18 hrs ago | Reuters
Music labels bet Vevo.com is next MTV
In a grainy black and white Web video, similar to footage from an in-store security camera, you can make out the muscular frame of rapper 50 Cent, smashing dozens of TV sets with a baseball bat.
Tuesday | CNW Group
MasterCard Names Kevin Stanton President MasterCard Advisors
Previously, Mr. Stanton served as the company's president of the Canada region. This move is effective January 1, 2010 .
Tuesday | Business Travel News
Payment Systems Join To Help Buyers Track New Air Fees
Payment Systems Join To Help Buyers Track New Air Fees By Jay Boehmer & Seth Harris DECEMBER 07, 2009 -- Payment systems AirPlus International and MasterCard Worldwide are developing a solution that would enable travel buyers to report ancillary airline charges, paralleling similar efforts of U.S. airlines, technology companies and settlement ...
Universal Music Chief Hawks Ad Space to AT&T in Swan Song to Save Industry
Universal Music Group Chief Doug Morris , head of the worlda s biggest record label, is playing ad- man to lure marketers to the Vevo music-video Web site in the latest bid to rebuild the industry.
Credit card company uses Internet to educate consumers
Most of the important financial decisions consumers will make during this economic climate are being made without experience and guidance, said Andres Ignacio Gonzalez, senior account manager, MasterCard Worldwide.
Alvarion won a contract with Adam Internet to deploy a WiMAX network across the city of Adelaide.
Networks Yet to Realize Promise of '04
Five years ago, American Express Co. and Discover Financial Services clinched a landmark antitrust victory allowing them to expand their network businesses.
T4G officially adds Moncton office to its roster
Geoff Flood says his company has not cut positions since it formed in 1996. Rebecca Penty/Telegraph-Journal Geoff Flood, Toronto-based president of T4G Ltd., attended the technology firm's grand opening of its Moncton office Thursday.
Malaysian National News Agency
Traders Not Allowed To Impose Surcharge On Credit Card Purchase
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 -- Traders, in principle, are not allowed to impose a surcharge on purchase made using credit cards, the Dewan Rakyat was told on Monday.
SpendingPulse: Retail Sales Generally Level Going Into the Holiday Season
MasterCard Advisors' SpendingPulse, a macro-economic report tracking national retail and service sales, today provided summary results for the first half of the month, through November 14, 2009.
A tourist plays a slot machine at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas
Midday Business Briefing Jobless rate below forecast? Why Goldman is losing talent A tourist plays a slot machine at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas Jae C. Hong/The Associated Press Plus, Manulife shares sink on stock issue.
Thursday Options Update: ETFC, MA, V, RF, KG & HW
E*Trade Financial Corp. A bearish risk reversal in the January 2011 contract on E*Trade today indicates long-term pessimistic sentiment on the online brokerage firm.
Considering it is a Friday before a short holiday week, it was no surprise volume was light and the indexes chopped around for most of the session closing near their open.
Stores' bid to cut card fees may cost public
U.S. consumers may not save money and could wind up paying higher credit-card costs if lawmakers force payment networks including Visa Inc.
www.PicksThatMove.com: "Picks that move" Alerts, November 19, 2009: MA, FGP, UNP, MOT, HSC and AGP
Picksthatmove.com Alerts include MasterCard Incorporated ; Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. ; Union Pacific Corporation ; Motorola, Inc.
Finance and Credit Companies Lobby Lawmakers As Congress Moves to Aggressively Regulate Them
Total to Current Members of Congress since 1989: $23.3 million Total Lobbying Expenditures since 1998 : $264.2 million The U.S. economy faltered after the subprime mortgage meltdown, but these investments weren't the only obligations that many consumers defaulted on.
Jobless rate below forecast? Why Goldman is losing talent
Morning Business Briefing Jobless rate below forecast? Why Goldman is losing talent Job seekers line-up at various booths at the National Job Fair and Training Expo in the Toronto Metro Convention Centre.
MasterCard Enlists Peyton Manning For Gift Finder
MasterCard Worldwide is launching a new online tool designed to drive e-commerce by helping online shoppers narrow gift choices based on price and the personality of the recipient.
MasterCard Selects Cryptomathic for OTA Data Preparation
Cryptomathic has announced that it has been selected by MasterCard Worldwide to manage the data preparation requirements for the deployment of the MasterCard Mobile Over The Air Provisioning Service that enables MasterCard PayPass applications to be provisioned on to mobile phones.
U.S. Stocks, Gold Rally; Dollar Drops
Retailers led the gainers. The dollar declined to 15-month low and gold surged to a record high in 27 years.
Also on Topix