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Search
engines have become an increasingly
important part of the online experience of American internet users.
As consumers find online search more convenient than traditional yellow
pages to find local services, local search is experiencing strong
growth.
Listed
below are the top 10 business trends data points for today, culled from
the most authoritative business news and data sources. Today's
trend data points to investment banks' record profits , jobless claims,
economy growth forecasts, DOW record close, holiday sales, video
games, and consumer sentiment.
Continue reading... "10 Key Business Trends Data Points for Today" »
Global
revenue from online video sales, rentals or subscriptions will total just
$298 million this year, but will grow some 389% in 2007 to hit global
sales of nearly $1.5 billion, according to a new
report "The Video Store Goes Virtual: The Global Outlook for Online Video
Sales" from technology research firm Strategy Analytics.
Continue reading... "Online Video Sales Becomes Real Business in 2007 with 400% Growth" »
The
U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.2 percent in November, according
to the U.S. Department of Labor data released today. The increase was led
by a 0.7 percent advance in nonpetroleum prices, which more than offset a
decline in the price index for petroleum. Excluding all fuels, import
prices rose a modest 0.1 percent.
Major
U.S. service industries revenue for the third quarter of 2006 was little
over $875 billion, according to the Department of Commerce data. U.S.
information sector revenue for the third calendar quarter of 2006,
was $261.7 billion, an increase of 0.6% from the second quarter of 2006
and up 5.8% from the third quarter of 2005.
Continue reading... "U.S. Service Sector Generated Over $875 billion Revenue in Q3 2006" »
American
teenage shoppers are becoming an increasingly influential online consumer
retail demographic and will spend $3 billion online in 2006, according to
a JupiterResearch report,
"Teen Online Shoppers: Reach Teen Influencers and Early Adopters
Through Consumer-Created Content".
Continue reading... "Can Consumer-Created Content Help to Tap $3B Teens Spend Online?" »
Almost three-quarters of Americans believe inequality is a major issue,
versus 24% who don't think so, according
to a new Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll. The anxiety about the growing rich-poor divide unites Americans,
crossing income and political divisions:
Continue reading... "Growing Rich-Poor Divide Unites Americans: Poll" »
Higher Education Endowments
earned an average investment returns of 10.7% during fiscal 2006, narrowly
beating the 8.6% return for Standard & Poor's 500 Index, according to
national survey results released by
the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO)
and TIAA-CREF.
Continue reading... "Large School Endowments Earn 15.2% Returns in 2006" »
Search engine users continue to be at significant risk of clicking through
to Web sites that can compromise their online safety, according to an
investigation conducted
by McAfee® SiteAdvisorTM, which studied the five
major U.S. search engines (Google, Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, Ask).
Continue reading... "Consumers Click Through to Risky Sites 268 million Times Each Month - Study" »
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