Fire - RealCall, Inc. 18. Reports show that email's share of online advertising more than doubled in the third quarter of 1999, says Haim Ariav, senior vice president of business development for DVCi Technologies in New York City. Technology companies are working on solutions that promise to relieve the tedium of inserting text and HTML ads or messages in email promotions. ATM surcharges are an anti-competitive tactic that large banks use to pressure consumers into shifting their accounts away from smaller institutions, says David Sorkin, a professor at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. The best approach for consumers now is to complain to lawmakers, to banks, and to stores and other businesses that have surcharging ATMs.
Apparel represents a real challenge for online retailers, because it's such a high-touch item.
This time of year, many empty nesters are leaving severe weather behind and wintering in a second home, but they fail to realize that they are exposing themselves to financial loss, because of the multiple homes and duplicate furnishings they own, says Beth Lindamood, a nationally recognized property loss expert with Ohio Casualty Group. Many who choose this lifestyle fail to properly insure both locations where they live. Many snowbirds will learn a tough lesson about how expensive living the good life can be. Oracle Corp. However, Internet-based managed travel, which automates the process for travel booking, enforces travel policy and tabulates purchasing data to help negotiate better rates, is being recognized as standard business practice by an increasing number of companies. The Internet is revolutionizing business, and enabling businesses to outsource that which they never thought would be possible.