Amazon.com to pay $269 million to Texas by Zivka Deleva
The Internet retailer Amazon.com will have to pay 269 million dollars to the State of Texas in behalf of the uncollected sales taxes for purchases, including interest and penalties in the last few years. That surprised a little bit the company's management. One of the biggest U.S. problems at the moment are states' budgets that are so slim that the governors must think of the best ways to make the cashboxes richer. Amazon doesn't deny that it should pay that money and understands the situation that states are all waisted in their money pockets. Amazon.com from time to time is having legal problems with some of the United States countries. Like in April this year, the comp! any had problems with North Carolina's department of revenue. This kind of regulation is pretty new even in the country of the retail machinery. Amazon doesn't have problem with Texas decision, but the sum. How did the Texas financial officials have come to the figure of 269 million dollars? The State of Texas explained that that bill came as a result of the sales taxes from December 2005 to the same period 2009, but in the sum it has included extra interest and penalties, as well. Amazon.com has hidden this bill few months from now. The company didn't like the idea that it should take away that sum from 7.56 billion dollars revenue and great percentage of 16 jump for the third quarter of this year. They are not planning to pay the sum and are going to look for the justice on court. Amazon is surprised as well because as officials say, they don't have that big business in that state. Texas, on the other hand, explains that the untaxed online sales make the states budge! t lower for about 600 million dollars per year, and that is no! t a sum to be avoided. It is no wonder that other states as well are going to follow Texas step. Who wouldn't dare?
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Americans are angry before the elections by Zivka Deleva
The governor elections are coming soon. The American people is so not into the elections, that I believe they don’t even know who their candidates are or when should they vote. One thing is for sure, it seems like only President Barrack Obama’s great speeches and optimistic announcements for the people are not enough. Struggling with the bad economy, the big unemployment rate as well, the house selling chaos and many other social and crucial problems, it is easy to descript how the American people are feeling at the moment – they are angry and disappointed. And, if in other countries, the political moral thing is to support the leader of your party in anyt! hing he says and does that is not the case with the states. It doesn’t mean that if you are a Democrat, you live better than your Republican friend. "The president can talk about the economy recovering, but no one believes him" Democratic strategist Hank Sheinkopf said. All analysts and polls that are done at the period say that about one third of the American people are angry and totally unsatisfied with the economy politics that Obama’s administration leads. Big percent of the electorate is not even planning to go out on the elections. One survey was done by Langer Research Associates. The unemployment is one of the biggest reasons of the Americans disappointment. One man has given a nice definition for the chosen people in the Congress: "This has been a pathetic Congress. … They are spending money like drunken sailors." This man and lot more do not believe that Mr. Obama is going to have the second chance to lead the country from 2010 on.
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As announced, Californian governor Arnold Schwarznegger is heading to Russia this week. He brings along several CEOs from the most important American technology companies. They are heading to the one of Moscow's outskirts – Skolkovo that has been chosen as Russian tech hub of new period. The visit comes as a counter movement after President Medvedev visited Californian Sillicon Valley early summer. This time the U.S. group comes to see and inspect „Russia“ on its own. Theories behind this move are different, but it seems apparent that Medvedev wants to attract American investors who are now mainly focused on their Asian, mostly Chinese partners. Should th! is be another world manufacture or another place for technology inventions? That would mean two different places on two different economies and managements. But it is apparent that there are investments focused on Skolkovo, so far its creation has been headed by energy and metals tycoon Viktor Vekselberg and there are also $10 billion aimed to innovation investment fund Rusnano. Rusnano has been founded back in 2007 and is a non-profit state owned corporation focused on commercializing developments in nanotechnology. One of its aims is to create a nano-industry that will pour a huge amount of money into the national economy. Rusnano run by Anatoly Chubais, currently ranked 54th most respected businessman is currently funding around 90 hi-tech international (mean Russian-foreign) projects. As announced one of the obstables and also reasons for personal visit is the factor of huge corruption in Russian business environment. Some media compare it to China that although it i! s not democratical has some solid law basement.
