Global Business Conference at Small Midwestern College (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
A host of blue-chip global business executives are convening at a small college in this tiny Midwestern town to discuss the state of the world economy in hopes of bringing the common sense of small-town America to Wall Street. The Benedictine College School of Business and the school's Cray Center for Entrepreneurship will co-host the first Global Business Conference beginning at 9 a.m. on ...

Systemize and Increase Production With smarshCRM Business Editors (INO News)
(AP:PORTLAND, Ore.--) (BUSINESS WIRE) _ Nov. 19, 2008-- Smarsh(R), a leading managed service provider of innovative, secure and reliable archiving and compliance solutions, has introduced smarshCRM, its state-of-the-art, Web-based customer relationship management (CRM) service designed for financial advisors and other sales professionals with long-term, relationship-based practices.

MERCHANT SOLUTIONS ENABLES TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ASIAN BUSINESSES TO ACCEPT ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS IN FIRST YEAR (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
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Fast Payments a Factor in Receivables Business (San Diego Business Journal)
Ernie Tarut, owner of Old Gringo Boots, a Chula Vista maker of handmade boots, can easily qualify for a bank loan, but prefers using a factor to finance his 18-year-old business.

Animated Shorts: Mickey Mouse Turns 80 (Newsarama.com via Yahoo! News)
Eighty years ago, a small rodent steamed onto the silver screen and took over the cinematic world. You might even say he was the Mouse that roared.