The Texas Two-Step.
The Texas Two-Step By John McCumber Austin, Texas is a cool town. I hadn't had an excuse to visit Austin for several years, so I was pleased to accept a chance to teach a couple classes at an IT conference there. I knew I would...

PopCap Games Chooses Breach Security.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-23 April 2008-PopCap Games Chooses Breach Security(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Breach Security, a provider of web application security, announced that PopCap Games, a multiplatform developer and publisher of casual games, has chosen Breach Security's WebDefend web application security appliance to secure popcap.com in line with...

Company Watch - Delta Air Lines.
Apr 28, 2008 Delta Air Lines announced on March 18, a restructured 2008 business plan to focus on preserving liquidity in light of the significant increase in crude oil prices. The airline reevaluated its capacity, targeting reductions in or cancellations of unprofitable routes and has already implemented...

Company Watch - Norwegian Cruise Line.
Mar 10, 2008 Norwegian Cruise Line has completed many new enhancements as part of its Partnership 2.0 initiative announced in December. The initiative was first put in place with a focus on strengthening ties with the travel agent community. Enhancements completed include the processing of group commissions...

Airline Finance News.
Apr 14, 2008 Frequent flier programs evolve into lucrative business for carriers. Airlines now earn hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue annually selling frequent flier miles to hotels, credit card companies and other businesses. Frequent flier programs began as a way to create customer loyalty, but...

The arrogant chameleons: exposing fraud-detection homicide.
Abstract This study is the second in a series devoted to understanding red-collar criminals. The first study, "Fraud Detection Homicide: A Proposed FBI Criminal Classification" (Perri & Lichtenwald, 2007) advanced the proposition that there is a sub-group of white-collar criminals who are capable of vicious and brutal...

gPotato Available at Target.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-13 May 2008-gPotato Available at Target(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Gala-Net has partnered up exclusively with Target to offer Gala-Net's prepaid cards at U.S. Target store locations. Gala-Net, an online free-to-play company, announced that this alternative method of payment, Gpotato Game Cards, will be...

Company Watch - Japan Airlines.
Apr 21, 2008 Japan Airlines (JAL) will sell a stake in its credit card unit to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Friday, in a deal reportedly worth nearly USD$500 million. Buffeted by stiff competition and higher fuel prices, JAL has...

Virgin Atlantic Launches American Express Card from Bank of America.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-18 June 2008-Virgin Atlantic Launches American Express Card from Bank of America(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Virgin Atlantic Airways has launched a new credit card, the Virgin Atlantic American Express Card from Bank of America, which it said not only enables Cardmembers to earn...

American Express Promotion Offers Free Spring Fling Card with Purchase.
TRAVEL AND LEISURE CLOSE-UP-15 May 2008-American Express Promotion Offers Free Spring Fling Card with Purchase(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com American Express introduced an in-store promotion enabling shoppers to receive a free Spring Fling Card worth $25 from American Express Incentive Services when they purchase two American Express...