Nearshore Journal

By Jim Heskett
Summing Up
Customer inputs to the product development process count, but in different ways and at different times, according to many responding to this month’s column.
As Alexander Gat put it, competing and pioneering products “should take significantly different PD (product development) paths.” Jacoline Loewen pointed out that “Asking the customer’s opinion is great for [...]

News Highlights
-Seven new Intel Capital investments span three continents and total approximately $25 million.
-Ten new follow-on deals are also announced.
-The 10th annual Intel Capital CEO Summit fosters learning, company-building and innovation.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., Nov. 17, 2009 – Intel Capital, Intel Corporation’s global investment organization, reaffirmed its dedication to foster worldwide innovation with the announcement of [...]

Yesterday saw news of another big merger: the tie up between Intel (INTC) and McAfee (MFE). Between the news release and the conference call and various other merger documents, we counted 13 different filings yesterday. And that’s just McAfee’s filings. Intel had another four. Clearly, that makes for some very busy attorneys.
But one filing that [...]

The 10-Q that Viacom, Inc. (VIA) filed August 5 was just the reminder we needed to tell you about a juicy agreement that was signed several weeks ago.
The document in question is the May 27, 2010 Employment Agreement between Viacom and Thomas Dooley; it’s Exhibit 10.1 to the 10-Q. (Viacom actually first disclosed its terms [...]

If you or someone you love feels overloaded by technology (email, Twitter, i-everything) and is open to a solution, read on! (Everyone who has no issues, continue on to a Twitter feed of your choice.)
OK. For those of you still here: let’s talk about how to attack the problem.
Any discussion of information overload has – [...]

Found this report of value – biggest concern though is Brazil’s lagging performance in educational performance – nonetheless impressive innovation and technological wins- PPeters- Editor’s brief.
About this report
Brazil unbound: How investors see Brazil and Brazil sees the world is an HSBC report produced in co-operation with the Economist Intelligence Unit. The report draws on in-depth [...]

Leading Economics Bloggers Pessimistic,
According to Kauffman Foundation Survey
Contact:
Rossana Weitekamp, 516-792-1462, rossana@weitekamp.com
Barbara Pruitt, 816-932-1288, bpruitt@kauffman.org, Kauffman Foundation
Kauffman releases findings in its third ‘Economic Outlook: A Quarterly Survey of Leading Economics Bloggers’
(KANSAS CITY, Mo.), Aug. 4, 2010 – Top economics bloggers are feeling a renewed sense of pessimism about the U.S. economy, according to a new Ewing [...]