The U.S. companies approved Tuesday include Affinity Hosting, Alabanza, Animus Communications, Concentric Network, Domain Registration Services, EnetRegistry.com, InterAccess, PSINet and TierraNet.
Until last fall, Network Solutions had been the exclusive provider of domain-name registration services under a contract it had with the U.S. Commerce Department.
Puris and Bernbach hooked Kmart up with the Active Network of San Diego, which provides online registration and Web services to sports and recreation departments.
While it sounds like a telecom equipment company, Active actually provides online registration and management services for things like campgrounds, marathons and organized bike rides.
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Geraldine Lynch (Dumfries) - For services to the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
It also expanded its footprint in China by acquiring a controlling interest in HiChina Web Solutions, a provider of Internet services such as domain registration and Web hosting.
"We have now ensured that these services operate exactly to the actual registration and, following a full review, have introduced measures to ensure this does not occur in the future, " he said.
While the announcement sounds the start of competition in this market, it raises a serious question for users: If ISPs offer domain name registration as an add-on to Web services, then who owns the domain?
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The specially trained Samsung Experience Consultants will assist with product demonstrations, basic product services, Samsung account set up, warranty registration and post purchase support.
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Nonetheless, CoinLab took the step last week of registering with FinCEN to become a Money Services Business (MSB) and their entity and registration number are available here.
Lacking a koseki (household registration), foreigners on temporary visas working illegally can get no social services.
In addition to its legal services, the firm registered as an agent of a foreign principal under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA) as well as the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (LDA) to press the Kuwaiti detainees' cause on Capitol Hill.
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