Metrics 2.0 Trends, Stats, Insights & Charts: October 27, 2006

VC Funding for Telent, eBuddy, Jellyfish, MonoSphere and more...

VC Deal Flow
	Talent Technology (HR technologies): Canadian $17 million
	Jellyfish.com (comparison shopping search engine): $5 million
	eBuddy (Web-based messaging): €5 million
	MonoSphere (software to manage storage capacity): $11 million
	Sonopia (mobile content delivery): $9 million
	Layer 7 Technologies (XML security & networking appliances): $8.9 million
	Rec Room (specialty furnishings retailer): $6 million
	SourceLabs (open-source software support): $7 million

More VC Insights at: PE Week, VentureBeat

October 27, 2006 12:54 PM | Permalink

VoIP Equipment Spells Opportunity in the $430 billion Voice Market

Worldwide VoIP equipment revenue will surge at CAGR of 24.7% to reach $11.9 billion in 2010, from $3.95 billion in 2005, according to the latest iSuppli report on VoIP.

Worldwide VoIP Equipment Revenue
	2005	2010	Growth- CAGR
Residential VoIP Subscribers	15.8 million	151.2 million	57.8%
Residential VoIP Equipment	$1.1 billion	$4.1 billion	31.1%
PBX/Enterprise VoIP Equipment	$1.8 billion	$5.6 billion	25.8%
Service Providers Equipment	$1.0 billion	$2.2 billion	14.9%
Total VoIP Equipment	$3.9 billion	$11.9 billion	24.7%
Source: iSuppli Corp. October 2006

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October 27, 2006 11:36 AM | Permalink

U.S. Economic Calendar & Key Economic Indicators - Week of Oct.23

US Economic Indicators
Wed 10/25	Existing Home Sales (Sep): fell 1.9% to 6.18M
Wed 10/25	Median Home Price (Sep): fell 2.5% to $219.8k
Thu 10/26	Durable Orders (Sep): up 7.8% to $226.7B
Thu 10/26	New Home Sales (Sep): Median Price fell 9.7%
Thu 10/26	Jobless Claims (10/21): up 8k to 308k
Thu 10/26	Help-Wanted Index (Sep): 30, no change
Fri 10/27	Price Deflator-Adv (Q3): core up 1.9%
Fri 10/27	GDP-Adv (Q3): up 1.6%, lowest in 3 years
Fri 10/27	Money-Market Mutual Funds (10/25): down $7.72B

More Econ Insights at: Haver Analytics

October 27, 2006 10:23 AM | Permalink

U.S. GDP Growth Slows to 1.6% in 3Q, Lowest in More Than 3 Years

U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) growth slows to 1.6% in the third quarter, the lowest growth in more than 3 years, according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. U.S. GDP grew at 2.6% during Q2 and a robust 5.6% during Q1 of 2006. The third quarter's 1.6% growth rate was the weakest since the first quarter of 2003, when the economy grew at a 1.2% annual rate.

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October 27, 2006 10:14 AM | Permalink

Global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Inflows Surged 29% to $916B in 2005

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows rose by 29% in 2005 to reach $916 billion, having already increased by 27% in 2004, according to The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) annual report on the appraisal of global FDI trends earlier this week. However world inflows remained far below the 2000 peak of $1.4 trillion. The value of cross-border M&As in 2005 rose by 88% over 2004, to $716 billion, and the number of deals rose by 20%, to 6,134.

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October 27, 2006 9:35 AM | Permalink

24% Increase in Visitors to Newspaper Web Sites; 58M Visitors in Sept.

More than 58 million people (or more than 1 in 3 active Internet users) visited newspaper Web sites in September, generating more than 2.7 billion page views, a record level, according to a report by Nielsen//NetRatings for the Newspaper Association of America.

ONLINE NEWSPAPER AUDIENCE
Month	Unique Audience	Active Reach%	Total Page Views	Pages Per person	Time Per Person (mm:ss)	Visits Per Person
Sept-05	47.4 mil.	31.87%	1.9 billion	40.65	37:52	7.41
Sept-06	58.2 mil.	37.03%	2.8 billion	47.80	42:01	7.94
Source: Nielsen//NetRatings Custom Analysis for NAA

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October 27, 2006 8:33 AM | Permalink

WSJ By The Numbers - Top 10 for Oct.27

A compendium of revealing stats and the key leading economic indicators and business metrics based on today's Wall Street Journal article and reports:

Microsoft Gets Boost From Xbox Sales: Microsoft's profit ($3.48B) and revenue ($10.8B) both rose 11% in its fiscal first quarter. For the full year, Microsoft forecast revenue in the range of $50 billion to $50.9 billion.

Microsoft expects to ship 10 million Xbox 360 consoles by the end of this year and between 13 million and 15 million by the end of Microsoft's fiscal year.

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October 27, 2006 6:18 AM | Permalink

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