenses, earnings from continuing operations before taxes, net earnings or loss, and other financial details. The filing also includes management's discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations for International Paper during the periods.
1) Goodyear responded to Standard & Poor's decision to place Goodyear's credit ratings on CreditWatch with negative implications as part of a broader action affecting 14 auto industry firms.
2) Goodyear believes S&P's action was misguided because less than 8% of Goodyear's $20 billion in annual sales are to the global operations of the Big Three U.S. automakers, and over 80% are in the replacement tire market.
3) Near-term impacts of challenges facing the Big Three automakers are not expected to materially affect Goodyear's liquidity.
- Goodyear reported record first quarter sales of $4.9 billion, up 10% from the previous year, driven by higher prices and a richer product mix.
- Net income was $147 million compared to a net loss of $174 million in the previous year, an improvement of $321 million.
- Segment operating income set a first quarter record at $367 million, up 62% from the prior year, as all four of Goodyear's business segments improved margins and operating income.
The document is Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's quarterly report filed with the SEC for the quarter ended June 30, 2006. It includes consolidated financial statements such as income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements. It also provides information on the company's results of operations, liquidity, capital resources, legal proceedings, and controls and procedures.
I went to CES 2014 and all you get is this lousy PDF. Here's a quick scouting report of sights and thoughts from CES. It was both overwhelming and underwhelming, but the highlights include: wearables, 3D printing, connected cars, and lots of bluetooth speakers and iPhone cases. OK, those aren't all highlights.
This annual report summarizes Constellation Energy's financial results for 2006. Key points include:
- Revenues grew to a record $19.3 billion in 2006, up 14% from 2005. Adjusted earnings per share grew 25% to a record $3.61.
- Total shareholder return was nearly 23% in 2006, building on a 35% return in 2005, outperforming the S&P 500 Electric Utilities Index and S&P 500.
- The company achieved productivity gains of $97 million since 2003 and expects $83 million more by 2008. Dividends per share grew 12.7% in 2006.
- All business units performed well, with the competitive energy
IPA Search Council Presentation - By Nilhan JayasingheiCrossing
Toyota struggled to promote the complex attributes of the IQ car. They launched a blog and social media campaign around two employees attempting a 500-mile hypermiling drive in the IQ on a single tank of petrol. This generated significant engagement and positive coverage on sites like Wired and AutoblogGreen, increasing awareness of the IQ's fuel efficiency. The campaign delivered over 100 million impressions and boosted natural search rankings by gaining relevant backlinks.
International Paper Company filed a Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2006 with the SEC. The filing includes International Paper's consolidated statement of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 which shows net sales, costs and expenses, earnings from continuing operations before taxes, net earnings or loss, and other financial details. The filing also includes management's discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations for International Paper during the periods.
1) Goodyear responded to Standard & Poor's decision to place Goodyear's credit ratings on CreditWatch with negative implications as part of a broader action affecting 14 auto industry firms.
2) Goodyear believes S&P's action was misguided because less than 8% of Goodyear's $20 billion in annual sales are to the global operations of the Big Three U.S. automakers, and over 80% are in the replacement tire market.
3) Near-term impacts of challenges facing the Big Three automakers are not expected to materially affect Goodyear's liquidity.
- Goodyear reported record first quarter sales of $4.9 billion, up 10% from the previous year, driven by higher prices and a richer product mix.
- Net income was $147 million compared to a net loss of $174 million in the previous year, an improvement of $321 million.
- Segment operating income set a first quarter record at $367 million, up 62% from the prior year, as all four of Goodyear's business segments improved margins and operating income.
The document is Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's quarterly report filed with the SEC for the quarter ended June 30, 2006. It includes consolidated financial statements such as income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements. It also provides information on the company's results of operations, liquidity, capital resources, legal proceedings, and controls and procedures.
