FSI International shares are trading sharply higher after hours Tuesday after the semiconductor equipment supplier reported better-than-expected results for its fiscal second quarter ended February 25, and provided FY Q3 guidance that was well ahead of previous Street forecasts. FSI posted sales for the quarter of $38,5 million, well ahead of the Street at $32.1 ...

pubblicato il: 20/03/2012 - 23:25

Most people going through life are passengers on their bus. Very few are actually driving the bus. Here are 10 ways to ensure you're in control.

pubblicato il: 20/03/2012 - 10:00

Our company recently worked with a client that was being charged for age discrimination. It's a great example of one risk that startups can be exposed to while building their businesses. First, the Facts One of our high-growth technology clients was recently made aware that an age discrimination charge had been lodged against the company. ...

pubblicato il: 20/03/2012 - 11:46

So, where did the solar sector?s market cap go? Bernstien Research analyst Michael Parker on Tuesday produced an absolutely devastating report on what has become of the solar stocks. In short, they have as group become incredibly efficient at producing solar cells. And in the process, they have ripped a big hole where the industry?s ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 02:42

In his recent bombshell story for Wired magazine, National Agency chronicler James Bamford writes that the joke that the agency?s acronym stands for ?never say anything? applies now more than ever. In fact, it seems the NSA does speak. It says ?no? quite a lot. In a budget hearing Tuesday in the Emerging Threats and ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 02:31

On March 1st??PIMCO launched an??ETF version of the world's biggest??mutual fund, The PIMCO Return Fund. The ETF trades under the symbol TRXT, and can be purchased for around $100 per share. There has been a fair amount of negative press surrounding the launch, which is the topic of today's post.??For full disclosure, my 401k plan ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 02:44

Seagate Technology announced that it had achieved a demonstrated storage capacity of 1 terabit per square inch (Tbpsi).?? The technology in this demonstration used lasers to heat the magnetic media.?? These lasers reduce the magnetic fields needed to write on very stable magnetic media to levels that can be achieved with conventional magnetic recording heads.?? ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 02:48

A colleague sent me a link to a recent New article that suggested that job seekers are getting asked for their Facebook passwords as part of the interview process within some organizations. I had to do a double take???I couldn?t believe what I had just read. I understand that employers want to makes sure they?re ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 05:50

I recently had the honor of interviewing the legendary Dionne Warwick. Dionne ranks among the 40 biggest hit makers of the entire rock era (1955-1999), based on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts. Warwick ranks second only to Aretha Franklin as the most-charted female vocalist with 56 singles making the Billboard Hot 100 between ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 05:15

One of the more controversial elements of the Dodd-Frank Reform and Consumer Protection Act is the whistleblower incentives. ??And within the whistleblower incentives, there?s an even more controversial issue: should SEC rules require potential whistleblowers to report internally, through corporate compliance programs, first? ??It seems like business interests?the Chamber of Commerce comes to mind?want the ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 05:08