US quality analyst seeks finance
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DETROIT JD Power &amp; Associates, the company millions of people turn to for quality rankings on everything from cars to cameras, is exploring the possibility of putting itself up for sale.
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The US is to review financial market rules, to ensure that they do not harm the nation's ability to compete globally.
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The U.S. government may look to financial institutions and other investors to help finance the multibillion-dollar modernization of the air traffic system, a senior Bush administration official said on Thursday.
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Zacks.com releases the latest Analyst Interview. Today's  interview is with senior analyst Larry Orlowski, who discusses Microsoft  (Nasdaq: MSFT), HP (NYSE: HPQ), Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) and Intel  (Nasdaq: INTC).  A synopsis of today's Analyst Interview is  presented below.
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A pair of Forrester Research analysts gave CIOs a passel of advice Thursday on how to deal with the possibility of a U.S. economic recession.&quot;We are not predicting a recession, but we think its important for CIOs to be proactive, to get their businesses ready in case there is a recession,&quot; said analyst Andrew Bartels, who conducted the teleconference with colleague Alex Cullen.Their recommendations boiled down to a number of main themes: The right ways to cut costs, to work closely with CFOs, and to plan not only for the lean times but for the good ones that inevitably follow.&quot;Get close to your CFO. You want to be arm in arm with that CFO,&quot; Bartels stressed.Forrester said there is a 55 percent probability the economy will remain essentially stabilized, due to factors including U.S. exports boosted by a weak dollar. The firm projects a 35 percent chance the country will enter a shallow recession, and a 10 percent chance it will fall into a deep one.The analysts said to watch for two key warning signs: Gas prices rising above $4 a gallon and two or more consecutive months of non-farm payroll employment.If they haven&#39;t already, CIOs should prepare now by reviewing their portfolios and identify which projects could be postponed, cut, or cancelled, he said.&quot;If you&#39;re running things well, adapting to recession is easier,&quot; Cullen noted.The tradeoffs vary depending on the type of cut, he said. For example, delaying hardware purchases could result in increased service outages.CIOs could also try other tactics, such as renegotiating vendor pacts or enacting hiring freezes, according to Forrester. Such measures could antagonize business partners and overburden staff, they said.But those types of risks are mild in comparison to that posed by cutting certain types of &quot;low-hanging fruit,&quot; such as time and support for research and development.&quot;These things look like they don&#39;t have immediate payback, so the question is &#39;Why are we doing them when times are tight?&#39;&quot; Cullen said.Likewise, it would be foolish to pull money and resources away from architectural strategy, he argued: &quot;You&#39;re going to be impeding your ability to take a long-term view of IT investments. When the tap opens up again people are going to be creating silos ... and you&#39;re going to spend your time unwinding these things.&quot;&quot;The worst thing you can do as a CIO is get so focused on cuts that when you come out of a recession, your department can&#39;t take the business where it wants to be,&quot; Bartels added.Outsourcing IT may also look like an appealing option, but the analysts issued a stern warning against it as a quick fix.Large-scale outsourcing deals take a long time to close, for one thing, Cullen argued: &quot;This is not near-term savings. This is not 2008 savings.&quot; But outsourcing of a particular IT function could make sense, he said.The hot trend of the past couple of years -- SaaS (software as a service) -- is not necessarily a fitting remedy during a recession, the analysts argued. While SaaS vendors relentlessly tout the cost savings their offerings can provide, it would cost a lot more to rip and replace legacy assets with SaaS products, the analysts said. However, they added, SaaS might offer lower upfront costs for a new technology.
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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- If you&#39;re a money manager, there&#39;s a lesson to be learned from a scenario unreeled by the US Securities and Exchange Commission last week.
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US regulators are set to investigate possible violations of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation on accounting and corporate governance by Fannie Mae&#39;s former senior management.
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US mortgage banks have begun looking to Europe for funding options outside the Federal Home Loan Banking system, in part as a response to proposed changes to how the system is regulated.
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Assessing value for money The Department for Education and Skills is to run a pilot for the new Whitehall Procurement Capability Reviews.â¦
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In a recent online discussion, a questioner wanted to know whether there was a type of professional he or she could hire who would give unbiased advice on those everyday money issues that always seem to pop up.
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Treasury chief is looking for a financial instrument to help homeowners facing foreclosure.
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General Motors reveals that the US financial watchdog wants to check the figures used in its latest results.