I went to CES 2014 and all you get is this lousy PDF. Here's a quick scouting report of sights and thoughts from CES. It was both overwhelming and underwhelming, but the highlights include: wearables, 3D printing, connected cars, and lots of bluetooth speakers and iPhone cases. OK, those aren't all highlights.
This annual report summarizes Constellation Energy's financial results for 2006. Key points include:
- Revenues grew to a record $19.3 billion in 2006, up 14% from 2005. Adjusted earnings per share grew 25% to a record $3.61.
- Total shareholder return was nearly 23% in 2006, building on a 35% return in 2005, outperforming the S&P 500 Electric Utilities Index and S&P 500.
- The company achieved productivity gains of $97 million since 2003 and expects $83 million more by 2008. Dividends per share grew 12.7% in 2006.
- All business units performed well, with the competitive energy
Extending SharePoint 2010 To Line of Business Integration Aridwansassman
This document discusses using Business Connectivity Services (BCS) in SharePoint 2010 to integrate line of business (LOB) systems and data. BCS allows external data to be brought into SharePoint and Office in a centralized, managed way. It provides advantages like extending the reach of enterprise data by enabling users to access, reuse, and gain insight into external data from LOB systems in SharePoint and Office. The document demonstrates accessing customer and product data from external systems in SharePoint and creating a sales quote document connected to that external data in Word.
Using the Web for Fast, Convenient Electronic Document DeliveryEric Schnell
The document discusses using the web for fast electronic document delivery. It describes how traditional document delivery methods like postal mail, fax, and email can be labor intensive and slow. The document argues that web delivery provides higher quality scans, faster broadband speeds, parallel downloads, and anywhere access. It outlines the infrastructure needed for web delivery, including scanning, formatting, storage, authentication, and backup systems. Web delivery offers benefits like simplified workflows, lower costs, and faster turnaround times compared to traditional delivery methods.
The document is an SEC filing by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company that provides an adjusted Item 6 of their 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The adjustments correct references in certain footnotes to Item 6 from "income/loss from continuing operations" to "net income/loss" as the results included discontinued operations. Item 6 provides selected financial data for Goodyear from 2002-2006, including net sales, income/loss, income/loss per share, total assets, long term debt, and shareholders' equity. Footnotes provide additional details on items affecting results in certain years.
This document is Goodyear's proxy statement for its 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. It provides information about the meeting, including the date, time, location and purposes. The purposes are to elect directors, consider amendments to Goodyear's Code of Regulations and Amended Articles of Incorporation, ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as independent accountants, and consider a shareholder proposal. It also provides information about share voting, quorum requirements, and the vote required to pass each item of business.
The document discusses search engine optimization (SEO) techniques for websites built with Liferay. It covers best practices like controlling meta information, using friendly URLs, and creating SEO-optimized page types with decoupled authoring and publishing. The document also notes some SEO challenges for Liferay like generating optimal HTML titles and breadcrumbs, and provides solutions like intercepting generation code to add dynamic logic. The overall message is that Liferay can satisfy most SEO requirements if the proper strategy is defined and techniques like those discussed are followed.
Scoring Inside and Outside The Box: World Cup Insights in Search MarketingiCrossing
This document provides search marketing insights from the 2010 FIFA World Cup. It analyzes search trends for topics like travel, teams, players, merchandise and information. Fixtures and schedules were the most searched for information. Key moments like matches and results saw spikes in search volume. The document also compares countries by population, internet users, World Cup search interest and factors like Facebook penetration to determine promising marketing opportunities for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
This document discusses the work of Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory regarding research, education, and outreach efforts on critical issues affecting Lake Erie. It provides background on Ohio Sea Grant, describes current research projects focused on issues like harmful algal blooms, nutrients, and sedimentation. It also outlines education and outreach programs conducted at Stone Laboratory, including courses, workshops, and involvement of students and the public. Key challenges for Lake Erie discussed are sedimentation, nutrients/phosphorus, harmful algal blooms, hypoxic zones, aquatic invasive species, and impacts of climate change.
iCrossing Client Event - Antony Mayfield 'You And Your Web Shadow'iCrossing
This document discusses an individual's "web shadow", which is defined as the combination of their online owned presence (social media profiles, blogs, websites) and their earned presence (what others say about them online). It emphasizes the importance of managing one's web shadow by being the primary source of information about oneself online, being present in relevant networks, and drawing clear lines between private and public information. The document provides tips for individuals such as conducting regular "sanity searches" about themselves and mapping their online networks.
