American Buyers Discount

Mining the data that generate Web sales ; Challenger to Amazon seen in Next Jump's e-commerce technology
International Herald Tribune; 12/7/2009; 1042 words; ...offered employees discounts on merchandise. He...for their employee discount programs. Next Jump...organizations like the American Federation of Teachers...More than 100 million Americans have access to Next...transaction data from American Express and MasterCard...converting browsers to ...

Mayday Air Jamaica Takes Stand Against Spirit Airlines' Bid to Purchase Air Jamaica.
Pediatrics Week; 12/5/2009; 854 words; ...employees at the same terms, at a 20% discount designed to show support for the people of Jamaica. Sampson, an American citizen, and his colleagues in the...and boycotting all potential foreign buyers, to discourage foreign interests from...

US November auto sales struggle to gain ground
AP Worldstream; 12/1/2009; 1076 words; ...aren't expected until Americans stop worrying about losing...financial meltdown kept car buyers at home. Larger gains...continued to rely on discounts and other incentive spending...percent, to 2,361, as buyers gravitated toward gas...rebates designed to draw buyers into its showrooms...

Closing-down sale is a sad end to the story of Borders stores
The Herald; 12/1/2009; 737 words; ...embarks on the dual strategy of finding a new buyer while it runs the closing-down sale. The discounts had pleased some shoppers in Glasgow yesterday...photography magazines They used to do a lot of good American stuff too, so I will be sad to see it go...

Feds tweak data to keep inflation low, hurting seniors and investors, critics say; Methodology distorts Consumer Price Index, costing retirees their COLAs, they contend.(News)
Investment News; 11/30/2009; 1353 words; ...economist John Williams, founder of American Business Analytics and Research LLC...That program gave qualifying automobile buyers up to $4,500 in rebates, which the...CPI, Mr. Arnott said But factoring in discounts on cars is "the standard method for...