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NewScale has customers like McKesson and Charles Schwab and competitors like HP, IBM, Tivoli. The company has been growing its customer base and helping stable-state enterprises to leverage Service Management. And that leads directly into cloud procurement.  

More people are rolling over their 401(k) savings into IRAs when they leave their jobs or retire, according to research published today by Charles Schwab. The research found 69% of assets held by 401(k) participants were distributed from former employers' plans within 12 months of leaving a job, confirmed Eric Hazard, a spokesman for Schwab. Thirty-one percent kept their money in their former employer's 401(k) plan.

We are definitely seeing an uptick in the number of 401(k) plan participants who choose to roll over plan assets instead of cashing out or leaving savings with a previous employer   -Catherine Golladay

 

Canada's dollar, nicknamed the loonie for the image of the aquatic bird on the $1 coin, is inching toward parity with the U.S. dollar for the first time in more than two years. One Canadian dollar bought 99.06 U.S. cents Wednesday, hitting its strongest level since July, 2008, then backed off slightly Thursday to 98.78. For travelers, this means that a hotel room priced at $100 a night Canadian now costs $98.78 U.S. compared to $78.70 a year ago at this time when the Canadian dollar was weaker. Payi  

Travel is undergoing a profound and even revolutionary shift, according to a broad new study by the leading global communications agency Euro RSCG Worldwide. The results of the study were released this week in KNOW magazine's "The Future of Travel: The New Vocabulary of Travel and Tourism." KNOW is a publication of the Euro RSCG Worldwide Knowledge Exchange, a global initiative that pushes knowledge and insights across the Euro RSCG network of agencies.

For years, people have regarded travel as a way to splurge, an indulgence centered on escapism and fun   -Marian Salzman

 

Brokerage and investment institutions saw a significant increase in NPS over the previous year, signaling a recovery in customer trust since the 2008 market crisis. Overall, the sector achieved an average NPS of 29 percent, up more than 20 points since last year. Charles Schwab held its ground as the sector leader with an NPS of 46 percent.  

WINDERMER, Fla. According to CNBC's "Fast Money" traders, the easy money trades are still the way to play this market after the Federal Reserve announced it will keep interest rates at record lows. On Tuesday's "Fast Money" show, Pete Najarian told viewers that names such as Intel ( INTC ) and IBM ( IBM ) led the Dow higher.  

KISS guitarist Paul Stanley fluffed his thick, shaggy hair as bassist Gene Simmons fidgeted in the background, their eyes looped in black makeup, faces painted chalky white. As the seconds counted down to 4 p.m., Stanley leaned on the green button in front of him. "Clang, clang, clang!" went the bell as the clock struck the top of the hour.

I'd say the hardest thing about managing the bell calendar is that we only have two a day to offer   -Marisa Ricciardi

 

Amazon.com (symbol AMZN ) . At $120, the king of online merchants trades for a rich 41 times estimated 2010 earnings. VALUE : eBay ( EBAY ) .  

The relatively few reporters and editors who cover the world of financial advisers probably share my view that wirehouses are like the communist bloc before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Even in this age of open communication, the few remaining big firms try to exert total control over their reps. One small example: Should a reporter quote a Merrill or Morgan broker on even an innocuous topic — the mutual funds that clients like, for example — the rep will receive a strong dressing-down from the wirehous