Outsource everything

Outsourcing might seem like a necessary evil - a cost-cutting strategy that guts quality control and invites theft of both intellectual and physical property. But outsourcing makes Paul Carpenter’s business work.
"There’s no reason we should do it all," he says. "We do what we’re best at - and have other firms handle the rest." [...]

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Circuit City files for bankruptcy

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Circuit City Stores Inc., the No. 2 electronics seller after Best Buy, filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, thus becoming the latest retailer hurt by a worsening economic downturn.
According to the company’s Chapter 11 filing with the U.S. bankruptcy court in Richmond, Va., Circuit City (CC, Fortune 500), which currently has 566 [...]

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Craigslist agrees to crack down on erotic ads

NEW YORK, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Craigslist, the popular Internet classifieds listing service, agreed on Thursday to crack down on advertisements posted by prostitutes in a pact struck with 40 U.S. states.
The listings site has been under pressure to screen out cyber advertisements that offer sexual services. These listings have given prostitutes easy access to [...]

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Fiserv Acquires The Data Center from Compass Bank

BROOKFIELD, Wis. –(Business Wire)– Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading provider of information technology services to the financial industry, today announced it has acquired The Data Center (TDC) based in Grapevine, Texas, from Compass Bank.Terms of the sale were not disclosed.
TDC was a licensee and reseller of the Fiserv ITI Premier(R) core banking system, which [...]

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Smart grid, broadband appear in $825 billion ’stimulus’ plan

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Posted by Declan McCullagh
House Democrats on Thursday revealed details of a massive legislative effort they said would inject new life into a flagging U.S. economy, thanks to a combination of $825 billion in tax cuts and new government spending.
The sprawling, 258-page draft bill includes $32 billion in electric power upgrades, sometimes known as "smart [...]

January 15, 2009

China’s exports fall for first time in seven years

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BEIJING: China’s exports fell in November for the first time in seven years as global demand weakened, data showed on Wednesday, adding to pressure on Beijing to reverse a worsening economic slump and avert heavy job losses. The November trade surplus widened to a new monthly record of $40.1 billion as exports fell 2.2 per [...]

December 10, 2008

Let Someone Else Take Your Calls

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If you are running a business, you hope to be busy all the time: making sales, connecting with people, planning … doing the work! Even with mobile phones you cannot be in a position to take every phone call that comes through to your business. But if you miss a call, you might be missing [...]

November 14, 2008