| WPS Parking Systems Adds Shift4's Dollars on the net(R) Payment ...
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Shift4 Corporation, a leading developer of enterprise payment solutions, and WPS Parking Systems, a member of the Imtech Group, announced today a certified interface to provide the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose, Calif., a complete parking payment solution to process credit cards quickly, accurately and securely. Integrating Shift4's Dollars on the net(R) payment system into WPS's barcode automated parking provides the hotel with more processing flexibility than what they would receive from most banks and processors. This, in turn, helps provide their customers with better service. "As we continue to deliver seamless systems to lower our customers' total cost of ownership, Shift4's Dollars on the net(R) gateway provides the most comprehensive payment processing solution available in the automated parking system industry," said Derek Kiley, President, WPS North America, Inc.
Shoppers become stingy with gift cards, the latest sign of consumer ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Here's a sign of how shaky the economy has become: Wal-Mart says its shoppers are redeeming their holiday gift cards for basic items — pasta sauce, diapers, laundry detergent — instead of iPods or DVDs. Merchants had hoped shoppers armed with gift cards would provide a lift after a dismal holiday shopping season — partly because shoppers tend to spend even more than the value of the card. But that didn't seem to happen last month, and retailers are feeling the pain. Yesterday, the nation's retailers turned in their worst January in almost four decades as high gas and food prices, a slumping housing market, tighter credit and a tougher job market pushed consumers to the edge. Sales at 43 retailers surveyed by the UBS-International Council of Shopping Centers rose just 0.5 percent in January, well below the original 1.5 percent forecast.
The Bundeswehr's Excesses in Afghanistan
Before being sent overseas, the soldiers who volunteer for foreign missions spend weeks in training at the Bundeswehr's infantry school in the Bavarian town of Hammelburg. In addition to learning how to properly set up guard posts and what to do if taken hostage, soldiers are also trained in how to settle disputes and respect foreign customs -- at least in theory. The navy even offers "Islam lessons" for soldiers deployed to patrol the Horn of Africa, where they are patrolling the seas in order to prevent shipments to terrorists. "Equating it with Abu Ghraib is ridiculous" But for experts like Reinhard Erös, a former military physician who, with his organization German Aid for Afghan Children (Kinderhilfe Afghanistan) has been building schools in the Hindu Kush region for years, this isn't enough.
Canadiens complete incredible comeback
And the Montreal Canadiens are (nearly) 100 years old and have had some great teams," noted coach Guy Carbonneau. "You have to give credit to the players. "I think last year, we would have packed it in. But we've been like this since the start of the season. That's why we haven't had any long losing streaks. It's fun to come back. It's a big boost for our team, especially at this time of year." Alex Kovalev and Mark Streit scored in the third period to tie the game and force overtime before a delirious sellout crowd announced at 21,273 - many of whom stuck it out even when Montreal was down by five. Michael Ryder scored twice in the second period to get the comeback started. The Rangers had built their lead by the 5:03 mark of the second period as a pair of their veterans made history.
A ‘Rainbow’ Approach to Admissions
Sternberg left Yale University last year to become dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts. "If we are interested in developing future leaders, we need to expand the way we think about student abilities," Sternberg said. The college admissions process to date focuses "on a sliver of what we need to know" and completely ignores "skills that are important for success in college and life." Unlike some colleges that are frustrated with the current admissions system, Tufts isn’t eliminating the SAT, curricular requirements or anything else. All of that matters, Tufts officials say, and the problem is making decisions solely on the basis of that information. In fact, Sternberg said that many of the admissions reforms considered at other colleges — talk about looking at "the whole applicant" and so forth — aren’t rigorous enough.
Hain faces damaging "sleaze" probe in donations scandal
However the scale of the under-reporting caused astonishment among MPs and triggered calls for him to consider his position. Shadow work and pensions secretary Chris Grayling said that it had shown "breathtaking incompetence". However allies today sought to rally round the beleaguered minister, insisting that it was a "perfectly innocent oversight". Labour MP Martin Linton, who was part of Mr Hain's campaign team, said it was not "a big deal" and that such things could "happen very easily in politics". "Anyone who has worked with Peter Hain... would know that it could only be what he says it is - a perfectly innocent oversight - and he is very sorry for it," he told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme. He said the money involved was "a fairly modest amount", comparing it with the 260 million dollars (£133m)spent by US President George Bush on the Republican primary elections in 2004.
Report: Banks Coy On Fee Schedules
Many U.S. banks ignore federal regulations requiring that customers get information about fees and interest rates on their accounts, a federal report says. The Government Accountability Office report is to be released Monday, The Washington Post reported. The report is based on an investigation that used undercover staffers. They found that 20 percent of the 184 branch banks they visited did not provide lists of fees and interest rates, and half the 154 financial institutions did not give the details on their Web sites. .
Kleinberg, Liepe receive Sloan fellowships
Two Cornell faculty members have been awarded fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: Robert Kleinberg '97, assistant professor of computer science, and Matthias Liepe, assistant professor of physics. Kleinberg received his Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005 and joined the Cornell faculty in 2006. He studies the mathematical foundations of algorithm design, especially questions regarding what can or can't be computed given limited access to information about a problem. He will apply the Sloan Fellowship to study how computers can learn from experience. This particularly applies to network routing where computers often must make decisions about how to route traffic without knowing the condition of the entire network. Liepe came to Cornell in 2001 as a researcher and joined the faculty two years ago.
Hang Seng Bank Selects VeriFone Contactless Solutions
SAN JOSE, Calif. - (Business Wire) VeriFone Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PAY) today announced it has been selected by Hang Seng Bank of Hong Kong to provide contactless payment solutions in support of the enJoy Card rollout. The Hang Seng enJoy Card is a co-branded credit card with retailer Jardine Matheson and the first credit card in Hong Kong to use the Visa payWave contactless payment technology, allowing cardholders to enjoy the convenience of fast and secure payments. VeriFone will supply the EMV-certified QX110 contactless reader and NURIT payment systems for use at merchant sites in the Jardine Matheson Group. "With the broadest product line of contactless solutions, VeriFone is well positioned to support this and other projects where contactless is being implemented throughout the region," said William C.
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