Transforming Information Into Knowledge
Transforming Information Into Knowledge
Nomi Prins talked about her new book, Other People’s Money, at a conversation sponsored by the Demos think tank. She is a former investment banker who blames politicians for letting businesses hurt consumers and citizens. Prins said that deregulation of banking, telecommunications and energy industries […]
The blare of talk radio and 24/7 cable news reminds us that political communication is like the nuclear arms race of the Cold War. Each side feels the need to create weapons (talking points) and worries that unilaterally disarming (being candid) will be a damning […]
It just wasn’t even close. In a debate sponsored by the New York Software Industry Association, Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform got lost a debate against former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt about which presidential candidate would be better for the IT industry. Hundt […]
It just wasn’t about Sarbanes-Oxley. Nope, this vendor sponsored seminar also dealt with other requirements for regulatory compliance, like HIPAA in healthcare and ISO 18501/18509 in manufacturing. In fact, a lot of requirements for storing data are for internal compliance. Marc Farley said that legal […]
I attended the Oasis Sanctuary Benefit as my friend BrooklynVegan’s guest. This was a fundraiser filled with animal activists and Playboy bunnies. David and I have gone to a bunch of similarly themed events. We saw lots of half naked women at a Republican National […]
Is Judaism a culture or a religion? That was the question I wanted answered by David Sarna, Amichai Lau-Lavi, Founder of Storahtelling, Ruth Calderon, Philosopher and Educator, and Dor Chadash’s David Borowich. Tonight they participated in a panel discussion about “The Role of Religion in […]
After attending this event, I had to put up a posting. I came to the event wanting to know why people should care about what someone else has to say. The speakers had some opinions on this subject. Daniel Radosh (www.radosh.net) believes blogs are great […]
Biased analysts abounded in the 90’s. Today, an overflowing room of analysts gathered at the first Investorside Conference to defend their profession. The main themes were the growth of the independent research industry and ways to eliminate incentives for research to be influenced by covered […]