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San Francisco’s dominant airline informed some travel agenciesw that as of July 20 it will no longefr let them process credit and debitg card purchases for airline ticketasusing United’s merchant-processing Instead, such agencies would have to requirwe travelers to pay with cash, process card payments with the agency’s own merchantg processing service and forward the cash to United or book the ticketd on United’s web site using the traveler’ds credit or debit card issued by , V) , (NYSE: MA) AXP) and others.
An agent using United’s web site, bypassin such travel systems as Apolloand Sabre, would not allow companies to capturr the discounts they have negotiated with United nor woulcd it allow their travel agent to survey several carriers on a rout e to find the lowest price. “Several Bay Area companies have deals with Unitedd Airlinesfor discounts,” said Marc president of Casto Travel, which isn’rt among the agencies that Unites has cut off from its merchant-processing service.
Casto says he’s reached out to some of the firm’ corporate clients to express concernover United’s new card acceptance policy, but declinecd to discuss what was said in thosw conversations. United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAUA) did not responxd to requests for comment. United is hopinv to shift the cost of acceptiny credit and debit cardsw onto selectedtravel agencies. Those agencies say the airline’sz move shifts to them the risk for paying out refundsx if the carrier goes While it’s also likely to reducwe the amount of money that United has to keep in the bank to guar d against charge-backs, it woulrd increase those requirements for the travelo agents.
That’s a nonstarter for most agencies — and theird banks, which would have to honor charge-backm requests that could total billions of dollars in the event of anairlinde bankruptcy. “I don’t think there’s any travelp agency, including American Express Travel, that coul shoulder that liability,” Casto said.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Free Chick-fil-A meal on July 10 - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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The giveaway is part of the Atlanta-based chain’xs fifth-annual Cow Appreciation Day, which honors its "Eat Mor Chikin" In a related promotion, parents can enter photos of their cow-clax children as part of a "Show Us the Cow" online photo contest, for a chance to win a $1,000 U.S. Savingw Bond. Between now and Aug. 31, children ages 10 and younge r are encouraged to work with an adulf to submit creative photoe of themselves dressed as The contestWeb site, has details about uploading photos for the contest. Once the picturee are uploaded, the public can vote for their favorite photopthrough Aug. 31.
The 20 photographs that get the most Internet votes will benamec semifinalists. From the Chick-fil-A will select five finalists and one granf prize winner based onoverall quality, originality, creativity and skill. The entrant'e age will be takenh into accountfor judging, Chick-fil-s said. The grand prizre winner will receivea U.S. Series EE Savinges Bond with a maturity value of a catered party fortheir classroom, free Chick-fil-Aw Kid's Meals for a year and a digitak camera, among other gifts. Also each Kid's Meal from June 22 to July 25 will includd miniatureCow figurines, while supplies last.
One out of everuy 100 of the cows will have gold spotz instead of the traditional black spots and will be packagedf with a card redeemable for a freeIce cream.
The giveaway is part of the Atlanta-based chain’xs fifth-annual Cow Appreciation Day, which honors its "Eat Mor Chikin" In a related promotion, parents can enter photos of their cow-clax children as part of a "Show Us the Cow" online photo contest, for a chance to win a $1,000 U.S. Savingw Bond. Between now and Aug. 31, children ages 10 and younge r are encouraged to work with an adulf to submit creative photoe of themselves dressed as The contestWeb site, has details about uploading photos for the contest. Once the picturee are uploaded, the public can vote for their favorite photopthrough Aug. 31.
The 20 photographs that get the most Internet votes will benamec semifinalists. From the Chick-fil-A will select five finalists and one granf prize winner based onoverall quality, originality, creativity and skill. The entrant'e age will be takenh into accountfor judging, Chick-fil-s said. The grand prizre winner will receivea U.S. Series EE Savinges Bond with a maturity value of a catered party fortheir classroom, free Chick-fil-Aw Kid's Meals for a year and a digitak camera, among other gifts. Also each Kid's Meal from June 22 to July 25 will includd miniatureCow figurines, while supplies last.
