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CNBC - The company also signed repeat business with 194 customers, including DaimlerChrysler, Paramount Pictures Corp. and the U.S. Department of Education. License revenues rose 22 percent to $41 million, while service revenue rose 21 percent to $55 million ...

Boston Globe - SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc.'s third-quarter profit soared 46 percent, hurdling the enormous expectations that have elevated the Internet search leader's stock price by more $100 during the past month. The Mountain View-based company said Thursday ...

CNBC - CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Capital One Financial Corp. posted a third-quarter net loss Thursday, hurt by charges from shutting down its GreenPoint Mortgage business. The McLean, Va.-based company, a credit card issuer that continues to expand into retail ...

Forbes - Foreign Assistance will be hosting an event to highlight the official release of the World Bank/International Finance Corporation Doing Business 2008 Report. The Doing Business project, supported by USAID funding, is an annual report card on the ...

International Herald Tribune - Polls show the main opposition party, which has pro-business, pro-EU views, garnering enough support to oust Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski's nationalists. Polish relations with Moscow have strained further by Warsaw's enthusiasm for hosting of ...

BusinessWeek - John Vogel, a professor at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business, worries that the squeeze will lead to a less nutritious diet and inadequate medical or child care. In the meantime, rising costs show no signs of abating. Gas prices hit a record ...

Baltimore Sun - Company officials said the expansion is needed to meet the demands of their rapidly growing business. The assets that the company manages on behalf of clients nearly doubled over the past three years, to $380 billion. The additional 1,400 ...

San Francisco Gate - When I started in the business almost 40 years ago, we were told to spray baseboards to kill time in a customer's house so it would look as if we were doing something. It is called "perceived value." However, the most insane and inept advice I have ...

Patriot Ledger - If you’re looking to gain more exposure for your business, six chambers of commerce from across the South Shore are here to help. The chambers are sponsoring the Strictly Business Expo from 3 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 25, at Christina’s ...

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - (October 20, 2007) — Several months ago, Arlene Sutherland's living room was overflowing with brocade, linen, satin, taffeta, organza and lace. Sutherland, 36, a full-time designer of high fashion couture dresses and urban wear, had been working ...