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http://www.redherring.com ------------------------------------------------------------ TOP STORY: When's the next wave of telecom M&A? Don't hold your breath. M&A Insight: Telecom mergers on hold http://www.redherring.com/index.asp?layout=story&;channel=20000002&doc_id=680019468&rh_special_report_id= ------------------------------------------------------------ A D V E R T I S E M E N T Find out how Oracle's Global CRM in 90 Days can save you money, time and resources. Fixed time frame. Low cost. Click to access: *Larry Ellison's Global CRM in 90 Days Value Proposition *Online Overviews and Web Seminar *Information on how to purchase Global CRM in 90 Days online, and more! http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;2824194;5797445;w?http://www.oracle.com/go/?&;Src=646865&Act=106 A D V E R T I S E M E N T ------------------------------------------------------------ Catch of the Day: What planet are you from? It was like another world. The party that VC firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson was putting on was in the blimp hangar at Moffett Field. There are few stranger buildings. And then Tim Draper showed up. In a space suit. But the portfolio companies for which DFJ threw the party were, mostly, down to earth. There were only a few "viral" concepts (like Hotmail, DFJ's most famous hit). The rest were infrastructure, wireless, semiconductor, photonics, and CRM companies. And then there was Achex, which makes not an aspirin substitute, but rather a system that lets consumers pay for online purchases through a checking account, instead of with a credit card. Personally, I use plastic for almost everything, but outside of rich cities, a sizable portion of the U.S. population doesn't buy this way. Achex is targeting retailers that, at their physical locations, do substantial cash and check transactions; Kmart's BlueLight.com is a customer. Achex transaction fees are also lower than credit card fees. My first take on Achex was that online credit card transactions work well enough, so why build a parallel debit system? However, not everybody on this planet buys things the way we do in the big city. - Rafe Needleman, rafe-needleman@redherring.com Editor, http://www.redherring.com COMPANIES * Achex http://www.achex.com * TeleCheck http://www.telecheck.com * PayPal http://www.paypal.com * Qpass http://www.qpass.com * BlueLight.com http://www.bluelight.com * Draper Fisher Jurvetson http://www.dfj.com RELATED STORIES * Walmart.com: The physical giant goes virtual http://www.redherring.com/story_redirect.asp?layout=story_generic&doc_id=RH640019064&channel=70000007 * J.C. Penney ... Web powerhouse? http://www.redherring.com/story_redirect.asp?layout=story_generic&doc_id=RH850018285&channel=50000005 * Who will pay for WorldPay? http://www.redherring.com/story_redirect.asp?layout=story_generic&doc_id=RH420018242&channel=50000005 * Breaking the virtual bank http://www.redherring.com/story_redirect.asp?layout=story_generic&doc_id=RH1330014133&channel=40000004 * Baby, you can crash my car http://www.redherring.com/story_redirect.asp?layout=story_generic&doc_id=RH1560017956&channel=80000008 * Micropayments, megaproblem http://www.redherring.com/index.asp?layout=story&;channel=80000008&doc_id=310015231 * Don't bank on mobile payments http://www.redherring.com/index.asp?layout=story&;channel=50000005&doc_id=1500015550 ------------------------------------------------------------ A D V E R T I S E M E N T Find out how Oracle's Global CRM in 90 Days can save you money, time and resources. Fixed time frame. Low cost. Click to access: *Larry Ellison's Global CRM in 90 Days Value Proposition *Online Overviews and Web Seminar *Information on how to purchase Global CRM in 90 Days online, and more! http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;2824194;5797445;w?http://www.oracle.com/go/?&;Src=646865&Act=106 A D V E R T I S E M E N T ------------------------------------------------------------ Inside Tech A Red Herring Research report on the economics of Webcasting provides a jumping-off point for a lively debate among insiders in the streaming-media sector. 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