15. Guest Lecture by Carl Icahn
Financial Markets (ECON 252) Mr. Carl Icahn, a prominent activist investor in corporate America, talks about his career and how he became interested in finance and involved in shareholder activism. He discusses his thoughts about today’s economy and American businesses and their inherent threats and opportunities. He believes that the biggest challenge facing corporate America is weak management and that today’s CEOs, with exceptions, might not be the most capable of leading global companies. He sees opportunities for current, intelligent college students to succeed in the corporate world if they work hard and can identify valuable business pursuits. 00:00 – Chapter 1. Carl Icahn: A Self-Introduction 06:10 – Chapter 2. An Anti-Darwinian Corporate America 19:56 – Chapter 3. Questions: Personal Motivation and Inspiration 29:21 – Chapter 4. Questions: Activist Investing in the Real World 38:53 – Chapter 5. Questions: Sensing Potential in Poorly Managed Companies Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: open.yale.edu This course was recorded in Spring 2008.
Adaptive Server Enterprise – Extreme Transaction Processing: Sybase ASE Overview
www.sybase.com Is it possible to give tens of thousands of concurrent users instant access to ever increasing amount of data? Can you do it without disrupting your applications and data center? Is their way to do it affordably? Absolutely, with Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise you get the ultra fast nonstop performance that today’s extreme transaction processing systems need. Hi, I’m Terry Orsborn senior manager of product marketing here at Sybase. ASE in a high performance relational database management system for mission critical data intensive environments like those found in financial services, telecommunications, government and healthcare. ASE powers 24 of the top 25 global banks and our customers continue to choose ASE for its nonstop extreme performance, rock solid security and overall efficiency and low total cost of ownership. Sybase ASE has a history of technology leadership. Early on we earned a reputation as the best transaction processing data base for the financial services industry where reliability, speed and security are critical. We continue to innovate today by pushing the boundaries of performance, scale and continuous availability meeting the most demanding an extreme transaction processing and data management needs. ASE will help you consistently achieve high transaction throughput and speedy response times with terabytes size databases. ASE is that powerful, that fast and that reliable. Because of its in-memory data base capability ASE offers …
Matching Buyers & Sellers on the Ariba Network
exchange.ariba.com Jason Kurtz, VP of Network & Financial Solutions @Ariba, discusses the new ‘matchmaking’ services that pair buyers and sellers.
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www.abn.org.au For the last 18 months we have been asking women Whats your reason for getting into business? We’ve spent time working one-on-one with business owners to help them clarify their business goals and to gauge their readiness for a mentor. Heres what MentorNet’s Program Manager, Stella De Zotti found “What I have noticed is that many women leave the corporate world, working for someone else, and start their own business for similar reasons. These reasons include: •Freedom to choose your hours and work location •Working around raising children •Being your own boss •Setting your own salary •Utilising your creativity to create something news •And of course – Financial freedom But the road that follows is not easy That’s why we have found that women enjoy and get lots of value from taking part in our Are You Mentor-Ready? consultations.” “It was really good for me, as a start-up business, to make sure I was on the right track.” It made me really think about my business What I found most valuable about the consultation is that it made me really think about my business and what direction I want to take it in. By talking about my business I was able to verbalise what is unique about us. I recommend the consultation if youre unsure about whether the MentorNet program is right for you. Carrol Jones, Corporate Talker – Public Speaking Consultant www.corporatetalker.com.au It was good to get answers to the questions that are important to me After having a Are you mentor …
Sacramento Sustainability Forum Presents: Greg Hayes, Clean World Partners (Part 2 of 2)
Greg Hayes, President and co-founder of the bio energy company Clean World Partners, speaking at the Sacramento Sustainability Forum (SSF) on July 15, 2010. Sacramento Sustainability Forum is a monthly venue for connecting businesses, non-profits, government, and interested citizens in the Sacramento region in order to promote sustainability, share insights and resources, and support movement toward a more sustainable future. Visit SacramentoSustainabilityForum.com now to register for this month’s event! Greg Hayes is President and co-founder of Clean World Partners, LLC (CWP), which is a bio energy company building the first solid organics waste-to-energy plant in the United States using technology developed at UC Davis. Hayes is an entrepreneur who has worked in the areas of government, marketing and strategic business consulting for 20 years. He has helped build and launch very successful companies in the financial services space and serves on the advisory boards of a Bay Area consumer software start-up company and Zinc Air, which is a company focused on battery storage for renewable energy production. Prior to creating CWP, Hayes worked for On-Site Power Systems helping to create a go-to-market strategy for its anaerobic digestion technology, which is he where he developed an appreciation for the incredible and impactful opportunity in waste conversion technology. Formerly, he helped launch Liberty Reverse Mortgage and created the brand from the ground up. His work …
Stacy Ethun, Expert Recruiter
Stacy has over 20 years experience as a banking executive in the financial services industry. Her most recent position was as a Regional Market Executive in Orlando, Florida. She has a MBA from the Crummer Graduate School at Rollins College and a BA from Florida State University. Stacy is very results driven. In her first year in business, she won a nationally recognized award as “Rookie Office of the Year.” In her second year she was recognized in the Top 25%, President’s club and in her third year ranked in the top ten of all billing managers in the entire company. Stacy is also a proud member of The Pinnacle Society. For more info: www.recruiterlife.com/interviews/stacy_ethun.html
Can Pro-Obama Super PAC Match GOP Groups' Financial Might?
January financial disclosures exposed the power of unaffiliated super PACs funds this election season. Margaret Warner and John Dunbar of the Center for Public Integrity’s iWatch News discuss the fundraising reports, the $22 million raised and some of the big spenders helping these groups help their preferred candidates.
STEM Event- Tracey Hornbeck
Tracey Hornbeck, the Chief Financial Officer at 5/3 Bank, presents at GRCC’s first STEM event. She explains how and why she became the CFO at 5/3 Bank.
IBM Cognos Financial Performance Management
IBM Cognos Financial Performance Management in Turbulent Times
Forever Super Rally 2010 Day 3
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