Feb 9th 10
At Last, a Flight Check-In System That Doesn’t Suck (Fast Company Magazine)
Ho-Yeol Ryu A revolutionary software system could take some of the tech turbulence out of air travel. The groans that follow a canceled flight announcement aren’t just recognition of instant inconvenience but also anticipation of frustrations to come: waiting in line, watching ticket agents hammer keyboards, wondering why getting on the next flight has to be so difficult. Don’t aim your...
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Feb 9th 10
Police arrest suspect in armed robbery at Oxnard business (Ventura County Star)
A suspect is in custody this morning in connection with an armed robbery at an Oxnard business Monday night, police said.The robbery was reported at 7:35 p.m. at a business at 3840 W. Channel Islands Blvd., Oxnard police said in a prepared statement.When officers arrived at the business, they found an employee of the business with minor injuries. The employee, who sustained the injures in an …
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Feb 9th 10
Number of business travellers set to increase this year (Channel NewsAsia)
SINGAPORE : The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is expecting to see an increase in the number of business travellers to Singapore this year, as the global economy recovers.
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Feb 9th 10
IAC Writes Down Search Business; Takes $1 Billion Loss For Q4 (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)
IAC bit an accounting bullet in Q4, taking a $991 million impairment charge for its search & media business—including Ask and excluding Citysearch. Without that after-tax charge and an unrelated write down for $12.2 million, IAC would have turned in earnings per share of $.20, an 88 percent drop from the same quarter last year but still beating estimates.
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Feb 9th 10
U.S. Small-Business Optimism Index Rose in January (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — Confidence among U.S. small businesses increased in January for the first time in three months as the outlook for sales improved, according to the National Federation of Independent Business optimism index.
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U.S. Small-Business Optimism Index Rose in January (Update1) (Bloomberg)
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Feb 9th 10
Direct loans bill stalls (Yale Daily News)
Yale will continue to make the transition to direct federal student loans even if Congress does not ultimately require their use, Caesar Storlazzi, director of student financial services, said Monday.
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