Represented OEC in stakeholder meetings with OEPA to discuss the importance of water quality rules. The rules establish a common vocabulary to understand water resources, increase protection for high quality streams, and will form the basis for a mitigation rule to guide industry away from sensitive streams. Attendees were asked to sign a letter of support or write their own letter to elected representatives to advocate for protecting small streams.
WordPress South Florida Meetup - Top 9 (Feb 2014)David Bisset
This document lists and provides links to the top 9 WordPress themes, plugins, and resources for February 2014. They include the Moments theme, VelocityPage, Marketify marketplace theme, WordPress Weekly podcast, Widget Customizer, Gust plugin, Post Connector, TinyMCE SpellCheck, and Stream plugin. The list is authored by David Bisset and provides short descriptions and links for each item.
Marketing Asset Center - Enabling Consistency & Productivity Across Sales & M...rivetlogic
The Digital Marketing landscape continues to transform in the form of content marketing, big data, mobile marketing, and social media. All of this equates to an abundance of digital marketing assets – audio, video, images, documents, corporate communications, campaign assets, and more – which need to be effectively managed and distributed to various stakeholders – sales teams, employees, partners, customers, remote offices, and others.
The Marketing Asset Center provides a powerful and easy way for enterprises to manage and distribute all their digital marketing assets, resulting in increased marketing productivity, brand consistency, sales effectiveness, and revenue.
This document provides an overview of Gujarat Industrial Corporation (GIC), a manufacturer of precision machined metal components established in 1976. It summarizes the company's facilities, machinery, processes, products, clients, and management. GIC specializes in close-tolerance CNC machined parts and has two manufacturing facilities totaling 40,000 square feet. The company serves clients across various industries globally and is ISO 9001 certified.
SIS 2010 - Marketing in the Moment - Rob Garner - iCrossingiCrossing
The document discusses how marketing is evolving in real-time as people and society become more networked. It argues that to be effective, brands must adopt an agile approach and engage with audiences in the moment through publishing, conversation, and acting on available data. Being present and responsive across networks and search is now critical, as what brands do right now increasingly shapes perceptions over the long run. The new nature of marketing demands strategic vision and preparation to engage audiences in this dynamic environment.
Este documento presenta el plan de varias reuniones para profesores y personal de un colegio. Las reuniones cubren temas como la implementación de nuevas políticas educativas, mejorar el plan de tutoría, organizar un evento escolar y establecer objetivos para el próximo año escolar. Cada reunión describe su propósito, coordinador, metodología y duración.
Increase Customer Engagement and Drive Revenue with Liferay Audience Targeting rivetlogic
Today’s consumers are surrounded with an ever-increasing amount of digital content, as we’ve all probably experienced personally. To capture their attention and truly engage them, businesses need to deliver personalized experiences that are targeted towards their individual needs. An engaged audience can lead to more new customers as well as drive existing customer loyalty.
This presentation dives into the topic of audience engagement - how to connect with your audience through personalized content, and how Liferay’s new Audience Targeting app helps to tailor content for specific users.
