News tagged with merchants
Location-based 'geo-fencing' apps raise privacy concerns
Someone who is in a mall or near a favorite restaurant might get a message on their cellphone about a sale at a store or specials on the menu. Or they could be alerted that their child has left the school grounds.
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Google buys restaurant review service Zagat
(AP) -- Google has bought the restaurant review service Zagat as it tries to help people connect with local businesses.
Sep 08, 2011 |
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Google buys online deal aggregator The Dealmap
Google, which is offering an online bargain service in three US cities, has acquired The Dealmap, a company that aggregates local deals.
Aug 02, 2011 |
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American Express to offer coupons via Facebook
(AP) -- American Express is jumping into the daily deals arena.
Jul 19, 2011 |
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eBay buying Zong for $240 million
PayPal owner eBay said Thursday that it has agreed to buy mobile payments provider Zong for $240 million in cash.
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Payment startup Square rolls out iPad sales app
(AP) -- First, mobile payment service Square made it easier for merchants to accept credit cards anytime, anywhere, with just a smart phone and a tiny, plastic credit-card reader. Now the startup led by Twitter co-founder ...
May 23, 2011 |
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PayPal to restrict payments to India merchants
(AP) -- PayPal is making more changes to its online payment service in India, saying it will begin restricting the size of payments to merchants in India because of new rules from the Reserve Bank of India.
Jan 29, 2011 |
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eBay enlists China and US post services to battle Taobao
US auction site eBay announced a partnership Friday with China Post and the US Postal Service in a new bid to re-establish itself in China, where the market is dominated by homegrown rival Taobao.com.
May 28, 2010 |
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PayPal outage frustrates merchants, consumers
(AP) -- PayPal suffered periodic breakdowns that crimped Internet sales for more than four hours Monday.
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Online shoppers leaving purchases behind
People shopping online are likely to bail out on planned purchases before making the final click to submit their orders, often because they are surprised by high shipping costs and other fees, according to a new survey out ...
Jun 23, 2009 |
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EBay's PayPal envisions doubling in size by 2011
(AP) -- EBay Inc.'s name may conjure images of online auctions, but the company is hoping to turn attention to its second-largest business - PayPal - which it expects to blossom significantly in the next few years.
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Merchant
A merchant is a businessperson who trades in commodities that were produced by others, in order to earn a profit.
Merchants can be one of two types:
A merchant class characterizes many pre-modern societies. Its status can range from high (the members even eventually achieving titles such as that of Merchant Prince or nabob) to low, as in Chinese culture, owing to the presumed distastefulness of profiting from "mere" trade rather than from labor or the labor of others as in agriculture and craftsmanship.
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