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Our firm is registered and approved as a Primary U.S. Government Contractor.  As such, we are eligible and available to provide Management Consulting Services, Business Advisory Services and Finance, Audit & Accounting Services to the U.S. Federal Government, on a contract basis, at  any of the worldwide government agencies.  We are also available for project Joint Ventures and Subcontracting initiatives for major large-scale project delivery.

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Asset Liquidations, Financial Fraud investigations, Liquidity Studies, Asset Valuations, Refinancing Feasibility Studies, Cash Flow Studies, Cost Reduction Studies, Corporate Restructuring leading to dramatic fast-track cost reductions, Best Practices Benchmarking and Process Re-engineering initiatives, Service Excellence initiatives, Tax Reduction Studies, Profit Improvement Studies, Capital Reduction Studies, Outsourcing Studies, Asset Searches,Corporate Bankruptcies (asset searches and valuations), Business Valuations, Portfolio Valuations, Real Estate Block Sale Acquisitions, Developer Liquidations, Bad Loan Workouts, Store Closings & Liquidations, and Asset Management & Disposal.

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Primary Service Offerings

• Business Transformation and Change Management Projects designed to improve profitability >40% or to improve ROE >30%
• Underperforming Operations Analysis and Recommendations
• Business Plans
• Profit Improvement Studies
• Profitability Analysis and Optimization (most recent 3 years performance analysis)
• Market Research Analysis
• Service Level Analysis – Cost vs. Needs/Requirements
• New Product/Services Feasibility
• Strategic Planning
• Underperforming Stores Analysis/Closings
• Budgeting
• Forecasting & 5 year Planning
• New Business Development Opportunities
• Cost – Benefit Analysis
• Competition Mapping and Analysis
• Competitive Threat Assessment and Analysis
• Continuous Improvement Studies
• Benchmarking Processes against “Best in Class” companies
• Transportation Routing Profitability and Analysis/Traffic Lane Profitability Analysis
• Consolidations and Staff Reductions
• Cost Reduction and Fast-Track Change Implementation
• Steering Committee Change Guidance and Implementation
• Business Process Redesign
• Quality Improvement Studies (Demings Approach)
• fraud and forensic accounting investigations
• Internal Control Systems Review and Redesign
• temporary accounting and finance staff support
• Service Excellence Projects
• Business Redesign to achieve >20% Shareholder Return on Equity
• Retail Rural Stores Feasibility and Profitability Pro Formas
• and other specific scope projects requested by the Client

Specialized Services Include

Profit Improvement Studies, Profit & Loss Performance Analysis and Optimization, Retail Market Rationalization and Optimization, Rural Stores Feasibility, Competitor Threat Assessments, Organization Restructuring and Alignment, Retail Market Research, Business Process Reengineering, Business Turnaround & Transformation, Fast-Track Cost Reduction, B2B Supply Chain/Internet integration, Business Strategy, Project Management, Benchmarking, Best Practices Reengineering, Cycle Time Reduction, Geographic Information Systems & Demographics, eCommerce, Business Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet Business Conversions, Financial Analysis, New Business Concept Development, Market Research, Customer Satisfaction Research,  Competitor Research & Analysis, Service Level Analysis, Outsourcing, Technology Feasibility, Web Site Development, Financial Systems Integration, New Product Research.

Our engagements include operational and financial aspects of corporate management for Fortune 500, small and mid-sized corporations.  Typical project initiatives focus upon; business planning, business redesign leading to improved  operational performance and profitability.  The breadth of our industry experience includes Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Transportation, Retail, Airlines, Air Express, Telecom, Automotive, Environmental Services, Express Delivery Services, Car Dealerships, Restaurants, Banking, Financial Services, Online Data Services, Technology and many others.

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OneSource Consulting, Ft Lauderdale,  Florida

Telephone: (954) 839-6358

Email: onesource.accounting@gmail.com

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Some Clients prefer to more fully utilize existing staff to improve their business operations. To support these Clients we provide training and education Seminars and Webinars using our own Subject Matter Experts to create and present the information. The scope of these projects can be customized to meet the unique needs of the Client or we can teach our own specialized approaches to problem solving of the Client’s issues. These projects can then be presented either on-site or online via a Webinar. Also, the projects are subject to resource availability at the time of request.

