I'm not a big fan on prophesies, so I'm not too concerned about this being the final Christmas season before the end of civilization next year. I try not to be particularly superstitious (though I'm knocking on wood as I say that), and most likely...
American Banker had an interesting column co-written by William Isaac (former FDIC chairman) and William Dunkelberg on how the Fed has run out of tools to help small business. The most interesting part is the comment of M, who provides a succinct summary of the...
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="190"] R&R Consulting in DealBook[/caption] DealBook - R&R Consulting Sets Sights on Being a Credit Ratings Agency. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/a-would-be-ratings-agency-without-rose-colored-glasses/...
There are lots of people out there who want to produce your movie. Almost every social networking site has a growing army of folks who can't wait to assist you with your movie. They are all very friendly, extremely enthusiastic and exceptionally gung ho about...
Sometimes news travels slowly. While we were celebrating Thanksgiving with friends, a guest at the table began musing about returning to his major passion, photography. He began thinking out loud about building a dark room. Suddenly it dawned on him. "What am I talking about?" Yep....
George Lucas thinks that the world will end in 2012. So he must be doing pre-production work on the next Indiana Jones movie and the Star Wars TV project as a bit of insurance, just in case the ancient Mayans prove to be as off...
Lots of indie filmmakers are pondering the question: Should we make a short film as part of our effort to get funding for a feature? The overwhelming response from many people experienced in indie production is: Yes! That's the good news. The big question is: Once...
In any period of evolutionary change, there are those who adapt and those who don't. As the working environment changes, the old lifeforms thrash about in a desperate effort to cling to the traditional ways while previously minor players adapt to the new model and...
Last night, I was hosted by Andrew Chi Fai Chan, Director of the EMBA program at Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and civic leader, at the downtown campus, where I had the privilege of speaking to a mix of current students and alumni about...
R&R Consulting, an eleven-year-old Structured Finance consultancy expert in valuing complex securities, is offering new analysis to gauge the credit of prime non-agency residential mortgage backed securities. R&R’s analysis, which they dub PrimeTRAK, provides a current credit valuation on the synthetic mortgage index known as...