| EBay posts better than expected profits
EBay Inc posted better than expected profits in the first quarter as several of its newer businesses compensated for disappointing results in its mainstay auction service. The faster-growing units include shopping.com, a price comparison site; some classified listing sites; a service to let online merchants accept credit cards; and Skype, the online voice chat service. "We are on track with our well-crafted portfolio," Meg Whitman, eBay's chief executive, said in an interview after the earnings report was published by the firm on Wednesday. The results sent eBay's stock up about 3 percent in after-hours trading. Overall, the company earned US$377 million in the first quarter, up 52 percent from a year earlier. Excluding charges related to stock-based compensation and some other items, the company earned US$0.33 a share, above the US$0.29 average that analysts had predicted.
GIG HARBOR: Benefit auction raises $20000 for disability training ...
A benefit auction for Community Inclusion Program last month raised an estimated $20,000 for the program. The event was organized by Peninsula High School senior James Washington, with help from other students in the school's Employment Training and Transition 2 program. The CIP program helps young people with developmental disabilities grow into independent adults. James and other CIP youths volunteered and donated items for the fundraiser, which attracted more than 250 people. The teens raised $1,050 by auctioning off "companion for a day" outings in which the winner will be accompanied on a trip to a local attraction by two CIP youths. John Henrikson, The News Tribune .
County commissioners study bids for asphalt, computer equipment
Tuscarawas County commissioners Monday opened and took under advisement bids for bituminous asphalt and for computer equipment to allow the county Child Support Enforcement Agency to switch its paper records to digital files. Asphalt bids, with per-gallon prices for the county to pick up the material followed by price for delivery, were as follows: JASA Asphalt Materials of Akron, catyonic rapid-set, $1.30, $1.27, high-float rapid-set, $1.30, $1.27, high-float rapid-set polymer, $1.55, $1.52, and Asphalt Materials Inc. of Marietta, catyonic rapid-set, $1.21, $1.22, high-float rapid-set, $1.18, $1.19, high-float rapid-set polymer, $1.52, $1.53. County Engineer Joe Bachman, who attended the bid opening, said the county uses about 400,000 gallons to 500,000 gallons of asphalt per year.
One Stop CRM Shopping Fails Manufacturers and Distributors
/24-7PressRelease/ - April 23, 2007 - According to Larry Caretsky, President of Commence Corporation, "Today's industrial sales environment is characterized by intense competition, strategic sourcing contracts, online auctions, customer pressure for self-service, and the ongoing debate over fee-based services. To thrive in this environment, industrial distributors and manufacturers need more than leading technology or efficient warehouses to achieve long-term growth." Leading industrial organizations are looking outside their four walls to their customers for growth ideas. By leveraging the voice of the customer, these organizations achieve a competitive advantage in redefining sales and marketing, the all-important customer-facing portion of their operations. In an effort to help industrial distributors and manufacturers sell more, more effectively, Commence Corporation has developed this compendium of more than 40 smart practices in industrial selling, culled from interviews with leading executives within high-growth companies, and building on a comprehensive review of published perspectives on smart industrial selling.
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