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IBM Expands Smarter Commerce Initiative for Business Partners to Seize New Market Opportunity

By Guest PostMay 31, 2011Technologybanking, business partners, craig hayman, ecosystem of partners, growing market opportunity, ibm, ibm credit llc, ibm global financing, igf, mobile computing, smarter commerce initiative, Social networking, software sales, software value plus business partner program, telecommunications

ARMONK, N.Y. – 31 May 2011: IBM today announced an expansion of its Smarter Commerce initiative to help Business Partners seize the growing market opportunity created by shifting buying patterns brought on by mobile and social computing. In addition to sales, marketing and technical guidance, Business Partners can qualify to earn incentives of up to 50 percent of the software sales transaction and receive zero percent financing.

With today’s news, IBM is making it easier and more cost effective to offer Smarter Commerce solutions. IBM’s Smarter Commerce initiative delivers software and services to help companies transform their business processes to more quickly respond to shifting customer demands in today’s digital marketplace. (more…)

Researchers Skeptical About Bank Taxes, Regulations Still Needed

By Guest PostDecember 17, 20101 commentEconomy, Politicsbanking, banks, economic analysis, economist, executive bonuses, finance industry, financial crisis, financial sector, financial transactions, government regulation, joel slemrod, political rhetoric, profits, revenue, role of taxation in the financial sector, shareholders, tax, tax instruments, tax journal

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— Taxes on executive bonuses, financial transactions and excess profits are a few of the taxes proposed or enacted to punish banks for their role in the recent financial crisis, but most of these ideas have shortcomings, says a University of Michigan economist.

“A number of potentially complicated and ambitious new taxes on the financial sector are currently being discussed,” said Joel Slemrod, professor of economics and the Paul W. McCracken Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at Michigan’s Ross School of Business. “While the recent financial crisis shows how important it is to consider whether such instruments might help to improve incentives, reform efforts should not unduly focus on the exotic and new at the expense of the familiar and old. (more…)

Knowledge of Genetic Cancer Risks Often Dies with Patients, Finds VCU Massey Cancer Center

By Guest PostOctober 29, 20101 commentHealth, Sciencebanking, cancer, cancer patients, dna testing, genetic risk, genetic testing, genetics, hereditary, john m quillin, thomas j smith, vcu massey researchers

Richmond, Va. – If you were dying from cancer, would you consider genetic testing? A recent study conducted by researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center showed that most terminally ill cancer patients who were eligible for genetic testing never received it despite that it could potentially save a relative’s life.

The research, “Exploring Hereditary Cancer Among Dying Cancer Patients—A Cross-Sectional Study of Hereditary Risk and Perceived Awareness of DNA Testing and Banking,” was recently published in the Journal of Genetic Counseling, and is the first to document the prevalence of hereditary cancer risk and the need for genetic services and patient education among terminally ill cancer patients. (more…)

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IBM Expands Smarter Commerce Initiative for Business Partners to Seize New Market Opportunity

Researchers Skeptical About Bank Taxes, Regulations Still Needed

Knowledge of Genetic Cancer Risks Often Dies with Patients, Finds VCU Massey Cancer Center