The global broadband market is expanding at a rapid pace, with both equipment revenue and global subscribers expected to increase robustly during the next few years, according to iSuppli Corp. Global broadband subscribers will grow to 622.7 million by 2011, more than double the 270.4 million in 2006.

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April 10, 2007 10:59 AM | Permalink

The heads of Apple, Capital One, DreamWorks and Google each collect a salary of just $1 a year, bucking the trend of digging for a bigger CEO pay packet - the $1 million a year the typical CEO can get, reports USA Today.  While some experts laud CEOs for making an important symbolic statement with their $1-a-year salaries, others take a more cynical view.

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April 10, 2007 10:50 AM | Permalink

comScore reported the February 2007 worldwide rankings of top Web properties from its World Metrix service, based on unique visitors.  Microsoft and Google sites attarcted over half a billion unique users in February, followed closely by Yahoo with 459 million unique users worldwide.

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April 10, 2007 10:47 AM | Permalink

China's trade surplus in March fell to $6.9 billion, well below forecasts and down sharply from February's $23.7 billion surplus, reports AP. It was not clear whether the drop in March was the result of government efforts or would have a lasting impact.

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April 10, 2007 10:44 AM | Permalink