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Opera Mini on iPhone Next Week | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

Opera, the plucky underdog of the web-browsing industry, is hoping to get its browser onto the iPhone. The company will demonstrate Opera Mini running on the iPhone at next week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

Opera was, and still is, the best option for many smartphones. Before webkit became the norm on the iPhone and Android phones, Opera was the only way to get a half-decent web experience on a cellphone. Opera Mini is one of two mobile browsers the company makes, and speeds up the web experience by putting Opera’s own servers between you and the internet and sending special images of the webpages to your phone. This uses less bandwidth and requires no html rendering on the phone, making things a lot faster.

via Opera Mini on iPhone Next Week | Gadget Lab | Wired.com.

Sanofi to Focus on Consumer, Generic Deals Up to $15 Billion – BusinessWeek

Sanofi-Aventis SA plans to stick to acquisitions of as much as $15 billion as the French drugmaker seeks to replace revenue that it’s losing to competition from generic medicines.

Sanofi is focused on buying generic-drug makers in emerging markets and consumer-health companies, Chief Executive Officer Chris Viehbacher, 49, said today in Paris. While spurning mega- mergers, Sanofi did two to three acquisitions a month last year, and probably will do the same in 2010, he said. Fourth-quarter profit beat estimates after flu vaccine sales helped overcome the effect of generic competition, the company said.

via Sanofi to Focus on Consumer, Generic Deals Up to $15 Billion – BusinessWeek.

Euro Slips as Bailout Optimism Fades – WSJ.com

Initial euphoria over a possible Greek bailout at Thursday's meeting of the Council of European Union ministers in Brussels has subsided, leaving the euro lower Wednesday.

Sentiment was also being undermined by disappointment over Chinese exports as well as concern about what Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will say about the central bank's exit strategy.

Speculation that the European Union, led by Germany, will come up with some plan to help Greece resolve its budget-deficit problem and prevent contagion to other high-deficit countries in the euro zone had helped the euro regain some lost ground late Tuesday. After coming under heavy selling pressure in the past few days, the euro staged a sharp rebound from under $1.3700 to nearly $1.3850 as German officials hinted for the first time that they might have a contingency plan for resolving the Greek crisis.

via Euro Slips as Bailout Optimism Fades – WSJ.com.

Bumper Patch Tuesday tackles multiple Windows flaws • Channel Register

Microsoft has released 13 bulletins, covering 26 vulnerabilities, as part of a bumper Patch Tuesday.

All supported versions of Windows will need patching, though Vista and Win 7 (three critical updates) are less exposed than XP and Windows 2000 shops (five critical fixes).

Three of the bulletins are particularly severe and require immediate attention. One of these critical updates (MS10-006) addresses two vulnerabilities in the SMB networking service protocol that might easily lend itself to drive-by attacks on unpatched systems.

via Bumper Patch Tuesday tackles multiple Windows flaws • Channel Register.

Internet > Google Buzz Arrives with a Bang

Google

has finally launched its new social product, Buzz, at an event held at its Mountain View, CA headquarters. Google Buzz is an easy way to start conversations, share updates, photos, videos, add comments and much more – right from a Gmail account. The updates, which are often termed as 'Buzz', are available in real-time to the users right in their Gmail Inbox.

Head to http://buzz.google.com and check if it is being made available to you from your PC or iPhone/Android browser. Yes, Google Buzz has also been rolled out for iPhone and Android platform, leaving the rest mobile platforms behind for the time being. Buzz is free from any sign-up or setup hassles.

Google Buzz is being heavily compared with Facebook acquired FriendFeed service that allows posting, sharing and viewing photos, videos and commenting within the stream of updates. If you can recollect, two years back, Yahoo had introduced a service named – Buzz, which is mostly a social news service that collates user-select content from the web and ranks it on basis of popularity.

via Techtree.com India > News > Internet > Google Buzz Arrives with a Bang.

‘The Wolfman’ finally gets a chance to howl – latimes.com

Forget silver bullets, blooming wolf's bane and full-moon fever — the real curse of “The Wolfman” was all the hard luck that the Universal Pictures release had to claw through to reach the screen Friday.

The old-school monster revival, which stars Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins, arrives after enduring a late change in director, three release-date postponements and a major reworking in the edit bay. The strange thing, though, at least according to director Joe Johnston, is that somehow the film underwent a startling metamorphosis in the final cut.

“I think it's turned into a film that is much, much better than the studio or probably anyone else expected,” the filmmaker said while sitting down for lunch at a Beverly Hills hotel. A few minutes later, though, he sounded less certain: “Sometimes you're too close to something and after a period of time you just can't really see it.”

via ‘The Wolfman’ finally gets a chance to howl – latimes.com.

