Twitter Friday: Twitter is Worth a Billion and Your Site is NOT
2009-09-18 21:02:00 Many people still doubt that Twitter has value or that it will ever make money. A year ago the same people cried about Facebook growing but not being profitable. Btw, Google hasn’t been profitable from the start as well. Adwords and Adsense were introduced years after the search engine started. Now Google is the most ...© SEOptimise. Signup for the SEOptimise monthly newsletter and hire us for Search Engine Marketing!Twitter Friday: Twitter is Worth a Billion and Your Site is NOT Related posts:Twitter Friday: 4 Ways to Find out who Tweets about Your Blog or SiteTwitter Friday: Teens Don’t Tweet – So What?Twitter Friday: TechCrunch Twitter Hacked Scandal – SEO?
By: SEO Blog
Adobe Gets Into Web Analytics: Buys Omniture for $1.8 Billion
2009-09-16 09:24:00 “This is a game changer for Adobe and its customers,” said Shantanu Narayen, chief executive of Adobe, in a statement. “We will enable advertisers, media companies and e-tailers to realize the full value of their digital assets.” Saying so he announced that Adobe will buy out web analytics firm Omniture for what a lot of analysts feel a high $1.8 billion. The release which went out on Omniture’s site said, The combination of the two companies will increase the value Adobe delivers to customers. For designers, developers and online marketers, an integrated workflow — with optimization capabilities embedded in the creation tools — will streamline the creation and delivery of relevant content and applications. This optimization will enable advertisers, advertising agencies, publishers and e-tailers to achieve greater ROI from their digital media investments and improve their end users’ experiences. The idea is clear for Adobe, it wants to get into digita...
By: WATblog
Obama: $900 billion to fix health care
2009-09-10 18:45:00 Obama: $900 billion to fix health care Declaring that he is determined to be the last president confronted with reshaping health care in America, President Barack Obama proposed a 10-year, $900 billion plan Wednesday night to overhaul a system that he said had left the country at ?a breaking point.? In a prime-time address to a ...
By: TexasFred's
Updated: Ebay Sells Skype At Valuation Of 2.75 Billion $ – Report
2009-09-01 15:08:00 Updated: Ebay has announced that Skype has finally been sold off by Ebay to a bunch of Vc’s and PE firm owners for a valuation of 2.75 billion dollars (less by about 350 million dollars than what Ebay paid to acquire Skype). the group of PE firms would acquire about 65% of the company while 35% would continue to stay with Ebay. This deal is interesting in many ways but the main point it showcases is the problem of hype deals which happen in a booming market and how they cost the acquiring company dearly. Original post - Ebay has been hinting at this since more than a year now. We first asked the question in april last year about Ebay’s plan to get rid of Skype. The 3.1 billion dollar acquisition had become a financial headache and we did point out the reasons as well. Infact Ebay had recently invited the founders of Skype for a buy back as well and reports are also stating that it tried and wooed google into a buyout of the VOIP player as well. But as none of the opti...
By: WATblog
Disney Buys Marvel Entertainment For $4 Billion
2009-08-31 22:05:00 The Walt Disney Company has agreed to buy Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4Billion in a stock and cash, acquiring ownership of Marvel?s more than 5,000 characters. Both companies seem to be happy with the transaction as they announced the news on Monday (August 31). Robert A. Iger, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney ...
Manufacturing In China. Because There Are 1.3 Billion People There.
2009-08-26 17:38:00 I expected the routine this morning from a Wall Street Journal article entitled "LG Display Plans Plant in China." I expected it would say that LG was going to be manufacturing in China either to save costs or, more likely, to diversify its manufacturing. But the following line from the article gave me an ah-ha moment: "China's LCD market is growing rapidly, so we felt it's necessary to manufacture LCDs from the region in the long run," said LG Display spokesman Park Sang-bae. Ah-ha! Now I know many of you have already realized this (and on one level, so had I), especially those of you in the business of buying and selling product, but China manufacturing is in its second wave. China's first wave was strictly for cost savings; its second wave is for internal consumption. In a backward analysis brought on by this article, I realized that many (maybe as many as three quarters of them) of my firm's clients who we have been helping go into China are going there more to sell t...
