Another wrinkle comes from Customerowner.com and Stockback.com, both sites still under development, which plan to offer e-commerce patrons rebates that are actual shares of a merchant or in a mutual fund.
The god Mercury, a banker says, is the "patron of commerce".
Its toaster and espresso machine down, the cafe was reduced to selling regular, low-tech drip coffee, but life and commerce did not stop for patrons.
They work like any small hubs of e-commerce, only with warnings to patrons that, under federal laws, they must have clean criminal records and must consult local laws before making their purchases.
In addition to engaging in this and other military exploits, he fostered trade and commerce and won renown as a patron of poetry, painting, and calligraphy.
Mercury in ancient mythology was the messenger god, conduit to the underworld, patron of thieves and commerce.
On the British side, the patron of the chamber of commerce is Prince Michael of Kent, and members of the advisory council also include businessmen from BP, Ernst & Young, PwC and Baker & McKenzie.
And by most accounts, Mr. Xu began drifting closer to Bo Xilai, his longtime patron from Dalian, who had moved to Beijing as commerce minister, before being named party boss of Chongqing in 2007.
The seminar will explore how the rise of capitalism, commerce, merchant banking and a burgeoning merchant class affected the makers, consumers, and patrons of western music alike from 1450 to the present.
