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...cell phone switched on, are traveling and working on their palmtop, or have an opening on their schedule at a certain time. Sun ONE's IM software has a polling feature that can help sales reps get quick feedback from a team of managers on whether to offer a discount to a client...
...lower their risk, some companies are encouraging doctors and clinics to limit the number of patients they see. Several insurers in Las Vegas, including American Physicians Assurance Corp., offer a 25% discount to doctors who deliver fewer than 125 babies a year--half the number most local physicians deliver. Last month Nevada insurance commissioner Alice Molasky-Arman opened an inquiry into such pricing. Sheila Wright, a spokeswoman for American Physicians Assurance, said, "We don't have a choice. We are concerned about patients, but our rates reflect the risks that we take...
...growing debate on invading Iraq hinges on Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. Opponents of invasion discount the existing threat by arguing that A) he is not crazy enough to use them against us, and B) if he doesn't use them, what threat are they...
...Cages" can be found at better comic shops and smart bookstores. Online booksellers have it at a steep discount - "only...
...haven't American, United, US Airways and the three other full-service carriers, which lost $11 billion last year and stand to lose an additional $5 billion this year, followed the lead of the profitable discounters by cutting costs and fares? Because that's not the way their business works. They have made, and lost, their money by providing the frequent departures, quick connections, spacious seats and other amenities that have been demanded by business flyers and charging them dearly for that service--more than five times the cost of a discount fare...