Papers finding new ways to make faxes a business

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Newspaper publishers trying to make money in the business of sending information via fax have learned from the market's early boom and bust that the way to make a profit may be to concentrate on services that deliver information based on customer demand. The business of faxing news and other information started in the late 1980s. One of the initial strategies involved faxing a daily news summary to a base of corporate subscribers. Many newspapers abandoned this operation, known as broadcast fax, when it proved difficult to maintain a base of users capable of generating a profit. Papers are now concentrating on developing fax-on-demand services, wherein fees are charged for individual information requests. Customers can ask for specific types of information, such as sports scores, tax forms and specialized news accounts. The market for fax-on-demand is relatively small and narrow, but believe there are a large number of ways newspaper information can be packaged to meet the markets' needs.

Newspapers, Usage, Services, Vertical market software, Newspaper publishing, Column, Information services, Facsimile transmission, Facsimile, Marketing Strategy

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Does recycling make economic sense?

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Recycling is not only an alternative to traditional solid waste disposal, but the foundation for flourishing manufacturing industries of the US, businesses important in the economy. It is difficult to incorporate environmental factors into market prices, but recycling does lower prices. It is essential to the minimills of the recovering US steel industry according to recycling supporters. On the other hand, however, it is argued that economic realities make recycling an unsound approach. Post-consumer material is less competitive than it has ever been with virgin material and there would be no need to mandate a system that was economically sound.

Economic aspects, Recycling (Waste, etc.), Recycling

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Capitalist ways: Cubans dabble in free-enterprise markets

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Cuba's 211 farmers' markets stand out as the most noticeable element in Fidel Castro's limited experiment with free enterprise. Twenty-nine of the markets are in Havana, including the largest, Cuatro Caminos, where some 300 independent produce entrepreneurs sell their wares.

Retail trade, Economic policy, Cuba, Havana, Cuba, Free enterprise, Farmers' markets

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