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Paperless Billing

What is it? Paperless billing is an electronic billing system that offers customers control, convenience and confidence. It is a way that paper can be eliminated and results in electronic and efficiency gains. This is very beneficial to businesses since they save millions on printing and mailing costs. The consumers also gain more control of [...]

Thomas Friedman asks the Vital Question

In his New York Times OpEd of Sunday 7 March, THOMAS FRIEDMAN writes: Let’s … ask a radical but vital question: What if the crisis of 2008 represents something much more fundamental than a deep recession? What if it’s telling us that the whole growth model we created over the last 50 years is simply [...]

EPA Carbofuran Ban

Last Friday, the Washington Post reported a surprising ban — the Environmental Protection Agency had decided to no longer allow Carbofuran pesticides to be used in domestic agriculture or in food imported into the US (click on the title for a link to the article). Oddly enough, this issue has been getting very little press. [...]