Help Pakistan is a poverty-focused project of AL-Rehman Welfare Trust, a locally registered, non-government, not-for-profit welfare trust that provides financial assistance for food and critical medical treatment to impoverished families in Pakistan. We also provide support to find employment and finance education, vocational training and wedding arrangements for the underprivileged.
for more details, please visit www.helppakistan.org
View Summary Manpower Inc. Withdraws Fourth Quarter 2008 Guidance 12/22/2008finance12
Manpower Inc. withdrew its fourth quarter 2008 guidance due to continued declines in the global labor markets and changes in foreign currencies. The company experienced a 20% revenue decline in the two months ended November 30, 2008 compared to the prior year. As a result of the weaker operating environment, Manpower Inc. will take restructuring charges related to employee severance and office closures in the fourth quarter. Despite the economic challenges, the company's liquidity and financial strength remains strong with $675 million in cash and $182 million in net debt as of the end of November.
The document is the 1999 annual report of Manpower Inc. It discusses the company's financial highlights for 1999, including increased systemwide sales, revenues, and operating margin compared to previous years. It summarizes the company's strategies to focus on providing workforce solutions, investing in technology, improving efficiency, and expanding in professional and specialty staffing. The report discusses how these strategies helped drive growth while improving profitability in 1999.
Manpower provided staffing solutions for a variety of clients around the world in 2000. Some key examples include:
1) Manpower Venezuela used a performance-based compensation model to win staffing contracts for three call centers in Venezuela.
2) In Australia, the Defense Force outsourced its military recruitment to Manpower due to their ability to provide a full-service solution.
3) In North Carolina, Manpower's workforce program helped IBM achieve significant contractor staffing cost savings.
This document highlights Manpower's global reach and ability to customize staffing solutions to meet the diverse needs of clients around the world.
Extending SharePoint 2010 To Line of Business Integration Aridwansassman
This document discusses using Business Connectivity Services (BCS) in SharePoint 2010 to integrate line of business (LOB) systems and data. BCS allows external data to be brought into SharePoint and Office in a centralized, managed way. It provides advantages like extending the reach of enterprise data by enabling users to access, reuse, and gain insight into external data from LOB systems in SharePoint and Office. The document demonstrates accessing customer and product data from external systems in SharePoint and creating a sales quote document connected to that external data in Word.
Using the Web for Fast, Convenient Electronic Document DeliveryEric Schnell
The document discusses using the web for fast electronic document delivery. It describes how traditional document delivery methods like postal mail, fax, and email can be labor intensive and slow. The document argues that web delivery provides higher quality scans, faster broadband speeds, parallel downloads, and anywhere access. It outlines the infrastructure needed for web delivery, including scanning, formatting, storage, authentication, and backup systems. Web delivery offers benefits like simplified workflows, lower costs, and faster turnaround times compared to traditional delivery methods.
The document is an SEC filing by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company that provides an adjusted Item 6 of their 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The adjustments correct references in certain footnotes to Item 6 from "income/loss from continuing operations" to "net income/loss" as the results included discontinued operations. Item 6 provides selected financial data for Goodyear from 2002-2006, including net sales, income/loss, income/loss per share, total assets, long term debt, and shareholders' equity. Footnotes provide additional details on items affecting results in certain years.
This document is Goodyear's proxy statement for its 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. It provides information about the meeting, including the date, time, location and purposes. The purposes are to elect directors, consider amendments to Goodyear's Code of Regulations and Amended Articles of Incorporation, ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as independent accountants, and consider a shareholder proposal. It also provides information about share voting, quorum requirements, and the vote required to pass each item of business.
The document discusses search engine optimization (SEO) techniques for websites built with Liferay. It covers best practices like controlling meta information, using friendly URLs, and creating SEO-optimized page types with decoupled authoring and publishing. The document also notes some SEO challenges for Liferay like generating optimal HTML titles and breadcrumbs, and provides solutions like intercepting generation code to add dynamic logic. The overall message is that Liferay can satisfy most SEO requirements if the proper strategy is defined and techniques like those discussed are followed.
