Next Big Thing: VC Deal Flow
	Topix.net (online news communities): $15 million
	Alien Technology (RFID tagging company): $15 million
	Access 360 Media (in-store entertainment network): $4.25 million
	Netsize (France - mobile messaging and billing): Euro13.2 million
	SodaHead (social networking startup): $4.25 million
	BridgePort Networks (mobile VoIP network Sol.): $13 million
	FanLib (user-generated entertainment content): $3 million
	Powerset (natural language search engine): $12.5 million
	World of Good (“fair trade” globally-sourced goods): $4 million
	Bunchball (online multi-player gaming): $2 million
	Zvents (local events search): $7 million

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Consumer credit, or non-mortgage loans to individuals, fell $1.2 billion in September, the most since April 1992, to $2.37 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve data released today. Consumer credit declined at a 0.6% annual rate. In August, consumer credit increased $9.1 billion or a 4.7% annual rate. In April 1992, outstanding consumer credit fell by $1.78 billion, according to the Fed.

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November 7, 2006 10:32 PM | Permalink

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November 7, 2006 2:45 PM | Permalink

Total U.S. spending for online video advertising will hit $410 million this year, an 82.2% jump over last year's $225 million, estimates eMarketer. But this is just the beginning as the market is expected to surge another 89% in 2007 and U.S. advertisers will spend over $1.3 billion in 2008 on online video ads, and reaching nearly $3 billion by 2010. 

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November 7, 2006 10:38 AM | Permalink

Verizon, YouTube Aim To Bring Web Videos To Cellphones, TV: Verizon would offer YouTube videos as an on-demand feature of a TV service it is launching throughout the nation. The company paved the way for the launch with a massive upgrade of its network that is expected to cost $18 billion through 2010. Users watch YouTube videos more than 100 million times daily on the site. At the end of the third quarter, Verizon had 522,000 customers for its fiber-based Internet service and 118,000 TV customers. Verizon reported 68 million downloads of games and other mobile content in the 3rd quarter.

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