By: China Law Blog
CTA rider: What $10 billion will buy you
2009-08-19 22:22:00 Jessica Lopez wrote to "Going Public" about CTA President Rich Rodriguez's statement that the CTA would need $10 billion to bring the system up to a state of good repair."Rodriguez is ridiculous. Ten billion are you serious? In this case, nevermind, leave it as is.With 10 billion the buses better be built like a celebrity tour bus and fly too. And the trains better be crash- and bullet-proof. Wait there's still room in the budget so let me add the riders should ride for free for at least nine billion years.Okay, there you go, that's what 10 billion bucks will buy you."...
Harry Potter Author J.K Rowling: On Turning A Great Story Into A Billion-Do
2009-08-04 15:15:00 It all began with one single book; an idea revolving the character of Harry Potter. When the first book hit the shelves, there was much hype around the world. At the time, I didn?t care too much of the book, thinking? it?s yet another children?s novel that delves into the supernatural realm of magic. Years have passed since that day, and the Harry Potter series continue to be a runaway smash hit. What started out as a children?s book, has got massive attention from adults as well. Yes, my initial perception of Harry Potter books has changed!Ever wondered how J.K Rowling, a divorced single mother, living in reduced circumstances, became a multi-millionaire within a short space of time? Here are some lessons we can all learn from her success journey. 1. There Are Fringe Benefits Of Failure!?Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one arena I believed I truly belonged,? said Rowling at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumn...
By: Enhance Life
Is Cash for Clunkers worth another $2 billion?
2009-07-31 20:50:00 Time ran out on those who were thinking of cashing in their clunker for a new car - but you may get another chance. The government is thinking of continuing the program, but is it worth another billion dollars? Yes indeed. If car sales see a boost from a program that takes older gas guzzlers off the streets, then the program is successful. Auto dealerships and manufactures will see a prominent boost in sales and production. Will you trade in your clunker for anew car? AP...
chang wrote a new blog post: Obama’s $4 billion is massive incentive for
2009-07-25 03:07:00 chang wrote a new blog post: Obama’s $4 billion is massive incentive for school reform The rush is on for $4.35 billion in “Race to the Top” grants, targeted to leverage historic reforms in US public schools. “This is one of the largest investments in education reform in American history,” said President Obama at the US Department of Education on Friday. “And rather than divvying it up and handing it out, ...
Twitter Targets 1 Billion Users by 2013
2009-07-16 11:00:00 We’ve been commenting about Twitter for quite a while. Twitter is oviously one of the most popular social media platforms out there. And obviously, one which is seen having great potential. Everyone was estimating that Twitter would earn a lot in the near future, however, few had the data to estimate how much. Do a search and you’ll understand the speculation over Twitter’s plans to earn money ranging from premium accounts to virtual money. But the revelation is out. Twitter expects its first revenue in Q3. They expected $400,000 (approximately INR 1.95 crore) in this quarter with a robust $4 million (19.5 crores) in Q4. The numbers Twitter are targeting by the end of 2013: 1 billion users, $1.54 billion in revenue, 5,200 employees and $1.1 billion in net earnings. Recently, there was a hack-attack on the email and twitter accounts of Twitter founder Evan Williams, his wife and several other employees. This was back in May. On the 14th of July, Techcrunch announce...
