SAN FRANCISCO — American Express on Tuesday began letting lovers of Zynga games plant money trees on “Farmville” acreage. The financial services titan known for high-status credit cards unveiled an alliance with the San Francisco based social games star. Players of Zynga’s popular “FarmVille” will be able to earn in-game…
American Express has teamed up with Twitter to allow users to synchronize their credit cards with the micro-blogging site and take advantage of store discounts with a simple tweet. AmEx said Tuesday that clients would be able to get exclusive discounts loaded onto their cards by mentioning offers by #hashtag on the popular micro-blogging site. When…
Christmas may be over, but US shoppers will fill stores this week to use their new gift cards, look for post-holiday bargains — and to exchange some unwanted presents, industry trackers say. Fifty-seven percent of Americans planned to shop on Monday, the day after Christmas, as compared with 43 percent who…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – At least a dozen U.S.-listed companies have been told by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to disclose business activity in and with Syria, Iran and others deemed “state sponsors” of terror by the state department, the Financial Times said on Sunday. The inquiries are part…