Anne Hathaway On Her “Weird Features” and Surprising Style Icons – Style News – StyleWatch – People.com

Anne Hathaway looks as unequivocally gorgeous and radiant as ever on the March cover of InStyle—though she’s probably the only person out there who doesn’t see it: “I think I’ve got really weird features. I have very large features on a very small head,” she tells the magazine. “But, you know, I’m not going to beat myself up. It’s my face. I’m not very pretty.

via Anne Hathaway On Her “Weird Features” and Surprising Style Icons – Style News – StyleWatch – People.com.

Jay-Z; Stevie Wonder; Kings of Leon on diverse Bonnaroo lineup – USATODAY.com

The initial lineup for the 2010 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival was announced today and tickets are now on sale. the acts confirmed for the ninth annual four-day camping and music festival, happening June 10 – 13 in Manchester, Tenn.:

via Jay-Z; Stevie Wonder; Kings of Leon on diverse Bonnaroo lineup – USATODAY.com.

Prime-time flop is over for Jay Leno, now it’s back to ‘Tonight’

Jay Leno left his ill-fated prime-time show Tuesday night with a good-natured shrug and a hearty “You're fired!” from Donald Trump.

Leno never acts bothered by much, and he seemed bothered not at all by the end of his 10 p.m. program – despite the fact that NBC moving him to that slot so Conan O'Brien could take over “The Tonight Show” is being widely described as one of the most embarrassing miscalculations in TV history.

Sportscaster Bob Costas compared doing the final bit on the 10 p.m. Leno show with calling the last game for fumbling Los Angeles Clippers basketball team.

via Prime-time flop is over for Jay Leno, now it’s back to ‘Tonight’.

America’s next top supermodel – CharlotteObserver.com

Matthews native Brooklyn Decker spent the best day of her career not in a bikini, but in tears.

She cried when she learned she would appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated's famous swimsuit edition, one of the most coveted achievements in modeling. She bawled when her mother and brother, who secretly flew in from Charlotte, showed up at a party in Manhattan in her honor. And she sobbed again 10 minutes later when her dad arrived.

“I cried three times,” she said. “It was a very good day.”

via America’s next top supermodel – CharlotteObserver.com.

UPDATE 1-Opera says to introduce faster browser for iPhone | Reuters

Norwegian browser company Opera Software (OPERA.OL) said it would launch a version of its Mini browser for Apple's (AAPL.O) iPhone next week, offering faster download speeds.

Opera said the browser would offer consumers up to six times faster download speeds than Apple's own, and cut data traffic by up to 90 percent. Massive data traffic from iPhone mobile phones has caused problems for many operators networks.

Some analysts said Apple could try to stop rivals from access to iPhone as smooth Internet browsing has been a key feature behind the success of the iPhone.

via UPDATE 1-Opera says to introduce faster browser for iPhone | Reuters.

CIT TARP wipeout is official- Top Stocks – MSN Money

The U.S. Treasury has lost its entire $2.33 billion TARP investment in CIT Group (CIT), according to a regulatory filing submitted Monday.

The Treasury made the investment in CIT in December 2008, but CIT later ran into trouble after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. refused to guarantee its debt, as the FDIC did for larger lenders, including General Electric (GE) and large banks like Citigroup (C), Bank of America (BAC) and Wells Fargo (WFC). CIT filed for bankruptcy protection on Nov. 1, reorganizing and returning to a public listing on Dec. 10.

via CIT TARP wipeout is official- Top Stocks – MSN Money.

Disney restructuring costs drag on quarterly profit – latimes.com

Walt Disney Co., its bottom line dragged down by restructuring costs, reported a modest drop in its fiscal first-quarter profit.

The Burbank entertainment giant reported net income of $844 million, or 44 cents a share, for the quarter ended Jan. 2, compared with earnings of $845 million, or 45 cents, from the same period a year earlier. Revenue rose 1% to $9.7 billion.

Excluding one-time items, earnings of 47 cents a share beat analysts' average estimate of 38 cents.

The company's flagship Media Networks group, which includes the ABC broadcast network and cable channels ESPN and Disney Channel, posted an 11% rise in operating income for the quarter to $724 million from $655 million a year earlier. Revenue rose to $4.2 billion from $3.9 billion.

via Disney restructuring costs drag on quarterly profit – latimes.com.

