BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Passing Off
- a form of fraud in which a company tries to sell its own product by deceiving buyers into thinking it is another product
Additional Resources
- DIFFERENT COURSE: MetLife cuts big 401(k) clients and is keeing the smaller ones; Execs say sector not profitable; Hewitt recommended as successor.(Hewitt Associates L.L.C.)
- NEW YORK - MetLife has dumped its large-plan defined contribution business, endorsing Hewitt Associates LLC as its successor. While passing off the largest plans may seem to go against conventional defined contribution business strategies, MetLife NEW YORK - MetLife has dumped its large-plan...
- Research articles 2001-10-29
- Arsenal Win In Europe (But Suffer A Humiliating Defeat At Home)
- When the case of Arsenal Football Club plc -v- Matthew Reed came before Mr Justice Laddie in April 2001 he found that, whilst Mr Reed was not passing-off his replica Arsenal kit as that of the Gunners, he needed help from the European Court to estab ...
- Research articles 2003-03-03
- Leaders hold off passing ed bill
- The state-federal fight over No Child Left Behind paused Tuesday as state leaders took their corner and set a new clock, counting down for the next round -- the threat of a special legislative session. The Senate, during the final day of the 2005 session today, is expected...
- Research articles 2005-03-02
- Mystery ship suspected in oil spill off Vietnam
- HANOI AFP — Vietnamese authorities are still baffled by an oil spill that blackened its famed China Beach this week, but officials suspect a passing ship may have deliberately dumped the pollutant at sea. A military helicopter has spotted more oil slicks, some several hundred square metres (thousands of...
- Research articles 2007-02-03
- 7-on-7 football more than passing fancy
- The offseason is anything but off for a growing number of high school football players. Seven-on-7 passing leagues are putting players back on fields in June and July rather than August. High school coaches, in many states, are overseeing the teams. National tournaments are being held...
- Research articles 2007-07-18
- PASSING THE ISABELLA HOUSE
- I wasn't prepared for the envious glances, how I had stopped their conversations, like a dead heart: the women of the Isabella House, shedding their addictions like winter coats, passing hours on the porch swing, front steps, or window ledges. Visiting hours for one mother, who leaves a string of...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- Posing as car dealer, man takes off with Ferrari
- LILLE, France AFP — A man passing himself off as a car dealer stole a Ferrari from an unsuspecting trucker delivering the luxury vehicle near this northern French city, police said. They said the truck driver was unloading the Ferrari early Wednesday when a man in suit and tie...
- Research articles 2005-05-26
- FARMERS OUTRAGE AT RIP-OFF SHOP PRICES
- IRISH Farmers are furious that they are suffering financially while supermarkets rip off shoppers and pocket the profit. Farmers are receiving the same money for their produce as they did more than 10 years ago while supermarket prices continue to rise. Farmers are losing...
- Research articles 2003-01-12
- Travelers/Citicorp merger is likely to kill any hope of passing H.R. 10 now. (financial services reform bill)(Column)
- Many commentators are citing the proposed Travelers/Citicorp merger as resuscitating H.R. 10, the financial services reform legislation that was unceremoniously pulled off the floor of the House recently. But I'm going to take a dissenting view. Many commentators are citing the...
- Research articles 1998-04-27
- Holdsclaw enjoys Spain on, off floor
- Chamique Holdsclaw is playing overseas in part to see if she still has a love for the game. She said she is passing her self-imposed test. While she is enjoying basketball again, she stopped short of saying she will return to the WNBA when the 2005 season tips off...
- Research articles 2005-01-07
- 'Ships Passing in the Night'
- ... is how FAA Administrator Marion Blakey now describes her agency's current contract-negotiation stand-off with the controllers' union, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association NATCA (Air Safety Week, Jan. 23). Blakey used that phrase in a April 25 letter to NATCA president, John Carr, four days ...
- Research articles 2006-05-01
- Delphi Automotive Takes Another Step in Spin-off from General Motors.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 4 -- It's not quite independence, but a close substitute. Starting today, Delphi Harrison Thermal Systems in Lockport -- the largest private employer in Western New York -- is no longer an operating unit of General Motors...
- Research articles 1999-01-05
- Austin Energy Stumbles With Green Power Program
- A few years ago, Austin Energy's GreenChoice program in Austin, Texas was rated top in the country for delivering cheap renewable energy to Texan customers who signed up. Since then, prices have skyrocketed, and the utility is considering passing off the costs to its regular customers, a change that could...
- Blog posts 2009-07-20
- Performance Pays Off
- This article describes how one company encourages employees to think like owners and rewards them with bonuses worth even 50% of their salaries. Forward-looking companies know the benefits of a team-based organization, but most underestimate the difficulty of transitioning to this business model. The empowered team model promotes initiative and...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- ITC Can Provide Relief from Infringing Imports: An Overview of Section 337
- This paper discusses that many U.S. companies are not aware that the U.S. International Trade Commission ("ITC") can provide relief from imported goods that infringe on a domestic producer's patent, trademark, or copyright. The Commission also can redress acts of unfair competition, misappropriation of trade secrets, passing off, false advertising,...
- White papers 2002-10-01
- Making Pay-for-Performance Pay Off, Part 2
- To date, managers have relied on human resources HR offices to determine salaries grades and employee longevity to determine salary increases within those grades. Under pay banding and pay-for-performance such decisions will be vested in line management for the first time. Beyond these new demands on line management lies another...
- White papers 2005-07-24
- Joe, we hardly knew ye - Off The News - Joseph E. Stiglitz, formerly of the World Bank - Brief Article
- Walking back from the White House recently, TIE was floored when passing the new World Bank offices situated on Pennsylvania Avenue. Prominently featured in the center of the main ground floor window was a large photo poster of none other than Joseph E. Stiglitz. At first TIE thought it was...
- Research articles 2001-11-01
- Arizona Roadhouse 66 takes off at Phoenix airport - Brief Article
- Travel and retail concessionaire HMSHost Corp. needed more than just another takeout counter on the concourse of the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport; it needed a bold and captivating foodservice concept that would attract busy air travelers passing by.
- Research articles 2000-04-10
- Ticketless travel test passing with flying colors on Shuttle by United flights
- CHICAGO--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 10, 1995--Shuttle by United is reporting a very successful test launch of its new ticketless air travel operation, with nearly 40,000 fliers using the service since its kick-off Nov. 1.
- Research articles 1995-01-10
- Market Shrugs Off Senate Approval
- Jordan Kahn submits: The market has been under heavy selling pressure all morning, despite the Senate passing the mortgage relief plan last night by a 3-to-1 margin. The European Central Bank left rates unchanged at their meeting at 4.25%. This was expected, but I think they are beginning to...
- External links 2008-10-02
