Tuesday, February 17, 2004

Tools: HR Toolkit to Build Your Team

TOOLKITS BRING IT ALL TOGETHER
SHRM has added three new items to its extensive collection of Toolkits, designed to take HR professionals through all the processes of developing new tools, policies and processes. New to the site are a Benefits Toolkit, a new employee handbook and strategic planning toolkit.

Click here to view the tools that will build your team.

Work Smart: Time Management: Plan in the Evening

Time Management: Plan in the Evening

Spend at least 15 or 20 minutes at the end of each day to plan for tomorrow. If you leave it until the morning you may walk into a crisis and never plan at all. If you plan the evening before, you will be reserving your prime time for action, not reflection.

Monday, February 16, 2004

Article: 10 Tax Tips

Sponsored by Tax Pros Online

The deadline may be two months away, but now is the time to start think about your taxes.

By now most people have received their W-2's an other official documents from their employers. If not, you need to call and get that information as soon as possible.

Once you have all your paperwork, it's time to dive-in! But knowing the tax laws changes for 2003, as well as some of the overlooked deductions, can mean a bigger refund back from Uncle Sam.

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To do your taxes, first you've got to get prepared.

"If people are thinking about doing their taxes, the first thing you want to do is gather up all you records," says Lola Murrell of Jackson Hewitt. "Make sure you have all of the receipts that you might use.

But receipts may not mean much, if you don't know how to make them work for you...especially if you itemize your deductions.

"You need to keep track of everything you're going to list as you itemize, things like business expenses, travel expenses if they're in business, your mortgage insurance," says Murrell, "even medical, if it's high enough."

This year Uncle Sam is giving some tax breaks like that old marriage penalty.

"They increased all standard deductions, but they took out the marriage penalty," says Murrell. "A married couple filing jointly now have the same deductions as two single people."

With standard deductions increased, some people who itemized before may be better off not doing so now. "you do need to calculate," says Murrell.

If you have children under the age of 18, you definitely need to calculate.

"One thing that people will have to deal with is the child tax credit," says Murrell, "especially if they got an advanced child tax credit check in the summer."

That check last summer was an advance on your 2003 return, so that means if you got that check for $400 per child, make sure you subtract that amount from any refund or add it to any amount you owe.

Otherwise Murrell says "If they file electronically, it will be rejected by the IRS and it will have to be refiled." For those who file by paper, Murrell says your return will be recalculated by the IRS and the $400 subtracted from the refund.

If your children are in an after-school program or a daycare center, you may be eligible for additional child care deductions.

Even if your child is in college, write-offs are still available. The tuition you're paying may be deductible, as well as the interest on a student loan.

And who could soon forget Hurricane Isabel? Uncle Sam hasn't. In fact, if you shelled out cash to pay for damages, that too may earn you a deduction.

"There are deductions for casualty losses," says Murrell. "There are limits. It's limited to a certain percentage of your income and it's limited to a certain amount of loss. If you had insurance that also paid for the loss, you can't count anything other than what your insurance company did not pay for."

A hurricane, theft or a car plowing into your house - all types of casualty losses may earn you a write off.

Many of us donated goods and services to help others in the wake of Hurricane Isabel. If that's the case for you, don't forget to itemize those charitable deductions.

If you are a sales rep, or have another profession that requires you to use your own car for work purposes, the mileage you incur can also be itemized.

"That does not included commuting back and forth," says Murrell, just the mileage "you actually drive your car for your work." She suggest that anyone in this situation keep a log of their work-related mileage.

Lastly, trying to get healthy can also improve your tax situation by itemizing your medical expenses.

"There are several additions to what you can claim as medical," says Murrell, "dieting, smoking sensation, if they have to do with your health."

But Murrell warns that the expense must really be for health reasons.

"If you are already slender and you go on a diet, that won't count. But if your health is in danger by obesity and you take a diet program and you have diet expenses, then that counts as a medical expense."

Taxes, of course, are complicated...but help is out there. Contact your tax professional or visit the IRS online at www.irs.gov.

Use the low cost e-file service from Tax Pros Online to file your tax return and get a rapid refund. Visit the Tax Pros Center at www.TaxProsOnline.com.