The Windows 7 battery life issue: What’s making notebook batteries die? | Tech Gear News – Betanews

Since Windows 7's final release last fall, some testers have been reporting that dual-boot network computers seem to consume power more efficiently running Windows XP than Windows 7. One example came last October from JKOnTheRun's Kevin C. Tofel, who saw his own Toshiba notebook battery die 45 minutes sooner running Win7 than Windows XP. But even then, Tofel was skeptical of a few curious facts, including that Toshiba changed its power management utilities.

via The Windows 7 battery life issue: What’s making notebook batteries die? | Tech Gear News – Betanews.

Delay in Response Led to Rift Between Toyota and U.S. Regulators – WSJ.com

For six years, evidence mounted that cars made by Toyota Motor Corp. could accelerate unexpectedly. The problem was a suspected factor in crashes causing more than a dozen deaths.

Toyota blamed the problem on floor mats pinning the gas pedal—until Jan. 19. That day, in a closed-door meeting in Washington, D.C., two top executives from the auto maker gave regulators surprising news: Toyota knew of a mechanical defect in its gas pedals. And Toyota had known for more than a year.

The two top officials from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration “were steamed,” according to a person who discussed the meeting with both sides. As the meeting closed, NHTSA chief David Strickland hinted at handing down the agency's toughest punishments, which can include forcing auto makers to stop selling cars.

via Delay in Response Led to Rift Between Toyota and U.S. Regulators – WSJ.com.

Honda expands airbag recall to 379,000 more cars – Feb. 9, 2010

The original recall involving this issue happened in July 2009, and it included 2001 and 2002 Accords and Civics as well as some 2002 model year Acura TL vehicles, a Honda spokesman told CNNMoney.com.

The recall expansion affects 2001 and 2002 Accord, Civic, Odyssey, CR-V, and selected 2002 Acura TL vehicles, the statement said. Honda said there have been 12 incidents related to the airbag inflator problem.

One Honda Pilot car and one Acura CL vehicle may also be affected, the spokesman said.

via Honda expands airbag recall to 379,000 more cars – Feb. 9, 2010.

US Banks Have $176B Exposure To Weak Euro Countries -Report – WSJ.com

he largest U.S. banks have a total exposure of $176 billion to four weak European countries whose debt problems have sent shudders through global financial markets in recent days.

According to a report by Barclays Capital, 73 large U.S. banks have exposure of $82 billion to Ireland, $68 billion to Spain, $18 billion to Greece and $8 billion to Portugal.

The report said the level of exposure was relatively low. It also suggested U.S. banks faced limited risk because much of the balance was collateralized.

“Most of this exposure, which includes low-risk collateralized transactions such as repurchase agreements, is concentrated at the 10 largest U.S. banks,” Barclays analysts Jonathan Glionna and Miguel Crivelli said in the report. “In aggregate, exposure to these four countries is approximately 5% of the total foreign exposure of U.S. banks.”

via US Banks Have $176B Exposure To Weak Euro Countries -Report – WSJ.com.

Nvidia Unleashes Optimus Graphics Technology for Notebooks – X-bit labs

Nvidia Corp. on Tuesday announced the technology that promises to marry performance of standalone graphics processing units (GPUs) with low power consumption of integrated graphics processors (IGPs) seamlessly to the end-user.

“Consumers no longer have to choose whether they want great graphics performance or sustained battery life. Nvidia Optimus gives them both – great performance, great battery life and it simply works,” said Rene Haas, general manager of notebook products at Nvidia.

via Nvidia Unleashes Optimus Graphics Technology for Notebooks – X-bit labs.

Assassin’s Creed II ships 8 million, expansion Rome-bound – News at GameSpot

This morning, Ubisoft unveiled Ghost Recon Future Warrior and announced it is scaling back development of all-new IPs to focus on more installments in existing properties. Its motivation to do the latter was laid bare, when it also announced that Assassin's Creed II has shipped 8 million units worldwide.

The upcoming Assassin's Creed II episode's multiplayer mode will hopefully include market street brawl melees.

The M-for-Mature game was released November 17 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in North America and shipped in Europe and elsewhere two days later. The PC version will arrive this March along with Ubisoft's controversial new online-based DRM system.

via Assassin’s Creed II ships 8 million, expansion Rome-bound – News at GameSpot.

Hands On with Google Buzz – Reviews by PC Magazine

Once Google activates Buzz on your account, your Gmail will have a new Buzz icon right below the Inbox on the left panel. The icon is labeled as you might expect – “Buzz” – and sports the new social network's colorful Chrome-like logo. Alternatively, you may get a full welcome page when you log in, touting the new feature. You can either try it out or ignore it and go to your regular Gmail inbox.