Scoring Inside and Outside The Box: World Cup Insights in Search MarketingiCrossing
This document provides search marketing insights from the 2010 FIFA World Cup. It analyzes search trends for topics like travel, teams, players, merchandise and information. Fixtures and schedules were the most searched for information. Key moments like matches and results saw spikes in search volume. The document also compares countries by population, internet users, World Cup search interest and factors like Facebook penetration to determine promising marketing opportunities for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
This document discusses the work of Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory regarding research, education, and outreach efforts on critical issues affecting Lake Erie. It provides background on Ohio Sea Grant, describes current research projects focused on issues like harmful algal blooms, nutrients, and sedimentation. It also outlines education and outreach programs conducted at Stone Laboratory, including courses, workshops, and involvement of students and the public. Key challenges for Lake Erie discussed are sedimentation, nutrients/phosphorus, harmful algal blooms, hypoxic zones, aquatic invasive species, and impacts of climate change.
iCrossing Client Event - Antony Mayfield 'You And Your Web Shadow'iCrossing
This document discusses an individual's "web shadow", which is defined as the combination of their online owned presence (social media profiles, blogs, websites) and their earned presence (what others say about them online). It emphasizes the importance of managing one's web shadow by being the primary source of information about oneself online, being present in relevant networks, and drawing clear lines between private and public information. The document provides tips for individuals such as conducting regular "sanity searches" about themselves and mapping their online networks.
Represented OEC in stakeholder meetings with OEPA to discuss the importance of water quality rules. The rules establish a common vocabulary to understand water resources, increase protection for high quality streams, and will form the basis for a mitigation rule to guide industry away from sensitive streams. Attendees were asked to sign a letter of support or write their own letter to elected representatives to advocate for protecting small streams.
WordPress South Florida Meetup - Top 9 (Feb 2014)David Bisset
This document lists and provides links to the top 9 WordPress themes, plugins, and resources for February 2014. They include the Moments theme, VelocityPage, Marketify marketplace theme, WordPress Weekly podcast, Widget Customizer, Gust plugin, Post Connector, TinyMCE SpellCheck, and Stream plugin. The list is authored by David Bisset and provides short descriptions and links for each item.
Marketing Asset Center - Enabling Consistency & Productivity Across Sales & M...rivetlogic
The Digital Marketing landscape continues to transform in the form of content marketing, big data, mobile marketing, and social media. All of this equates to an abundance of digital marketing assets – audio, video, images, documents, corporate communications, campaign assets, and more – which need to be effectively managed and distributed to various stakeholders – sales teams, employees, partners, customers, remote offices, and others.
The Marketing Asset Center provides a powerful and easy way for enterprises to manage and distribute all their digital marketing assets, resulting in increased marketing productivity, brand consistency, sales effectiveness, and revenue.
This document provides an overview of Gujarat Industrial Corporation (GIC), a manufacturer of precision machined metal components established in 1976. It summarizes the company's facilities, machinery, processes, products, clients, and management. GIC specializes in close-tolerance CNC machined parts and has two manufacturing facilities totaling 40,000 square feet. The company serves clients across various industries globally and is ISO 9001 certified.
SIS 2010 - Marketing in the Moment - Rob Garner - iCrossingiCrossing
The document discusses how marketing is evolving in real-time as people and society become more networked. It argues that to be effective, brands must adopt an agile approach and engage with audiences in the moment through publishing, conversation, and acting on available data. Being present and responsive across networks and search is now critical, as what brands do right now increasingly shapes perceptions over the long run. The new nature of marketing demands strategic vision and preparation to engage audiences in this dynamic environment.
Este documento presenta el plan de varias reuniones para profesores y personal de un colegio. Las reuniones cubren temas como la implementación de nuevas políticas educativas, mejorar el plan de tutoría, organizar un evento escolar y establecer objetivos para el próximo año escolar. Cada reunión describe su propósito, coordinador, metodología y duración.
Increase Customer Engagement and Drive Revenue with Liferay Audience Targeting rivetlogic
Today’s consumers are surrounded with an ever-increasing amount of digital content, as we’ve all probably experienced personally. To capture their attention and truly engage them, businesses need to deliver personalized experiences that are targeted towards their individual needs. An engaged audience can lead to more new customers as well as drive existing customer loyalty.
