Monthly Archives: July 2013

Another stock analyst write-up on Xerox, but a good one

Posted on July 17, 2013 by robertwilkie

I like this one over most of the other ones since the author points out that Xerox looks good initially on paper, but if you dig deeper, it’s a bit worrisome.  Especially its debt that the company has. http://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/xerox-corporation-xrx-this-stock-is-no-bargain-198291/?singlepage=1

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Xerox CTO taking on another board membership

Posted on July 17, 2013 by robertwilkie

Sophie Vandebroek  has been appointed to the Board of Directors for IDEXX Laboratories, a company in Maine.  I think this is her 4th or 5th board she is one, besides being the CTO of Xerox, and living in Boston (no R&D offices … Continue reading →

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Xerox busted for call center coverup

Posted on July 17, 2013 by robertwilkie

The city of cincinnati is calling out Xerox for a cover-up of an employee that embezzled 47G’s from child care services and Xerox paid the costs to cover it up.  I don’t blame the city, I would want this known, … Continue reading →

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Make a nice custom bike exhaust for kids

Posted on July 15, 2013 by robertwilkie

I have to say this is pretty cool, and sounds loud (and cheap to make too).  One thing I might do differently is just “rough sand” the bottle, then spray paint it a nice color. http://makezine.com/projects/bike-tail-pipe/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=%24%7Bfeed%7D&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+%24%7Bmakezineonline%7D+%28%24%7BMAKE%7D%29&utm_content=%24%7BGoogleReader%7D

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Xerox cover up exposed in Cincinnati

Posted on July 15, 2013 by robertwilkie

Too funny, just shows how much the Xerox/ACS end does try to cover its poor employees tracks for bad behavior.  I wonder if they employee even had charges pressed?  Or if that was taken care of too to avoid bad … Continue reading →

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Don’t park in Cincinnati, or the Xerox machine will get you

Posted on July 15, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting article on how Xerox is sticking it to folks that parking meter goes over to make up for cost overruns. http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2013/07/03/will-xerox-hammer-cincinnati-drivers.html?page=all

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Xerox to hire 1000 in Greeley CO

Posted on July 15, 2013 by robertwilkie

Hum…I must have missed a call center closing while on break.  That is allot of folks to hire.  Or they have not announced another closure yet. http://www.greeleytribune.com/news/7251938-113/company-xerox-employees-1000

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Xerox hiring 100 in Lexington KY

Posted on July 15, 2013 by robertwilkie

What I can’t get out of the article is if the 100 is “new” jobs, or just replacements from turnover/etc. http://www.menafn.com/c74e1296-580c-4359-b140-d7a58106a5c9/Xerox-call-center-Lexington-hiring-more-than-100?src=main  

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Xerox Speed Ticket machine hiccups, gives driver ticket for 1 mile under

Posted on July 15, 2013 by robertwilkie

Too funny, the driver got a ticket for going 1 mile under the limit.  With more and more of these issues coming up, I can see allot of these “automatic ticket” machine tickets getting tossed out in court if folks … Continue reading →

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Xerox adding 300 jobs in Colorado Springs

Posted on July 15, 2013 by robertwilkie

OK here is where some of the jobs are going…but what about the rest… http://gazette.com/xerox-adding-jobs-in-colorado-springs-job-fair-scheduled/article/1503386

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