Two occupations that for sure won’t be experiencing unemployment troubles during the financial crisis: politician and lawyer. Politicians will be busy pointing fingers and looking clueless while lawyers will be bracing for a boon in litigation stemming from the collapse of the subprime mortgage market. A survey of 360 in-house counsel in the UK and US show small businesses and major corporations alike are preparing for a busy lawsuit season expected to affect pretty much every sector.
fbFund Gives Financial Awards To Facebook Apps
As someone who’s not too fond of Facebook applications, I must say that this development reminds me of Monty Python’s “Upper Class Twit of the Year” sketch. But it’s likely that, by paying people to develop apps, the newly founded fbFund is trying to undo such associations.
PeopleJam Procures Financial Backing
Here’s the news: PeopleJam just raised some funds from AOL Time Warner’s former COO and the current CEO of TiVo. Here’s the background: PeopleJam is a social network that’s currently in an invitation-only testing mode; membership may or may not, as the homepage suggests, allow you to “take your life to the next level!”
PeopleSoft CRM Targets Comm & Financial
Oracle unveiled the latest version of its CRM software this week, the PeopleSoft Enterprise Customer Relationship Management 9. The enhancements come as part of Oracle’s “Applications Unlimited” program, adding features aimed at attracting the financial and communications industry sectors.
Financial Firms Banking On Podcasts
Clients of some investment firms will soon have the opportunity to download podcasts of financial research for easy listening.
Stimulating change in financial communication
Two interesting business events that might appear separate but are in fact closely related:
Reuters Financial Glossary Wiki
Reuters is hosting a Financial Glossary Wiki, a fascinating case study for the way enterprises will host professional communities.
Financial Times Does a Forbes on Blogs
Oh dear. The Financial Times nearly “did a Forbes” with a feature story on Friday about blogs and business.
Developing Realistic Financial Assumptions in Your Business Plan
Many investors skip straight to the financial section of the business plan. It is critical that the assumptions and projections in this section be realistic.
Google’s 2nd Quarter Financial Report
Google has just released the information concerning their financial report for the second quarter of 2005, which ended on June 30th and as everyone should expect, Google did quite well.