Also check out these tax resources:
Tax Tips Video


Doing Business Tax-Free: Perfectly Legal Techniques to Reduce or Eliminate Your Federal Business Taxes, 2nd Edition



Guaranteed Income for Life: How Variable Annuities Can Cut Your Taxes, Pay You Every Year of Your Life, and Bring You Financial Peace of Mind



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The Politics Behind U.S. Taxes
Tax Loopholes for the Super Rich - Shifting Tax Burden to the Middle Class

What Media Convergence Means for You

Since Janet Jackson's "BIG SHOW" at the Super Bowl, politicians, bisiness
leaders and the media have been taking vocal positions on:
- decency
- media ownership
- control of media content
- economics of mass media and cable networks

Take a minute to reflect on the issue and what it means for the news content
(channels) you consume.

Feel free to post your comments and feedback.
Tell us what you think.

Also check out:
PBS Invstigative Report: Media Convergence, Diversity and Decency, What Next?
Latest Articels on Media Convergence and Decency

Recommended Reading:

Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Mass Media and Society



Our Media, Not Theirs: The Democratic Struggle Against Corporate Media



Media Unlimited: The Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives

Friday, February 13, 2004

Travel: Places to See in London, UK

If you are thinking or have decided to move to London and interested in what I have to say, do talk to me.

If you are visiting, I recommend buying a guidebook and the latest Time Out. You can find there main places of interest. Here are a few recommendations of my favorite things to do in London:

1) Reading Room in British Museum
2) The Globe, a Shakespearian theatre. It is amazing. If you are not big fan of Shakespeare, read his work in advance. The theatre and plays are impressive.
3) Tate Museum, especially Tate Modern is my favorite museum in London, but Tate Britain is very interesting too.
4) Have coffee in Cafe Nero on Old Campton Street in Soho. Coffee is crap, but it is the best people watching spot
5) Enjoy Indian and Thai cuisines as the rest of the food moght turn out crap
6) Go up to Hampstead. Enjoy the village and the heath. You can walk down through Belsize Park to Primrose Hill, it is a lovely walk of historical artistic and beatutiful part of London. If you are in Hampstead, right off the main street there is a craperee with the best crapes I ever had.

Also:

1) Visit Covent Garden Market
2) If you are into art scene, check out Royal Academy of Arts; they always have something fun on.
3) If the weather is nice, have a picnic in the park like most Londoners (Kensington Gardens is a great choice)
4) Recommend day trips to Bath, Oxford and Brighton, and 2-day trip to Edinburgh.


Misha Rubin

Thursday, February 12, 2004

Event: Software Strategies for the Agile Enterprise

We invite you to join us for an executive roundtable discussion and wine tasting reception on Thursday, March 4th in New York.

To thank you for your time and participation, we are offering a $150 travel reimbursement to all qualified, pre-registered attendees.

"Software Strategies for the Agile Enterprise "
- March 4, 2004
- 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM: Check-In/Registration/Refreshments
- 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM: Roundtable Discussion
- 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM: Wine Tasting Reception
- 21 Club
- Moderator: Gary Bolles, Ziff Davis Market Expert
- Travel Reimbursement: $150

One of IT's greatest contributions to the business is providing the unique applications essential for increasing productivity and for competitive advantage. But helping companies to be more productive and more competitive can be challenging, because IT has to build the most efficient processes possible for designing, developing and delivering applications to the business -- and has to do these things rapidly to meet growing demand . As a result, IT executives who are being asked to do more with less are struggling with leveraging the most critical resource they have: Their ability to develop and manage the essential software of the enterprise.

You're invited to a relaxed presentation that mixes an important discussion about refreshing, new software strategies for the enterprise with an opportunity to taste some of the country's best wines. You'll hear about innovative techniques and approaches that IT executives can use to ensure the software their company builds – and the internal and external resources used to create and manage that software – are the most effective possible. This two-hour session, designed for senior IT executives, offers the chance to interact with your peers, sample a range of premier wines, and gain valuable insights into ways to craft your software strategies for today's enterprises.

The roundtable and wine tasting is limited to qualified, pre-registered IT professionals.

We will contact you by telephone to confirm your participation.

Click here to register.

Thank you,
Sarah Hockman
Ziff Davis Events
events@ziffdavis.com

Events: IT Executive Breakfast - Feb. 25 - $100 Travel Reimbursement

We invite you to join us for an executive
roundtable discussion on Wednesday, February 25th in New York City.

