76% of U.S. & Canadian internet sellers block orders from Nigeria

The African country of Nigeria tops a new CyberSource survey, as the most blocked country by USA and Canadian online merchants. Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa with over 140 million people, is...

In Lean Times, Online Coupons Catching On

"On the Internet, nothing travels faster than a tip on how to score a bargain. Especially in an economic downturn.With online retail sales falling this month for the first time, Internet merchants are offering...

Malawi Expo 2008 Marked as a Success

"SAN BERNARDINO, July 11, 2008 (Cheetah Index)-The Malawi Expo says it is overwhelmingly impressed with the turn out at Malawi Expo 2008 which commenced from Tuesday July 1-3, 2008 at the Hilton Hotel in San...

US's National Road Yard Sale Returns

For the fifth year in a row, the United States will once again host the longest yard sale in the country along the historic Route 40. Bargin hunters from Baltimore to St. Louis will be able to track down bargains...

Merchants of Trivia

"Why do the media insist on reducing one of the most exciting presidential primary seasons in American history to a simple horse race?"

At NRF, ArcaTech Introduces A “Bank 2.0” Solution :: Symblogogy

"Handling money really is a job and process of its own. One creates and has a successful retail enterprise and then the biggest problem becomes “How do we accurately count and keep what money we take in on our...

Stop unwanted catalogs. Save the environment.

I have reduced junk mail by opting out of junk mail. All of a sudden this holiday season, I began to get about five catalogs per day. Thanks to NPR and Catalog Choice  I am opting out of catalog delivery now. Since the companies spend about .80 on each catalog, they...

Canada: Lottery retailers banned from buying Tickets.

British COlumbia Lottery Retailers are banned from buying tickets from their own outlets has many perturbed, with many who feel they are seen guilty of cheating winners whose tickets they verify and some pocket...

American Express Launches The Fastest Earning Reward Points Program

"Announcing the launch of the Program, Subba Vaidyanathan, Card Business Head of Bank Danamon said, "It gives me great pleasure to announce the "Up to 20 Times Membership Rewards(R) Points Program" for American Express(R) Cardmembers. Our research shows that consumers in...

JAJAH Buttons boost sales for eBay Powersellers

""An auction has always been a place of buyers and sellers talking to each other to close a deal. With JAJAH buttons we give freedom to talk to everyone who wants to buy or sell. All you need is a phone," muses JAJAH co-founder Roman Scharf. "Unlike other internet calling...

Herring Reviewers Are Threated With Death

This is Thelma Jesselman reporting from Pahrump Valley, which is a very hot place today and far, far away from herring fisheries.But I was reading Forbes on my computer and this story just has shocked me out of my...

Biometrics For The Greater Good :: Symblogogy

"Pay By Touch ID Delivers Discounts, Rewards Recognition, Credit, & More Consumer services has become a pretty arduous process over the years. In order for the average consumer to take advantage of the...

McCain's Photo-Op Stroll: Safe in a Media-Friendly Way

This is just silly. Your average Iraqi will not have a phanx of sharpshooters and bodyguards when she goes to the market. "A day after members of an American Congressional delegation led by Senator John McCain pointed to their brief visit to Baghdad’s central market as...

Writing Checks Almost So … Last Century :: Symblogogy

When was the last time anyone drags a checkbook around with them every time they leave the house and run errands? OK, if one doesn’t have American Express, one still needs a checkbook for an outing at COSTCO,...

People Love German Christmas Markets

I had never heard of the Christmas Markets in Germany.  Apparently millions of people from around the world travel there this time of year in-order to share in the festivities. With some 2,500 markets across...

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