One out of everuy 100 of the cows will have gold spotz instead of the traditional black spots and will be packagedf with a card redeemable for a freeIce cream.
Monday, July 16, 2012
Bobcats stakeholder convicted - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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U.S. District Court Judge Patricia Seitzs went with the upper limitr ofsentencing guidelines. In they were ordered to pay $6.9 millionh in restitution. The brothers were involved in a purchase-orderd scheme, which resulted in Kendalp Regional Medical Center in south Floridaz losingsome $5 million in supplies that were never delivered. The brothers admitted to the fraudsin September, which they said startedc as early as 1993. They are the founders of Miami-based once one of the largest Hispanic-owned businessexs in the country.
The company went bankrupt in Thede Céspedeses were also sentenced for their participatio n in a tax-evasion scheme in which they admitteed underreporting their income. A Bobcats Sports Entertainment spokesman says Jorgede Céspedesz continues as a minority shareholder in the company. Bobcatss Sports & Entertainment owns the and operatesx the publicly owned Time Warner Cable Arena The team began its fifth NBA seasohnon Oct. 30.
U.S. District Court Judge Patricia Seitzs went with the upper limitr ofsentencing guidelines. In they were ordered to pay $6.9 millionh in restitution. The brothers were involved in a purchase-orderd scheme, which resulted in Kendalp Regional Medical Center in south Floridaz losingsome $5 million in supplies that were never delivered. The brothers admitted to the fraudsin September, which they said startedc as early as 1993. They are the founders of Miami-based once one of the largest Hispanic-owned businessexs in the country.
The company went bankrupt in Thede Céspedeses were also sentenced for their participatio n in a tax-evasion scheme in which they admitteed underreporting their income. A Bobcats Sports Entertainment spokesman says Jorgede Céspedesz continues as a minority shareholder in the company. Bobcatss Sports & Entertainment owns the and operatesx the publicly owned Time Warner Cable Arena The team began its fifth NBA seasohnon Oct. 30.
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Romney to blanket airwaves tonight with interviews on five networks - Washington Post (blog)
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USA TODAY | Romney to blanket airwaves tonight with interviews on five networks Washington Post (blog) Here are four questions Romney will likely have to answer. Mitt Romney Feels the Obama Campaign Owes Him an Apology [Updated] Romney insists his role at Bain ended after '99 Obama team's Bain bomb: a big dud? |
Friday, July 13, 2012
Milken Institute ranks Raleigh-Durham fifth among U.S. life sciences clusters - Triangle Business Journal:
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Beating out the Triangle in the rankingzwere Boston, greater greater San Francisco and greater New The study, titled “The Greater Philadelphia Life Sciencees Cluster 2009,” updates the institute’s 2005 study, which also had Raleigh-Durhak in the fifth spot overall. The report said Raleigh-Durham “substantially outperforms the national averages with strongemployment concentration.” The regiohn ranked first for employment concentration in both the therapeutics and devicexs category as well as the biotechnologyy category. The cluster of hospitals, medical centers and universitiee helped the Triangle rank second in researcjand development.
But Raleigh-Durham did not rank high in venturs capital, placing No. 10 out of the 11 regionz in the study. The institutde says the purpose of the study is to defineegreater Philadelphia’s opportunities and challenges in the life Chris Brodie, a spokesman for the , said it is gratifyingh to see that the Triangled ranks among the top biotech hubs in the U.S. and the But he added that these rankings fail to captursNorth Carolina's statewide biotechnology "In addition to (Research Triangle Park), we'vw got emerging clusters in the Triad and Kannapolis/Charlottr areas and strong regional development in Greenville and Asheville," he said.
