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Sink wants legislators to order paperless payments

Vowing to save the state $5 million, Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink said Monday she's asking legislators to make it easier for her office to go paperless to collect payments from vendors. The proposed legislation would allow her to require ...

From MARY ELLEN KLAS, Naked Politics,  23 Nov 2009

In Which Charlie Crist Tries to Get Elected By Reducing His Base to a Stereotype

What's the best way to win in a Republican primary? Well, Charlie Crist is charting the path to victory by reducing the Republican base to a stereotype favored by the likes of Daily Kos, the New York Times, and Chris Matthews: "It's hard to be more ...

From MARY KATHARINE HAM, The Weekly Standard,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Charlie Crist,  U.S. Republican Party,  New York Times Company,  Chris Matthews

Tesco selects vendor for core banking platform

Tesco wants to expand its financial services business New system will be built to support new financial products Tesco Personal Finance has chosen a supplier to help build its new banking systems and infrastructure platforms. The new IT set-up, ...

From ANGELICA MARI, VNUNet.com,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Tesco P.L.C.

The Audacity of Buy-Offs

"Our state is still as poor as it was, if not poorer." âI will correct something. Itâs not $100 million, itâs $300 million, and Iâm proud of it and will keep fighting for it,â Landrieu told reporters after her floor speech. âBut that is not why I ...

From MARY KATHARINE HAM, The Weekly Standard,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Mary Landrieu,  U.S. Democratic Party

Office Starter 2010: The fine print on Microsoft's Works replacement

Office Starter 2010 is the Microsoft-designated replacement for its Microsoft Works product. Starter will be a low-end, free (but ad-supported) bundle of Word and Excel. One (of many) criticisms of Works was that it didn’t support all the same file ...

From MARY JO FOLEY, ZDNet,  23 Nov 2009

Jeb's op-ed bashing Crist's is part of mounting campaign

Mustering all the fear of Armageddon, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush warns in an op-ed in the Tallahassee Democrat this weekend that if Florida Power & Light and Progress Energy don't get their rate increases a reliable energy grid could be "threatened." ...

From MARY ELLEN KLAS, The Buzz: Florida Politics,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jeb Bush,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Charlie Crist,  Bob Butterworth

Jeb Bush weighs in for FPL rate hike and against Charlie

Mustering all the fear of Armageddon, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush warns in an op-ed in the Tallahassee Democrat this weekend that if Florida Power & Light and Progress Energy don't get their rate increases a reliable energy grid could be "threatened." ...

From MARY ELLEN KLAS, Miami Herald,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jeb Bush,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Charlie Crist,  Bob Butterworth

mail order delight: this charming candy

You’d think an adult wouldn’t be so excited over lollipops as a birthday gift, but that was definitely not the case when my husband received salted caramel lollipops made by This Charming Candy. The lollipops are handmade by two friends in Seattle and ...

From MARY T, Shelteriffic,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: CA Inc.

steal this idea: onesie-decorating baby shower

We love spotted at Offbeat Mama: a party where guests decorate onesies for the impending arrival — but the hitch is, it “doesn’t suck”! Author Joriel Foltz points out that even though not everyone is a gifted artist, “as a long-time crafter, I have ...

From MARY T, Shelteriffic,  23 Nov 2009

Equitable Life signs £120m services deal with HCL

Equitable Life is handing over core processing tasks to an outsourcing firm The world's oldest mutual insurer Equitable Life has signed a $200m (£120m) services deal with Indian IT supplier HCL Technologies in an attempt to cut costs. The contract will ...

From ANGELICA MARI, VNUNet.com,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: HBOS,  David Cooper,  Carphone Warehouse,  IBM,  DfT

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