By: WATblog
"Gokusen" movie earns half a billion in opening weekend
2009-07-14 00:59:00 The highly anticipated "Gokusen: The Movie" opened on 409 screens in Japan this past weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, more than 402,000 fans saw the film in theaters, earning "Gokusen" close to 490 million yen.According to a statement by distributor Toho on Monday, the movie is projected to gross more than 4 billion yen by the end of its run.In comparison, the "ROOKIES" movie opened several weeks ago on 428 screens, and it earned over 1.2 billion yen in its first two days.Credit: TokyoGraph.com
Social Media Poised at $3.1 Billion Globally in 2014 - India’s Potent
2009-07-09 09:45:00 Online marketing has been on on the upswing. We’ve so far kept you updated on the changing trends in digital marketing. India as a market for digital advertising and online marketing has however, seen slower growth as compared to international markets. And as Ajit Balakrishnan, from Rediff.com recently told us, it will possibly take quite a while to hit a growth rate as high as international markets. In the USA, Forrester’s research which regularly tracks marketing trends, published this on their blog. From their report, they draw the following conclusions: Search continues to lead interactive spend followed by display. Social media assets (like internal blogs, community sites) are really the only emerging media getting traction in today’s economic climate. However, their take is that Overall Advertising Budgets will decline. The trending shift to Online Marketing is definitely less expensive than Conventional Media (which is possibly at its maximum pote...
By: WATblog
1.2 Billion YouTube Videos a Day
2009-07-01 04:35:00 From TechCrunch But the real number of streams/day, we?ve now confirmed with a source at Google, is above 1.2 billion/day worldwide. That matches what we?ve heard from other sources. That pretty much means everyone on the Internet, on average, is watching one YouTube video per day.
By: Factsbuffet.com
Four Men, A Billion Dollars, and some Patronage Jobs in a Room
2009-06-11 08:01:00 Tom Golisano posted a self-congratulatory, self-indulgent post at the Responsible New York blog today, and concludes with this : One important concrete change is that with these rules reforms and coalition government all 62 senators will play a role in negotiating the next budget. That means in one fell swoop ...
By: BuffaloPundit
"ROOKIES" rakes in 1.2 billion on opening weekend
2009-06-03 03:34:00 As expected, the "ROOKIES" movie was a major success at the box office in its opening weekend. The film played on 428 screens across Japan, and in two days it was seen by over 980,000 people, earning more than 1.2 billion yen.The movie's performance is being compared to "Hana Yori Dango Final," which was the #1 live-action film and #2 overall (behind "Gake no Ue no Ponyo") of 2008. "ROOKIES" opened on 7% more screens (compared to 400) and made 21.7% more in ticket revenue. At this rate, "ROOKIES" could eventually earn over 9 billion yen in theaters, given that "Hana Yori Dango Final" ultimately grossed 7.75 billion. Toho hopes that "ROOKIES" may even break the 10 billion yen mark, which has only been achieved by three live-action Japanese films so far.Credit: TokyoGraph.com
New Memory Material May Hold Data For One Billion Years
2009-05-27 16:28:00 From ScienceDaily LLC: Packing more digital images, music, and other data onto silicon chips in USB drives and smart phones is like squeezing more strawberries into the same size supermarket carton. The denser you pack, the quicker it spoils. The 10 to 100 gigabits of data per squa
$100 billion in green investment = $160 billion PER YEAR!
2009-05-15 04:56:00 The Economic Policy Institute recently showed that a $100 billion in green investment annually would yield $160 billion in additional output for each of the next two years, creating approximately 1.1 million new jobs and resulting in an increase of approximately 100,000 in the number of unionized jobs in the United States.EPI points out that this would lead to rising median incomes, a reduction in inequality and more access to job-training and mentorship programs.At a time when outsourcing undermines the middle class, and deregulation has wounded our entire economy, we have a chance to be creating millions of new jobs right here in the U.S.A.It's time for our leaders to take charge of the economy. Deregulation has helped the wealthy long enough: it's time to reward those who WORK for a living by insuring there are jobs for anybody in the U.S.A. willing to be productive.Investing in energy independence isn't simply a national defense priority, it makes sense for the environment an...
