Roughly two dozen retailers, including Wal-Mart and Target are developing a mobile-payments system that would rival offerings from Google and big cellphone companies. Robin Sidel has the exclusive details on Lunch Break.
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Social media is used in a variety of industries, including news, construction, entertainment, and so on. According to a survey by accounting firm PwC, people are also turning to social media for healthcare purposes. PwC surveyed 1,000 adults and found that nearly a third had used social media for healthcare purposes. The results weren╒t
Advice for small businesses on using social networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn, and how to integrate these tools into the marketing and recruiting efforts of your company Consider this: It wasn't until 1997 that the Internet reached 50 million users in the United States. Facebook gained over 100 million users in the U.S.
A few years ago, Thomas Friedman eloquently said that "the world is flat." Technology and globalization have made commerce a far more level playing field than it was many decades ago. The internet has unlocked opportunities, giving businesses access to previously unreachable customers. There's a sense of equal opportunity in markets, with geographical and historical