Retailers are the ones paying debit card fees, but the idea is that if the costs were lowered, retailers might then pass some of the savings along to consumers.
Though entrepreneurship is important, modern theories of firm strategy don't quite understand out how to work the entrepreneur into the standard models and analytical techniques.
President Obama called the finger-pointing among the companies tied to the spill a “ridiculous spectacle,” and vowed to end what he called the “cozy relationship” between regulators and oil companies.
AP - President Barack Obama angrily decried the "ridiculous spectacle" of oil industry officials pointing fingers of blame for the catastrophic spill in the Gulf of Mexico and pledged on Friday to end a "cozy relationship" between the oil industry and federal regulators that he said had extended into his own administration.
AP - Soldiers opened fire on anti-government protesters who battled them with firebombs and homemade rockets Friday in a second straight day of escalating violence as troops tried to clear the rioters from the streets of downtown Bangkok.
AP - Space shuttle Atlantis thundered away on its final voyage to orbit Friday, hoisting an experienced crew of six and a full shipment of space station gear.
The body of 16-year-old Palestinian Ayssar Yasser Zaben was found in a West Bank field near the village where he lived. He had been shot in the back. Local Palestinians have accused armed Jewish settlers of shooting him. The Israeli police confirm the boy's death and said they have launched an investigation, and say they have received reports of stone throwing and gun shots in the area.
The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off today from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a mission to the space station. It's the final flight for Atlantis.
• Obama blasts blame game by oil execs • BP hopes tube will funnel oil to surface • Lawmaker wants inquiry on leak size • Expert says leak is much larger than BP says