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eBay grounds 'frequent flier' incentive program

July 18, 2005 Auction giant ditches eBay Anything Points service for U.S. site, giving participants 13 months to use their points--or lose them. TAGS: incentive program, eBay Inc., incentive, seller, credit card, U.S.

McAfee lures IBM ISS users

November 28, 2006 Special incentives offered to steal customers from Internet Security Systems after it was bought by IBM. TAGS: McAfee Inc., Internet Security Systems Inc., IBM Corp., incentive

Visa takes carrot-and-stick approach to security

December 12, 2006 Offers $20 million in incentives and creates sanctions to spur adoption of security rules for credit card transactions. TAGS: Visa International, merchant, incentive, credit card, credit card company, sanction, MasterCard International, PCI, compliance, service provider, security, payment, bank

Blockbuster tries new online-rental incentive

November 1, 2006 "Total Access" program, which lets online renters exchange DVDs in-store, is latest attempt to compete with Netflix. TAGS: Blockbuster Inc., NetFlix Inc., incentive, VoD, subscriber, store, DVD, Microsoft Access, movie

Salary spelled out for Gateway's interim CEO

April 27, 2006 Contract for interim CEO Rick Synder calls for annual base salary of $500,000. TAGS: interim-CEO, Gateway Inc., salary, equity, incentive

MCI chief to get $5 million bonus

March 4, 2005 Michael Capellas is being rewarded for his efforts to guide MCI out of bankruptcy and into the arms of Verizon. Or Qwest. TAGS: Michael Capellas, MCI Inc., Qwest Communications Inc., bonus, bankruptcy, incentive, Verizon Communications

Throwing cold water on energy-hog air conditioners

May 17, 2007 Companies are bringing "ice storage" to ACs and look to take advantage of utilities' peak demand reduction programs.Photos: 21st-century icebox TAGS: air conditioner, incentive, ice, storage system, utility, pricing, energy, small business

Searching on Zotspot could earn users a 10 spot

October 31, 2006 Small search site is the latest to use incentives, like paying people for referrals, to draw traffic from the big guys. TAGS: iWon, incentive, search engine, traffic, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Q&A: Space entrepreneur shoots for the moon

October 1, 2007 Space Adventures CEO Peter Diamandis on the future of private space travel to the moon and beyond. TAGS: entrepreneur, flight, moon, Del.icio.us, Digg, incentive

The 'good enough' theory of software

June 1, 2006 Callidus Software CEO Robert Youngjohns warns against the notion that software no longer delivers a competitive advantage. TAGS: incentive based compensation, competitive advantage, Callidus Software Inc., incentive, business process, theory, economy, commission, agency, solution, software company

Intel to expand Irish manufacturing facilities

May 19, 2004 The company is putting $2 billion into erecting a building and buying equipment for making chips on the 65-nanometer process. TAGS: manufacturing facility, Ireland, manufacturing, facility, Intel, incentive, transistor, process

Prying apart Microsoft's pricing logic

March 21, 2004 Two business professors examine Microsoft's decision to price Windows relatively low and Office so much higher. TAGS: goods, incentive, professor, firm, pricing, decision, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system

Give developers secure-coding ammo

November 3, 2005 Former White House cybersecurity czar Howard A. Schmidt says programmers need training--and they need to be held accountable for flaws. TAGS: employer, incentive, code, developer, training, software development, security, analysis, software company

U.S. cybersecurity czar has his marching orders

February 20, 2007 DHS' Greg Garcia says his job is to promote security in technology--letting the market decide the best tools--and to get defenders talking to one other. TAGS: Greg Garcia, cybersecurity, supercomputer, incentive, assistant, security technology, security, order, U.S., laptop computer

Less-than-risky business?

August 6, 2004 Critics say science in the U.S. has become safer, with demoralized researchers less likely to "swing for the fences." TAGS: R&D, RAND Corp., incentive, science, U.S., research, technology company, project

Company towns: The cost of tax breaks

November 13, 2003 Multi-million dollar incentives lure businesses, but do they drain resources from cash-strapped schools? TAGS: tax, tax incentive, incentive, school, agreement, Philips Electronics N.V., town, resource, IBM Corp.

Ontario: The new frontier for alternative energy

June 21, 2007 Government programs help make Ontario a hot spot for companies in the alternative energy industry. TAGS: Ontario, tariff, alternative energy, solar energy, homeowner, renewable energy, financial planning, Toronto, Germany, government, incentive, Canada

From Silicon Valley to Solar Valley

February 2, 2007 Birthplace of computers poised to become the center of the alternative energy industry, experts say at conference. Video: Al Gore says Silicon Valley can save Earth TAGS: Silicon Valley, Al Gore, alternative energy, Cypress Semiconductor Corp., incentive, manufacturing, San Jose, conference, U.S., CEO, video

Survey: Software companies increasing offshoring work

January 12, 2007 Companies cite faster product development, increase in productivity among incentives to offshore. TAGS: offshoring, survey, outsourcing company, worker, incentive, software development, response, software company, U.S.
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