Monday, February 14, 2005
Electronics retailer Best Buy said today that it signed leases for 28 new stores. This is part of the company’s plan to build 60 new stores this year. Best Buy, the largest consumer electronics retailer in the United States, declined to discuss the terms of the leases but did say that the new stores will result in the addition of 3,500 more jobs to the corporate payroll.
Electronic Commerce Solutions
by
Eric Lewis
The notion of electronic commerce is steadily becoming the most preferred way of conducting business for both merchants and consumers. This is because the world is becoming an electronically connected global village. Almost all types of businesses can now be conducted over the internet in an effort to increase the number of hours in a workday. When you conduct business over the internet, you do not have to waste time sitting in traffic waiting to go line up at the bank just to make a deposit or pay your suppliers. This is one of the many advantages of ecommerce.
Cost Efficiency
Other advantages include the ability to conduct business with markets that would be impossible geographically without spending so much money. Businesses can expand their market simply by creating a website and marketing their business from there. This eventually reduces the amount of money that would have been used to expand that business in different parts of the world in terms of processing and distributing information on paper. Reduction of paperwork also reduces high printing and mailing costs as most transaction receipts are in form of electronic mails. Therefore, the biggest advantage of using the internet for businesses is reduced costs.
Increase in Sales
Another great advantage of electronic commerce is increased sales due to increased marketing. This happens because the cost of marketing is reduced right down to creating a good website and marketing at no extra cost. With better marketing come better sales and therefore increased profits. In addition to that, businesses can focus their marketing to their target market group as opposed to marketing to everybody when only a small percentage will eventually be converted to sales.
Another advantage of electronic commerce is the eradication of trade barriers such as distance, time and cost. Instead of making phone calls, emails have become more common and internet chat services such as googletalk and yahoo messenger have taken precedence. These allow for easier communication in real time ensuring that all businesses are conducted immediately.
Advantages for Buyers
Buyers also find use of an online shopping cart more convenient for them because they can do all their shopping on the internet and make their payments there. The online market has an unlimited variety of goods and services from many different suppliers. This allows buyers to buy whatever they want from whomever they want and at whatever time of day or night. With so many online payment options available, the internet has become one large shopping mall with everything that consumers might need. In addition to that, they have the ability to window-shop for as long as they want and at no extra cost.
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Sunday, February 10, 2008
The Internet group Project Chanology today held protests critical of the Church of Scientology. The protests marked what would have been the 49th birthday of Lisa McPherson, who is claimed to be a victim of the Church of Scientology’s practices. Lisa died in 1995 during a running of what Scientologists refer to as an Introspection Rundown, a procedure intended to help Church members deal with a psychotic or deeply traumatic event.
Protests were planned throughout the day in 14 countries and over 50 different cities. The estimation of total protesters world wide for Feb. 10, 2008 is 9,250 people.
Wikinews had correspondents at a number of protest locations to report on the events. This article was updated throughout the day with reports from around the globe.
By Kenneth Shorey
Are you interested in jobs that require you to spend hours on the phone talking to customers? If you like personal relations work and have good interpersonal skills, then do consider the opportunity of being a work at home agent. What you will definitely need as a home agent is good internet connection speed and a personal telephone. With all the essential equipment set up, you are all geared and ready to go. Here are some job ideas for a work at home agent that you could use.
Customer Service Agent
As a customer service agent, you will be involved in handling customer queries, complaints or technical support for the product or service that the company sells. As there are millions of incoming calls made everyday, companies have realized that outsourcing such work to people who work from home are more beneficial to their bottom line. They do not have to spend time and money hiring employees to work in their offices, and instead pay them on a per hour basis or according to the length of each call. So, the demand for such workers is high and you will have to be able to impress your employers with your good communication skills to secure this job.
Home travel agent
This job will be ideal for you if you like to learn about countries and manage clients who are interested to travel overseas. If you are widely read or have knowledge about the different countries and cultures around the world, this will be an added advantage to your work. As a home travel agent, you do not even need a proper home office. As long as you have room for your supplies and computer, you will be able to manage your entire operation wherever you are. You have to stay updated about the different packages offered by airlines and your competitors to ensure that you remain competitive in the market.
Email correspondent
Similar to a customer service agent, this simply requires you to respond to customer emails from your computer. So if you do not like to spend time talking to strangers on the phone, you might want to consider this instead. You will also be working on behalf of the company, answering whatever questions that the customers have. As an email specialist, you will be in charge of ensuring that most mails get answered and problems solved. This is an important role as statistics have shown that many customers have become unhappy with a company’s after sales service as they feel that they have been ignored many times. This then directly affects the company’s reputation and leads to poorer sales. So, as it is important to manage these emails, your services will definitely be much sought after. If you know that you can type well, and have a have a flair for people to people communication, you stand a great chance in getting this job.
