Posted on Wednesday, 16th December 2009 by admin
Opera and other rivals are smiling as regulators win promise on choice and end Microsoft antitrust investigation. LONDON — Antitrust cases in Europe can go on forever, but Microsoft‘s spat with the European Union over the bundling of Internet Explorer into Windows has finally come to an amenable end. The E.U. is dropping antitrust charges [...]
Posted on Monday, 14th December 2009 by admin
On October 22nd, Small Business Trends announced the first in a series of videos that our very own, Anita Campbell, did for UPS (United Parcel Service) and provided a bit of the backstory behind the filming of the videos. Today, we are pleased to announce the last video of Anita’s series titled, “Launching A New Product” [...]
Posted on Sunday, 13th December 2009 by admin
(CNNMoney.com) — A five-foot robot sits in Jon Wheatley’s chair during most U.S. investor presentations, listening, speaking, and watching the meeting as Wheatley maneuvers it from a laptop in London. The shtick draws attention to Wheatley and his company, social media Web site DailyBooth.com, but the robot (provided by one of his investors) serves a [...]
Posted on Sunday, 13th December 2009 by admin
With $41 billion XTO buyout, Rex Tillerson maps a path energy companies will likely follow in the decade to come. HOUSTON — ExxonMobil‘s $41 billion buyout of XTO Energy caught the oilpatch off guard Monday morning. Over the weekend all eyes were on Iraq, where numerous international oil companies secured contracts to develop the world’s [...]
Posted on Sunday, 13th December 2009 by admin
Budget shortfalls have forced many states to get creative about raising revenue during an economic recovery. Tax software provider Sabrix, Inc. recently put together a list of some of 2009’s oddest sales and use tax changes: The Illinois candy tax: Illinois changed their tax laws in regards to taxing candy. Chocolate bars, yogurt- or chocolate-covered [...]
Posted on Saturday, 12th December 2009 by admin
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