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Calling all IT professionals and IT enthusiasts. There will be an incoming Technology tour at Cebu this coming April. This is a great opportunity for both business and career enhancement. Interested? email me for your reservation . Please state your name and contact number.

Business school has taught us about Management. There are five functions of Management (Henry Fayol): 1. Planning 2. Organizing 3. Leading 4. Coordinating 5. Controlling Planning is the cognitive process of thinking about actions or accomplishments beforehand. This provides direction to a manager as to where to direct necessary actions and anticipate problems. Organizing which is next to planning is where the manager assigns tasks to different individuals or groups within the organization, for them to help carry out the plan. Leading is where the manager directs the actions of the organization. This reminds me of some statements given to us by our HBO instructor: which of the following statements is true? 1. All Managers are Leaders. 2. All Leaders are Managers. Come to think of it, I still don't know the answer lol. Coordinating : Whereas leading is where the manager commands, coordinating is where the manager tries to make things or people work together. Can you be called a leade...

It was to be expected (in my opinion). The Wallstreet Journal reports that Yahoo's board plans to reject Microsoft's $44.6 billion bid by sending a letter tomorrow stating their position. Although I don't agree with them that the proposal undervalues Yahoo that much. I do agree that Microsoft has taken advantage of Yahoo's recent weakness in share price. An interesting scenario they picked up though: "Search Advertising Partnership with Google Inc." Hmmm... wouldn't that be quite a monopoly?

I have read some blogs criticizing paid blogging. Personally, I don't see anything wrong with it. For me, it is a result of innovation. Entrepreneurs will always try to find ways to market their products or services. To do this, they need to at least introduce their products or services. Technology has played a key role to this. Blogging is a result of technology. The Internet community is increasing and hence, the opportunity for business. How does it work? Business owners want to introduce their products or services to potential customers. To do this, their website need to become popular over the web. One measure of popularity is how they rank with search engines. Like for example when someone tries to google up Software Solutions, a particular Software Company's website gets on top of the list. To be on top of the list, this particular Software company's website must have many other sites pointing to it. To do this, they either pay site owners to place a link to their si...

In my previous post, I talked about Google vs. Microsoft and how Microsoft's bid for Yahoo might cause them to face antitrust issues again. But what is antitrust? I don't know how to explain it in simpler terms but antitrust is a law that seeks to regulate business competition. It exists to lessen if not eliminate monopolies (one company has exclusive possession or control over a market of products or services). Microsoft was accused of monopolizing the PC operating system market. They were also accused of monopolizing the Internet Browser market because they bundled Internet Explorer with their Windows operating system. I don't know what this recent unsolicited action would lead them. Antitrust lawsuit for monopolizing the Internet market? There is a great possibility.

In response to Microsoft's $44.6 B bid for Yahoo, Google through its senior vice president and its chief legal officer Mr. David Drummond said: "Could Microsoft now attempt to exert the same sort of inappropriate and illegal influence over the Internet that it did with the PC? While the Internet rewards competitive innovation, Microsoft has frequently sought to establish proprietary monopolies -- and then leverage its dominance into new, adjacent markets." http://googleblog.blogspot.com . Microsoft has been known to face Antitrust charges in the Software industry. Albeit facing these issues, Microsoft continues to dominate the Software industry. Now another antitrust issue is being raised--the Internet. Will the Internet community allow this to happen? While this union (in my opinion) can definitely put up a fight with regards to Internet advertising making prices more affordable, my question would then be, how about the open source community? What effects will t...

My previous post tells about Microsoft acquiring Yahoo's outstanding stocks for $31. This news may be of interest to a few who knew what it meant. Well, to give a few information to those who don't know yet, what are stocks really? Wikipedia defines a stock as " the capital raised by a corporation through the issuance and distribution of shares." Before I explain, let us understand the different types of business. If I want to have a business from which I solely own, that is a "sole-proprietorship" type of business. If on the other hand, I have a partner or two in a particular business, the type of business would then be called a "partnership". If a business has many owners, then it is called a corporation. A corporation must have at least 5 members (owners). These owners are called shareholders. Each will have a share of ownership with the company depending on how much they have invested. This "share of ownership" is called a "st...

Wow. This is a very interesting news. Just recently, Microsoft, a software giant made an offer to Yahoo to acquire their outstanding stocks for $31 per share. This would be equivalent to $44.6 billion total equity. Yahoo's closing price as of January 31, 2008 was $19.18. This makes Microsoft's offer equivalent to a 62% premium. The question is, would Yahoo's board of directors consider the offer? If this union proceeds, will it have a great effect on Google's economic performance? Google right now is on top of Search Engines and on-line advertisement. Will the Microsoft-Yahoo tandem end this dominance?