Merchant account

the flexibility of transferable points. The third weakness of American Express is service charge. If you are an American Express card holder, you might have heard lots of this: “Sorry, we don’t take American Express.” You may wonder why so many merchants refuse to use the American Express card. It is because that American Express charges a retailer around 3.5% whenever a customer pays with one of their cards; by contrast, Visa and MasterCard only charge about 2- 3%, and sometimes less for debit…

The story of the early nineteenth century election in A Magnificent Catastrophe, Larson so wonderfully writes, provides a detailed account of the events leading up to the historical election. Adams and Jefferson, leaders and rivals in opposition, fought for the presidency in the 1800 election. Hamilton, Washington, Burr, and many other players supplemented information and took part in the events leading up to the election. The narrative centers on the new and developing political system and…

Instead of a systematic, unbiased measure of creditworthiness, the system of old was based on a person’s word—the credit reporter. Responsible for reporting on the notes and experiences of local merchants, when needed, the credit reporter would either vouch for someone or not. Ultimately, this system proved to be unreliable. For instance, if you made the credit reporter mad, what’s to keep him or her from making a false report? Dissecting Our Current…

Amazon.com is an e-commerce company, based in Seattle, Washington (USA). Although the company began selling books, now actually markets a wide range of products, including music, video, clothing, toys, jewelry, electronics and more. Besides operating in the United States, it has websites in other markets Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the UK. It has about 26 million customers and is part of the Fortune 500 (Bezos et al: 2000). Its nature as part of the book distribution industry changed…

1. The Ballast Water Management Convention (BWMC) Ballast water management is defined as the “mechanical, physical, chemical, and biological processes, either singularly or in combination, to remove, render harmless, or avoid the uptake or discharge of Harmful Aquatic Organisms and Pathogens (HAOP) within Ballast Water and Sediments. (IMO, 2004) In February 2004, the IMO adopted the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments (the Ballast Water…

The appalling maritime disaster of the twentieth century, the sinking of Titanic is remembered for the failure of an engineering marvel equipped with technological advances that were, at the time, deemed it “practically unsinkable.”(Delgado, n.d.) On April 10, 1912 from Southampton, England to New York city, largest ship destined on her maiden voyage. The most luxurious and with latest technology of her time, cruise liner set sail for the United States with the pleased passengers all aboard. The…

later in the text as if he was subconsciously desiring it, furthering the thought that Shakespeare is writing about the the inferiority of Judaism as a religion. Regardless, if we look over these details, there is a way to interpret the story as an account of Shylock’s martyrdom, especially when we examine him in the context of the Jewish martyrs who came before. His people have had a lot of experience with forced conversion and doing anything in their power to avoid losing their faith, as…

Belle Silverio MGT 602 Week 3 Assignment October 19, 2015 Is Fleming engaging in anything unethical here? If you were a Fleming executive, on what grounds would you defend the company's actions? Fleming’s activities as described from this case is very unethical as they were very deceitful in their operations. Service or product pricing needs to be clearly defined as clients should be able to understand what they are being charged in order to have an ethical negotiation in any business manner.…

The Viking age of exploration took place in the 9th and 10th century, and; they became known for their unique, designed vessels and daring, seafaring raids. During early exploration, the Vikings comprised of many groups, such as: Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark. The numerous Viking groups sought opportunities of different intent whether that be a new land settlement, opportunities of trade, or barbarically raiding villages. None of these would prove to be more pivotal than the settlement of…

and TJ Maxx), Target is a major household name and their losses were severe. Both Target’s CIO and CEO resigned within 6 months of the attack. Customers were advised to closely monitor all charges to all accounts for 2 years after their information had been stolen or to request all new accounts. It will still be years before Target will ever fully regain trust with its consumers and there are some who may never…