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.

"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.

Brandy's Mom: Kim Kardashian Abused My Credit Card

R&B singer Brandy Norwood's mother filed a lawsuit Monday against Kim Kardashian accusing her of running up more than $120,000 in credit card charges without permission. The suit, which also names Kardashian's siblings Khloe, Kourtney and Robert Jr., alleges they ran up the charges on the mother's card in 2006 and 2007. It seeks the return of the money plus 10 percent interest. In a statement, the Kardashians denied the allegations. "The charges against the Kardashians are meritless," the statement said. "Both Kim and Khloe were employed by the Norwoods and never used their credit cards without their express authorization. The Kardashian family looks forward to proving the absurdity of these claims in a court of law." In the lawsuit, Norwood's mother, Sonja Norwood, who is also her manager, alleges Kim Kardashian had only been authorized in 2004 to make one purchase on the Norwood American Express card in Kim's then-capacity as a stylist for Brandy (Brandy's brother, Ray J, also appeared in the infamous sex tape with Kim).

Rhetoric will leave off where McCain begins

In one sentence on primary night in Wisconsin, U.S. Sen. John McCain nailed Barack Obama — and defined precisely the terms of the fall campaign.

Be not intimidated by the growing certainty that the rhetorically gifted Obama, and not his fingernails-across-the-chalkboard opponent, will emerge as McCain's opponent in November. With Hillary came the high negatives that gave Republicans hope of a built-in general election advantage. With Obama comes an army of high-end liberals, affluent and well-educated, along with an energized swell of blacks and the young drawn specifically to him. The prospect of running against a "movement" has unnerved some Republicans, to say nothing of those — affiliated or not — who have listened to Democrats lay out their vision for America through a long series of debates.

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2008-02-05 03:10:25 SingTel's Q3 net profit falls on lack of exceptionals, ops robust said Tuesday its third quarter to December net profit fell 4.2 percent to 952 million Singapore dollars compared to the year ago level, when Southeast Asia's biggest telco booked 144 million dollars in exceptional gains.

Finding solutions to messy foreclosures

Community Housing Works, a nonprofit group with an Escondido office that doles out free housing advice, is getting so many calls it cannot answer them all. Chief Executive Officer Sue Reynolds says she wishes the nonprofit was fielding even more calls.

Company targets foreclosure customers

The Chronicle Sports Columnist Blog

At 16, I wasn't ready for the pressure, all the journalists, the crowd, it was really hard for me. I'm much more ready for it now." Asked if people might start calling him a star, instead of a prodigy, he said, "No, no. I'm a little bit famous, but for sure I'm not a star. Not a rock star or anything." . . . Federer won't take his semifinal tomorrow for granted, having lost to Gasquet (then just 19) in Monte Carlo. Federer's opinion on the Gasquet backhand: "Fantastic." . . . How bad was the wind today? Ferrero, who lost to Federer today, said it was "the worst kind of conditions to really feel the ball. Today was almost impossible to hit the ball three times nice."

Just finished sending my column and notebook, and there's just no room in the Sporting Green to mention all the tremendous on-court moments that went down today.

Growth can be a nightmare

I know that some people choose not to immunize their children for religious reasons and because they feel vaccinations may cause autism, autoimmune trauma and neurotoxicity from mercury preservatives. Although I respect the rights of parents to decline immunizing their children, as a nursing student and member of the community, I strongly feel that the health of the general public is everyone's responsibility. Parents who choose not to immunize their children against preventable diseases must be accountable for their actions and recognize that their decisions affect the health of the community.The parents in this incident have directly caused five people to contract measles and they put an airplane full of innocent people at risk. No one should be forced to get immunizations, but parents should be responsible and educate themselves on the signs and symptoms of the illnesses they are not protecting their children against.

Financial Institutions Choose Monitise Americas Mobile Financial ...

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Monitise Americas, LLC, the mobile banking and payments provider, today announced that NYCE Payments Network has signed agreements with ten new financial institutions to provide mobile financial services powered by Monitise Americas to their customers and members. NYCE Payments Network, LLC, is a leading U.S. debit card payments network and a division of Metavante (NYSE: MV) , a leading provider of banking and payments technology.

The latest institutions to choose mobile services from Monitise Americas are: California Business Bank, Los Angeles, Calif.; First National Bank of LaGrange, LaGrange, Ill.; Gold Canyon Bank, Gold Canyon, Ariz.; INTRUST Bank, Wichita, Kan.; New Century Bank, Chicago, Ill.; Michigan Schools and Government Credit Union, Clinton Township, Mich.; PrimeSouth Bank, Waycross, Ga.; PyraMax Bank, Greenfield, Wis.; Seaside National Bank & Trust, Orlando, Fla.; and Summit Bank, Prescott, Ariz.