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It is like a year or so, what I have written a blog about how much I would not like to be a politician. The way they act goes against my hair. And even though I realize that sometimes they really don’t have a choice, it is still much easier to say: “There is always a choice.” rather than admit, there is not. In general, it is also easier to be “ordinary” citizen who can be now freely shouting: “I am not your ATM!” Deficit of $1.47 trillion made most of Americans angry and worried. And fresh tea party movement and various rallies across the country are on the other side making Democrats worried. But if I were Republican, I wouldnR! 17;t be enjoying it that much. People are concerned about deficit, but they are much more concerned about other budget cuts. In practice that means: “Cut spending, but not if it takes money from what is nearest and dearest to me.” commented situation in America Yahoo. To know what people want, Ask America asked them: “Which is more important now – spending to keep the economy growing, or cutting back government spending to bring the deficit under control?” More than 22 thousand people answered this question and 3 in 4 of those favored cutting back. But as it was mentioned above, many also said they would not support the idea if the cuts hurt them or programs they support. More than 50 percent of questioned people said they support government spending to develop new energy sources and 70 percent said they think new government investment in the country’s infrastructure will help boost the economy over the long haul. While 74 percent think g! overnment should support the manufacturing sector, 68 think su! pport sh ould go to job-training programs. So which one is the right way? I would say – no one really knows.
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Pred asi rokom som napísala blog o tom, ako veľmi by som nechcela byť politikom a dnes sa mi tieto spomienky vynárajú znovu. Spôsob akým jednajú je mi skrátka proti srsti. Na druhej strane si uvedomujem, že občas možno naozaj nemajú na výber. Stále je však jednoduchšie tvrdiť, že vždy máme na výber, ako uznať, že to tak v skutočnosti nie je. Vo všeobecnosti je teda oveľa jednoduchšie byť „obyčajným“ občanom, ktorý môže aspoň verejne a slobodne pokrikovať na uliciach: „Nie so! m váš bankomat!“ Deficit vo výške 1,47 trilióna dolárov väčšinu Američanov rozhneval a vystrašil. A preto mnohé čerstvé čajové hnutia a rozličné manifestácie odohrávajúce sa po celých Spojených štátoch, najnovšie strašia Demokratov. Ak by som však bola Republikánom, netešila by som sa. Ľudia sú znepokojení ohľadom deficitu, no ešte viac ich znepokojuje možnosť rozpočtových škrtov. V praxi to znamená: „Treba škrtať, no nie v peniazoch na to, čo mi je najbližšie a najmilšie.“ okomentovala situáciu v Amerike spoločnosť Yahoo. Aby sa zistilo, čo si Američania skutočne myslia, v blogu „Ask America“ sa Yahoo pýtala: „Čo je teraz viac dôležité – šetr! iť, aby sa zabezpečil rast ekonomiky, alebo škr! tať vládne výdavky, aby sa dostal deficit pod kontrolu?“ Viac ako 22 tisíc ľudí sa zúčastnilo tohto prieskumu, pričom 3 zo 4 sa vyjadrilo za zníženie výdavkov. Ako som však už napísala vyššie, mnohí sa vyjadrili, že by škrty nepodporili, ak by mali zasiahnuť ich alebo programy, ktoré podporujú. Viac ako 50 percent opýtaných povedalo, že podporuje vládne výdavky na rozvoj nových zdrojov energie a 70 percent ľudí si myslí, že investície novej vlády do infraštruktúry pomôžu oživiť ekonomiku. Kým 74 percent ľudí si myslí, že by mala vláda podporiť výrobný sektor, 68 percent si naopak myslí, že investície by mali ísť do školiacich programov. Ktorá je teda tá správna cesta? Povedala by som, &#! 382;e to v skutočnosti nevie nik!
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We should accept the fact it will take a very long time till the global economy gets back to its feet. It will not be weeks or months, but years till we can say it is all right. Most of the countries are fighting with high state deficits and terrible unemployment rates. And even though the numbers are slowly rearing their head, we will have to wait much longer to see real improvement. According to latest statistics, companies are laying off fewer workers and there are more job openings advertised. But it is still nothing, as employers are not ramping up hiring fast enough. Unemployment rate, now at its 9.6 percent, will not be reduced that easily. It is even expected it wil! l top 10 percent by early next year. But let’s be optimistic – companies are not laying off as many workers as before, and that is more than cheering. Michelle Meyer, an economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch goes even further, when she forecasts that the economy will generate about 50,000 jobs a month for the next six months. Even though it is not enough to keep up with population growth, it is still quite nice number, I would say. Together with private employers and their net total of 75,000 jobs in September it is, at least to me, better than nothing. Anyway, for country like United States used on different score, it is really sufficient number. While Federal Reserve is likely to take additional steps to boost the economy, applications for jobless aid are falling. Maybe it is not that desperate, we just need to hold on!
