Posts Tagged ‘make money’

Mudraka goes online

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

This other website has been sleeping for months since I bought its domain. Aside from the fact that I liked my domain name “Mudraka” (it’s gay, I know), I couldn’t seem to figure out what to do with it. I tested it by making it an online diary, a chick lit site for my unpopular articles and later on decided the content should be something a reader would be interested to check out from time to time. So I kept the diary part back to my King Jim perfumed notebook. By the time it aged, it can be auctioned to the National Museum as proof that such civilization existed.

Now, after spending many days thinking of sound ideas for that site, I have decided to make it a business blog for people who spend more time behind those roller shades, locked in their 8-to-5 jobs. It’s about earning extra income, or “raket” in Pinoy street lingo, while running their offices.

Wish me luck.

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Of golden parachutes and black swans

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Wall Street

While the black swan is swimming, there are also golden parachutes flying.

A colleague told me during a coffee break how the US federal funds were supposed to be distributed among the world’s most ailing banks. I have not read the news for weeks. So I was surprised to hear that while Americans worry about job security, these bank executives were trying to reserve their slots on the $900Bn something bailout fund. Imagine just one person enjoying an enormous compensation package that can already feed hundreds of their employees and could still afford them Vegas vacations:

Bank of America: Kenneth D. Lewis (Chairman and CEO) – $24.8 million
Bank of America: Joe L. Price (Chief Financial Officer) – $6.5 million
Bank of America: Amy Woods Brinkley (Global Risk Executive) – $9.3 million
Bank of America: Barbara J. Desoer (Global Technology and Operations Executive) – $10.5 million
Bank of America: Liam E. McGee (President Global Consumer and Small Business Banking) – $12.2 million
Bank of America: Brian T. Moynihan (President of Global Corporate and Investment Banking) – $10.1 million
Bank of America: R. Eugene Taylor (Former Vice Chairman and Former President, Global Corporate and Investment Banking) – $3.3 million
Citigroup: Sir Winfried Bischoff (Chairman) – $6.1 million
Citigroup: Vikram Pandit (CEO) – $573,813
Citigroup: Gary Crittenden (Chief Financial Officer) – $19.4 million
Citigroup: Sallie Krawcheck (Chair and CEO—GWM) - $7.1 million
Citigroup: Lewis Kaden (Vice Chairman) – $6.8 million
Citigroup: Michael Klein (CEO- Global Banking) - $7.9 million
Citigroup: Stephen Volk (Vice Chairman) – $7.6 million
Citigroup: Charles Prince (Former Chairman and CEO) – $15.1 million
Goldman Sachs: Lloyd C. Blankfein (Chairman and CEO) – $70.3 million
Goldman Sachs: Gary D. Cohn (President and Chief Operating Officer) – $72.5 million
Goldman Sachs: Jon Winkelried (President and Chief Operating Officer) – $71.5 million
Goldman Sachs: David A. Viniar (Chief Financial Officer) – $58.5 million
Goldman Sachs: Edward C. Forst (Chief Administrative Officer) – $49.1 million

Source: Company proxy statements for 2007.

They have messed up the world’s economy. Why should they be rewarded with taxpayers money? Let go of those creeps.

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Wanted: Bloggers

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

We all know that the Wall Street crisis has already reached our shores these days and companies have been either cutting costs or closing down. If you’re a blogger, here’s a little extra to keep you afloat.

My friend needs a number of bloggers for a market research project. You will be compensated for your time and effort. Here are the profile of bloggers we’re looking for:

- has an existing active blog, at least 3 months old
- specializes in any blog topic or category
- resides in the Philippines
- should be 18 to 29 years old

If you’re the person we’re looking for, please email me your links and a short bio about yourself to elyenita@hotmail.com or ellen@portraithouse.net. Understand that they have to screen bloggers first before they decide on getting you on this project. If you haven’t received a reply from us in two weeks time, you know what that means.

And also if you’re a food/restaurant blogger, I have a separate project in mind. No age requirement though as long as you’re in Metro Manila. Just send in a short bio, your site’s link and web traffic details.

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