Day: January 26, 2017

Valentine’s retreats right at home.

When a tour through the luxurious purples and piercing blues of Graceland Mansion is just not enough, fans of the King can now extend their appreciation of Elvis’ unique style and Southern hospitality by staying at the new 450-room neighboring Guest House at Graceland hotel. Just a few steps away from the mansion, the Guest House at Graceland is as elegant and luxurious as the King’s colonial-style home.

Paramount WorkPlace Delivers Integrated PunchOut Capabilities to…

Because of the easy integration with Paramount’s platform, our team was able to quickly launch the suppliers’ PunchOut catalog and electronic purchase order delivery. Paramount WorkPlace , a leading software developer and provider of web-based and mobile spend management software solutions, shares how enhanced PunchOut capabilities provided by Paramount WorkPlace and Greenwing Technology have allowed organizations such as Orange Lake Resorts to have fast, easy and direct access to their suppliers, further automating and simplifying the entire procurement process, leading to end-to-end B2B automation and a strong return on investment.

Editorial: Views from Ohio

When astronaut Eugene Cernan left the surface of the moon after a very active Apollo 17 lunar expedition in 1972, he knew he was the last man on the moon, at least for a while. Cernan, who died Monday at age 82, didn’t have the all-American persona of John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, nor the luck of being first, such as Alan Shepherd as the first American in space or Neil Armstrong as the first man to walk on the moon.

These 24 ‘rogue’ Twitter accounts claim to be from federal agencies

By Wednesday, Jan. 25, the number of “rogue” Twitter accounts that claimed to be unofficially posting on behalf of federal agencies had grown to 14. By Wednesday, Jan. 25, the number of “rogue” Twitter accounts that claimed to be unofficially posting on behalf of federal agencies had grown to 14. At least 24 Twitter accounts claiming to be posting unofficially for federal agencies sprouted like mushrooms overnight following an isolated incident in which a former employee of the National Park Service took over one of its Twitter accounts and posted four tweets about climate change on Tuesday. The Badlands, South Dakota, National Park tweets were promptly deleted but copycats soon followed.

New Fears for Future of Net Neutrality

Ajit Pai, named the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission by President Donald Trump yesterday, is likely to seek changes to the organization’s stance on Net Neutrality. Pai was one of two commissioners to vote against the FCC’s 3-2 approval of the Open Internet Order in early 2015.

Top Forecaster Says Fed to Increase Rates Every Quarter in 2018

The Federal Reserve is about to go rapid-fire on interest rates, boosting them in the second half of this year, and following that with a rise in every single quarter of 2018, according to BNP Paribas SA, which expects the tightening to strengthen the dollar and push gold down toward $1,000 an ounce. The U.S. central bank is seen raising borrowing costs later this year given the fiscally expansive policies proposed by Donald Trump, and the new president’s agenda may help to lift wages in 2018, hoisting labor costs, the bank said in a Jan. 25 report.