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The biggest obstacle to go-to-market success (and lead generation ROI for that matter) is the lack of good execution. The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council's latest study, "Driving the Bottom Line from the Front Line," assessed the go-to-market processes and...
Brian Carroll Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Nurit 8020 - A Credit Card Processing Terminal that is both Flexible and Affordable

The Nurit 8020 is one of the widely used and popular credit card terminal. It is basically designed to provide a highly secure, powerful, hand-held solution with multi-application versatility for all businesses. Earlier it was Nurit 8000. Now it has been replaced with the Nurit 8020 wireless credit card terminal. With a rich set of sophisticated features and communication options, the...
comparepos.com Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Chart du Jour: Earth Loans Aren't Easy

Today's chart of the day shows how loan standards and costs have climbed together over the last 2.5 years, making it tougher to get credit than it has been in a decade. Apparently Earth loans aren't easy. [via Bloomberg]
InfectiousGreed Wednesday, July 09, 2008

An Hour with Jamie Dimon

Must watch: Charlie Rose in an hour-long discussion with JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon. After watching it, go read selectively from the viewer posts -- including some scathing stuff from at least one ex-JPM employee -- on the Charlie Rose site. For his part, and to his credit, Dimon explicitly takes on his critics, explaining why he thinks claims of "moral hazard" are wrong-headed and stupid, like refusing to save a drunk who was drowning. He also has a nice line justifying the $2 original Bear share price, saying that "buying a house and buying a house on fire" are different things. Somewhat surprisingly, Dimon gives considerable credence to rumors that the downfall of Bear Stearns was orchestrated. He says "Where there's smoke, there's fire", calls for an SEC investigation, and says it wouldn't surprise him if there was more to Bear's collapse than mere leverage.
InfectiousGreed Wednesday, July 09, 2008

First iPhone 3G Reviews are So-So

Tech's two big hitters -- the NYT's David Pogue and the WSJ's Walt Mossberg -- have out their reviews for the new iPhone 3G, and they're surprisingly so-so about Apple's upgrade. To be released Friday, the iPhone 3G is supposed to drive massive upgrades and new unit sales, but in reading Pogue/Mossberg you get the distinct impression that it could be more of a fizzle than Apple investors are hoping for. The gist: Both like the improved 3G performance The improved system software comes in for plaudits, but both point out that's available to both old and new iPhone users Battery life is unimpressive in 3G mode, according to Mossberg, wiping out the iPhone battery by mid-afternoon. While 3G battery life issues are not unique to iPhone, Mossberg's battery comments are going to put some buyers on the fence. Both Pogue and Mossberg point chidingly to the increased cost of the new AT&T contract, with 200 SMS messages now costing an extra $5/month, and the underlying data pl
InfectiousGreed Wednesday, July 09, 2008

FIR Interview: Al Comeaux, Sr. VP, Corporate Communications, Sabre Holdings

FIR Interview: Al Comeaux, Sr. VP, Corporate Communications, Sabre Holdings
Shel Holtz Wednesday, July 09, 2008

We Love You Freddie! We Love You Not!

You have to love the three-day adventure in Freddie Mac stock this week. The federal financier is getting alternately hugged and kicked by the markets. Today it was kicked. Hard. There are a lot of people out there who simply no longer believe in a standalone Freddie Mac. As a related aside, for those of you who -- quite rightly -- regularly find yourself saying, What the f**k is Freddie Mac (or Fannie Mae) anyway, here is a good NPR overview of the two. Anyway, more here from Bloomberg on how traders are just not buying any upbeat talk about Freddie. Essentially, people are arguing the two need to raise buckets more money -- you know, the housing collapse and all -- and it is going to be difficult and highly expensive.
InfectiousGreed Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Traders on Drugs

I'm a big fan of those trading days, like today, when the only things that do well are the drug stocks. So deliriously self-reinforcing.
InfectiousGreed Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Corporate Sponsorship 2.0 Has a Face: Moms on a Road Trip

Via Guy Kawasaki’s blog: What do Yahoo!, Chevy, SixApart, WeightWatchers, CBS, Zune, and five blogging moms have in common? An insatiable hunger for publicity. And a road trip. Put it this way: A road trip driven by an insatiable hunger for publicity. Here’s the plan. Pile 5 mom-cum-professional-bloggers in a Chevy Tahoe Hybrid. Have them drive across the [...]
Businesspundit.com Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Olympic Games Widgets From NewsGator and AFP

I've been really pleased with the way NewsGator's widget business has taken off. Two years ago I regularly got questions from people about "how would NewsGator monetize the consumer web reader business." The answer to that is "they won't - but they'll use the infrastructure they've build - which is rock solid, scalable, and unique - to build a really interesting widget and data business based on RSS content." NewsGator now has over 100 paying customers for their widget business. Over the past 30 days, they've served almost 19 million unique users over 250 million widget views. They've also served over 44 million API calls to paying data partners (a total over over 385 million API calls if you include all the free clients out there, including NetNewsWire, FeedDemon, and NewsGator Go! that call the API on a regular basis.) This is in support of 2.8 million feeds and 211 million articles over the past 30 days. The overall NewsGator
Feld.com Wednesday, July 09, 2008

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