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NetSuite, Inc., the leader in on-demand business management software, recently unveiled a B2B ecommerce platform consisting of advanced functionality that extends the benefits of Software as a Service (SaaS) applications to companies' B2B ecommerce operations.
Designed to address the needs of today's complex B2B businesses, the NetSuite® B2B platform encompasses sophisticated features – including quantity pricing, customer price levels, minimum order amounts, invoicing with customer terms and credit limits, easy re-ordering, and multiple webstore capabilities that allow the same company to create different sites for their B2B and B2C customers. With the NetSuite B2B ecommerce platform, companies of all sizes can run their end-to-end B2B ecommerce operations without having to go through the pain and high costs of developing complex custom applications or tying together different ecommerce point solutions.
Treasuring the past
Jim Dill and business partner Tim Hemsley have been giving antique hunters a bountiful source for yesterday's treasures for the past decade. Carriage House Antiques, 3307 Manatee Ave. W. in Bradenton, celebrated its 10th year in business in February and offers a kaleidoscopic array of furniture, art glass, curios, figurines and other collectibles. "We try to carry something in the shop from a dollar to a thousand dollars," Dill said. "We try to have something for everyone." Carriage House Antiques has 22 dealers who rent space in the 14-room building. The arrangement differs from the typical consignment arrangement many antique stores employ, Dill said. "It's not consignment at all," he said. "What I do is rent out rooms, half rooms, shelves - whatever I can fit.
2Checkout.com Taps ATM Direct to Support PIN-Debit Payments Online
SAN FRANCISCO and IRVING, Texas and COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- ATM Direct, a division of Pay By Touch and provider of the first software-only Internet PIN-debit payment service, today announced that 2Checkout.com, Inc., a leading eCommerce distribution company, is adopting the ATM Direct(TM) service to allow shoppers to use PIN-debit cards to buy goods online. "Our focus is on providing a great customer shopping experience, including giving consumers a variety of ways to pay," said Kristin Dach, Chief Financial Officer for 2Checkout.com (http://www.2checkout.com/). "Many people are seeking a more secure way to pay online or simply prefer to shop with their PIN-debit cards. We see Internet PIN-debit as another way to provide superior service to these customers while encouraging more consumers to shop with us." PIN-Debit has been in widespread use for over 20 years and remains one of the most popular, fastest growing and most secure payment methods in the world.
The next generation of The Globe
In the spring of 2005, the newspaper industry worldwide was aflutter with premature pronouncements of doom. Circulations were in serious decline, with the ever-expanding Internet widely fingered as the bogeyman (a convenient dodge given that the erosion of circulation predated the advent of the online world). At The Globe, we were feeling reasonably good about ourselves. We had come out on top after a bitter newspaper war. Our share of the ad market was growing, paid circulation was rising and we were garnering more than our fair share of editorial awards. Moreover, we had never viewed the Web as competition, but rather as an exciting new means of telling Globe stories to Globe readers. The Wall Street Journal even wrote an article about us as an industry success story. Still, we didn't want to fall into the complacency trap.
Telecom Carriers Seek Ways to Monetize Social Networking
The average user of a social networking site spends 59 minutes per day chatting, finding dates and engaging in other media- and profile-based interactions. Little is known, however, about the profitability of todays social networking powerhouses. For example, News Corp.s MySpace, the leading social network, has not had to reveal its actual revenues. Also, while people are loyal to the social networking phenomenon as a whole, it is difficult to gauge how loyal to each site individual users are. Whats not in question is that social networks are quickly joining the mainstream. As they continue to grow, service providers are looking for the right ways to monetize these successful service models and leverage any advantages they may already have.
Socially Significant
Skeptics once thought social networking communities were a fad, but now they look like the portals of the future.
The Neiman Marcus Group Announces Computer Equipment Containing ...
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. today announced that computer equipment owned by a third-party pension benefits plan consultant containing files with sensitive employee information was reported stolen. The Company has no reason to believe that the data contained in the files on the computer equipment was the target of the theft nor that the information has been accessed or misused. The file contained two-year-old data that was current as of August 30, 2005 and which included the private information of nearly 160,000 current and former Neiman Marcus Group employees (including current and former employees of Neiman Marcus Stores, Neiman Marcus Direct, Bergdorf Goodman, Horchow, Horchow Finale, Last Call, Chefs Catalog, and Contempo Casuals) and individuals receiving a Neiman Marcus Group pension.
Taubman Centers Reports Strong First Quarter Results
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., April 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Taubman Centers, Inc. TCO today reported strong financial results for the first quarter of 2007. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20051005/TAUBMANLOGO ) Net Income allocable to common shareholders per diluted common share for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 was $0.19, an increase of $0.09 from $0.10 per diluted common share for the same period last year. For the quarter ended March 31, 2007, Funds from Operations (FFO) per diluted share was $0.65, an increase of 8.3 percent from $0.60 for the quarter ended March 31, 2006. FFO per diluted share was up 4.8 percent from Adjusted FFO per share of $0.62 for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, which excludes financing-related charges incurred in the quarter.
The Biggest Changes Parenthood in the Past 20 Years
Over the past 20 years, dads have become much more actively engaged with their kids, as the amount of time the average father spends on childcare increased 100 percent (to seven hours per week) its highest level since data first became available in 1965. Moms are thankful but silently pray for even a modest increase in the time dads devote to housework...
Safer kids
In 1987, both reflecting and inaugurating a new national consciousness about children's safety, Safe Kids is founded. The soon-to-be-international organization's goal: to reduce the 1 million accidental injuries to children each year. By 2002 the accidental death rate among children 14 and under has declined by 45 percent.
The focus on safety leads to the truly lifesaving (the number of states with a bicycle-helmet law grows from 1 in 1987 to 36 in 2006 and in that period, the bicycle-injury death rate for kids 14 and under plunges 70 percent), the logical (rubber flooring on playgrounds), and the absurd (several school districts around the country ban the playing of tag at recess, citing worries that kids might fall down and get hurt and gaining national attention, and derision, in doing so).
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