To thank you for your time and participation, we are offering a $100 travel
reimbursement to all qualified, pre-registered attendees.

"Making Your Enterprise Network Secure: Continuity, Compliance, and Control"

* February 25, 2004
* 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM: Registration/Breakfast
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM: Roundtable Discussion
* The Intercontinental Hotel, New York City
* Travel Reimbursement: $100

To support the needs of the business, today's networks need to provide a secure
environment that allows the critical processes of the organization. Networks
need to ensure that the business can continue without interruption; support an
ever-changing set of regulatory requirements; and provide IT with the kind of
centralized control that's necessary for cost-effective management.

Join us for an information-packed session exploring the ways in which today's
networks can be adapted to support the critical security needs of the
enterprise. You'll also be able to discuss security strategies with your peers,
and walk away with concrete ideas for making your own network as secure as it
can be.

This roundtable is limited to qualified IT professionals and will be moderated
by Aaron Goldberg, Ziff Davis Market Expert.

Please click on the link below to register or email events@ziffdavis.com

We will contact you by telephone to confirm your participation.

Thank you,
Taylor Hughes
Ziff Davis Events
events@ziffdavis.com
Ziff Davis Media, 28 E. 28th St., New York, NY 10016

Events: IT Executive Breakfast - Feb. 25 - $100 Travel Reimbursement

Books: The Financier

Subject: Finance
Source: Theodore Dreiser
Description: Based on the life of flamboyant financier C.T. Yerkes, Dreiser's
portrayal of the unscrupulous magnate Cowperwood embodies the idea that behind
every great fortune there is a crime. You don't read Dreiser for literary
finesse, but his great intensity and keen journalistic eye give this portrait a
powerful reality.


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Books: Value Shift: Why Companies Must Merge Social and Financial Imperatives

Subject: Ethics
Source: Lynn Sharp Paine
Description: Harvard Business School professor Lynn Sharp Paine had been
studying corporate malfeasance long before the Enron debacle. In her forthcoming
book, Value Shift: Why Companies Must Merge Social and Financial Imperatives to
Achieve Superior Performance, she attempts to introduce readers to an "emerging
new standard of corporate performance one that encompasses both moral and
financial dimensions." Based on her researching, teaching and consulting
experiences over the past 20 years, Paine has amassed an in-depth understanding
of corporate values. She uses examples culled from these experiences to explain
the growing emphasis on values, why this changing attitude is important and what
the shift means for managers. She ends the book with advice for managers on
setting up an organizational infrastructure, hiring employees whose views align
with a company's value system and more. This is an important book for
ethics-minded managers.

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Read an interview with the author

Books: Finance for Managers

Subject: Finance
Source: Richard Luecke, Samuel Hayes (Harvard Business School Press)

Description: An entry in the new Harvard Business Essentials series, this primer
is designed to introduce non-financial managers to business finance. Short
chapters define and describe the basic elements of financial statements,
accounting, taxes, venture capitalization, budgeting, decision and investment
analysis, and business valuation in layman's terms.

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Also read:

Finance and Accounting for General Managers: A Practical Guide to Reading and Understanding Financial Reports



Understanding the Bottom Line : Finance for Nonfinancial Managers and Business Owners (2nd)


Research: Telecommuting - Impact on the Workplace

Subject: Organizational Behavior
Author: The Dieringer Research Group
Source: CFO

According to The Dieringer Research Group, 23.5 million employees now work from home at least one day a week. Today, almost 90 percent of employed people who regularly work from home tap into corporate computer systems via a dial-up phone line. But by next year, 40 percent of large companies will provide an "always-on" broadband connection to telecommuters; by 2006, 60 percent of large companies will do so.

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Research: DRAM a Short-Term Winner

Subject: Industry Specific
Author: IDC / Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA)
Source: CyberAtlas

Research consultancy IDC handed out some early holiday cheer to the makers of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips.

The Framingham, Mass.-based concern issued a forecast for positive growth in the worldwide DRAM market for the next two years. However, the report is tempered with a prediction that oversupply due to expanding production by 12-inch fabs could pull the market down after 2005.

Despite the possibility of a correction, IDC predicts that the DRAM market will grow from $16.5 billion in revenue in 2003 to $24.7 billion in 2007.

