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How to respond if a client asks you to lie

If an IT consulting client asked you lie for them, would you? Chip Camden provides tips on what to say if your client puts you on the spot. by Chip Camden

Tags: Client, Taxes, Free Trade, Outsourcing, Financial Planning, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Chip Camden

Blog posts 2008-06-11

PDAs and labor laws

The Canadian paper The Globe and Mail ran a story last week in which it stated that a union representing government workers was going to make the use of pocket-size electronic devices such as BlackBerrys a bargaining issue. In other words, it's advocating that the government pay its employees for...

Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Negotiation, PDAs, Handhelds, Free Trade, Hardware, Finance, Toni Bowers

Blog posts 2008-05-06

Microsoft shows the importance of not wavering in negotiations

Over the weekend, Microsoft walked away from its takeover attempt of Yahoo. Lots of punditry has gone on since then as to whether it was a good idea or a bad idea. What's more interesting is strength of Microsoft's resolve in the decision making process. Clearly...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Negotiation, Free Trade, Mergers & Acquisitions, Tools & Techniques, Finance, Investment, Management, John Sheesley

Blog posts 2008-05-05

Microsoft walks away from its $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo

Microsoft has decided to walk away from its $44.6 billion acquisition bid for Yahoo. Negotiations broke down and the Redmond, Washington software giant decided that a hostile takeover -- and a subsequent nightmare integration of the two companies -- would not be worth the potential value of integrating Yahoo's...

Tags: CNET Networks Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Internet, Mergers & Acquisitions, Asset Management, E-mail, Free Trade, Corporate Law, Leadership, Investment, Finance, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Online Communications, Management, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2008-05-03

Indicted Samsung Group Chairman resigns

Lee Kun-hee is resigning his position as chairman of Samsung Group, the South Korean company that produces everything from memory chips to ships. He steps down amidst charges of evading about $120 million in taxes. Although reports say he is "resigning in disgrace," it doesn't look like...

Tags: Chairman, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., South Korea, Lee Kun-hee, Kun-hee, Government, Taxes, Semiconductors, Memory, Free Trade, Vertical Industries, Financial Planning, Finance, Hardware, Components, Enterprise Software, Software, Toni Bowers

Blog posts 2008-04-22

I found it on Craigslist -- an F-14 and night vision goggles

You would think that the military would be careful about how it disposes of old or outdated equipment. And you may be wrong. Or are we blaming the victim of theft? Rep. Chris Shays (R-Connecticut) pressed a Department of Defense official for answers on how military items...

Tags: U.S., Craigslist, Item, Vision, Army, Sales Strategy, Taxes, Free Trade, E-business/E-Commerce, Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Financial Planning, Finance, Internet, Management, Tricia Liebert

Blog posts 2008-04-11

Microsoft asked to pay 175 million in taxes in India

A unit of Microsoft Corp. has been asked by an Indian appellate authority in income tax to pay more than 7 billion rupees - or about US $175 million on income earned for the assessment period of 1999 to 2005. The amount is computed based a...

Tags: India, Microsoft Corp., Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2008-04-04

March marks third consecutive month of job losses

Well, I'm just a font of joy this morning, aren't I? According to The New York Times, employers slashed 80,000 jobs in March alone. This figure is the highest since March 2003, when the labor market was still struggling to recover from the 2001 recession. From the...

Tags: Job, Federal Reserve Board, Taxes, Recruitment & Selection, Free Trade, Government, Financial Planning, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Toni Bowers

Blog posts 2008-04-04

Graph: Marking the day science fiction goes extinct

To the left is a graph from The Economist, which measures how long it took for paradigm-changing technologies to mature from initial release to widespread adoption by 80 percent of countries on Earth. In other words, it demonstrates how fast he future is getting here--and the rate is accelerating. ...

Tags: Science Fiction, Aerospace & Defense, Free Trade, Construction, Manufacturing, Finance, Jay Garmon

Blog posts 2008-03-04

The Feds are data mining World of Warcraft -- surely, you can't be serious?

The blogosphere is abuzz with recent revelation that the United States Federal Government is spending our tax dollars to develop software that will detect violent extremists infiltrating World of Warcraft and other massive multiplayer games. That's right, that undead priest that just healed you could be a Fed. ...

