B2b

During the salad days of the Internet boom, investing in Internet B2b companies was a ticket to wealth. Remember B2b? This ETF Took A Licking (Investor\'s Business Daily via Yahoo! News)

Despite an increased focus on customer engagement, most B2b technology companies continue to fall far short of meeting customer expectations and commitments, according to the results of a major research initiative by the Chief Marketing Officers Council. Most technology vendors badly overestimate their effectiveness in addressing customer needs, while a majority of customers feel ignored and ... Technology Marketers Challenged to Reorganize Around Customers (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

Businesses are expected to be particularly cautious with spending on big-ticket computer and telecom equipment. Tech Spending Will Slow In 2008 (InformationWeek)

New Delhi, Dec 16 : Stiff opposition by traders in Uttar Pradesh, the national capital region (NCR) and Orissa, on its fruits and vegetables business has not put Reliance Retail's expansion plans in the cold storage, rather, Mukesh Ambani-led retail giant is planning to come up with four new formats--Reliance Home Improvement, Reliance Business-to-Business (B2b), Reliance Furnishing and Reliance ... Reliance Retail to add four more formats in its kitty (New Kerala)

Verizon cellular phone users may have been rudely awakened earlier this week by a text message advertising growth hormone pills and a link to "bisexual blondes," among other things. "It was a widespread attack throughout the Verizon network, not just your area code," said Verizon spokesperson Heidi Flato. Telecoms Sound Battle Cry Against Text Spammers (E-Commerce Times)

UBS analyst Ben Reitzes sees a strong year ahead for Apple's Macintosh lineup. So strong, in fact, that he raised his target price for the company's stock from $220 to $235. "We just completed surveys of well over 30 stores, and Mac demand seems to be outpacing prior expectations." Analyst: Watch for Ultra Portable Mac, iTunes Movie Rentals in \'08 (TechNewsWorld.com)

B2b -- More Then Just Work At Home People