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"Fill 'er up" may take on a new meaning at the petrol pump after Ten Square officially rolls out its point-of-sale network this week.

Last week's announced merger of oil giants Chevron and Texaco will create the world's fourth-largest energy company. It also will mean the integration of several electronic-business initiatives now under way at both companies, which together will boast annual revenue of more than $US80 billion.

If America Online Inc. (AOL) and Time Warner Inc. want to merge, they'll have to get through Richard Parker first.

Trade-Ranger, a business-to-business (B2B) marketplace formed last April by 14 oil refiners and Mitsubishi Corp., has won government approvals, allowing it to start processing transactions next month.

CUSS CONTROL ACADEMY WHAT THE #%*$! When the company stock drops 20 points in an afternoon, a shoot! or a darn! doesn't convey quite the same anger and outrage as a good 'n' salty four-letter word. But before you shower your coworkers with enough profanity to make a longshoreman blush, Jim O'Connor, author of Cuss Control: The Complete Book on How to Curb Your Cursing (Three Rivers Press, 2000) and founder of the Cuss Control Academy, based in Northbrook, Illinois, suggests that you pause and consider the consequences of your potty mouth.

Knowledge is power, especially in the Internet age. That's why companies are trying to figure out precisely what their customers want and how to get it to them before the competition does. Whatever you call it - collaboration, decision support, knowledge management or something else - it's the bedrock that's supporting today's corporate strategies.

An international group of 12 major chemical companies on Wednesday announced plans to create an online business-to-business marketplace for that industry.

Senator Fred Thompson (Republican-Tennessee) last week brought his crusade here for legislation that would require the government to review its security practices annually.

Almost 100 corporate security managers met with politicians and law enforcement representatives yesterday in Menlo Park, California, to refine strategies for fighting computer crime.

For all those Internet entrepreneurs wondering whether there's life after a failed IPO, the answer, apparently, is yes.

Nortel Networks and SAP this week announced an alliance to develop and integrate industry-specific customer interaction products for the customer relationship management (CRM) market.