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    <updated>2007-05-14T21:37:20Z</updated>
    <subtitle>Business &amp; Market Intelligence</subtitle>
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    <title>Online Clothing Sales Surpass Computers for the First Time; To Hit $22.1B in 2007</title>
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    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://metrics2.com/blog-mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=1/entry_id=1759" title="Online Clothing Sales Surpass Computers for the First Time; To Hit $22.1B in 2007" />
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    <published>2007-05-14T21:36:34Z</published>
    <updated>2007-05-14T21:37:20Z</updated>
    
    <summary><![CDATA[  Americans last year spent more online on
      clothing than they did on computers for the first time in history, according
      to the first part of The State of Retailing Online 2007 report by
      Shop.org and Forrester Research. The report found the apparel, accessories
      and footwear category reached $18.3 billion in 2006 and is expected to hit
      $22.1 billion in 2007.&nbsp;
]]></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Metrics 2.0</name>
        
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            <category term=" Frontpage" />
            <category term="E-Commerce" />
            <category term="Internet Indicators" />
    
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<entry>
    <title>Tourism to Bring $110 Billion to Asia Pacific by 2009</title>
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    <published>2007-05-10T19:27:16Z</published>
    <updated>2007-05-10T19:35:24Z</updated>
    
    <summary>  Tourism should bring the Asia Pacific region
      $110 billion in revenues over the next three years, with much of that
      coming from travelers in the region, according according to the report
      from the Pacific Asia Travel Association or PATA, reports AP.
</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Metrics 2.0</name>
        
    </author>
            <category term=" Frontpage" />
            <category term="Auto/Travel" />
    
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<entry>
    <title>Gartner Says 80% of Active Internet Users Will Have A Second Life </title>
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    <published>2007-04-30T22:03:53Z</published>
    <updated>2007-04-30T22:05:08Z</updated>
    
    <summary>     
      By the end of 2011, 80% of active Internet
      users (and Fortune 500 enterprises) will have a “second life”, but not
      necessarily in Second Life, according to Gartner, Inc.
</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Metrics 2.0</name>
        
    </author>
            <category term=" Frontpage" />
            <category term="Internet Indicators" />
            <category term="Tech Metrics" />
            <category term="Web 2.0" />
    
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<entry>
    <title>US Agency Revenue Up 8.8% to $28.2 Billion</title>
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    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://metrics2.com/blog-mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=1/entry_id=1754" title="US Agency Revenue Up 8.8% to $28.2 Billion" />
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    <published>2007-04-30T21:57:04Z</published>
    <updated>2007-04-30T22:02:21Z</updated>
    
    <summary><![CDATA[ U.S. agencies offering digital marketing
      services led the charge as overall agency revenue grew 8.8% to $28.2
      billion in 2006, reports
      AdAge. Billings from traditional advertising and
      media were up just 4.2%, reaching $13.1 billion.&nbsp;Income from marketing offerings rose from
      13.1% to hit $15.1 billion.&nbsp;
]]></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Metrics 2.0</name>
        
    </author>
            <category term=" Frontpage" />
            <category term="Advertising/Media" />
            <category term="Industry Insights" />
    
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<entry>
    <title>Ranks of Millionaire Households at Record 9.3 Million </title>
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    <published>2007-04-30T21:54:17Z</published>
    <updated>2007-04-30T21:55:47Z</updated>
    
    <summary>     
        The ranks of households with a net worth of at least $1 million grew 5%
        to an all-time high of 9.3 million, according
        to a report released Monday by TNS. he report covers the year through
        mid-2006; the value of primary residences was not included.
</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Metrics 2.0</name>
        
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            <category term=" Frontpage" />
            <category term="Economic Indicators" />
    
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<entry>
    <title>Consumer Spending Weakest in 8 Months Despite Solid Income Growth</title>
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    <published>2007-04-30T21:28:14Z</published>
    <updated>2007-04-30T21:51:07Z</updated>
    
    <summary><![CDATA[  Consumer spending grew at the weakest pace
      in 6 months in March, despite solid income growth and good news on a key
      inflation reading in the government's latest measure of the U.S. economy.
      The weak spending came even as the report showed individual incomes jumped
      0.7% in March.&nbsp;
]]></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Metrics 2.0</name>
        
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            <category term=" Frontpage" />
            <category term="Consumer" />
            <category term="Economic Indicators" />
    
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<entry>
    <title>User-Generated Content No.1 Threat to Media and Entertainment Industry: Accenture Survey</title>
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    <published>2007-04-19T20:11:21Z</published>
    <updated>2007-04-19T20:12:17Z</updated>
    
    <summary><![CDATA[      Media
      and entertainment executives see the growing ability and eagerness of
      individuals to create their own content as one of the biggest threats to
      their business, according
      to a recent Accenture survey.&nbsp;]]></summary>
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        <name>Metrics 2.0</name>
        
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            <category term="Content" />
            <category term="Internet Indicators" />
            <category term="Web 2.0" />
    
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<entry>
    <title>Click Fraud Rate Rises to 14.8% in First Quarter</title>
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    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://metrics2.com/blog-mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=1/entry_id=1749" title="Click Fraud Rate Rises to 14.8% in First Quarter" />
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    <published>2007-04-19T18:46:26Z</published>
    <updated>2007-04-19T18:48:25Z</updated>
    
    <summary>      The pay-per-click (PPC) industry average click fraud rate jumped to
      14.8% for 1Q07 from 14.2% in 4Q06, according to Click
      Forensics. The average click fraud rate was 13.8% for 3Q06, 14.1% for
      2Q06, and 13.7% from 1Q06.</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Metrics 2.0</name>
        
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            <category term=" Frontpage" />
            <category term="Internet Indicators" />
            <category term="Online Ad/Marketing" />
    
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<entry>
    <title>Overheating Worries: China Economy Sizzles with 11.1% Growth  in Q1 07</title>
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    <published>2007-04-19T18:42:58Z</published>
    <updated>2007-04-19T18:43:50Z</updated>
    
    <summary> China&apos;s economy surged 11.1% in the first
      quarter, causing the country&apos;s Cabinet to declare Thursday it will take
      steps to keep the economy from overheating, reports AP. It was the highest
      growth rate since Q2 2006&apos;s 11.5% growth, the fastest in a decade.
</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Metrics 2.0</name>
        
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            <category term=" Frontpage" />
            <category term="China" />
            <category term="Economic Indicators" />
            <category term="Global Monitor" />
    
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<entry>
    <title>Worldwide PC Shipments Hit 62.7 million in Q1 2007, Says Gartner</title>
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    <published>2007-04-19T18:40:00Z</published>
    <updated>2007-04-19T18:41:08Z</updated>
    
    <summary> Worldwide
      PC shipments totaled 62.7 million units in the first quarter of 2007, a
      8.9 percent increase from the same period last year, according
      to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. The Asia/Pacific region surpassed
      the U.S. PC market to take the No. 2 position in terms of shipments for
      the first time.
</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Metrics 2.0</name>
        
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            <category term=" Frontpage" />
            <category term="Computer Systems" />
            <category term="Tech Metrics" />
    
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