The end of the mail strike has delivered all the news that shareholders of Research In Motion need to know. Equity Research Analysts can publish reports, and CNBC has a posse of talking heads to wheel out whenever the topic turns to whats wrong with BlackBerry? But the companys own Information Circular does a pretty good job of summing up where we are at on the momentum front.
RIMs annual senior management bonuses are determined using eight different goals laid out for the fiscal year in question. For fiscal 2011, they included:
#1 Continue to enhance the BlackBerry user experience by launching the new BlackBerry webkit browser.
#2 Bring to market several new BlackBerry smartphones to invigorate BlackBerrys strong North American presence.
#4 Continue to grow awareness and value of the BlackBerry brand through focused integrated marketing efforts.
#6 Aggressively grow the BlackBerry subscriber account base.
#8 Continue to focus on delivering strong financial performance for the Companys shareholders.
By my own count, the outcome has been a mixed bag.
Greek lawmakers voted in an unpopular package of budget cuts and tax hikes, a key step toward getting the debt-ridden nation cash crucial to keeping the country from default.
Wall Street cheered the decision, and stocks headed higher for a third day in a row. Worries about a potential Greek bankruptcy and the possibility that it could spark an international financial crisis have been weighing on investors’ minds for weeks.
“Certainly the fear that Greece is going to default now has subsided,” Ken Polcari, managing director of ICAP Equities told Reuters. “Although, it is still not a done deal – but the fact is, it is certainly moving along, so that is obviously positive.”
The 155 to 138 vote helped pave the way for cash-strapped Greece to get more of the money from last year’s rescue package and clinch a second round of aid from the European Union and International Monetary Fund.
The decision by Greek lawmakers came as police and thousands of demonstrators protesting the austerity measures clashed amid clouds of tear gas outside of the nation’s Parliament building.
Greece needs to cover 6.6 billion euros worth of bonds set to mature in August.
Lawmakers there still have to vote again tomorrow on a bill that will allow implementation of the deep cuts and sales of state assets totaling about $112 billion.
U.S. home prices rose in April, breaking a string of eight months of declines with the arrival of the spring buying season, according to the most recent Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, released today.
Home prices in the index of 20 major metropolitan areas were up 0.7 percent over March’s levels, with 13 of the 20 cities showing gains. However, it is unclear how much of the gain is simply due to normal seasonal variations. “In a welcome shift from recent months, this month is better than last – April’s numbers beat March,” said David Blitzer, Chair of the S&P Index Committee. “However, the seasonally adjusted numbers show that much of the improvement reflects the beginning of the Spring-Summer home buying season. It is much too early to tell if this is a turning point or simply due to some warmer weather.” On a seasonally adjusted basis, prices were up only 0.1 percent for the month, although that itself marks a small turning point for the market. At the same ti Full Post…
Managing a project successfully means completing it on time, within the stipulated budget and providing a quality which matches with the set standards. To manage projects successfully, one of the most important things to do is to find an effective project manager – someone who is apt at budgeting, problem solving, communicating, analyzing, leading, motivating and directing. If the project manager is good, there is nothing that he can not achieve! Tips on How to Manage a Project SuccessfullyStep # 1 As mentioned earlier, the first thing to do when managing a project is to appoint a qualified and experienced project manager. Next, have the most efficient project management tools and softwares in place. Follow this up by defining the project scope. Full Post…
Whether youre trying to get feedback on a recent event, a new offering, or if any of the bachelors are good enough for Ashley (fellow Mainer), an online survey is a perfect tool for collecting that data.
There are plenty of great survey tools on the market from Survey Monkey to Constant Contact. However, almost all of them cost money or have draconian limits on the number of surveys, questions and/or participants you can have.
While there are plenty of benefits to paid survey tools, often we just want a quick, free tool to take the pulse of our prospects and customers.
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