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Rob Schlecht and Tamara Magee have joined the Wymer Brownlee Tax and Financial Management staff.Schlecht is an associate tax adviser. He will prepare tax returns and payroll and offer comprehensive small business services. His background includes retail store management, retail staff accountant and tax preparer with Volunteer Income Assistance Program. A graduate of Northwestern Oklahoma State University Enid, Schlecht holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting. Magee is the Enid office receptionist and a client service coordinator. She attended Emporia State Univer-sity, Emporia, Kan. She brings a varied client service background to the position, having worked as executive director of Cherryvale Main Street Program, Cherryvale, Kan., and owner of Liberty Cheer of Enid.Wymer Brownlee Tax and Financial Management offices can be reached at 237-0060 in Enid and (580) 227-4709 in Fairview.Free seminar to detail identity theft problemWymer Brownlee Tax and Financial Management is sponsoring a free seminar on identity theft Tuesday in Enid and Wednesday in Fairview.Guest speaker, Ashley Ander-son, of Dallas, will talk about how to protect yourself from identity theft.
Saturday Question
You folks are almost in top form this morning, with or without coffee (and I notice there's a new poster, amyreba ... unless she's an old poster with a new name). Second personal blog question for the morning: Should I leave the blog open with minimal oversight when I'm on vacation? I noticed that CDADave and Dawn Q Otee have wondered if that's a good idea. .
Legacy of Che Guevara Lives on in Latin America
Today Latin America has become one of the most important centers of leftism and Marxism. Even the church is joining the Marxists against imperialism and its highest stage, globalization. This philosophy is called liberation theology. Seven Latin American countries have just decided to form a new bank that will support the regional development and oppose hegemony of the Western powers. The legacy of the Guevara is very much alive in Latin America. Dr. Sawraj Singh is Chairman of Washington State Network For Human Rights, and Chairman of Central Washington Coalition For Social Justice. .
Dan Henry Named CEO of Prepaid Leader NetSpend
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Prominent international financial services entrepreneur and investor Daniel R. Henry has been named Chief Executive Officer of NetSpend Corporation, a fast-growing national leader in prepaid debit cards. Henry already is a member of the company's board of directors. In assuming the top executive position, Henry succeeds Richard J. Savard, who had served in that post since June of 2004. NetSpend Board Chairman H. Eugene Lockhart, who announced the appointment, said Henry will lead the company in the next phase of its development, following a period of dramatic growth. "We are fortunate to have an exceptional executive on our management team with the skills and experience to take the reins for the next chapter of NetSpend's growth," Lockhart said.
Travel-Finding a flight at a price that's right
It's no secret that budget travelers want to find the cheapest fares out there. Where to find them is another matter. Here's our updated primer on how to snare a decent airfare. 1. Look at historical data. By examining pricing history, a number of relatively new sites tell you if fares are heading up or down, or alert you to unusually low fares. At www.farecast.com, for example, do a search for one of the fares for the 75 domestic cities tracked by Farecast, and the site not only makes a prediction but indicates how sure it is of that prediction. Farecast also has a product called Fare Guard. For $9.95, it will lock in a price for one week, but only for fares it predicts will stay stable or go down during that time. Other sites that offer fare trending include www.farecompare.com and www.kayak.com, which recently merged with SideStep.com (both maintain a Web presence).
Shopping for future ideas, IT giants reach trial rooms
While RFID technology has been used in retail not too many applications have been seen in the front end. There have been concerns over privacy and costs but that is changing now, he said. Pilot studies have shown that retail sales can increase by three-to-five per cent per store with smart visual merchandising and Infosys is in talks with retailers in the US and Europe for deployments, he said. Wipro Technologies The Intelligent Next Generation Associate (TINA), launched at the US National Retail Federations annual convention and expo this January, is a software platform on which retailers can deploy customer interaction applications. Imagine you are having guests over. You are looking to buy a bottle of good wine. Customer interaction applications on TINA can tell you what food goes best with the wine you chose or vice versa, says Bhanumurthy B M, Sr Vice President, Retail CPG and Distribution at Wipro Technologies.
Creative Reaches 25 Million MP3 Player Milestone
MILPITAS, Calif., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Creative, a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products, today announced that it has now shipped a total of 25 million MP3 players. Creative is recognized as number two in global unit shipments in the IDC March 2007 report on worldwide and U.S. flash and HDD-based portable media player shipments. "Shipment of 25 million MP3 players marks a major milestone in Creative history, as our player unit volume exceeds the combined unit sales from some of the biggest names in consumer electronics," said Sim Wong Hoo, chairman and CEO of Creative. "We believe that we now have our strongest lineup of MP3 and portable media players ever, as we continue to innovate with our recently introduced ZEN(R) Stone, ZEN Stone Plus, and the credit card-sized ZEN." Creative shipped its first NOMAD flash memory-based player in 1999, and in 2000 launched the Creative NOMAD Jukebox high-capacity hard drive-based player, stealing headlines all over the world.
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