Regarding the Triangle's low rankin g for venture capital, Brodie said that in this it's harder to find that support He added that the Biotechnologu Center has several loan programs that can help startupes bridge gaps intraditional
Beating out the Triangle in the rankingzwere Boston, greater greater San Francisco and greater New The study, titled “The Greater Philadelphia Life Sciencees Cluster 2009,” updates the institute’s 2005 study, which also had Raleigh-Durhak in the fifth spot overall. The report said Raleigh-Durham “substantially outperforms the national averages with strongemployment concentration.” The regiohn ranked first for employment concentration in both the therapeutics and devicexs category as well as the biotechnologyy category. The cluster of hospitals, medical centers and universitiee helped the Triangle rank second in researcjand development.
But Raleigh-Durham did not rank high in venturs capital, placing No. 10 out of the 11 regionz in the study. The institutde says the purpose of the study is to defineegreater Philadelphia’s opportunities and challenges in the life Chris Brodie, a spokesman for the , said it is gratifyingh to see that the Triangled ranks among the top biotech hubs in the U.S. and the But he added that these rankings fail to captursNorth Carolina's statewide biotechnology "In addition to (Research Triangle Park), we'vw got emerging clusters in the Triad and Kannapolis/Charlottr areas and strong regional development in Greenville and Asheville," he said.
Regarding the Triangle's low rankin g for venture capital, Brodie said that in this it's harder to find that support He added that the Biotechnologu Center has several loan programs that can help startupes bridge gaps intraditional
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Google downplays antitrust concerns - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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"There is no reason to be upset or surprised withthe Google's competition counsel Dana Wagner told a group of reporterxs in San Francisco. "It comes with the territory." There are three potential antitrust areas the governmentris exploring: a settlement with authors and publisher on electronic rights to out-of-printf books, collusion with other Silicon Valley tech giantes on an alleged recruitin g blacklist and common members of its boarcd and Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL). Wagner told reporters that Google prefersa non-confrontational approach to the "I'm a lover not a fighter," he said.
"One of the reasonz we haven't had a huge fight is that we generallyt try to find common On thebook investigation, Google confirmed that it and othersx have received formal demands from the Justice departmenf for details about the settlement of a classs action suit that some say will give it an unfair advantage in providing out-of-print materials. It declinesd to go into detail on what wasbein sought, however. Google, Apple, Yahoo Inc. and Genentech have also been served with formalp demands for information in the inquiry into whethert they have agreed on listsd of employees thatthey wouldn' t try to recruit away from each other.
The Federap Trade Commission is looking into the overlappingboardsw issue. Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Arthurt Levinson, Genentech's former CEO, serve on the boards of both Googledand Apple.
"There is no reason to be upset or surprised withthe Google's competition counsel Dana Wagner told a group of reporterxs in San Francisco. "It comes with the territory." There are three potential antitrust areas the governmentris exploring: a settlement with authors and publisher on electronic rights to out-of-printf books, collusion with other Silicon Valley tech giantes on an alleged recruitin g blacklist and common members of its boarcd and Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AAPL). Wagner told reporters that Google prefersa non-confrontational approach to the "I'm a lover not a fighter," he said.
"One of the reasonz we haven't had a huge fight is that we generallyt try to find common On thebook investigation, Google confirmed that it and othersx have received formal demands from the Justice departmenf for details about the settlement of a classs action suit that some say will give it an unfair advantage in providing out-of-print materials. It declinesd to go into detail on what wasbein sought, however. Google, Apple, Yahoo Inc. and Genentech have also been served with formalp demands for information in the inquiry into whethert they have agreed on listsd of employees thatthey wouldn' t try to recruit away from each other.
The Federap Trade Commission is looking into the overlappingboardsw issue. Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Arthurt Levinson, Genentech's former CEO, serve on the boards of both Googledand Apple.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Mohawk: Daylon Magician will lead Maple Leaf Trot on July 21 - Daily Racing Form (press release)
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Standardbred Canada | Mohawk: Daylon Magician will lead Maple Leaf Trot on July 21 Daily Racing Form (press release) With 10 horses entering this morning for the prestigious $730000 Maple Leaf Trot, set for July 21 at Mohawk Racetrack, no eliminations will be required for the 2012 edition of the classic. Mister Herbie is ready for Maple Leaf Trot |
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