Analysts praised Mayday, which connects users to a live Amazon representative who can take over their screens to troubleshoot, as an unprecedented way for tech companies to provide customer service and appeal to mainstream consumers. "I wouldn't be a …

With over 10,000 screens reaching 5.6 million upscale professionals each month in both the U.S. and Canada, Captivate delivers a highly compelling value to advertisers seeking to target a very affluent, but difficult-to-reach, audience. … Generation …

-Current 'Western' offshorers (to India and China, for instance) reorient their operations to sell their goods and services to increasingly affluent local populations. Michael Rendell, PwC partner and Global Human Resource Services leader, said …

And since solar customers tend to be more affluent homeowners, utilities argue that lower-income, non-solar ratepayers are subsidizing solar customers in a way that needs to be revised. The solar industry is already fighting back against the report …

One population-based analysis, wrote the authors, reported an association between ICD implantation in those living in metropolitan areas and affluent neighborhoods. Hospital size and the availability of specialized care may also play a role. "Small …

But for Australia to capitalise on the boom, it should look to service the premium end of the market, according to National Australia Bank. The bank said the rise in Chinese demand for wine was due to the country's increasingly affluent middle class.

The da Vinci was used for nearly 400,000 minimally invasive surgeries in the United States last year, and costs $1.45 million per unit and over $100,000 more in annual service costs. MAKO's RIO Robotic Arm, by comparison, costs nearly $1 million …

Irate Metro-North passengers vented online, and the head of a commuter advisory group complained that rail service was disrupted frequently over the summer for needed track work in New York. … the congressmen and our two senators; they're now …

In response, companies would and were already returning their manufacturing and service operations to their home bases, or moving them to cheaper locations. PwC also expected that as large cost advantages shrank, companies would move to … would begin …