These are some of the many work from home opportunities you, as a work from home agent can take up. So do not waste let your talents go to waste and take up one that you like.
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Monday, December 31, 2007
What would you tell your grandchildren about 2007 if they asked you about it in, let’s say, 20 year’s time? If the answer to a quiz question was 2007, what would the question be? The year that you first signed on to Facebook? The year Britney Spears and Amy Winehouse fell apart? The year author Kurt Vonnegut or mime Marcel Marceau died, both at 84?
Let’s take a look at some of the international stories of 2007. Links to the original Wikinews articles are in bold.
Monday, December 2, 2013
Police in the West Midlands in England today said nearly 200 kilograms worth of drugs with value possibly as great as £30 million (about US$49 million or €36 million) has been seized from a unit in the town of Brownhills. In what an officer described as “one of the largest [seizures] in the force’s 39 year history”, West Midlands Police reported recovering six big cellophane-wrapped cardboard boxes containing cannabis, cocaine, and MDMA (“ecstasy”) in a police raid operation on the Maybrook Industrial Estate in the town on Wednesday.
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The seized boxes, which had been loaded onto five freight pallets, contained 120 one-kilogram bags of cannabis, 50 one-kilogram bags of MDMA, and five one-kilogram bricks of cocaine. In a press release, West Midlands Police described what happened after officers found the drugs as they were being unloaded in the operation. “When officers opened the boxes they discovered a deep layer of protective foam chips beneath which the drugs were carefully layered”, the force said. “All the drugs were wrapped in thick plastic bags taped closed with the cannabis vacuum packed to prevent its distinctive pungent aroma from drawing unwanted attention.” Police moved the drugs via forklift truck to a flatbed lorry to remove them.
Detective Sergeant Carl Russell of West Midlands Police’s Force CID said the seizure was the largest he had ever made in the 24 years he has been in West Midlands Police and one of the biggest seizures the force has made since its formation in 1974. “The impact this seizure will have on drug dealing in the region and the UK as a whole cannot be underestimated”, he said. “The drugs had almost certainly been packed to order ready for shipping within Britain but possibly even further afield. Our operation will have a national effect and we are working closely with a range of law enforcement agencies to identify those involved in this crime at whatever level.”
Expert testing on the drugs is ongoing. Estimates described as “conservative” suggest the value of the drugs amounts to £10 million (about US$16.4 million or €12 million), although they could be worth as much as £30 million, subject to purity tests, police said.
Police arrested three men at the unit on suspicion of supplying a controlled drug. The men, a 50-year-old from Brownhills, a 51-year-old from the Norton area of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, and one aged 53 from Brownhills, have been released on bail as police investigations to “hunt those responsible” continue. West Midlands Police told Wikinews no person has yet been charged in connection with the seizure. Supplying a controlled drug is an imprisonable offence in England, although length of jail sentences vary according to the class and quantity of drugs and the significance of offenders’ roles in committing the crime.
byAlma Abell
There is a general misconception that everyone loves a free t-shirt or sweatshirt from their employer; however, the fact is that low quality shirts will not be worn and likely be turned into rags or simply donated next spring. There are far too many companies that provide extremely poor quality shirts, which are ugly too boot. A solution – purchase high-quality, great looking shirts that will actually be worn, some tips to get that done are highlighted here.
Purchase High-Quality Options
The fact is that companies purchase shirts that are scratchy and rough because they are cheap. A general rule of thumb is that if you would not wear the shirt, chances are no one else will. Find soft shirts that are fitted and available in a number of different colors. While they may cost a bit more, it is definitely a smart investment.
Purchase Smaller Sizes
Believe it or not when you purchase T-Shirts & Sweatshirts Retail Richmond VA, there are much fewer XXL people than you may think. Additionally, smaller people will not want to shirt to simply use as a nightgown, so increase the number of smaller sizes and decrease the number of larger sizes.
Be Bold
Your business likely has a uniform or some other type of appropriate work wear. The t-shirts and sweatshirts that you are giving workers should be a little bolder than traditional work wear. Show a little attitude and let your workers know that you encourage a fun working environment.
Select Various Designs or Colors
After all, variety is the spice of life. Consider different colors or designs for various departments, or one for the men and one for the women. You can also just mix it up offering an array of colors and allowing the employers to choose. Many printing companies will offer multiple choices, so you should find something that will take your interest.
Be Sure to Save the Screens
When you have a shirt screen printed, the most expensive and tedious portion of the process is creating the screen. However, once it is done, it will not have to be repeated. If you request for the shop to save the screen, when you re-order you can save several dollars for every shirt that is ordered.
