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Getting to Know the Decision-Makers

Often a team of key staff people will have influence in choosing a supplier for a company. This decision-making team may include staff members from various departments such as purchasing, manufacturing, marketing, and finance, and each individual team member will have influence at different stages of the purchasing process.If you're...

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Articles 2007-05-08

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Qponix Unveils Combo Widget

FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Qponix Unveils Combo WidgetC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Qponix launched its widget-based network that connects brands, promotions and coupons directly with consumers as they shop online. The new solution offers retailers and manufacturers the opportunity to engage consumers more directly during...

Articles 2009-06-08

A modern American collectible: the Wickliffe Rifle was an elegant, but short lived single shot

This story really started about 30-years ago when I was a young police sergeant in Austin, Texas, with a wife and two small children. My funds for hunting were limited, but I had managed to save enough from overtime to purchase a new deer rifle. I have always had a...

Articles 2009-01-01

OMEGA BUYS OUT 5MM-UNIT QUANTUM STAKE IN LINN ENERGY

New York-based face=+Bold; Omega Advisors Inc. face=-Bold; has purchased the 5.06 million units of face=+Bold; Linn Energy LLCface=-Bold; , Houston, (Nasdaq: LINE) held by private-equity investor face=+Bold; Quantum Energy Partners II LPface=-Bold; , Houston. The holding represented a 4.5% stake in the upstream MLP. The...

Articles 2008-12-17

Boycott

American Handgunner, GUNS and American COP magazines are welcomed monthly to my humble abode. Being ex-infantry, Connor stirs parts of my character long dormant and I hear my father in John Taffin's writing. Nancy Pelosi (D, Calif.) has stopped oil exploration off of the West coast, my elk...

Articles 2008-12-01

Keeping holiday purchases and credit transactions

Some tips to avoid overspending and protect yourself from fraud: Create a detailed, realistic budget and fight the temptation to buy unneeded, big, sale items. Don't apply for additional credit cards. Beware of too good to be true online offers. Keep...

Articles 2008-11-27

Why Fed can offer such help

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration had to strive mightily to win congressional approval of a $700 billion rescue package for the financial system. Now, with no muss and no fuss, the Federal Reserve has announced an even bigger program totaling $800 billion. What gives Ben Bernanke and...

Articles 2008-11-27

Focus Ventures Arranges $500,000 Financing and $75,000 Debt Settlement

Focus Ventures Ltd. (NEX: FCV.H) is pleased to announce that it has arranged, subject to acceptance by the NEX Board of the TSX Venture Exchange, a non-brokered private placement of up to $500,000 by way of the issuance of up to 3,333,333 units at a price of $0.15 per unit,...

Articles 2008-11-27

InStorage REIT Responds to Withdrawal of Unsolicited Take-Over Bid by Canadian Storage Partners; Comments on Ongoing Discussions

InStorage Real Estate Investment Trust ("InStorage")(TSX: IS.UN) responded today to the announcement by Canadian Storage Partners, ULC ("CSP") on November 26, 2008 that CSP was terminating its unsolicited offer to acquire all of the outstanding trust units of InStorage at $3.75 per unit and continuing its negotiations with InStorage to...

Articles 2008-11-27

A Southwest Holiday at the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa

The 24th annual Festival of Trees fundraiser has returned to the Philbrook Museum of Art. "It kind of kicks off the holidays for everyone," said Karen Fraser, fundraising manager for Philbrook. "This is our busiest time of the year, and every year it provides a good...

Articles 2008-11-26

OKC-based Chesapeake completes Marcellus interest sale

Chesapeake Energy has completed the sale of a 32.5-percent interest in its Marcellus Shale assets to StatoilHydro for $3.375 billion. Chesapeake retained a 67.5-percent interest in the assets in the Appalachia region. The assets include 1.8 million net acres of leasehold. In New York...

Articles 2008-11-26

Two former tribal business officials from Canton indicted

Two former Cheyenne-Arapaho officials have been charged in a 26- count federal grand jury indictment accusing them of conspiracy and embezzlement of more than $200,000 in tribal funds, including revenue from the Lucky Star Casinos. Accused are William F. Blind Jr., 67, and his wife, Vinita H....

Articles 2008-11-26

N.O.-based Whitney earns preliminary approval for Treasury stock

Whitney has received preliminary approval to participate in the U.S. Treasury Capital Purchase Program under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. Whitney is eligible to sell to the Treasury Department approximately $301 million in preferred stock and the related warrants for common stock. Participation in...

Articles 2008-11-26

Giants are primed for busy Cactus League

The Giants announced Wednesday a 2009 spring training schedule of 41 games, the most in club history. The Cactus League schedule begins Feb. 25 with a road game against Cleveland. The Giants open a 21-game home schedule at Scottsdale Stadium on Feb. 26 against the Los Angeles...

Articles 2008-11-26

Martinez Kiwanis begin annual fundraiser

The Martinez Kiwanis Club is ready to begin its annual holiday fundraiser, selling See's Candies, but with a new location. This year, the Kiwanis Club will be selling the sweet treats in a new space at the Village Oaks Shopping Center, at Morello Avenue and Arnold Drive,...

Articles 2008-11-26

Wyndham Hotels and Resorts Offer Deals and Packages to Beat the Blues

Deal-seeking travelers can beat the winterand recession blues with packages at many upscale Wyndham ® hotels and resorts that offersavings from 25 to 70 percent. The Wyndham Getaways ByRequest package offers 25 percent savingswith its complimentary fourth night for every three consecutive nightspurchased now through March 31,...

Articles 2008-11-26

Purchase of Onex Corporation Shares

Gerald W. Schwartz stated today that he has acquired 237,600 subordinate voting shares of Onex Corporation in ordinary market trades through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange between November 20 and November 25, 2008. The purchased shares, which were acquired through a personal holding company, represent approximately 0.19% of...

Articles 2008-11-26

Band Metrics Announces Angel Investment

Band Metrics, a TechCrunch50 2008semi-finalist, announced today the closing of an angel round of financing.The investment was led by Allen Graber, a leading technology investor andentrepreneur who will also join the company's Board of Directors. "Global music content is increasing at unprecedented rates, as DIY toolsand social networks are allowing...

Articles 2008-11-26

Americans Weigh In on How Current Economy Is Affecting Their Holiday Shopping

It appears Santas across the U.S. aretightening their belts this holiday season as over half (56.7%) ofAmericans say they will be spending less due to the economic environment,according to the American PulseTM Survey of 4,348 respondents. Inaddition, 51.2% say they will be looking for sales more than last yearwhile 31.8%...

Articles 2008-11-26

Westfield Insurance Offers Consumer Tips for Secure Online Shopping

Westfield Insurance has published alist of consumer tips for secure online shopping, in conjunction with thestart of the 2008 holiday shopping season. The list is posted on the Westfield InsuranceInformation Security Blog , which launched in October. As Westfield Insurance corporate information manager Mike Rossander statesin the blog...

Articles 2008-11-26