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Tviter ima nov izvrshen shef, Vilijams otstapi by Zuzana Zelenakova
Aktuelniot izvrshen director na Tviter Ivan Vilijams kje mu otstapi mesto na Dik Kostolo, koj dosega beshe operativen shef. Vilijams ne ja napushta kompanijata, ednostavno saka da gi vlozhi site svoi napori vo proizvodna strategija. “Jas sum najzadovolen dodeka turkam nekoj proizvod napred”, toj reche. “Gradenjeto raboti e mojata strasti i nikogash ne sum bil povozbuden ili optimistichen za toa shto treba da se gradi. “Tokmu zatoa odluchiv da go zamolam nashiot Dik Kostolo da stane izvrshen shef na Tviter”, reche toj. “Pochnuvajkji od denes, kje bidam celosno fokusiran na proizvodnata strategija.” Kostolo i se pridruzhi na kompanij! ata pred edna godina pravejkji transfer od Gugl. Kako del na timot na Tviter toj pridonese za zatvoranje na dogovorite za licenciranje so Jahi i Majkrosoft, a i so Gugl, isto taka. “Koga insistirav Dik da go doneseme na ovaa pozicija pred edna godina, dobiv mnogu prashanja od mojot odbor. No, znaev deka Dik kje mi bide dobar compliment I toa mi se dokazha”, veli Vilijams. “Za vreme na negovata godina vo Tviter, toj beshe kritichen lider vo podelbata i Iizvrshuvanjeto na nashite napori za prihod, dodeka simultano I efektivno vozovite da dojdat navreme vo kancelarijata”. Tviter Ink. koja e fokusirana na drushtvenoto vmrezhuvanje I mikroblogiranjeto beshe osnovano vo 2006 godina od Dzek Dorsi I dosega ima steknato povekje od 100 milioni korisnici vo cel svet. Nego go smetaat za “SMS na internet”. Interesno e da se spomene deka upotrebata na Tviter e najchesta za vrene na vazhni nastani. Rekordot beshe postaven za vreme na Svetskoto prvens! tvo vo fudbal na FIFA koga 2,940 poraki bile postaveni vo edna! sekunda . Togash rekordot beshe rushen po pobedata na Los Andzeles Lejkersi vo finaleto na NBA 2010 na 17 juni 2010 godina. Serverot kolabirashe vo 2009-ta koga pochina pejachot Majkl Dzekson.
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Twitter has new CEO, Williams stepped down by Zuzana Zelenakova
Current Twitter CEO Evan Williams is stepping down from the office to make room for Dick Costolo, Chief Operating Officer. Williams is not leaving the company, simply wants to put all his efforts into product strategy. "I am most satisfied while pushing product direction," he said. "Building things is my passion, and I've never been more excited or optimistic about what we have to build. "This is why I have decided to ask our COO, Dick Costolo, to become Twitter's CEO," he said. "Starting today, I'll be completely focused on product strategy." Costolo joined the company a year ago transferring from Google. As a part of the Twitter team he contributed to closing licensing d! eals with Yahoo and Microsoft, and also Google. "When I insisted on bringing Dick into the COO role a year ago, I got a lot of questions from my board. But I knew Dick would be a strong complement to me, and this has proven to be the case," says Williams. "During his year at Twitter, he has been a critical leader in devising and executing our revenue efforts, while simultaneously and effectively making the trains run on time in the office." Twitter Inc focusing on social networking and microblogging service was founded in 2006 by Jack Dorsey and it has gained more than 100 million users around the world since then. It is dubbed as the “SMS of the Internet”. It is interesting to note that Twitter´s use is most frequent during prominent events. The record was set during this year´s FIFA World Cup when 2,940 tweets were posted in one second. Then the record was broken after Los Angeles Lakers victory in the 2010 NBA Finals on June 17, 2010. The server col! lapsed back in 2009 when singer Michael Jackson died. related story (sgx18342): http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101004/ts_alt_afp/usitcompanyi...
