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VC Funding for Brightcove, BlackArrow, Turn, Timberbridge, Scali and more...

Next Big Thing: VC Deal Flow

Brightcove (IP video company): $55 million
BlackArrow (video ad insertion solutions): $14.75 million
Ontela (mobile imaging technology): $4.5 million
Tejas Networks (India-optical networking): $20 million
Turn (online advertising network): $18 million
Talyst (automation solutions for pharmacies: $20 million
Timebridge (calendar-scheduling company): $6 million
Scali (clustering solutions for datacenters): $3.5 million
Dilithium Networks (broadband & wireless video sol) $16.77M
More VC Insights at: PEHub, VentureBeat

IBM Biggest Winner in Video Game Consoles Market; Targets $20B by 2015

While Nintendo (Wii), Microsoft (XBOX360), and Sony (Playstation 3) are playing hard to win in the $17 billion video game industry, IBM has already become one huge victor as it designed and makes the microprocessors for all three units.

As recently as 2004, IBM was struggling with its chip-making business unit. 

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China Projects Trade Surplus to Hit $150B; Forex Reserves to Top $1 trillion

China's total trade surplus is expected to yet another record $150 billion this year, nearly 50% above the 2005 level, according to Commerce Ministry figures released on Friday. Exports this year are expected to total $960 billion, with imports rising to $810 billion, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. 

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Worldwide LCD-TV Market Expanding at 27% CAGR to Hit $84B by 2010

Worldwide LCD-TV market will grow to $84.3 billion in revenue by 2010 expanding at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 27.5% up from $25.1 billion in 2005. LCD TVs are expected to surpass CRT TVs in revenue by the end of 2006, and by the end of 2009, LCD TV units shipped will exceed those of CRTs on a worldwide basis, according to iSuppli.

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Internet Search Results in 38% Job Offers vs. 24% for Newspapers

Over 70% of all job seekers reported using newspapers and online ads to look for employment, but most job offers of 38.2% are attributed to the Internet search, according to a recent research from  The Conference Board.

Job Offers Most Often Attributed to the Internet

  How Job Seekers Look For a Job How They Find a Job offer
Internet 71.1% 38.2%
Newspapers 70.6% 23.9%
Networking  49.2% 27.1%
Other 26.5% 29.9%

Source: The Conference Board. Based on Persons Who Reported Searching for a Job between January 1 and September 30, 2006 and received a job offer.

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Only 50% of Top500 Sites Meet The 4 Seconds Benchmark for Retail Websites

Four seconds is the maximum length of time an average online shopper will wait for a Web page to load before potentially abandoning a retail site, according to a report by JupiterResearch for Akamai Technologies, that examines consumer reaction to a poor online shopping experience. 
The report ranked poor site performance as second only to high product prices and shipping costs as leading factors for dissatisfaction among online shoppers.
Report Highlights: 

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Yahoo Mail Commands 50% Share of the 500 million Web-based Email Users

Yahoo is the dominant player in web-based email as Yahoo Mail is used by some 250 million users worldwide, while Google’s GMail has 51 million users in September 2006, according to comScore data. No.2 player MSN Hotmail has 228 million worldwide users while AOL Mail counts 50 million users.

Overall, web-based email is used by nearly 500 million users worldwide, compared to 80 million IM users.

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WSJ By The Numbers - Top 10 for Nov.10

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

Buzz in West Texas Is About Jeff Bezos And His Launch Site: Over the past three years, Jeff Bezos of Amazon has put together about 290,000 acres of land for his space project. According to a report filed with the Federal Aviation Administration, his Blue Origin, which will offer suborbital trips to space, may start commercial operations as early as 2010, conducting about 52 launches a year from Texas.

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