Out-of-bounds perks?
When you go out on a limb in asking for new job benefits, it helps if you know just how far is too far
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TV Tower Fire Sparks Net Use in Russia
When a broadcast tower fire threw several Moscow TV stations off the air last week, many would-be TV viewers turned to the Internet. In some cases, traffic to news sites doubled from usual levels. The sites reported few performance problems as a result, though one, Gazeta.ru, had to add a second server to handle the
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Visa issues 10 ‘commandments’ for online merchants
In an attempt to reduce online credit-card fraud, Visa U.S.A. in San Francisco announced 10 “commandments” for online merchants to guard its cardholders’ information. And, next week, Visa will follow up by releasing the details of a broad online security program.
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Fake bank Web sites trick consumers into giving up personal data
A hacker doesn’t have to break into a bank’s computer to steal account numbers and access codes. It may be enough to set up a “spoof” Web site that closely mimics a real bank’s, according to a warning issued last week by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Some customers have provided
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Structured Financing
Structured financing is a way of borrowing money against an asset or a projected asset without consideration of the creditworthiness of the borrower.
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J. P. Morgan IT Exec Loosens Grip on Services
Will turn over firm’s back-office operations to Bank of New York
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Larger banks have edge in electronic CRM, report says
Larger financial institutions have an edge over small and nimble Internet upstarts in electronic customer relationship management (CRM), according to a new report released by Meridien Research in Newton, Mass. Larger institutions often have more experience with data analysis technologies and have already built data warehouses to track the huge amounts of customer data they’ve
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Lloyds Bank to Spend $24 Million on CRM
Lloyds TSB Group PLC has said it will spend $24 million on a customer relationship management (CRM) system designed to integrate customer information from all aspects of its operations. The retail bank – one of the four largest banks in the U.K., but no relation to insurer Lloyd’s of London – said it will use
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The Web Factor
The Internet is changing the playing field for both ad agencies and their clients White the Pioneer Valley still lags behind other areas of the country in terms of Internet marketing, it is expected to do a good deal of catching up in 2000. This will bring both opportunities and challenges for the region’s advertising
Agencies Track Gangs And Drugs By Computer
There are two types of drug dealers: the one who looks like a genteel businessman, living an upscale life in an upscale neighborhood, and then there’s the one who is easier to spot. He mouths gang slogans, wears a team cap tilted at the precise angle to denote gang membership. He is an urban guerrilla.
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