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First Data and European Banks Team Up to Expand Eufiserv's

EUFISERV formerly operated an ATM card scheme that provides cardholders from member banks with access to cash at more than 60,000 ATMs in nine European countries. In line with SEPA requirements, the EUFISERV card scheme has already been spun off into a separate company, EUFISERV Payments SCRL. Upon closing of the transaction, First Data will acquire a 50 percent equity stake in EUFISERV's interbank processing business, which will be renamed to reflect the new joint ownership structure.David Yates, president of First Data's international operations, commented: "First Data has been very active as a processor for both issuers and acquirers of a wide variety of card and consumer finance products. The European payments market is changing rapidly and, with SEPA, we are now seeing a redefinition of national and international transactions as European domestic transactions. more

Should Colleges Be Required to Grade Themselves?

One of that article's contentions is that each college's student recruitment materials be required to include a report card containing such information as graduation rates and average student growth in thinking skills, writing, etc. disaggregated by SAT score bands.

I've been pleased that the article has generated national interest: It has been republished in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Dallas Morning News, and I was interviewed about it on a number of shows including National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation. I've received so many supportive emails from professors, administrators, students, and former students.

The article has also generated many responses in the Chronicle's Forum, not all positive. In this blog post, I list the major criticisms of my call for a required college report card and my response to each criticism:

Criticism #1: “Surely teaching isn't poor at teaching-oriented institutions, of which there are thousands. more

Australia and China speak same language of business

This Telstra survey result on language is consistent with other surveys that show that business culture and language matters when Australian SMEs are engaged in exporting or investment overseas. According to the DHL Export Barometer, 21% of exporters said language was a major barrier to exporting while 30% mentioned different business principles and 29% mentioned the regulatory environment as well as transport and logistics as impediments to further trade.

That's why help with language, business culture, principles and regulation is seen as a major reason why exporters seek government help overseas. Market access is one thing, but there are plenty of "behind the border" barriers that Australian exporters need help with. But despite the language barrier, the Chinese market is expanding at a rapid rate for Australian exporters. more

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MAYNARD, Mass. - (Business Wire) Stratus Technologies, Inc., announced today that Danawa Resources ( www.danawa.net.my ), a broadband service provider operating in Malaysia, Cambodia and Indonesia, has deployed the Stratus ENTICE E-REV ...

Stratus’ ENTICE Platform Turns Asian ISP into VoIP Provider, Rapidly ... - Earthtimes

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The casket of Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll is at St. Paul Cathedral in Pittsburgh . An honor guard brought the casket in to lie in repose. A funeral Mass is scheduled for noon on Tuesday. An honor guard carries the casket of ...

Knoll's body arrives in Pittsburgh - Indiana Gazette

[ Seoul/Helsinki | Reuters News Service, 25 November 2008 ] - Samsung Electronics has warned on cellphone market growth this year and next, the latest sign that weaker consumer confidence is hitting the wireless sector around the world. "The actual ...

Economic gloom spreads to Samsung - ITWeb

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Hate-speech provisions should be cut out of Canadian human rights law because they end up leading to government repression, a report commissioned by the Canadian Human Rights Commission recommended on Monday. The commission ...

Take hate speech out of Canada rights code: report - Reuters

TOKYO, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Prices of Japanese business services have fallen by the largest amount in five years due to a slump in freight costs, fuelling concerns about a return to deflation later next year as the global economy slows. In a sign of ...

Japan service prices fall most in 5 years - Forbes

Alistair Darling's £7bn package of measures to help small and medium-sized businesses were hailed last night as a "welcome breather" from the worst of the downturn. About two out of three British workers are employed by small and medium-sized firms ...

Small business leader hails cash boost - EDP 24

ORLANDO, FL -- 11/25/08 -- More than 500 of the top business minds in the world discussed, debated and collaborated in Orlando last week about how to engage in a successful, sustainable, environmentally conscious business in the wake of the current ...

HCL Technologies Hosts Over 500 of the Top Minds and Generates Real ... - Earthtimes

The incoming chief executive of Qantas, Alan Joyce, says the company may reduce services further if economic conditions get worse. Qantas has announced service reductions that are the equivalent of taking 10 planes out of service in response to the ...

Qantas warns of service cuts in sliding economy - Big Pond News

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