Fed Cuts Rates by Quarter Point, Some ETFs up 12%, 70% on Year. Is it all in the Software?

After a quarter-point reduction in the federal funds discount rate, stocks closed lower. Before today, financial stocks rose on the expectation of decisive Fed action to resolve the credit-market crisis.…

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Housing downturn indicates opportunities in Default, REO

While loan originations are down and subprime lenders and those that invested in the loans they orignated are feeling pressure, there are opportunities in the troubled mortgage market.Hedge funds are…

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Impact of Google’s wireless strategy – cellphones with ads or easier access to applications?

Carriers traditionally have decided what applications most consumers see on their cellphones, setting rules and negotiating fees for software developers to gain access. Google has struggled at times in recent…

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Semantic Web: Borderless Information for Healthcare, Climate Change, User Generated Content

Blockchain is borderless.  The semantic web can cross silos and barriers to connect information concepts. These developments are strategically aligned with our company's roots. Shared information via a common framework…

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Preventing Corporate Antibodies from Killing Innovation

Corporations have antibodies that attempt to kill innovation. Six Sigma for example can take defects out, but it can be counter to the very culture that innovators seek. Companies need…

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