While a number of other real-time search start-ups quit the consumer-facing real-time search business, such as OneRiot and Collecta, Topsy has kept its consumer-facing site.
It could be that twelve page loan application or a key customer-facing business process.
Opening a store or another public-facing business like a restaurant can be a lucrative operation, but it requires an initial investment.
While not nearly as visible a part of the business as the consumer-facing app, the API is a hit with developers, some 40, 000 of whom use it for location and venue data.
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Could it happen that the universal embrace of this form in which no complex or nuanced thought can ever be expressed is reaching its most faddish height, and a time will before long arrive when we can turn back to other activities instead of feeling pressured if we are in politics or media or any kind of public-facing business to tweet all day?
Breaking up the firm along these lines would turn the rump of Telecom Italia into a customer-facing retail business.
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When your business is facing a game-changing moment, it helps to go into it with the mindset of an Olympian.
"The business is undoubtedly facing short-term challenges, " said chief executive Frank Martin.
The survey, conducted before the election, found that weak sales was still the No. 1 challenge facing small-business owners.
The House will return next week for the lame-duck session, facing major, unfinished business, including how to avoid the fiscal cliff -- the end-of-the-year deadline that looms before huge spending cuts kick in and tax breaks begin to expire, including the Bush-era tax cuts.
From the beginning, Farrington has kept a laser focus on technology-enabled business services and despite the siren call of consumer-facing startups has barely budged since.
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While the city's paramount business-class hotels continue to be the elegant 120-room Baur au Lac facing Lake Zurich and the quieter 173-room Dolder Grand nestled in the hills overlooking the city centre, there are other, newer choices.
Broad sources of demographic information, such as your local chamber of commerce, the U.S. Census Bureau, and the SBA, provide valuable information to business owners and should be explored thoroughly particularly as you consider where to locate your business (if you will have a customer-facing physical location).
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According to a 2011 Gallup survey, overregulation tops the list of "most important problems" facing America's small-business owners.
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Caterpillar is facing cooled business spending and a slow-down in the mining industry.
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The findings illustrate the challenges facing Twitter in demonstrating to small-business owners the benefits of using the short-messaging service to reach customers.
His broader point, however, is that Apple faces a variation on the quandary facing every growth business, whether a venture-backed startup or a publicly traded tech stock.
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Corporations, especially multi-nationals that derive much of their business overseas, are facing slowing demand because of the weakening global economy, weighing on profit margins.
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It's a bad sign for cattle ranchers in Nebraska and Wyoming, who are assessing the damage and facing difficult business decisions in the aftermath of lightning-sparked fires which rapidly burned across 70, 000 acres of dry grasslands.
The panel, which featured arch-rivals in this fast-growing business, featured several lively exchanges on the key issues facing automated ad buying and selling.
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APIs were perfected by consumer-facing companies that wanted to provide more access to their business assets.
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As most people now painfully know, Sarbanes-Oxley, or Sarbox, requires companies to disclose any business risks facing the company to investors in public filings.
At Microsoft Dynamics we believe that you can win the hearts of your customer-facing employees and transform your customer care efforts by providing business solutions that allow each person in your organization to thrive.
LinkedIn, on the other hand, is touted as a place to build business connections, professional networks and, most often, a platform to cultivate your forward-facing personal brand.
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Sony posted an unexpected quarterly loss, demonstrating the depth of the problems facing its electronics business and deflating optimism that was reflected in a recent share-price rally.
Companies around the globe are learning that while cloud computing has many virtues, perhaps chief among them is its ability to help business leaders shift huge chunks of IT budgets away from low-value infrastructure and toward customer-facing growth and innovation.
The tablet serves lifestyle computing uses just as well as business tasks with its package of communications and entertainment features: HD display, front and rear-facing cameras for video conferencing and uploading photos, noise canceling microphones, HDMI port and wireless video streaming.
On some older three class planes (767-300 and 747-400) that have not been upgraded to the hybrid Business First, United has rear facing business class seats, but they are in pairs facing the same direction, not alternated, so you always face the same way as the person seated next to you.
However, Cisco is also facing dramatic declines in orders from cable providers, especially in set-top box business.
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To achieve business gains in this area involves addressing a combination of issues in IT systems, employee collaboration, and client-facing role responsibilities.
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