Local technology firm to launch grocery reward system

Local technology firm to launch grocery reward system
Boonville Daily News - 2 hours, 22 minutes ago
An information techonology firm is opening shop to help local independent grocery stores establish their own loyalty reward system. According to founder and chairman, Lane McCutcheon and Bill Gray, president, test cards will be given first.Save to My Web

Google rebuffs government's demand for search records
Miami Herald - Jan 20 12:01 AM
The Justice Department said Thursday that it has issued subpoenas to four major Internet companies to gather data about what people search for on the Web as part of an eight-year battle over a federal law designed to shield children from online pornography.Save to My Web

Winn-Dixie Wants to Give CEO $2M Bonus
WJLA-TV Washington D.C. - Jan 19 9:26 AM
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Supermarket chain Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. is asking a federal bankruptcy judge to approve a $2 million retention bonus for president and CEO Peter Lynch, saying he has helped turn the company around.The company filed for Chapter 11 reorganization last February and, under Lynch's leadership, has developed a plan to shrink the company and leave unprofitable markets.Save to My Web

Digital music sales exceed $1bn
Financial Times - Jan 19 6:25 AM
Sales of legally downloaded digital music passed the $1bn mark last year thanks to more legitimate online music stores and mobile phone ringtones, said the music industrys leading trade body.Save to My Web

Google refuses to reveal data on users' searches
Contra Costa Times - Jan 20 5:25 AM
Yahoo, Microsoft and America Online all complied with a government request for data on consumers' Web searches, a Justice Department official said Thursday.Save to My Web

Home Depot to Slow Down New Store Openings
WJLA-TV Washington D.C. - Jan 19 11:26 AM
ATLANTA (AP) - The Home Depot Inc. rolled out a bold plan Thursday that projects annual earnings-per-share growth of up to 14 percent over the next five years as the company continues to pump more cash into its business serving professional contractors, but slows the rate at which it opens new stores.The nation's largest home-improvement store chain said ahead of an investor conference that Save to My Web

Business briefs
The Olympian - Jan 19 7:06 AM
LACEY - Lumbermens, a chain of 65 building materials stores, has reached an agreement to buy Arizona Building Supply, a chain of three Arizona stores.Save to My Web