Should I Refinance Your Mortgage for Savings and Growth
Finance writer outlines refinancing logic and long term investing. If rates drop you may save on closing costs and points while lowering monthly payments. Consider staying in your home, compare rate and fee scenarios, and invest part of monthly savings to grow toward goals like college or retirement. Holly Hunter from Edward Jones is cited.
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Holly Hunter
Venture capital hangover signals tougher year ahead
A banking of failed dot-coms and a glut of high tech startups leave venture capital firms counting losses. Industry optimism fades as 1999 2000 funding era collapses, with many startups expected to fail in months ahead and firms bracing for more write downs and a sharp market slowdown.
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San Francisco
Peter Barris
New Enterprise Associates
Reston
VentureOne
International Business Forum
Thomson Financial
Venture Economics
Kline Hawkes & Co
Frank R. Kline
Los Angeles
Kline
Edwin M. Kania Jr
One Liberty Ventures
Cambridge
Mass
John Zipp
Sage Group Strategies
Personic
Brisbane
Sunrise
Dublin
Calif
Susan A. Mason
Onset Ventures
Menlo Park
Wall Street
Barris
Portsmouth and Dover News Briefs Highlight Tech Training and F&B Expansion
Portsmouth Computer Group teams with The PC Schoolhouse for a blended corporate training approach in Manchester and Seacoast facilities while Thai Sweet Pepper opens in Dover offering authentic Thai cuisine. Profit Tools earns a top 100 logistics tech listing as Tecnomatix expands with Majenta in the UK to distribute eMPower software for automotive and manufacturing sectors.
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Portsmouth
Portsmouth Computer Group
PC Schoolhouse
Manchester
PCS
New England
New Hampshire
del Record
AJ Lambert
Microsoft
PCG
Dover
Greater Dover
LEE
Profit Tools Inc
Inbound Logistics
Profit Tools
Majenta Solutions Ltd
Brentwood
Coventry
United Kingdom
Magenta
Tecnomatix Empower
Majenta
Empower
Tecnomatix-Unicam
Pease International Tradeport
Business travelers cut air costs with online self booking
Airlines face losses as business travelers shift to DIY fare hunting. Firms leverage self booking software to slash commissions and ticket prices while expanding search across Expedia Orbitz and Travelocity. Pennzoil Quaker State reports 70 percent of tickets self booked saving 15 to 20 percent and cutting fees. Airline executives warn the pricing model is broken.
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New York
Kevin Mitchell
Business Travel Coalition
Radnor
Expedia
Orbitz
Travelocity
Greg Bringle
Pennzoil Quaker State
Bringle
Pennzoil
Cindy Morse
Thom Nulty
Navigant International Inc
Roberto Milk
Novica.com
Milk
PerkinElmer Inc
Wellesley
Mass
Business Travel News
Get There Inc
Sabre Inc
American Airlines
Don Carty
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