In terms of memory types, IDC believes DDR will live on through multiple generations. The report said DDR II will succeed DDR I as the next mainstream memory interface, and its share of the market will peak at over 70 percent in 2007. DDR III will then succeed DDR II. XDR, a successor to RDRAM and a potential competitor to DDR in PC main memory, will begin to emerge in consumer and networking applications first in 2004.

In terms of memory densities, IDC said as PCs begin to consume more than one gigabyte of main memory on average in 2007, the DRAM market will begin to transition from the 512Mbit density to the 1Gbit density near the end of 2006.

The prediction also falls right inline with estimates from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), which released its annual forecast for 2003-2006 back in November 2003.

The SIA expects the DRAM market to grow 7.9 percent to $16.5 billion in 2003 and 35.0 percent to $22.2 billion in 2004. The San Jose trade group is a bit more conservative in prognosticating about the correction. The SIA points to 2005, not 2006 as the year DRAMs are expected to decrease 20.0 percent to $17.8 billion. The group said in 2006, this market will rebound 30.0 percent to $23.1 billion in sales.

In fact, the overall MOS Memory market (DRAMs, Flash, SRAMs, and EPROMs) is expected to be the main driving force in 2004. The SIA's report predicts the DRAM market, followed by Flash memory, will lead sales in this product sector. In 2003, the MOS Memory market is forecast to grow 16.6 percent to $31.5 billion and 32.3 percent to $41.7 billion in 2004. In 2005, this market is expected to incur a cyclical downturn with a decrease of 10.1 percent to $37.5 billion in sales. By 2006, the loss will be made up with growth resuming to 18.2 percent to $44.3 billion.

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Market Research: Global DSL Lines Exceed 55M

Subject: Industry Specific
Author: Point-Topic / DSL Forum
Source: CyberAtlas

Global DSL growth exceeded expectations for the third quarter of 2003, reaching 55 million, according to Point-Topic and DSL Forum representing an 18 percent increase over Q2 2003, and an 80 percent gain over Q3 2002.

China dominated new subscriber growth in Q3 2003, adding 2.2 million subscribers alone, which could position the country to overtake Japan as the country with the most DSL customers during 2004.

Top Countries by Number of DSL Subscribers Added, Q3 2003
China - 2,217,000
Japan - 971,400
U.S. - 667,700
France - 390,500
Germany - 387,500
UK - 343,200
South Korea - 258,400
Italy - 237,000
Taiwan - 232,400
Canada - 159,700
Source: DSL Forum

Japan remained the leading country in terms of total number of lines at roughly 9.2 million, with the U.S. following at 8.2 million. China is now in third place with 7.8 million lines, recently overtaking South Korea.

South Korea has earned the distinction of being the leading country in the world with more than 30 percent subscribed to broadband DSL, and more than 20 percent of South Korea's subscribers have now upgraded to VDSL services, according to DSL Forum.

The Asia Pacific share of subscriptions is over 50 percent of all DSL lines at 28 million, while the Americas account for 11.7 million lines, and EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) for 15.5 million.

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Market Research: Is Global Inequality Rising?

Subject: International
Author: François Bourguignon and Christian Morrisson, in The American Economic
Review (Sept. 2002)
Source: Wilson Quarterly, Spring 2003

From 1820 to 1950 global economic inequality in­creased almost continuously, though the pace slowed after World War I. Social scientists use something called the Gini coefficient to measure inequality; a Gini coefficient of 1.0 represents maximum inequality. The world’s Gini coefficient grew from 0.5 in 1820 to 0.61 in 1914, and to 0.64 in 1950. By 1992, it had reached 0.657.

Rising global inequality after 1820 did not mean that the poor were getting poorer. On the contrary, say Bourguignon and Morris­son, “the extreme poverty headcount fell from 84 percent of the world population in 1820 to 24 percent in 1992.” The rich simply got richer faster.


The authors’ biggest innovation comes in identifying the sources of inequality. In 1820, within-country inequality accounted for 80 percent of the world’s inequality. In other words, there wasn’t a great rich-poor disparity among countries, but there was within each country. By 1950, however, within-country inequality accounted for only 40 percent of the global total.


What happened? Through 1950, the “dominant” drag on equalization was Asia’s slow economic growth, particularly in China and India, the two demographic giants.

