Budget Season: A yearly reminder that I am not a finance guy
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Budget Season: A yearly reminder that I am not a finance guy
Most companies provide spreadsheets with formulas already in place. If not, sit down with your company’s finance person and get a tutorial. Preparing a budget is not the place to “fake it ’til you make it.” Good luck! ...
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McMoRan Exploration Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
And the value of this was really illustrated andsubstantiated by the recent October 3 resale, where we had significantly largeramounts of capital exposed by a broader group of companies, some new players,which we believe validates our ...
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Moser Baer to raise USD 100m, may float PV division
The investors will be a consortium led by IDFC Private Equity and including GIC Special Investments, CDC Gropup plc, and Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC). Moser Baer plans to have annual PV manufacturing capacity of ...
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UK company to build Mansfield biodiesel project
New Energy Finance, London, 19 Oct 2007. Phoenix fuels will develop the plant and another subsidiary of Sherwood Produce, Green Dragon, will market the rape bruquetes for co-firing in domestic boilers. ...
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Getting On The List: The Publicist Party Code: "Pretty Unimportant ...
"Also our clients sometimes ask for specific types of people to come to their events, so it could be we want rich hedge fund guys who live in Soho, so you do a search by finance or hedge funds, then sort by zip code and boo-yah you have ...
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Getting On The List: The Publicist Party Code: "Pretty Unimportant ...
"Most companies that do events have lists of people to invite to events, yes. They range from social(ites), to models, celebrities, to everyday people. Most databases, usually you use Filemaker or Microsoft access or something like that ...
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Poland's KGHM plans to list telecoms arm Dialog in Q1 2008
WARSAW (Thomson Financial) - Europe's largest copper producer KGHM plans to list its telecoms subsidiary Telefonia Dialog on the Warsaw stocks exchange in the first quarter of next year, a local news agency reported the company's deputy ...
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Appraising the Roof
The company weathered Katrina so successfully that it actually reduced the amount of property insurance it carried, realizing that its businesscontinuity efforts could withstand what Greig Fennell, manager of business continuity, ...
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Aretae to list through reverse takeover
Singapore-based CDM biomass project developer, Aretae, has announced plans to list on the Singapore Stock Exchange through the reverse takeover of listed eyecare company Oculus. New Energy Finance, London, 17 Oct 2007 ...
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Market data, quotes & charts
In an attempt to add some value to last week's rant over changes to Yahoo Finance, I've decided to compile a brief list of alternative sites offering free finance and investing content and market data. Now, let me preface this by saying ...
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Brascan Energetica completes small-scale hydro plant
Brazilian power company Brascan Energetica has launched an 18MW small-scale hydroelectric power plant on the river Piranhas in central-western Goias state. New Energy Finance, London, 19 Oct 2007. The company has signed a 20-year ...
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MySpace and Skype join the list of phone company competition
MySpace has an ad sales deal with Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) which will bring in $900 million over several years, but it is not clear that marketers can capture social network users the way that they can visitors to AOL Finance. ...
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TexCom planning Paraguay grain crusher
TexCom, is headquartered in Houston, Texas and is an early-stage, growth-oriented company with its primary focus on the production of biodiesel. More on this story for New Energy Finance subscribers »
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New Zealand finance company fails as credit crunch continues
"Nine local nonbank financial institutions have already failed after defaulting on debt payments as insecurity in global credit markets sparked by the US subprime mortgage crisis spread to New Zealand."
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Weather risk firm raises USD 12.5m in series A
New Energy Finance, London, 19 Oct 2007. The company, WeatherBill, says its contracts are based on temperature or precipitation measurements, must have a contract start date between 12 and 90 days from the purchase date, and can range ...
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Imperium to supply biodiesel to Hawaii utility
Seattle-based Imperium Renewables will provide 5-12m gallons (19-45m litres) of biodiesel per year to a new power generating plant owned by utility Hawaiian Electric Company, the two firms have announced. New Energy Finance, London, ...
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Gloomy perceptions about PSUs and their consequences
And since companies finance fresh investments by floating new shares and thus capitalising on their share valuation, what the government has done is to make sure that the hopelessly under-priced state-owned oil firms will not be able to ...
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Enercon India seeks CDM registration for two bundled wind projects
The generated electricity from both the bundled projects will be supplied to Karnataka Power Transmission Company, Bangalore Electricity Supply Company and Hubli Electricity Supply Company under long term power purchase agreements. ...
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Waste Management unveils plan to green up its act
New Energy Finance, London, 19 Oct 2007 Specifically, the company plans to increase waste-based energy production while also increasing the volume of recyclable materials managed. The company plans to spend up to USD 500m annually over ...
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Star Energy wins bid to build wind projects for Taipower
Taiwan based Star Energy Corporation has won a USD 98m bid to build two wind projects for utility company Taiwan Power using 20 Vestas V80 2MW wind turbines. New Energy Finance, London, 19 Oct 2007. According to the agreement, ...
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Must Read: The Corporate State of America - Widespread Crime ...
Mortgage finance company Freddie Mac will pay $50 million to settle federal charges that it fraudulently misstated earnings over a four-year period. (CNN). EXCERPT: “The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the settlement ...
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Low Carbon Accelerator invests in Ochre Natural Insulation
Low Carbon Accelerator (LCA) has announced that it has made an investment of £500000 in the Ochre Natural Insulation Company for a 23% equity stake. New Energy Finance, London, 19 Oct 2007. The investment was part of an overall £1.5 ...
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Virginia biodiesel plant secures local approval
Messages left for the company by New Energy Finance were not returned. If completed, the project would be the largest of its kind in the world, Cox claimed. Cox said the development of the new plant would mean the displacement of a ...
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Tainergy Tech secures USD 159m solar wafer supply
In addition, its parent company Kenmec has developed automatic transmission system and testing equipment for the production of silicon solar cells, becoming the first company in Taiwan entering the business of solar cell equipment ...
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Weekly Casualty Lists: Week 42
Specialist, 376th Finance Company, 88th Regional Readiness Command. Camp Victory (at Baghdad Airport); 10-Oct-07; Hostile - hostile fire - Rocket attack. Lillian Clamens, 35, US Army Reserve, Lawton, OK ...
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BT announces plans for USD 510m wind project
The company has a provisional target of 100MW by 2012, subject to planning consents and suitability of available sites and aims to install the remaining 150MW by 2016. Hanif Lalani, BT Group Finance Director, said, “BT has already ...
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Italy scraps cash for carbon fund
The Italian government has cancelled plans to finance the Italian Carbon Fund, thereby increasing the costs to participating companies in meeting their emissions reductions, according to Italian press reports. New Energy Finance, London ...
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Burma Designations
The following individuals have been added to OFAC's SDN list: LIN, Aung Thein (aka "LYNN, Aung Thein"), Burma; DOB 1952; citizen Burma; nationality Burma; Brigadier General, Mayor and Chairman of Yangon City (Rangoon) City Development ...
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200+ Ways to research a company
Corporate Finance Net Corporate Watch Crain’s Chicago Crain’s NY/Careers Crystal Report eCompany Now ECommerce Times Economist/Career Toolkit e-Marketer Engineering News-Record Entrepreneur Environmental News Fast Company/Careers ...
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Western Wind raises USD 168850 via private placement
... purchase one more common share at CAD 1.20 (USD 1.23) until 11 October 2009. Western Wind plans to use the funds raised for the development of its wind projects, the company said. More on this story for New Energy Finance subscribers »
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Budget Season: A yearly reminder that I am not a finance guy
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