In economics and marketing, a service is the non-material equivalent of a good. Service provision has been defined as an economic activity that does not result in ownership, and this is what differentiates it from providing physical goods. It is claimed to be a process that creates benefits by facilitating either a change in customers, a change in their physical possessions, or a change in their intangible assets.
By supplying some level of skill, ingenuity, and experience, providers of a service participate in an economy without the restrictions of carrying stock (inventory) or the need to concern themselves with bulky raw materials. On the other hand, their investment in expertise does require marketing and upgrading in the face of competition which has equally few physical restrictions.
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2dayUK - News, features, sport, celebrities, politics, and dramatic pictures from 10 UK independent press agencies. News feeds ppdated daily.
AAP Information Services - Australian independent news provider specialising in real time news to media, corporates, financial markets and private individuals.
Meta Description: [ Australia's National News Agency - 24/7 real-time news feeds, press release distribution, media monitoring, news photos. ]
AFP-Direct - Providing real time access to news agencies, this service guarantees subscribers minute-by-minute information on events, however minor, in the field of politics, economics, sports, diplomacy and social issues
Meta Description: [ AFP-Direct permet de suivre en temps réel le service d'Informations mondiales de l'Agence France-Presse (textes et photos, anglais et français) et d'effectuer des recherches sur plus de 4 années d'archives. ]
Africa Media Online - Sells output from a network of professional freelance journalists, photographers, and cartoonists in African countries.
Meta Description: [ This award-winning e-commerce site represents some of Africa¹s top photo agencies and news agencies as well as freelance journalists and photographers. Africa Media Online is the marketplace for buying and commissioning African pictures and feature articles. ]
AFX News Ltd - Jointly owned by the Financial Times AFP, provides both European and Asian real-time equities-focused international financial news; specialised domestic local language company news services, including UK, Dutch, German, Swiss and Italian; and real-time and internet feeds for e-commerce.
Meta Description: [ AFX News Ltd provides real time, independent and trusted international economic news coverage to professional and private investor communities in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. ]
AlterNet.org - AlterNet, the syndication service of the alternative press, features stories from alternative newsweeklies, magazines and Web publications from across the country, and invaluable resources for journalists and national employment listings.
Meta Description: [ Alternative News and Information ]
ARA Content - Provides free content to the print and online media. Registered members can download copyright-free articles and images or have them immediately e-mailed. Non-members are limited to viewing article summaries. Registration is free.
Meta Description: [ ARAcontent delivers feature articles to newspapers and Web sites, providing publishers with a wide selection of article topics ranging from home decorating to healthy living, and automotive to bridal. All articles are written by professional writers and are available at no cost. ]
Associated Press Television News - APTN provides camera crews, editing, satellite uplink, space segment and delivery - from anywhere in the world, direct to a broadcaster's door.
Meta Description: [ The AP Television News Website ]
BosNewsLife - Budapest-based news agency offers reports with a focus on Christians, Jewish people and other minorities living in difficult circumstances in former and current Communist countries.
Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) - Provides news, sports and business information throughout the Caribbean including online radio news and sports. [RealMedia]
Meta Description: [ Cananews, The Caribbean's Premier News Resource. News & Sports information from all over the Caribbean and the Wider World. ]
CCNMatthews - Newswire service delivering customizable full text financial and media press releases to news organizations, financial communities, analysts, brokers, investors and online databases.
ClariNews - Provides up to 2000 stories a day, organized into topic groups.
Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science (DBIS) - Produced by the American Institute of Physics and partner scientific societies, twelve news stories are distributed each month to television stations across the country. DBIS news stories zero in on scientific research and developments that benefit our daily lives. The 90-second stories fall into three major areas: earth and atmospheric sciences, medical advances, and physical sciences and engineering.
Einnews.com - Providing country focused news, information and interactive features to its readers. Registration required.
Meta Description: [ The most comprehensive geo-political news service available on the Internet, covering over 263 countries and regions, all U.S. States and Industries. ]
Feature Story News - FSN is an independent source of broadcast news for networks worldwide providing ready-to-air television and radio news material, tailored to individual on-air styles.
Federal News Service - Providing verbatim transcripts of speeches and comments by US and Russian leaders on matters of official government policy and other issues of the day.
Meta Description: [ Federal News Service provides verbatim transcripts of the complete hearing testimony of Congress committees and subcommittees; public speeches and interviews of the President, White House; State Department, Defense Department and Justice Department briefings; press conferences and statements of ... ]
Hard Edge Media - The sole Scottish member of 2dayuk, a partnership of 10 British Press agencies, which supplies a daily electronic news service to subscribers.
Hyde Park Media - Chicago metropolitan area news service syndicating investigative reports, spot news coverage and feature stories domestically and internationally since 1984. Site includes sample stories, client list, links to Chicago media, and samples of work by journalist Anthony DeBartolo.
inadaily.com - The International News Alliance (INA) provides a customized daily e-mail newsletter. Choose any combination from top stories, opinion and commentary, business and finance, sports, and lifestyle and culture.
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Inside Science News Service - Provides science stories and expert contacts to the popular news media.
Intellectual Property (IP) News Agency - Pilot project dedicated to the coverage of Intellectual Property news from around the world.
Interfax Information Service - Breaking business, political and general news including Russia, CIS, Central Europe, China and world news.
Meta Description: [ Interfax: The leading source of political and business news, market data, ratings and analytics on Russia, CIS, China and Central Europe ]
IPS Inter Press Service - The agency describes itself as civil society's leading news agency, specializing on globalization and development topics. Description of the agency, its services and regional centers.
Meta Description: [ IPS, civil society's leading news agency, is an independent voice from the South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath. Another communication is possible. ]
ITN - Independent Television News - Based in the UK, and providing news programming for ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5.
Meta Description: [ Chancellor delivers inheritance tax cuts. Poor police forces named and shamed. Diana inquest jurors visit Ritz. Probe into violent video games. Lawnmower link in judge's shed death. Spurs face Anderlecht in Uefa group. Top cop warns of mounting terror threats. Rhys police quiz teenager over firea... ]
LEXIS-NEXIS - Provider of legal, government, business and high-tech information sources. By subscription only.
Morning All! - Daily early morning bulletin of the day's main stories provided by Precise. Free email delivery option. UK.
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Newsland - Provides free news, games, and lifestyle content to the users of mobile devices such as PDAs and smartphones. Download software to sync device.
NewsNowDirect - Regularly updating news derived from more than 2000 online sources, customised and delivered to Web sites and Intranets.
Meta Description: [ NewsNow: Business Services ]
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NoticiasWire - Internet newswire for Hispanic media and opinion leaders.
Pressi.com - Searchable, multilingual collection of archived press releases.
Scripps Howard News Service - Provides breaking news, analysis and behind-the-scenes reporting covering Washington and international news, sports, business, entertainment, health, money, science, crime, technology and religion. Also provides photos and graphics.
Share International Media Service - Associated with the United Nations, to synthesize ideas and events related to restructuring of global institutions. Content avaible free for reproduction.
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WiseEye - Independent and free news scanning service. Enables users to perform adhoc search at a single portal for direct links to each story's origin site.
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