Remarkably, there doesn’t seem to be much connection between population growth and global inequality. One reason is that the relative size of regional populations hasn’t changed that much.

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Market Research: IT Industry Contribution to GDP

Subject: Industry Specific
Author: US Department of Commerce (DoC) / Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
Source: eMarketer

According to the US Department of Commerce’s (DoC’s) 2003 Digital Economy report, the fifth annual study of its kind, the gross domestic product of US IT-producing industries this year will be over $871 billion.

The DoC explains that such industries contribute to roughly 8% of overall GDP in the country. The DoC notes that the software and services industry is the IT-producing industry that will output the most this year with over $328 billion in GDP. The hardware industry, however, will experience the greatest growth in output over last year rising by 9.8%.

The report presents the GDP, full-time equivalent worker (FTE) and productivity -- measured as GDP divided by FTE -- growth of designated IT-intensive and less IT-intensive industries in the US. It notes that productivity for all industries between 1989 and 2001 grew by 1.6%. For IT-intensive industries, however, it grew at a much higher 3.03% for the given time period. Less IT-intensive industries displayed productivity growth of just 0.42%.

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Market Research: Digital TV to Soar in 2004

Subject: Industry Specific
Author: Strategy Analytics / Informa Media
Source: eMarketer

Strategy Analytics reports that sales of digital television set-top boxes will grow worldwide by 28% this year totaling 36 million units.

The company anticipates an even stronger year next year for digital TV set-top boxes, with a growth in unit sales of 39% over this year.

Worldwide Digital TV Set-Top Box (STB) Unit Sales (in millions)
2002 - 28.1
2003 - 36.0
2004 - 50.3
2005 - 67.8
2006 - 87.9
2007 - 105.2
2008 - 121.8

Strategy notes that satellite digital TV set-top boxes currently represent 61% of unit sales worldwide, but by 2008 cable should prevail with 47% of the digital TV set-top box market. Satellite should follow cable in 2008 with a 37% share with terrestrial set-top boxes claiming 10% of the market.

Strategy believes that manufacturers’ success in 2004 will result from targeting areas like Europe and Asia-Pacific where there is a lot of room for growth. Indeed Informa Media estimates that North America currently claims the largest share of digital TV households worldwide, with over 49 million expected in the region at the end of this year. Informa estimates that there will be over 96 million digital TV households around the world this year, with roughly 32% in Europe and just 13% in the Asia-Pacific region.

Informa Media finds that the US digital TV market, with roughly 45 million households, is over four times as large as the next largest digital TV market, the UK.

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Market Research: Ad Spending in UK

Subject: Advertising
Author: Interactive Advertising Bureau UK (IAB UK) / PricewaterhouseCoopers
(PwC) / Zenith Media
Source: eMarketer

The latest report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau UK (IAB UK) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) indicates that online ad spending in the UK totaled £151.6 million in the first half of this year, representing 2% of overall ad spending in the region.

The IAB/PwC findings indicate that £81.3 million was spent on online ads in Q2 -- rising by 15.6% over the first quarter of this year.

The IAB and PwC find that during the year starting 1 July 2002 and ending 31 June 2003, £266.5 million was spent in the UK on online advertising. The organizations therefore project that 2003 will be the year in which online ad spending reaches £300 million.

For a better idea of what £300 million in online ad spending this year will mean in terms of overall ad spending in the UK, Zenith Media projected in September that total advertising spending in the UK would surpass $15.2 billion this year, representing a 0.5% growth over last year. (note: $15.2 billion at the time this article was written converted to roughly £8.66 billion.)

Zenith notes that next year should mark notable growth in ad spending in the UK with a 3.2% rise over this year.

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Article: The Invisible Side of Leadership

Subject: Leadership
Source: Leader to Leader / James E. Austin

Description: Business people exercise leadership in the community as well as the
commercial world, yet we know little about the magnitude, form, and significance
of their engagement in this other leadership arena. In many ways it has been the
invisible side of leadership. We know that community involvement is widespread:
a 1993 Conference Board survey of 454 companies revealed that over 90 percent
have formal volunteer programs for their employees and that 86 percent encourage
their executives to serve on boards. But research at the Harvard Business School
documents involvement that is deep, important to business leaders and their
communities, and clearly beneficial to their businesses.

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Article: Stop Being a Wimp!