Social networking with Google Buzz

The first time you enter your Buzz-enhanced Gmail inbox, you'll see the contacts Google has found for you. Alas, I only had one at first, my boss. Most users will likely see more proposed contacts, since I was using an account I use for testing rather than a personal one (I've stuck with Yahoo Mail for my personal email.)

via Hands On with Google Buzz – Reviews by PC Magazine.

Tom Cruise Signs On For ‘Mission: Impossible IV’ – Movie News Story | MTV Movie News

After the success of the first three “Mission: Impossible” movies, some wondered whether the series would finish within the framework of a traditional trilogy. Now, four years after Ethan Hunt's last adventure, a call has gone out for another adventure, and Tom Cruise has chosen to accept it.

Paramount Pictures announced Tuesday (February 9) that it will be making “Mission: Impossible IV,” targeting a Memorial Day 2011 release. Although “Mission: Impossible III” director-turned-”Star Trek”-mastermind J.J. Abrams will not return to direct the next film, he will produce with Cruise through his Bad Robot Productions.

“Tom and J.J. are great talents,” Paramount Pictures chairman and CEO Brad Grey said in a statement announcing the deal. “We are excited to be working with them to re-launch this legendary franchise.”

via Tom Cruise Signs On For ‘Mission: Impossible IV’ – Movie News Story | MTV Movie News.

Baidu Posts 48% Jump in Profit – WSJ.com

While Google Inc. explores whether it can continue to do business in China, the country's biggest Internet player, Baidu Inc., posted quarterly results that showed how quickly Web use and online advertising is growing in China.

Baidu's fourth-quarter profiit climbed 48% and revenue rose 40% from a year ago, amid concerns that a difficult transition to a new online-advertising system would continue to hurt its growth.

The dominant player in China's Internet-search market, Baidu has been aggressive in rolling out its Phoenix Nest ad system, but some analysts have wondered if the company has pushed too hard with the overhaul, particularly after the recent departures of two top executives.

via Baidu Posts 48% Jump in Profit – WSJ.com.

Google Hoping ‘Buzz’ Not Another Social Media Fizzle – WSJ.com

Google Inc. (GOOG) calls its new social media product “Buzz.” If the service goes the way of the search giant's earlier forays into social networks, it may fizzle.

On Tuesday, Mountain View, Calif.-based Google unveiled Buzz, which incorporates updates, photos and links into its already popular Gmail service. By adding the features, Google is hoping it can essentially transform Gmail into a social platform with enough clout to challenge leader Facebook Inc.

“There has always been a giant social network beneath Gmail,” said Google product manager Todd Jackson, when he formally unveiled Buzz at the company's campus.

via Google Hoping ‘Buzz’ Not Another Social Media Fizzle – WSJ.com.

Inside Toyota’s epic breakdown | Reuters

But in the middle of December, on a cloudy day in the middle of the Japanese archipelago's main island, Ron Medford, the acting head of the U.S. agency that regulates auto safety, was reading Toyota executives the riot act.

Medford had been quietly dispatched by the Obama administration to deliver a firm message: Toyota, he told them, had better get its act together, according to U.S. regulators.

By the time Medford arrived in Japan, Toyota was working through a recall that would involve over 5 million vehicles in the United States. The problem was mundane but potentially lethal: floor mats were trapping the accelerator pedal.

U.S. safety regulators had tied five deaths to accidents where that seemed to be the cause, and there were growing doubts about whether the Toyota floormat and pedal design — a relatively cheap fix — was the only flaw that needed to be addressed.

via Inside Toyota’s epic breakdown | Reuters.

RealNetworks, Viacom to Spin Off Rhapsody – WSJ.com

Digital-entertainment company RealNetworks Inc. and Viacom Inc. said they plan to spin off their subscription music service joint venture, Rhapsody America LLC, into a new corporation that will operate independently of the two.

Rhapsody has struggled to compete with other music services, among them Apple Inc.'s iTunes. In August, Rhapsody cut 5% of its jobs as consumer and business spending slowed.

RealNetworks, which is known for RealPlayer, a media player to enable one-click downloading and recording of Internet video, said the spinoff will allow RealNetworks to focus on its own business. Robert Kimball, president and acting chief executive of RealNetworks, said, “Separating Rhapsody into its own independent company is a significant first step in making RealNetworks a more focused and profitable company.”

via RealNetworks, Viacom to Spin Off Rhapsody – WSJ.com.