| BBL introduces contactless credit cards
The card can be used at Burger King, McDonald's, Sizzler, The Pizza Company, 94 Coffee, Au Bon Pain, Starbucks and Umm! ... Milk. Customers can also use the card at supermarkets, including Gourmet Market in both The Emporium and Siam Paragon and Home Fresh Mart. Shoke na Ranong, manager of BBL's Credit Card Division, said for entertainment, the card could be used at EGV Cinemas, The Esplanade Cineplex, Major Bowl Hit, Major Complex, Paragon Cineplex and Nai In Bookshops. BBL is the first bank in Thailand to launch the contactless Blue Wave credit card. To make a purchase, the cardholder just waves the card over a reader and waits for acceptance. The card is bundled with the same features as normal credit cards that require a cardholder's signature when paying for goods and services.
Heartland Payment Systems buys majority stake in Collective Point of ...
PRINCETON, N.J. - Heartland Payment Systems Inc., which offers payroll and debit and credit card processing services, said Tuesday it bought a majority stake in Canada's Collective Point of Sale Solutions Ltd. Terms of the deal for the payment processing and secure point-of-sale services company were not disclosed. Heartland said it does not expect the purchase of a controlling stake in Collective, which has about 5,000 Canadian customers, to have "a material impact" on the New Jersey's company 2008 revenues or net income. Shares of Heartland fell 6 cents to $21.95 in afternoon trading. .
Web gamblers betting on Barack Obama
According to several overseas online exchanges, Obama is now a virtual lock to win all the upcoming primaries, including Texas and Ohio — the states Hillary Clinton is pinning her hopes on. And he's the even-money favorite to be elected President in November. "Obama has all the momentum, and the betting odds reflect that," said Steve Budin, an oddsmaker at sportsinfo.com who puts Obama's likelihood of being President at 4-5, with Clinton and John McCain both at 3-2. And the payoffs can rival any race track. Gabriel Weil, 22-year-old college student, has made about $1,500, much of it by shorting Rudy Giuliani — selling shares in the former mayor that he did not yet own and assuming he could buy them later at a lower price and pocket the difference.
Forecast: No housing recovery until 2009
A widening credit crunch and rising risks of a US recession will delay the Boston housing market's recovery until mid-2009, according to a new forecast. House prices in the Boston metropolitan area, which have fallen 7 percent since their 2005 peak, will decline another 8 percent before starting to recover in the middle of 2009, Moody's Economy.com said yesterday. The forecast has "gotten a little bit worse," said Gus Faucher, director of macroeconomics at the Philadelphia economic consulting firm. "We expect prices to bottom out in 2009." Most economists now agree US and local housing prices will fall through 2008 and won't begin to rise again until next year. For example, Freddie Mac said yesterday that house prices would continued to decline through 2009.
Australian stock market opens higher on Wall St lead
At 10.16am AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 73.8 points higher at 5670.5, while the broader All Ordinaries was up 66.6 points at 5734.9. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was 60 points higher at 5644 on 4,715 contracts. US stocks climbed higher overnight as relatively cheap valuations tempted investors back to Wall Street after a three-day losing streak that had pushed Nasdaq into an official bear market. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 46.90 points to 12,247.00 while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index added 10.46 points to 1336.91. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 14.28 points, or 0.63 per cent, at 2293.03. In London, base metal prices mostly were stronger. The big miners were stronger, with BHP Billiton adding 14 cents to $37.06 by 10.18am AEDT, while Rio Tinto gained 72 cents to $127.72.
Plane flies five passengers from US to London
A major airline is under fire from environmentalists for flying an aircraft across the Atlantic with only five passengers on board. Stunning pictures: Crocodile attacks backpacker in Australia Obesity epidemic spreads to Britain's dog populationScreen Break: Funniest viral videos, games and stories The flight from Chicago to London meant that the plane, a Boeing 777, used 22,000 gallons of fuel. .
Citi(R) to Become Exclusive Credit Card Partner of Live Nation Through ...
NEW YORK, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Citi(R) (NYSE: C) and Live Nation (NYSE: LYV) announced today a strategic marketing alliance that leverages Live Nation's newly built, fully integrated music platform, including concerts, online ticketing and access to Live Nation Artists, to deliver a uniquely comprehensive music experience to Citi customers in the United States. Citi's investment will grant the company "official credit card partner" status at Live Nation, giving millions of Citi customers a robust menu of benefits through Citi's recently expanded Private Pass(R) Program. These potential benefits include access to presale and preferred tickets, box seats at select venues, premium seats, exclusive merchandise and a variety of unique VIP experiences all of which will become accessible at http://www.livenation.com or http://www.privatepass.citi.com.
The ugly truth in Afghanistan
You can go crow from the rooftops and no one will censor you. The Globe and Mail has the right (and perhaps even the obligation at times) to shut down any debate it so desires. Whether it adequately covers a particular news topic such as Afghanistan is an entirely different matter. My guess, Bert, is that you were entirely happy with the investigative journalism that went on at the time of Adscam, which simply indicates that you are a partisan. There's nothing per se wrong with that, it's just a bit limiting ;-). Posted 01/03/08 at 1:03 AM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment .
JAQUITTA'S JOURNEY: Read Her Blog
I wanted to update you on what's been going on with me lately. I have finally gotten adjusted to my new look and new super short hair. Everyone has been so kind about the new look. The compliments are so very flattering. I thank you very, very much. I love it too! It's soooooo easy... I wash it and go. I spray a leave in conditioner on it, and then I apply this butter cream called Miss Jessie's Curly Butter cream in my hair that Monica Pearson gave me and I'm out the door. I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! The butter cream smells WONDERFUL, and it locks in my curls. I had heard about Miss Jessie's products before, but never tried them until Monica bought some for me. Now, I'm hooked and wanted to tell you about it as well. Thanks Monica! I have had quite a few people who have asked who my hairstylist is now that I have this new look.
Pregnancy - Other Types Of Pain Relief
Tens devices are about the size of a small radio and are connected to electrodes placed on the skin, usually on your lower back. Electrical impulses result in a tingling sensation, which some women find annoying. The side effects of tens are usually no more than some skin irritation where the pads are stuck to the back. The electrical impulses do not affect the baby. Most studies of tens in labor have found it to be only mildly effective in reducing labor pain. .
World stocks routed on fears for economy
US stock markets were closed on Monday for a holiday, but US stock index futures were down sharply suggesting investors were not putting much hope on Wall Street leading a rebound when it returns to business.
Elsewhere, Toronto's stock market was down around 4.5 percent and Japan's benchmark Nikkei average earlier lost 3.86 percent to close at a two-year low.
"Risk aversion is widespread as the market thinks (the economic downturn) is not just a US centric story," said Paul Robson, currency strategist at RBS Global Banking.
Bear market?
Investors were carrying through from last week's concern that a fiscal stimulus proposed by President George W. Bush would not be enough to stop the U.S. economy from falling into recession and that the downturn will spread.
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