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SAN MATEO, Calif. — Siebel Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:SEBL), the leading provider of customer-facing solutions, today announced that SITEL France is effectively managing up to 10,000 customer contacts every day using Siebel Call Center. This global provider of outsourced customer support services has deployed Siebel Call Center in France to support…

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SITEL France Relies on Siebel Call Center to Manage Up to 10,000 Customer Contacts Every Day; Global Provider of Outsourced Customer Support Helps…

Welcome to Law & Entrepreneurship News for Blawg Review #4. This blog is powered by law students at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Things have been a bit slow around here lately, as the students are immersed in final examinations, so we are thrilled to have the Blawg Review this week. Let me begin with a question: Do a disproportionate number of blawgers use Blogger? Having recently hosted the Carnival of the Capitalists, I can tell you that those business folks have mostly hopped off the Blogger train. I suspect that lack of funds (law students) and lack of technical prowess (some of the rest) explains the difference, though I am just speculating. Ok, I know you’re anxious, so let’s get to the posts … Law Schools Jeremy Blachman , on the eve of his graduation from Harvard Law School, confesses the dirty little secret of all new law school graduates — law school teaches you nothing about the law. Colin Samuels , ten years removed from law school, consoles Jeremy: “You know more than you think you know.” and “Much of what you know is useless in the real world, but will be impossible to forget.” My co-blogger Christine Hurt at Conglomerate asks, “Are Law Schools Family Friendly?” So how about this for irony: in her post, Christine observes, “Outside of class time, I am available whenever a child … has a dentist appointment….” Then, look what happened this morning ! Robert Ambrogi suggests that at least two law professors would not have made the Legal Affairs list of “Top 20 Legal Thinkers in America” had is not been for their famous blogs.

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I am going to post stories from the past three days. Small Business Week has opened the floodgates to small business articles so here is a sampling: – House Committee passes Small Business Checking Act which would allow small businesses to earn interest on checking accounts (NFIB) – How women can enhance their bargaining skills (Business Week) – The reasons why many startups collapse (Business Week) – Tips on where to find funding (Business Week) – The San Francisco Bay Guardian is calling on politicians to fight President Bush’s SBA budget cuts – An American Express survey shows that small business owners are optimistic about their growth prospects over the next six months (Inc.com) – SBA Office of Advocacy testifies in front of Congress in an effort to eliminate the tax gaps between small business treatment compared to its big business counterparts ( Press release here ) – Entrepreneur.com reports on why small businesses are vital to America – SBA Office of Advocacy testifies in favor of regulatory reform – Sen

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Small Business Update 4/29/05

In recognition of National Small Business Week, the Internal Revenue Service has announced an abundance of free resources available to assist the nation’s 45 million small business and self-employed taxpayers with their tax responsibilities. And, they are all just a mouse-click away. The small business section of IRS.gov provides a one-stop resource for information on starting and operating a business. On this site taxpayers can: Learn about employment tax requirements. Make tax payments. Find out how to set up and distribute retirement plans.

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IRS to Offer Free Tax Help to Small Businesses

With finals taking up a majority of my time for the next couple of weeks, I am going to be providing quick hits (with links) for what is going on in the small business world instead of longer articles. Yahoo.com is reporting that President Bush has declared this week small business week with programs and ceremonies to celebrate America’s small businesses Inc.com is reporting on the fastest growing counties in terms of job growth (interpreting a recently released Bureau of Labor Statistics report). A Wal-Mart survey is indicating that small business economic confidence is waning. The Chicago Tribune is reporting that spending on technology will be slow for small businesses this year.

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Happy Small Business Week

The House of Representatives passed a new bill yesterday with $8 Billion of targeted tax incentives. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 includes provisions that would shorten recovery periods for natural gas pipelines and air pollution control facilities, ease restrictions for deductible contributions to nuclear decommissioning funds, exempt from tax-exempt bond arbitrage rules some prepayments for natural gas, and increase the limitation for the oil depletion deduction for small refiners. The Bill also would provide limited incentives for residential solar- powered water heating, photovoltaics, and fuel cells and would create a 15 percent business tax credit for the purchase of fuel cells. Both individuals and businesses would be allowed to use several new energy credits against the alternative minimum tax. The Senate is expected to begin working on an energy bill within the next two weeks. The House vote was 249 to 183

Looks like new opportunities for the Java industry. The New York Times > Business > Health Industry Under Pressure to Computerize Across the ideological spectrum, health care experts and politicians agree that the nation’s hodgepodge of paper medical files needs to move into the digital era, so that eventually each person has an electronic health record that

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New opportunities: Health Industry Under Pressure to Computerize – The New York Times

IT’S SPRING IN MUMBAI, INDIA FORMERLY Bombay, and already the weather is turning hot, indicating a long, steamy summer ahead. No one seems to notice, as everyone scrambles to make a living in this bustling city of 15 million people–all squeezed onto a long peninsula with offset islands that define…

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The outsourcing issue: two years ago, Mortgage Banking wrote about a new trend to outsource back-office jobs to India. Recently, we went back to India…

This paper describes a case study of an Asian Information Technology IT outsourcing partnership in the discrete manufacturing industry. Interviews with business and IT executives of both the outsourcing company and the IT supplier provided the necessary insights. This article aims to provide a…

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Managing an IT-Outsourcing Partnership in Asia Case Study: The Relationship Between a Global Outsourcing Company and its Global IT Services Supplier

Business Editors NEWTON, Mass.–BUSINESS WIRE–March 21, 2000 LoanOrganizer.com announced today that H&R Block Mortgage Corporation has licensed LoanOrganizer.com’s proprietary online loan search engine nationwide in all H&R Block Financial Centers and H&R Block Mortgage’s call centers. LoanOrganizer.com enables H&R Block Mortgage’s loan originators to…

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LoanOrganizer.com Selected by H&R Block Mortgage Corporation — Online system used to hasten mortgage origination process

SAN FRANCISCO–BUSINESS WIRE–Aug. 24, 1998–Critical Path, Inc., a leading provider of outsourced email services for Internet service providers ISPs, Web hosting companies, Web portals, and corporations, today announced the signing of an agreement with Network Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSOL).

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Critical Path Teams With Network Solutions; Leading Provider of Outsourced Email Service to Provide Back-Office Support for Dot Com Mail