1-800 CNTACTS Deploys Cisco Unified Communications to Expand At …

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- 1-800 CNTACTS Deploys Cisco Unified Communications to Expand At …
- Benefit from home business
- Layoffs Spread to More Sectors of the Economy

1-800 CNTACTS Deploys Cisco Unified Communications to Expand At …
CNNMoney.com 
“We are excited to see the cutting-edge ways that 1-800 CNTACTS is usingthe Cisco solution to reduce or eliminate an employee’s commute and tohelp the company to prioritize calls” said Murali Sitaram vice presidentand general manager of Cisco’s Customer Contact Business Unit. “1-800CNTACTS’ innovative work-at-home program has recently expandedsignificantly and has room for continued growth. Contact center employeeswho choose to work at home now have the same full set of features theywould if they were sitting in the office. Leading companies are achievingsignificant business and competitive advantages today by applying solutionslike Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise to improve collaborativebusiness processes. “Since we began using the Cisco solution I’ve been able to eliminate mydaily commute adding to the time I can spend with my family” said Phillson contact center manager at 1-800 CNTACTS. “Better yet my team nowhas all the same capabilities that we do in the actual contact center.
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Benefit from home business
Seminole Chronicle FL 
Rather than considering only a portion of the home used regularly and exclusively for business home day-care providers can calculate the deduction based on the amount of time the space is used as a business as well as the portion of the home used for business. Day care providers who regularly take care of children senior citizens or people physically or mentally incapable of caring for themselves may deduct a portion of their home expenses even if they do not meet the exclusive-use test. For example if you use your basement as a day-care facility during working hours you can still use it as a family room in the evenings. To calculate the deduction for day care operators multiply the business percentage by the hours per year the space is used for day care. This gives the percentage of indirect expenses that may be deducted. A mortgage "must": You must inform your mortgage lender if you are purchasing a home and plan to use part of it for business. Some types of businesses such as a day care can change the loan program rate qualifying parameters and other terms of the mortgage.

Layoffs Spread to More Sectors of the Economy
New York Times United States 
Jobs began disappearing in home building and mortgage operations early in the recession then across finance and banking more generally. Now the ax is falling across large swaths of manufacturing retailing and information technology taking out workers from New York to Seattle.

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