Archive for August, 2007
Aug 27 — Iomega Corp., a provider of data protection and network storage, announced Monday a new line of network hard drives that resets the benchmark for price-performance and easy-to-use network storage for the home.
Today’s young people have a complicated relationship with money, dismissing it as a paramount source of happiness, yet conceding its power over them. Money is nowhere near the top of the list when they are asked what makes them happiest. Friends and family are their chief pleasures, followed by God, pets and pastimes like listening to music.
WASHINGTON - Today’s young people have a complicated relationship with money, dismissing it as a paramount source of happiness yet conceding its power over them.
The battle for the Crawford Cup just got a lot more interesting.The Country Club entered the fourth round at its home course on Sunday of play with a 1 1/2 point lead over Oakland Beach. The Clubbers took advantage of the home turf and finished with a 3 1/2 point lead.
Home Depot was forced to drop the sale price of its commercial supply business by nearly $2 billion on Sunday, according to people involved in the negotiations, one of the first big buyouts to be renegotiated as a result of the recent credit squeeze. The renegotiated deal, which cut the sale price roughly 18 percent, to $8.5 billion, could lead to reconsideration of some other large buyouts that …
It wasn?t all that long ago that, if you wanted to purchase an item online, you needed at least a credit card or a checking account to complete the transaction. Not so any longer. With the latest online payment solution developed by BSG Clearing Solutions, dubbed Bill2Phone, all you?ll need is a telephone. Or, more accurately, a telephone bill.
A funeral home is considering using a rare water-based cremation process rather than the traditional fire.
When Carmin Coutee’s husband suggested she start a business that revolved around their dream house, she thought he was crazy.
THE BIGGEST motivation for Internet contributions is fame and not financial considerations, says a recent McKinsey study. It suggests that online companies would do well to nurture these contributors with money and other motivators.
The Home Depot Inc. has tentatively agreed to sell its wholesale distribution business to a group of private equity firms for $8.5 billion, or $1.8 billion less than originally planned, a person with direct knowledge of the situation said. The lower…
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