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Skype appoints Tony Bates from Cisco a new CEO by Zuzana Zelenakova
Luxemburg-based company Skype appointed a new CEO, it is Cisco´s Senior Vice President Tony Bates. He is about to replace Joshua Sliverman, who stepped into the office in 2008. According to the survey, Skype had 124 million active users in June, however, only 8.1 million of them paying. So the current goal is to raise the numbers of paying customers obviously. Skype users are allowed to make calles to each other free of charge, the company generates its revenue by charging calls to people who do not use the service. And Bates, who has a lot of experiences, especially in the enterprise world, should help with breakthrough in that area. "Skype is not only a powerful glo! bal brand but also a global technology leader in Internet communications," Bates said. "There are extraordinary opportunities ahead for Skype and I am eager to lead the company through this exciting juncture in its continuing transformation." The man who had about 12,000 employees at Cisco´s enterprise, commercial and small-business unit is certainly seeing a great potential in Skype, otherwise he wouldn´t leave such a prestigious position. Bates is to join the company at the end of October. Skype that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet was founded in 2003 by the Swedish businessman Niklas Zennstrom and the Dane Janus Friis. "The company today has over 560 million registered users in nearly every country and continues to develop products and services our customers love to use," said Joshua Silverman. "With a world-class communications industry veteran like Tony, Skype is well positioned to become the communications platform of choice for consumers! and businesses around the world." There is no doubt that Skyp! e is pro fitable, it earned $13 million on $406 million revenue during the first half of the year.
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Sotheby's try to sell the most expansive diamond ever by Zivka Deleva
I can only imagine how lucky will one lady in the world be after her beloved man is going to buy her a pink diamond worth 38 million dollars? “Diamonds are forever” and “Diamonds are ladies best friends’” are old sayings, but for me, especially this second one is a little bit incomprehensible. However, some lady will be thrilled if a gentleman opens his heart enough, that enough to give that marking sum of money. The auction is going to happen in Sotheby’s on November 16 in Geneva, and the price predictions came from the auction house experts. The collector that has decided to get rid of the ring is unidentified. Still, the auctioneers co! uld only say that the fancy intense pink ring belonged to a man that had it for 60 years. The ring is has 24.78 carat gem and has a classic emerald cut with gently rounded corners. The anonymous man has bought the ring from a New York jeweler. If one say that diamonds are indestructible, than he lies to you. Because, from unknown reasons the ring has a little flaw that can’t be seen by a naked eye, but an expert from Sotheby says that it would be a little job for the new owner if he would like to polish it a little bit. That would make the stone even more sensational, Daniela Mascetti, a senior director in the jewelry department declared. Sotheby’s is not the only place where the interested people could have seen the diamond. Four days ago, it was exhibited in Hong Kong. Ten months ago, exactly in Hong Kong there happened the most expensive diamond (again a pink one) was sold for 10.8 million dollars, by Christie’s. If Sotheby’s succeed with their d! iamond, it would be a great win.
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Changes at Disney´s Internet and gaming division by Zuzana Zelenakova
Sunday, The Walt Disney Company announced some quite profound changes to its Internet and gaming division that has been staying behind lately. The leadership of the Interactive Media Group will be divided among former Yahoo executive James Pitaro and Playdom CEO John Pleasants. They are to replace Steve Wadsworth, who resigned from the post last month in order to move on and find new possibilities in his life. James Pitaro will have responsibility over Disney Online, that is the company´s Internet portfolio, while John Pleasants will lead the digital game businesses and continue to run Playdom at the same time. Playdom belongs to the most prominent social game develop! ers on MySpace as well as Facebook. On July 27, 2010 Playdom was acquired by The Walt Disney Company for $763 million as a part of its Interactive Media Group. "John has shown incredible agility and skill in helping companies achieve success in the ever-shifting digital games business, while Jimmy has vast knowledge of the online world and has been hugely successful at creating and building audiences around branded online content," said Disney President and CEO Robert A. Iger in a statement. “As co-presidents, I’m confident they will make Disney’s digital content and businesses even more robust and successful.” Pitaro is a former Vice President and General Manager of Yahoo Sports. He became a part of the sports team in 2006. He contributed greatly to the continued growth of the division. Before that he held the function of Vice President of Business Affairs for LAUNCH Media, Inc, the company that Yahoo acquired in 2001, and that of Vice President a! nd Head of Business Affairs for Yahoo Music. On the other hand! , John P leasants, before joining Playdom served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Elecvtronic Arts.