Pentagon Requests Record $50 Billion Black Budget
2009-05-11 17:26:00 The publication Aviation Week reports the Pentagon is requesting a record $50 billion for its secret black budget. This marks a three percent increase over last year?s total. The Pentagon budget for secret operations is now larger than the entire military budget of Britain, France or Japan. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Ftodayshottopic.co-m%2F2009%2F05%2F11%2Fpentagon-r-equests-record-50-billion-black--budget%2F'; ...
By: Today's Talk
$6 Billion To Bulldoze Empty Homes
2009-05-05 22:59:00 Sent in by Steven — Check out a local guy who posted the amazing video. He says the builder was being fined daily for the homes, but if they were already in foreclosure, then the builder should be out of the picture. Anyway, check it out. The same thing is happening in other areas; in fact ...
Companies Waste $2.8 Billion Per Year Powering Unused PCs
2009-03-26 14:20:00 From Slashdot: Unused PCs — computers that are powered on but not in use — are expected to emit approximately 20 million tons of CO2 this year, roughly equivalent to the impact of 4 million cars, according to report by 1E and the Alliance to Save Energy. All told, U.S.
Legal Action In $9.1 Billion Real Estate Project CityCenter Las Vegas
2009-03-26 07:51:00 Legal action in $9.1 billion real estate Project CityCenter Las Vegas brought on by joint venture partner Dubai World against real estate developer MGM Mirage. Dubai World says their partner is mismanaging the resort located on the Las Vegas Strip. The project has been riddled with financial difficulties. MGM Mirage quickly responded with their plans of ...
Bill Seeks to Let FDIC Borrow up to $500 Billion - WSJ.com
2009-03-06 07:03:00 Bill Seeks to Let FDIC Borrow up to $500 Billion - WSJ.com.
Newest $1 Billion Resort Opened To Huge Crowds At M Resort Las Vegas
2009-03-03 00:07:00 Newest $1 billion resort opened to huge crowds at M Resort Las Vegas on March 1, 2009. Commercial real estate developer Anthony Marnell III opened the 390-room M Resort at 10 p.m. with plenty of fanfare and press. At 9:50 a fireworks spectacular occurred at south end of the hotel to commence the grand opening events ...
AIG Getting $30 Billion More From The Government
2009-03-02 04:01:00 I guess the first bailout wasnt enough. Geesh!NEW YORK (Reuters) ? The U.S. government threw a new $30 billion lifeline to American International Group Inc on Sunday as the embattled insurer prepared to report the biggest quarterly loss in corporate history.AIG's board approved a new rescue package that also includes more lenient terms on a government investment in its preferred shares and a lower interest rate on a government credit line, two sources familiar with the matter said.Details will be announced on Monday when AIG is expected to report a fourth-quarter loss of about $60 billion -- some $460,000 per minute.This would be the third time the government has had to step up to save AIG, once the biggest insurer by market value whose global reach may have made it too big to fail.Allowing the collapse of AIG, which has struggled to sell assets, would have far-reaching consequences for the global financial system as the company guarantees about $300 billion of asset-backed securit...
Barry wrote a new blog post: GM, Chrysler ask for $21.6 billion more
2009-02-20 23:22:00 Barry wrote a new blog post: GM, Chrysler ask for $21.6 billion more GM, Chrysler ask for $21.6 billion more NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — General Motors and Chrysler LLC said Tuesday they could need an additional$21.6 billion in federal loans between them because of worsening demand for their cars and trucks. The two firms, in documents submitted to the Treasury Department,also detailed plans to cut 50,000 jobs worldwide by the end ...
Senate Passes Stimulus Bill Containing $1.3 Billion for NASA
2009-02-12 16:46:00 From SPACE.com: The U.S. Senate passed an $838 billion economic stimulus package Tuesday that includes $1.3 billion for NASA - more than double the amount the House approved Jan. 28 for the U.S. space agency in its version of the bill. The Senate voted 61-37 on its version of th
Rs 20 Billion Loan Secured by DLF from Banks
2009-02-11 06:15:00 DLF Ltd., India’s biggest realty company by sales, has secured long-term loans of about 20 billion rupees ($411.7 million) from three state-run banks and a financial institution, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said Tuesday. DLF has tied up loans of about 7 billion rupees from Punjab National Bank and 3 billion rupees ...
