Friday, May 6, 2011

Cisco's Reset to the New Normal


In Cisco report, focus expected to be on revamp
MarketWatch
“Our view remains that Cisco needs to choose between protecting share or preserving margins, it simply can't do both and that management needs to be frank with the investing community and reset its operating model to the 'new normal. ...

Egypt's “New Normal”: Pro-Israel, Pro-Democracy Bloggers Go Directly to Jail
David Horowitz's NewsReal Blog (blog)
by Lisa Richards Lisa Richards is a life-long conservative Reagan girl educated in Political Science at Sacred Heart University. She resides in CT with her family and assortment of rescued pets. Remember those delightful Egyptian protests where ...
Green Business Is the New Normal
Big Think
"The growing need for energy-efficient products is a real opportunity to innovate while helping client companies save on operating costs," thinks Tim Watkins, vice president of Huawei Western Europe. Many large companies' newest innovations concentrate ...
Blended families: a new normal
St. Louis American
Therefore, communication efforts have to be purposeful and positive in constructing the new normal; it does not happen automatically. Eddie told his mother that he does not want to have his weekend visit at his father's home that includes his ...
Look Out a New Window and 4 Other Ways to See Your Life Differently
TribLocal
One of my favorite scenes was the one in which Bethany talks with her youth leader, Sarah, about her immense pain and her desire to gain some perspective on her new normal…one that now means doing everything with only one arm. When life is difficult,...


MSM's Bob Murray on managing under the new normal
Truck News (blog)
I recently interviewed several transportation and logistics service providers whose companies have routinely been named to the prestigious list of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies. They shared many insights about how to remain profitable during times ...
New Jersey tourism industry tries to climb back | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011 ...
Philadelphia Inquirer
Couponing and bargain-shopping among vacationers are the "new normal," according to industry experts gathered Wednesday at the 2011 Cape May County Tourism Conference. And people are increasingly using Facebook, Twitter, and other social media to ...
What My Husband and Gabrielle Giffords Share
Huffington Post (blog)
Daily life pinwheels for a while until a new normal emerges. Six years ago, when my 74-year-old husband had a left hemisphere stroke, he lost his ability to speak, read or understand words. Aphasia it's called, a frustrating tip-of-the-tongue memory ...
The “strong dollar” policy means little in practice
The Economist
Afterwards, a “New Normal” established itself. A “Normal” dominated by lack of visibility regarding the soaring sovereign debt and the application, or lack thereof, of fiscal prudence towards an exit. In the public eye, it seems politicians in ...
Senate Budget Does Not Plan To Use State "Rainy Day" Fund
KTXS
"If this is the new normal then we might have to go through some of the more drastic cuts next year," said Dr. Gail Haterius, Clyde CISD Superintendent. School administrators, like Dr. Haterius said she can't understand why the new budget does not take ...
Franklin seeks help 8 years after devastating storm
Fort Scott Tribune
It may be a new normal, but there is hope out there." For more information on the rebuilding efforts in Franklin, visit www.franklinkansas.com. Individuals can vote once per day by visiting the Pepsi Refresh Project website at ...
Homeownership: Still the American Dream?
Gallup.com
And Jacobe thinks the old way is coming back, welcomed by the pressures of the "new normal" in housing finance, the growth of "virtual companies," and a chastened home buying public. Further, he argues that homeownership in the future is likely to be ...
Today's graduates want to be part of something bigger
Bizcommunity.com
According to a 2010 US report entitled New Normal: Sustainable practice your future employees will demand, which surveyed 180 students in that country, recent graduates all want to work for organisations that demonstrate a commitment to sustainability ...
Pat's Place: Public Figures Who Have Inspired Me Since My Multiple Myeloma ...
The Myeloma Beacon
Her long, flowing black hair was soon replaced by a short, post-transplant cut that represented her new normal life. Lisa Ray is young, strong, still glamorous, and unafraid to share her story with the world. You go girl! Most recently, The NBA's ...
Small business poll: 58% say the worst is over
San Diego Union Tribune
"Perhaps this is a 'new normal' and we are unlikely to see the surges usually experienced at the start of a recovery," said Dunkelberg. "Times are different; government, with new taxes and more restrictions, is a larger drag on the small business ...
As good as it gets for Australia's banks?
ABC Online
ANZ chief executive Mike Smith described the search for growth outside the Australian household sector as "the new normal" at his results this week. With increased political pressure around bank profits, and new tighter global financial regulations on ...
'Spend Less, but Grow More' Is Easier Said than Done
Supply & Demand Chain Executive
"This appears to be the 'new normal,'" Deloitte commented in the report. "While we are emerging from the Great Recession, companies are struggling to adapt to this new economic paradox to constantly spend less, but grow more," said Omar I. Aguilar, ...
'Living with Cancer' events offer comfort for patients, survivors
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
with Dr. Amit Bhate from 6:30-7 :30 pm Registration required. • Lunch and learn: “Cancer Survivorship and the New Normal” from noon-1 pm Registration required. • Healthy living event from 1-3:30 pm, featuring chair massages and cooking demonstrations.
Climate-driven natural disasters require mitigation and preparedness
Statesman Journal
Extreme weather is the new normal. Wise people and organizations will rise above the rancor caused by clashing worldviews and prepare for these events, while also reducing their carbon pollution to reduce their likelihood. ...
Haffner: It's pure folly to neglect our public schools
Ventura County Star
The new "normal" in public education is evidenced by the absurdity of characterizing a $350 per pupil cut this year as a "best-case" scenario instead of the $800 that is being threatened. In a state ranked 47th in the nation for per pupil spending any ...
US auto buyers shift towards the New Normal
ICIS (subscription) (blog)
US auto sales remained stable last month. As the chart shows (red line), they were just above the 1.1 million level. Until the Crisis began in 2008, this was the minimum level for monthly sales, but now it seems to have become more of a maximum. ...
The Unholy Grail
Huffington Post (blog)
The "new normal" is perpetual war, and nothing -- certainly not "victory" -- can be allowed to change that. For me, the only question is how we can interrupt the trans-national consensus that is committed to perpetual war. Mark Weisbrot, writing this ...
In Cisco report, focus expected to be on revamp
MarketWatch
“Our view remains that Cisco needs to choose between protecting share or preserving margins, it simply can't do both and that management needs to be frank with the investing community and reset its operating model to the 'new normal...
BT Cited for North American "Unified Communications as a Service" Capabilities
PR Newswire (press release)
With the economic downturn largely behind us, a new normal has been established. A consequence of the downturn was to cause many organizations to rethink their approaches, attitudes and assumptions to capital expenditure (capex) spending in some areas; ...
Report: Workers' Comp Line Deteriorates Further in 2010
Insurance Journal
The NCCI also noted that although the impact on the loss ratio from the increase in frequency is moderated by a year of no severity increase, it is unclear whether this frequency increase is a “new normal” or a one- or two-year phenomenon coming on the ...
Why I'm buying Dunkin'
Fortune (blog)
If you believe we're in a new normal in this country -- one where people aren't taking equity out of their houses to help them buy $7 cups of frappa-cappa-whatever -- then you've got to think that it's Dunkin's time to shine. This despite the fact that ...

                              

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