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Top Yahoo executives leaving the company by Zuzana Zelenakova
Several years ago Yahoo, Inc was number one in the Internet industry, however, a lot has changed since then. Lately, the company found itself unable to catch up with the rivals on the market such as Google and Facebook. Frequent changes in the management of the company have certainly contributed to this fact. And now three top executives decided to leave the search giant and thus putting CEO Carol Bartz in a very difficult situation. The trio leaving the company consists of Hilary Schneider, head of Yahoo´s North American business, David Ko, head of Yahoo Audience, and Vice President of Media, James Pitaro. As Yahoo announced Hillary Schneider will be “leaving ! Yahoo after a transition period.” “Hilary Schneider has played a major role at Yahoo in driving the company’s strategies for content, online advertising and more,” read the company´s statement. As Carol Bartz said the executives leave for “different reasons that suit their life. So everyone stay calm -- we have a good plan in place. In fact, I’m more fired up than ever and can roll with the punches. Yahoo! is a great place,” she added enthusiastically. Despite her positive approach to unfavorable news, no doubt, there is a heavy burden on her shoulders right now. Another thing that contributes to the pressure mounted on the CEO is the falling tendency of the company´s stocks. They have decreased by almost 15 percent this year. These are not the only departures that Yahoo experienced this year. Yahoo lost also Head of Revenue for North America Joanne Bradford, Front Page head Tapan Bhat, Vice President of Social Platfor! ms Neil Sample and Vice President of consumer products Larry C! ornett. As CEO Bartz pointed out it will take several years for Yahoo to get back on track.
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Firma Yahoo prišla hneď o niekoľko výkonných riaditeľov naraz by Zuzana Zelenakova
Ešte pred pár rokmi bola spoločnosť Yahoo Inc žiarivou hviezdou na nebi internetového priemyslu, avšak, odvtedy sa veľa zmenilo. V poslednom čase sa spoločnosti nedarí držať krok so svojimi najväčšími rivalmi na trhu, ktorými sú Google a Facebook. K tomuto faktu pravdepodobne do veľkej miery prispeli aj časté zmeny v rámci riadiaceho manažmentu. No a teraz sa Yahoo rozhodli opustiť až traja výkonný riaditelia naraz, čím sa riaditeľka celej spoločnosti Carol Bartzová ocitla v nezávideniahodnej situácii! . Trio tvoria, Hilary Schneiderová, riaditeľka severoamerickej divízie, David Ko, vedúci užívateľského oddelenia Yahoo Audience, a James Pitaro, vice prezident mediálnej divízie. Podľa vyhlásenia spoločnosti Hilary Schneiderová „opustí Yahoo až po uplynutí prechodnej doby.“ „HIlary Schneiderová zohrala v spoločnosti nesmierne dôležitú úlohu v rámci stratégií online marketingu a reklamy, a nielen to,“ uvádza oficiálne stanovisko spoločnosti. Ako povedala Carol Bartzová všetci traja zamestnanci odchádzajú „z rôznych dôvodov, vyplývajúcich z ich momentálnej životnej situácie. Všetci môžu ostať pokojní – už máme vhodné riešenie. V skutočnosti som zapálená pre našu vec tak ako e! 53;te nikdy a mám dosť energie popasovať sa s a! kým ikoľvek problémami. Yahoo je skvelé miesto,“ dodáva s dávkou entuziazmu. Napriek jej pozitívnemu prístupu zoči voči nepríjemnej skutočnosti, niet pochýb o tom, že na jej pleciach momentálne spočíva obrovské bremeno. Ďalším faktom, ktorý prispieva k tlaku na Carol Bartzovú je i klesajúca tendencia akcií spoločnosti. Tie v priebehu tohto roka klesli už o 15 percent. Nejde o prvé prípady odchodu výkonných riaditeľov zo spoločnosti Yahoo odkedy sa v januári 2009 dostala Carol Bartzová do čela vedenia. Zbohom spoločnosti dali aj Joanne Bradfordová, vedúca výnosov zo severnej Ameriky, Neil Sample, ktorý mal na starosti sociálne platformy a vice prezident oddelenia užívateľských produktov Larry Cornett. Podľa riaditeľky Bartzovej potrvá nie! koľko rokov kým sa Yahoo dostane späť do sedla.
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