BRIEFCASE FARMERS OFFERING INTERNET QUOTES.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services Los Angeles-based Farers Insurance Group of Companies on Tuesday launched a service in which consumers in California will be able to go online and receive a free quote on their auto insurance via the Internet. Customers will be able to get a preliminary auto insurance quote through Farmers FastQuote by visiting www.farmers.com. Once there, they will go to the Quote My Policy section and answer a couple of questions and within seconds will get a free online quote. Customers can then opt to have an agent contact them or they can be directed to an agent in their area. Farmers FastQuote was first piloted in Colorado last August. Pair gets promoted to Skechers execs MANHATTAN BEACH Manhattan Beach, city (1990 pop. 32,063), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1912. It is a residential and beach community with an oil refinery and nearby factories that produce transportation and electrical equipment, computers, and pottery. - Skechers USA Inc. announced on Tuesday the promotions of Mark Nason to executive vice president, product development, and Joe Phillips to executive vice president, domestic U.S. sales. Nason, who most recently served as vice president of merchandising, has 24 years of experience in the footwear industry. Phillips, who had been Skechers' vice president of sales since being hired in January 2001, has more than 20 years of experience in sales and promotion for branded consumer companies, including Champion Products and Wilson Sporting Goods The Wilson Sporting Goods company is a sports equipment manufacturer based in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., and currently is a foreign subsidiary of the Finnish company Amer Sports that also owns Atomic, Suunto, Precor, and Salomon. . Founded in 1992, the Manhattan Beach-based company designs, develops and markets branded footwear for men, women and children. Andersen entity safe from trouble LONDON - The overseas network of the Arthur Andersen For the U.S. Supreme Court case commonly known as Arthur Andersen, see . Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms (the other four are PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG), performing accounting firm has assured its potential merger partner KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen that their union would be immune from any liabilities its U.S. affiliate might incur from the collapse of Enron Corp., senior executives said Tuesday. Andersen Worldwide Andersen Worldwide Société Coopérative (AWSC) was a Swiss-based entity which managed the global offices of accounting firm Arthur Andersen. It was also the parent corporation of Andersen Consulting (now called Accenture) before its split in 2000. , the umbrella body for Andersen's global entities, announced Monday that it was in merger talks with KPMG International, another of the world's five biggest accounting firms. Executives of Andersen Worldwide's British business said they hoped the merger would be completed before October. The combined business would be called KPMG. Southwest brings back friends fare DALLAS - Southwest Airlines This article is about the American airline. For the former Japanese airline, see Japan Transocean Air. For the British airline, see Air Southwest. Southwest Airlines Co. Co. is bringing back its Friends Fly Free fares in hopes of filling up airplane seats for the summer, the airline has announced. The Dallas-based airline last offered the promotion systemwide in 1998, said Ginger Hardage, vice president of public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most . The deal is being reintroduced to attract travelers during a down period for air travel. Southwest was the only airline to turn a profit last year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and a recession prompted many travelers to avoid air travel. The company reported $511.5 million in net income in 2001, compared with an average loss of $1.7 billion for the nation's largest three carriers. Analysts say Southwest's two-for-one fare sale will generate interest and increase revenue during the school vacation months since families will be more likely to fly. Investigation into Orbitz continues NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of - The government is moving forward with its investigation of online travel company Orbitz LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , which has been under scrutiny for potentially anti-competitive behavior since its inception nine months ago. The Department of Transportation last week asked Chicago-based Orbitz to provide confidential documents pertaining per·tain intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains 1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident. 2. to its business plans and contracts. The agency's request, made in a letter dated March 12, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. late Tuesday, also extended to the five airlines that own Orbitz, its business partners and several competitors. Orbitz, which was launched last June with $145 million in seed money from five major airlines, has been accused by its competitors of trying to reduce, if not eliminate, competition and pave the way for higher airfares. |
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