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Here
are the 7 most popular business, technology and market trends by the
numbers for today on Metrics 2.0:
Continue reading... "7 Most Popular Big Picture Trends by the Numbers Today" »
Continue reading... "SMB Share of Federal IT Contracts Shrinking to 35%: INPUT " »
Continue reading... "Borrell Associates: Online Recruitment Advertising to Hit $10B" »
Wall
Street bonuses are expected to rise to a record $23.9 billion in 2006 from
$20.5 billion in 2005, according to New York State Comptroller. The
bonuses will generate $1.6 billion in tax revenues for New York State and
another $500 million for New York City.
Continue reading... "Wall Street Bonuses Hit Record $23.9 billion, up 15% in 2006" »
U.S.
growers produce nearly $35 billion worth of marijuana annually, making the
illegal pot the country's largest cash crop, bigger than corn and wheat
combined, according to a report by National Organization for the Reform of
Marijuana Laws - NORMAL (Reuters reports).
Continue reading... "Marijuana is the Largest U.S. Cash Crop at $35B: Study" »
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U.S. households now own DVD players (81.2% of all households) than VCRs
(79.2% of households), according to the Nielsen Media Research's 3rd
Quarter Home Technology Report released today. Findings from this
quarterly study also show ownership of most media technology trending up
from previous years.
Continue reading... "DVD Players Surpass VCRs; PC-73%, Cell Phone- 76% Penetration: Nielsen" »
When
online searches fail, more than half conclude "it’s there, but I
can't find it". Many U.S. professionals do not get the results
they are looking for and are forced to abandon their efforts when they use
popular Internet search engines for work-related research, according to a
survey of more than 1,000 professionals, commissioned by Convera Corp. (CNVR).
Continue reading... "Search Engines - 70% Get Lost and End Up in Unexpected Places: Survey" »
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 mutual funds, CEO big pay day, VC firms, hedge funds,
equity markets next year, and AT&T hurdles.
Continue reading... "10 Key Business Trends Data Points for Today" »
The
rapid rise of online social communities and the companies behind them
(such as MySpace and Facebook), has found a natural extension to the
mobile phones. There are currently nearly 50 million members in
"mobile social communities" and is expected to reach 174 million
worldwide by 2011, according to ABI Research.
Continue reading... "Social Communities Go Mobile: 50 million to Become 174 million" »
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Q3
2006 |
Advertisers bid aggressively on more expensive keywords in Q3 as pre-holiday positioning began a bit earlier this year, according to the Q3 Search Trend Report, an analysis of the Performics 50 Index released quarterly by Performics, a division of DoubleClick |
Continue reading... "Q3 Search Trends: Conversion, Clicks & Costs Up" »
The
popularity of public Wi-Fi hotspots continues to grow quickly, and the
number of worldwide deployments, including both stand alone sites and muni-wireless
deployments, will double over the next five years, according to
In-Stat.
Continue reading... "Public Wi-Fi Hotspots to Double; 75% Used Hotspots" »
Construction
of new homes and apartments increased by 6.7% in November to a seasonally
adjusted annual rate of 1.588 million units, while applications for
permits to build new homes fell for a 10th consecutive month, according to
data from The U.S. Census Bureau.
Continue reading... "Building Permits Fell Over 31% Since Last November" »
Continue reading... "Wholesale Prices Jump in November by Largest Amount in 32 Years" »
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