This presentation dives into the topic of audience engagement - how to connect with your audience through personalized content, and how Liferay’s new Audience Targeting app helps to tailor content for specific users.
Help Pakistan is a poverty-focused project of AL-Rehman Welfare Trust, a locally registered, non-government, not-for-profit welfare trust that provides financial assistance for food and critical medical treatment to impoverished families in Pakistan. We also provide support to find employment and finance education, vocational training and wedding arrangements for the underprivileged.
for more details, please visit www.helppakistan.org
View Summary Manpower Inc. Withdraws Fourth Quarter 2008 Guidance 12/22/2008finance12
Manpower Inc. withdrew its fourth quarter 2008 guidance due to continued declines in the global labor markets and changes in foreign currencies. The company experienced a 20% revenue decline in the two months ended November 30, 2008 compared to the prior year. As a result of the weaker operating environment, Manpower Inc. will take restructuring charges related to employee severance and office closures in the fourth quarter. Despite the economic challenges, the company's liquidity and financial strength remains strong with $675 million in cash and $182 million in net debt as of the end of November.
The document is the 1999 annual report of Manpower Inc. It discusses the company's financial highlights for 1999, including increased systemwide sales, revenues, and operating margin compared to previous years. It summarizes the company's strategies to focus on providing workforce solutions, investing in technology, improving efficiency, and expanding in professional and specialty staffing. The report discusses how these strategies helped drive growth while improving profitability in 1999.
Manpower provided staffing solutions for a variety of clients around the world in 2000. Some key examples include:
1) Manpower Venezuela used a performance-based compensation model to win staffing contracts for three call centers in Venezuela.
2) In Australia, the Defense Force outsourced its military recruitment to Manpower due to their ability to provide a full-service solution.
3) In North Carolina, Manpower's workforce program helped IBM achieve significant contractor staffing cost savings.
This document highlights Manpower's global reach and ability to customize staffing solutions to meet the diverse needs of clients around the world.
The document is Manpower Inc.'s 2001 annual report. It summarizes that in 2001:
- Systemwide sales decreased 5.3% to $11.8 billion due to a weaker global economy and strengthening US dollar.
- Revenues decreased 3.3% and operating profit declined 23.6% as revenue growth slowed but investments continued.
- Earnings per share decreased 27% to $1.62 primarily due to currency exchange impacts. The company remained focused on providing skilled employees and workforce solutions to customers during economic uncertainty.
The document discusses Manpower's performance and strategies during a period of economic uncertainty in 2002. It summarizes that Manpower strengthened its financial position, improved efficiency, expanded services, and increased customer relationships despite challenging market conditions. Manpower emerged stronger and confident in its leadership position. The speed of work increased pressure on companies, but Manpower provided flexibility and quality service to help customers.
This document contains a long list of place names from around the world arranged in no clear order. The places span multiple continents and countries, including locations in France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Argentina and many others.
The document is Manpower Inc.'s 2004 annual report. It discusses Manpower's 57-year history of providing temporary staffing solutions and how it has expanded its services over time. It also discusses how the world of work is constantly changing and how Manpower continues to adapt its solutions to help clients with their HR strategies and market competition. The report features perspectives from clients, including IBM's vice president of global talent discussing how IBM partners with Manpower for just-in-time talent management to source skills globally on demand.
This document is Manpower Inc.'s 2005 annual report. It summarizes the company's financial performance for 2005, noting revenues exceeded $16 billion, a 7.7% increase over 2004. Net income increased 8% to $260 million. It also discusses strategic moves taken in 2005 to expand operations in emerging markets like China and India. Finally, it describes the company's rebranding effort, launching a new logo and tagline - "What do you do?" - to reflect its expanded services beyond temporary staffing.