Image Designers Inc. offers a range of T-shirts and sweatshirts retail in Richmond, VA. Visit TshirtsRichmondVA.com for more information.
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
In early May, Wikinews extended an invitation to Vitaly Filipchenko, an independent candidate in the 2021 New York City mayoral election, set to take place November 2nd, alongside other candidates. Filipchenko answered some questions about his policies and campaign during a phone interview.
Filipchenko, registered on the New York City Campaign Finance Board as Vitaly A. Filipchenko, is the first Russian candidate for New York City mayor, being born in Tomsk, Siberia in 1973, according to news agency Sputnik. He has since naturalised as a United States citizen. According to the web site, Filipchenko has been educated in road construction and maintenance and owns a moving services company; he describes himself on his web site as a “small business owner”. On his web site’s platform page, he says that “[m]y English may not be perfect – but my platform is.”
Incumbent Democratic mayor Bill de Blasio, who won re-election in the 2017 New York City mayoral election by 66.5%, cannot run for a third term under term limits. As of April 28, 22 candidates are currently running, the majority of whom are also Democrats. Ahead of the June Democratic primary for New York City mayor, a poll conducted May 23 and 24 by WPIX and Emerson College of 12 Democratic candidates with a margin of error of 3.2 per cent has former commissioner for the New York City Department of Sanitation Kathryn Garcia and Borough President of Brooklyn Eric Adams leading with 21.1% and 20.1%, respectively.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke fielded questions from the Senate Banking Committee today. Paulson and Bernanke were joined by Christopher Cox, chairman of the SEC, and James Lockhart, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The four urged the Committee to pass legislation allowing the Treasury to spend up to US$700 billion to bailout investment banks by purchasing their “illiquid debt”.
They made the pitch to the committee to bail out Wall Street by passing legislation giving the Treasury unprecedented authority and little oversight. The $700 billion will bail out investment banks with illiquid mortgage assets, securities these firms cannot sell because of the state of the housing sector. The proposal will create a reverse auction, in which the illiquid debt will be bought by the Treasury at a price much higher than the fire sale prices the securities are currently valued out.
The debate centered around whether the government should be involved, is $700 billion too much, will it work, the issue of oversight, and the urgency of the situation.
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Paulson and Bernanke claimed that such a bailout is precondition to a healthy recovery to the economy; credit is contingent on a healthy economy, the purchase of the bad debt will increase the lending to business and consumers to help the recovery of the economy.
Saturday, April 8, 2006
A Honolulu man who fell into the sewage-contaminated Ala Wai Yacht Harbor died Thursday night of a massive bacterial infection that caused the loss of one of his legs, septic shock, and ultimately organ failure.
Oliver Johnson, 34, a Honolulu mortgage broker, died between 9:15 and 9:30 p.m. HST Thursday (0715-0730 UTC Friday) when his family removed him from life support. On Friday, March 31, Johnson had apparently fallen into the waters of the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor, located at the mouth of the Ala Wai Canal on the western side of Waikiki.
At the time, the canal and surrounding beaches were contaminated by over 48 million gallons of untreated sewage. The extent to which the sewage spill contributed to Johnson’s symptoms remains unclear.
Johnson earlier reported that he had fallen accidentally into the harbor, then later indicated that he had been involved in a fight on board a boat and had been pushed or thrown into the harbor waters. A security guard at Johnson’s apartment reported that he was bloodied and soaking wet, and that he stumbled into the lobby and collapsed. Paramedics took Johnson to Straub Hospital where he was treated and released.
Johnson reported steadily worsening leg pain that weekend and was admitted to Queen’s Hospital on Sunday with breathing difficulties. Doctors that night amputated his left leg above the knee to try to halt the spread of the infection, and Johnson was placed in a medically induced coma.
Initially suspecting that Johnson had contracted streptococcus-caused necrotizing fasciitis, doctors later found that Johnson had contracted three different bacteria, two of which, vibrio vulnificus and aeromonas hydrophila, have flesh-eating properties. Despite the amputation, Johnson’s condition steadily worsened to the point where doctors said that his other leg and left arm would also have needed to be amputated to save his life.
An autopsy performed by the Honolulu medical examiner’s office reported that Johnson had suffered from massive organ failure caused by septic shock. The medical examiner noted that Johnson had a vulnificus infection on his foot and suffered from chronic alcoholic liver disease which may have contributed to the infection’s taking hold.
The Honolulu Police Department has opened a third-degree assault case; with Johnson’s death, homicide detectives are also investigating. State health officials are also investigating Johnson’s illness.
Johnson’s family has retained an attorney to investigate the causes surrounding his illness and death. It is not clear yet whether any legal action will be taken.
