Saturday, June 9, 2007

Port Authority eyes 'smart card' for (Rhinestone business card holder) customers

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Port Authority plans to streamline and simplify its fare-collection system with the introduction of "smart card" technology that will make life easier for customers and provide the agency with a wealth of information about ridership. Steve Bland, the
Boston Globe - Between now and Sept. 30, US citizens flying back into the country from those nations will need a government-issued identification card, like a driver's license, and proof in the form of a State Department-issued receipt that they have applied for a
Record Searchlight - Next time you find one of those electronic greeting cards in your inbox from Hallmark, examine it carefully. Instead of offering good wishes, it could be a phishing scam designed to steal your money, credit card numbers or identity. With Father's Day
Greensboro News & Record - 1. J.J. Yeley. Tony Stewart said at the beginning of the year that Yeley needed to produce. Ranking 19th in the points is an improvement from last year (29th) but will he get lost in the Junior sweepstakes at Joe Gibbs Racing? 2. Kyle Busch and Casey
Oregonian - Vegas, baby. At least that's what members of the Tigard-based Southside Soccer Club thought in early May after its U-14 boys team, the Fire, won the Oregon State Cup and qualified for the Far West Regionals, which begin June 18 in Las Vegas. Players
MSN MoneyCentral - SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese regulators expect Citigroup , HSBC Holdings and two others to become the first foreign banks to issue local-currency debit cards to consumers in the world's fourth-largest economy, a senior banking regulator said on
Detroit Free Press - If plans go forward to require passports or an equivalent government-issued passport card even at land borders with Canada and Mexico, it could get even worse. The travel industry urges customers to apply for passports at least six months ahead of
Wall Street Journal - MasterCard Inc., which has long lagged behind rival Visa USA Inc. in the fast-growing debit-card business, won a chance to play catch-up Friday when a federal judge gave 100 of the nation's largest debit-card issuers a chance to terminate their deals
Street.Com - act as "matchmakers" between people who wanted to improve their credit and people who have excellent credit and were tempted to earn some extra money every month by allowing these deadbeat strangers to become "authorized users" on their credit-card