Manpower Inc. reported record financial results in 2006. Revenues increased 10.8% to $17.6 billion and net earnings increased 53% to $398 million. The company's stock price rose 61% in 2006, outperforming the broader market. Operating profit increased 24% to $532 million due to growth in business and effective cost management across regions. The company has transitioned to focus on providing a wider range of employment services beyond temporary staffing alone. The rebranding launched in 2006 aligned the company's image with this strategic transition and positioned Manpower for continued strong performance.
Manpower Inc. had record revenues and earnings in 2007. Revenues increased 17% to $20.5 billion while net earnings grew 22% to $484.7 million. The company has diversified its services over the past decade to include specialty services beyond temporary staffing, such as permanent recruitment and leadership development. This has improved profit margins and reduced sensitivity to economic cycles. Investments in new services like recruitment process outsourcing have positioned Manpower for continued growth.
The document is a Form 8-K filed by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company with the SEC on May 22, 2007. It announces that the company entered into an underwriting agreement to sell over 22 million shares of its common stock in a public offering at $33 per share, for total proceeds of over $750 million. The underwriters exercised their option to purchase additional shares. The company's general counsel issued a legality opinion on the shares offering. The proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company issued notices to partially redeem outstanding notes. It will redeem $140 million of its 9% Senior Notes due 2015 at 109% of par value, and $175 million of its 8.625% Senior Notes due 2011 at 108.625% of par value. Both redemptions will occur on June 29, 2007. Goodyear is using proceeds from a recent equity offering of common stock to fund the redemptions, as allowed under provisions permitting redemption of up to 35% of notes with equity offering proceeds.
An accounting information system (AIS) refers to tools and systems designed for the collection and display of accounting information so accountants and executives can make informed decisions.
Dr. Alyce Su Cover Story - China's Investment Leadermsthrill
In World Expo 2010 Shanghai – the most visited Expo in the World History
https://www.britannica.com/event/Expo-Shanghai-2010
China’s official organizer of the Expo, CCPIT (China Council for the Promotion of International Trade https://en.ccpit.org/) has chosen Dr. Alyce Su as the Cover Person with Cover Story, in the Expo’s official magazine distributed throughout the Expo, showcasing China’s New Generation of Leaders to the World.
In World Expo 2010 Shanghai – the most visited Expo in the World History
https://www.britannica.com/event/Expo-Shanghai-2010
China’s official organizer of the Expo, CCPIT (China Council for the Promotion of International Trade https://en.ccpit.org/) has chosen Dr. Alyce Su as the Cover Person with Cover Story, in the Expo’s official magazine distributed throughout the Expo, showcasing China’s New Generation of Leaders to the World.
Fabular Frames and the Four Ratio ProblemMajid Iqbal
Digital, interactive art showing the struggle of a society in providing for its present population while also saving planetary resources for future generations. Spread across several frames, the art is actually the rendering of real and speculative data. The stereographic projections change shape in response to prompts and provocations. Visitors interact with the model through speculative statements about how to increase savings across communities, regions, ecosystems and environments. Their fabulations combined with random noise, i.e. factors beyond control, have a dramatic effect on the societal transition. Things get better. Things get worse. The aim is to give visitors a new grasp and feel of the ongoing struggles in democracies around the world.
Stunning art in the small multiples format brings out the spatiotemporal nature of societal transitions, against backdrop issues such as energy, housing, waste, farmland and forest. In each frame we see hopeful and frightful interplays between spending and saving. Problems emerge when one of the two parts of the existential anaglyph rapidly shrinks like Arctic ice, as factors cross thresholds. Ecological wealth and intergenerational equity areFour at stake. Not enough spending could mean economic stress, social unrest and political conflict. Not enough saving and there will be climate breakdown and ‘bankruptcy’. So where does speculative design start and the gambling and betting end? Behind each fabular frame is a four ratio problem. Each ratio reflects the level of sacrifice and self-restraint a society is willing to accept, against promises of prosperity and freedom. Some values seem to stabilise a frame while others cause collapse. Get the ratios right and we can have it all. Get them wrong and things get more desperate.
