[0] American Express Blue for Business Presents NBA Great and Web Entrepreneur Magic Johnson to Discuss Competing On the Web.Sports Editors/Basketball Writers & Columnists NEW YORK--(BW SportsWire)--May 19, 2000 Press Conference Call and Web Chat Scheduled for May 22 Former NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= great and current Webpreneur Earvin Magic Johnson “Earvin Johnson” redirects here. For the Milwaukee Bucks center, see Ervin Johnson. Earvin Effay Johnson, Jr. (born August 14, 1959 in Lansing, Michigan), nicknamed Magic will participate in a telephone press conference with Richard Tambor, Senior Vice President and General Manager, American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. Small Business Services, to announce an e-commerce contest sponsored by Blue for Business, a new credit card for small companies. Magic Johnson also will discuss his experiences in preparing for the launch later this year of his own web site, UrbanMagic.com. The conference call is scheduled for May 22nd at 12:30 p.m. (ET) via a limited-space, toll-free telephone number A toll-free, Freecall, Freephone, or 800 number is a special telephone number, in that the called party is charged the cost of the calls by the telephone carrier, instead of the calling party. . The Web-based contest will provide 100 small business owners with more than $1400 in free web site services and allow these entrepreneurs to compete with each other for a grand prize of $100,000 to be awarded in January, 2001. Later on Monday, American Express will host a live chat and cybercast cy·ber·cast n. A news or entertainment program transmitted over the Internet. [cyber- + (news)cast.] with Magic Johnson to help budding Webpreneurs score on the Net. Beginning at 7:00 p.m., the cybercast will feature Magic sharing with a live audience of 200+ small business owners, as well as online participants, the lessons he has learned in preparing to launch his web business. The Web cybercast, open only to invited guests and media, will be held in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. at Tapika, 950 Eighth Avenue (at 56th Street). A cocktail reception is set for 6:00 p.m. This event will be cybercast live on the Internet at: http://www.americanexpress.com/blueforbusiness Journalists will have the opportunity to ask Magic Johnson and representatives from American Express questions during the chat as part of the formal Q & A segment. |
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