Search Results

Instead of playing Matt Harvey in the opener, the Mets announced that Harvey would pitch in the second game of the season. The Met’s decision to save their returning star pitcher for the 2nd home game turned out to be a huge 'win' in more ways than one.

BetterWorks makes software that encourages employees to publically post their goals so their coworkers can give encouragement to help them achieve those goals. What if work became an open competition where your achievements and failures were known by all company employees?

Technology Company Blog: Sometimes You Need to Make Mistakes. A well-managed mistake can actually build respect and have a positive impact on a company’s reputation. To follow are examples of Facebook and Netflix mistakes and how they handled the challenge.

Retailers have argued that ecommerce companies and consumers are able to profit from a sales tax loophole. A retail coalition advertisement urged U.S. lawmakers to pass a bill that would prevent companies, like Alibaba, from enabling online shoppers to circumvent sales tax.

Eighteen percent of U.S. IPOs last year showed profits using their own accounting methods (as disclosed under the Non-GAAP Measures heading in their IPO filings); but reported losses when they used traditional standardized (GAAP) accounting rules. Will differing accounting measures mislead investors?

Digital health technology in the spotlight. The number of digital health companies at the J.P. Morgan Health Care conference was perhaps a result of the Affordable Care Act and the HITECH Act which encourages health care providers to improve health care quality, safety and efficiency.

Blog from Venture Summit West where there was a consensus that venture capital is a personal business with a focus on helping investments succeed. Panelists noted New York and Silicon Valley are great and very much happening but venture capital opportunities are everywhere.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss hope to create the first regulated Bitcoin exchange. The exchange, named ‘Gemini’ for the twins, already has a test model running and is waiting for regulatory approval. The Winklevoss twins are financing the Bitcoin exchange themselves.

The price per barrel of oil hit a six-year low in January. While Wall Street may be nervous about the negative impact of the instability of oil prices, consumers and businesses that are able to take advantage of lower prices at the pump can use those savings to spend more and possibly invest more.

Can students play video games and get a college scholarship? eSports or Electronic sports, also known as competitive gaming, is becoming popular with many notable colleges and universities and there is big money to be made. Find out more about eSport leagues and scholarships.

Information on the repeal of the Federal Medical Device Tax in the Affordable Care Act and the Protect Medical Innovation Act. Updates on the Medical Device Excise Tax. To the extent that the tax is repealed, we will provide guidance with regard to filings for potential refunds and more.

A cyber security breach can happen to any company. It is a misconception that if your company or organization doesn't store financial information, then you aren't at risk for a cyber security attack. The recent Sony Pictures data breach clearly shows that this is not the case.

ApplePay has encountered its first obstacle - a competing system CurrentC. It is being developed by a merchant consortium known as Merchant Customer Exchange, to which Rite Aid and CVS belong. Retailers who want to track consumer behavior so they can better market to their target audience,

The number of Chromebook laptops shipping to U.S. schools has, for the first time, outpaced the number of iPads. In just two years, Chromebooks have gone from 0% to 25% of the education market share. Apple and Microsoft are taking notice of Google's fast-paced charge into their territory.

Venture capitalists are having a renewed interest in science and technology companies. Investment in biotechnology start-ups saw an increase in the first half of 2014. Venture capital is flooding back into science, technology and innovation.

Technology public companies trends - spinning off of technology products to become two publicly traded companies. eBay announced a spin-off of PayPal, Symantec publicized a planned split as did Hewlett-Packard. Advantages of a technology public company split.

The Google product pipeline is an example of where to go after the IPO. Google is more than just a search engine that sells ads, they are also innovators and masters of marketing new technologies. Let's look at Google from IPO to keeping investors interested.

With Alibaba’s strong showing of profits in a market that is open for expansion, the IPO was bound to be successful. But the combination of an excellent public relations and marketing campaigns seems to have made the IPO wildly successful. Here's how.

As the economic statistics for Black Friday and Cyber Monday came in, there was a wide range of opinion on its success depending on which news channel you paid attention to. Regardless, there are several favorable economic indicators for this holiday season.

COSO issued an updated Internal Control-Integrated Framework and related illustrative documents. Auditors and audit committees should ask public registrants whether they have implemented the 2013 COSO framework and discuss with them any changes that may result from the COSO update.