The Rise and Fall of Ponzi Schemes in America.pptxDiana Rose
Ponzi schemes, a notorious form of financial fraud, have plagued America’s investment landscape for decades. Named after Charles Ponzi, who orchestrated one of the most infamous schemes in the early 20th century, these fraudulent operations promise high returns with little or no risk, only to collapse and leave investors with significant losses. This article explores the nature of Ponzi schemes, notable cases in American history, their impact on victims, and measures to prevent falling prey to such scams.
Understanding Ponzi Schemes
A Ponzi scheme is an investment scam where returns are paid to earlier investors using the capital from newer investors, rather than from legitimate profit earned. The scheme relies on a constant influx of new investments to continue paying the promised returns. Eventually, when the flow of new money slows down or stops, the scheme collapses, leaving the majority of investors with substantial financial losses.
Historical Context: Charles Ponzi and His Legacy
Charles Ponzi is the namesake of this deceptive practice. In the 1920s, Ponzi promised investors in Boston a 50% return within 45 days or 100% return in 90 days through arbitrage of international reply coupons. Initially, he paid returns as promised, not from profits, but from the investments of new participants. When his scheme unraveled, it resulted in losses exceeding $20 million (equivalent to about $270 million today).
Notable American Ponzi Schemes
1. Bernie Madoff: Perhaps the most notorious Ponzi scheme in recent history, Bernie Madoff’s fraud involved $65 billion. Madoff, a well-respected figure in the financial industry, promised steady, high returns through a secretive investment strategy. His scheme lasted for decades before collapsing in 2008, devastating thousands of investors, including individuals, charities, and institutional clients.
2. Allen Stanford: Through his company, Stanford Financial Group, Allen Stanford orchestrated a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, luring investors with fraudulent certificates of deposit issued by his offshore bank. Stanford promised high returns and lavish lifestyle benefits to his investors, which ultimately led to a 110-year prison sentence for the financier in 2012.
3. Tom Petters: In a scheme that lasted more than a decade, Tom Petters ran a $3.65 billion Ponzi scheme, using his company, Petters Group Worldwide. He claimed to buy and sell consumer electronics, but in reality, he used new investments to pay off old debts and fund his extravagant lifestyle. Petters was convicted in 2009 and sentenced to 50 years in prison.
4. Eric Dalius and Saivian: Eric Dalius, a prominent figure behind Saivian, a cashback program promising high returns, is under scrutiny for allegedly orchestrating a Ponzi scheme. Saivian enticed investors with promises of up to 20% cash back on everyday purchases. However, investigations suggest that the returns were paid using new investments rather than legitimate profits. The collapse of Saivian l
Confirmation of Payee (CoP) is a vital security measure adopted by financial institutions and payment service providers. Its core purpose is to confirm that the recipient’s name matches the information provided by the sender during a banking transaction, ensuring that funds are transferred to the correct payment account.
Confirmation of Payee was built to tackle the increasing numbers of APP Fraud and in the landscape of UK banking, the spectre of APP fraud looms large. In 2022, over £1.2 billion was stolen by fraudsters through authorised and unauthorised fraud, equivalent to more than £2,300 every minute. This statistic emphasises the urgent need for robust security measures like CoP. While over £1.2 billion was stolen through fraud in 2022, there was an eight per cent reduction compared to 2021 which highlights the positive outcomes obtained from the implementation of Confirmation of Payee. The number of fraud cases across the UK also decreased by four per cent to nearly three million cases during the same period; latest statistics from UK Finance.
In essence, Confirmation of Payee plays a pivotal role in digital banking, guaranteeing the flawless execution of banking transactions. It stands as a guardian against fraud and misallocation, demonstrating the commitment of financial institutions to safeguard their clients’ assets. The next time you engage in a banking transaction, remember the invaluable role of CoP in ensuring the security of your financial interests.
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