Subject: Career/Employment
Source: MBA Jungle / Paul O’Donnell

Description: Stand up to your boss, but don't risk your job doing it. Here's how.

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Article: Why Is Total Cost Of Ownership (TCO) Important?

Subject: IT / Internet / E-Business
Source: Darwin / John Taylor Bailey and Stephen R. Heidt

Description: If you want to know where your money goes, get ready to master the
concept of TCO.

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Article: Precious Connection

Subject: Operations
Source: InformationWeek / Mary Hayes

Description: Companies thinking about using offshore outsourcing need to
consider more than just cost savings.

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Article: Staying Afloat When Going Offshore

Subject: Operations
Source: Optimize / William Bierce

Description: Knowing the risks of offshore outsourcing will help you avoid
shoals along the way.

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Article: Timing the Handoff

Subject: Marketing / Sales
Source: Accenture Outlook Journal / Steven S. Ramsey, Brian K. Crockett and
Marianne Seiler

Description: Converting prospects to paying customers is more expensive-and far
less effective-than it should be for many companies. Here's a systematic way to
help you improve the distribution of leads to sales reps.

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Tuesday, February 10, 2004

FREE eSeminars for Business & Technology Managers

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Discover How To Cut Remote Access Costs Without Cutting Your Service Level
February 11 (4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT) 30 minutes
Join Aaron Goldberg, Ziff Davis Media Market Expert on this 30-minute
coffee talk to help you determine how to relieve the burden of meeting
security and integration requirements for remote access while making end
users happy. Also, findings from a recently published white paper entitled
"Cutting Remote Access Costs In The Enterprise", authored by Lisa Phifer
will be covered. This live and interactive eSeminar will give you the
opportunity to ask Aaron Goldberg and Expertcity everything you want to
know about remote access!

Sponsored by Expertcity, Inc.
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Instant Messaging: The Gateway to the Real-Time Enterprise
February 18 (2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT) 60 minutes
Join Ziff Davis Media industry experts, Jim Louderback and Steve Gillmor
as they examine how Instant Messaging has woven its way into the fabric of
everyday life in the Information Age. Also, learn where to invest in
Instant Messaging as a platform for real-time revenue opportunities and
how it can improve your business reporting infrastructure!

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Proving the Economic Impact of Enterprise Data Management
February 19 (2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT) 30 minutes
Justifying IT software acquisitions in a complex business environment can
be a serious challenge. The math is simple; the biggest hurdle is making a
tangible connection between IT actions and contributions to business
objectives. Attend and learn how you can significantly reduce "people
costs" by maintaining headcount, even as data volume and complexity grow
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Sponsored by BMC Software, Inc.
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I Want My Linux Desktop...Right Now!
February 25 (2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT) 60 minutes
In this eSeminar, eWEEK.com editor Steven Vaughn-Nichols and a panel of
experts discuss the options behind a Linux desktop, what type of
environments might benefit from a Linux upgrade, the pros and cons of the
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Monday, February 09, 2004

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The Business Week Effect (Boost your stocks & 401-k)

Business Week (BW) articles can boost your stock portfolio. Each week BW reaches over 7 million readers in print and online. Not to mention the untold millions that share the magazine articles at work or in school. For the last two years we have noticed two trends about BW news coverages and stock performance:

For each public company Business Week covers:
1) Positive coverage leads to short-term stock gains. (avg. 10% to 35%)
2) Negative coverage leads to short-term stock losses. (avg. 5% to 10%)
3) The BW coverage is quickly absorbed and proliferated by other news agencies (MSNBC, Reuters, Bloomberg etc.)

What does this mean?
- Business Week has a large following of active traders and investors.
- Buy the "right" stocks (positive BW coverage), before BW hits the newsstands.
- Sell or short "bad" stocks (negative BW coverage).

Check the facts.
- Do some research. Compare the Business Week articles an stock performance for the last year 2003.
- When BW recommends a stock research firm or index. The stocks recommended by that index enjoy significant gains (15%+).
- Recent companies:
CBMX Combinamatrix Accacia Research
BIV BioEnvision
GEMP Gemstar International

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- Join Bizanalyst.net and check this Blog every week.
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- Subscribe or befreind a Business Week subscriber.
- Subscribers get BW up to three days before the magazine hits the newsstands.
- subscribers get magazines up to one week before articles are posted online.

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