Tags: World Of Warcraft, Blogosphere, Taxes, Data Mining, Free Trade, Blogging, Games, Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Financial Planning, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Internet, Personal Technology, Marketing, Mark Kaelin

Blog posts 2008-02-29

EU telecommunications director not solidly behind Internet tax

At a Munich conference, European Union telecommunications director, Viviane Reding, said that a proposal by France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy to implement a tax on Internet and cell phone networks was not the best way to expand access to new media. From the International Herald Tribune: "I...

Tags: Advertisement, Telecommunications, Broadcaster, Viviane Reding, Nicolas Sarkozy, Internet, Taxes, TVs, Free Trade, Tv & Home Theater, Financial Planning, Finance, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tricia Liebert

Blog posts 2008-01-22

Communication and Negotiation Skills

View Available Dates and Locations A study of verbal and nonverbal communication techniques will start your skills building and get you on your way to communicating clearly and directly. Learn the consequences of poor communication and how to avoid it through open communication and fixing communication...

Tags: Negotiation, Free Trade, Finance

Training 2008-01-01

Intel and IBM, two corporations concentrating on social responsibility

The chairman of Intel recently sat down for an interview with a News.com reporter, and one of the themes discussed was the issue of "social responsibility," or the belief that corporations should push initiatives that improve society at large in addition to those that simply add to the company's bottom...

Tags: Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Internet, Taxes, Free Trade, Regulations, Government, Financial Planning, Finance, Andy Moon

Blog posts 2007-10-22

Quicker Quicken profits

The San Jose Mercury News, a Bay Area tech bellwether, reports Intuit's profit is up 23% for the quarter. With over a billion of quarterly sales, it's no wonder Reuters reports a stock buy-back at the home of Quicken, QuickBooks, and TurboTax. Taxes led the way to...

Tags: Intuit Inc., Quicken, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, John Bartley K7AAY

Blog posts 2007-05-21

Geek Trivia: A tax to grind

Which company filed the largest U.S. tax return in history? It's spring in the northern hemisphere, when young men's fancies turn to thoughts of love. But if you live in the United States, thoughts of love will have to wait -- at least for another week. That's...

Tags: Jay Garmon, Taxes, Operational accounting, income, income tax, tax, Geek Trivia Newsletter, U.S., General Electric Co., Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance

Technical articles 2007-04-10

The Ultimate Geek Car?

Of course all of us here at TR know that geeks are not how they are portrayed in the media. At 30 the high school football player just has bad knees, the high school geek may have a 7 figure portfolio and his/her own company. Ecology freaks (I speak from...

Tags: Car, Free Trade, Advertising & Promotion, Finance, Marketing, siliconsamurai

Blog posts 2006-12-19

Dilbert's 9-point financial plan

Found via Reddit: 'Dilbert's' 9-point financial plan worthy of economics Nobel - MarketWatch I'll skip to the good part: Make a willPay off your credit cardsGet term life insurance if you have a family to supportFund your 401k to the maximumFund your IRA to the maximumBuy a house if you want...

Tags: Financial, Tax, Dilbert, Taxes, 401(k), Retirement Plans, Financial Accounting, Free Trade, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance, Human Resources, Benefits, Jay Garmon

Blog posts 2006-10-11

Microsoft asks users to help with security issues, while a critical IE hole remains unpatched

A critical vulnerability has surfaced in Internet Explorer 6, and it's one that affects even fully patched IE versions. In the meantime, Microsoft is turning to users to help build its malware database. John McCormick has the details—and even some tax tips—in this edition of the IT Locksmith. A...

Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., John McCormick, Web browsers, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, security, vulnerability, Active Scripting, IT Locksmith Newsletter, Information Technology, Tax, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Virus, User, Sendmail.org, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Internet

Technical articles 2006-03-27

Adjusting the cost/benefits of war

I'm not actually crazy enough to jump into the Iraq war debate on this blog, both because I need to maintain some political neutrality to do my job and also because some of the people in the TR community are a little scary when it comes to...

Tags: Iraq, War, Taxes, Free Trade, Operational Accounting, Financial Planning, Finance, Jay Garmon

Blog posts 2005-09-22

SOLITEKexpense Basic 3.1 (Windows)

SOLITEKexpense is an application software that will greatly simplify the production and management of your expense accounts reports. All you need to do is to enter your expenses every month and SOLITEKexpense will calculate and manage the recoverable taxes for you. A more elaborate version for corporations allows employees to...

Tags: SOLITEKexpense, Microsoft Windows, Taxes, E-mail, Free Trade, Operating Systems, Software, Financial Planning, Finance, Online Communications

Software downloads 2008-06-19