Senate passes $838 billion stimulus
2009-02-10 20:10:00 Democratic leaders vow to deliver legislation to president within days President Barack Obama’s economic recovery plan has passed the Senate and is on its way to difficult House-Senate negotiations. Just three Republicans helped pass the plan on a 61-37 vote and they’re already signaling they’ll play hardball to preserve more than $108 billion in spending cuts ...
By: TexasFred's
Goldiron wrote a new blog post: General Motors to Invest $1 Billion in Braz
2009-02-01 16:41:00 Goldiron wrote a new blog post: General Motors to Invest $1 Billion in Brazil Operations; Money to Come from U.S. Bailout General Motors to Invest $1 Billion in Brazil Operations; Money to Come from U.S. Bailout Source: Latin American Herald Tribune SAO PAULO — General Motors plans to invest $1 billion in Brazil to avoid the kind of problems the U.S. automaker is facing in its home market, said the beleaguered car maker. According to the president of GM ...
By: BackBeat
FCC?s 700Mhz Auction (or How to Make $20 Billion)
2009-01-29 06:01:00 Most of the articles you see about the analog television cutoff focus on the switch to digital, and talk about whether or not people's TV sets will be compatible. They seem to leave off the other side of the story; what is going to happen to the frequency range that will be vacated by the analo
Zyprexa Manufacturer Eli Lilly $1.4 Billion Poorer
2009-01-16 02:34:00 In Philidelphia today it was revealed that as a result of a law suit filed under the ‘Federal Whistleblower Act’ that drug maker Eli Lilly is on the hook to pay almost a billion and a half dollars over the misuse of one of its flagship drugs Zyprexa. Zyprexa is a prescription only drug and ...
1 in 131 billion: the movie
2009-01-15 13:50:00 Set to another Ennio Morricone masterpiece. Synopsis Architect Paul Murdoch split his giant Crescent of Embrace memorial to Flight 93 into two separate arcs at the top, in effect creating two separate crescents: Tags: Publius Forum, Flight 93Bookmark this story to your favorite service:
By: Publius Forum
Tiger Woods' billion-dollar record, Daly's down-under, winter golf drills
2009-01-06 19:03:00 Click here to listen.Fear not Bill Gates! Tiger Woods will not topple the richest man in the world off of his pedestal! Tiger would require about $57 billion in order to achieve this goal but he is certainly on his way! It has been reported that Woods, even with a bum knee and attending only six golf tournaments this year has made (both on and off the course) an estimated $117 million, bringing his total earnings to just under $900 million.If Tiger plays equally as well in 2009 as he did last season and picks up another sponsor to offset the $50 million loss of his General Motors contract, there is the possibility that Woods could crack the $1 billion mark by the end of the year.Even if Woods barely grazed the billion dollar ceiling, it is improbable that he would join Gates on the Forbes 400 as "the price of admission ? is $1.3 billion for the second year in a row." Heads up, George Steinbrenner, the Tiger is on your tail! Prediction as to how Tiger Woods will climb the ranks of t...
Tiger Woods' billion-dollar record, Daly down-under, winter golf drills
2009-01-05 20:10:00 Click here to listen. Fear not Bill Gates! Tiger Woods will not topple the richest man in the world off of his pedestal! Tiger would require about $57 billion in order to achieve this goal but he is certainly on ...
GMAC Loosens Credit Reins After $6 Billion Treasury Loan
2008-12-31 17:23:00 The U.S. Treasury has agreed to lend $6 billion to GMAC LLC (GOM), the financing arm of General Motors Corp. (GM), in the latest government effort to keep the biggest U.S. automaker out of bankruptcy. GMAC immediately announced looser credit lending…
By: Jutia Group
Game Consoles Consume More Than $1 Billion Worth of Energy
2008-12-30 14:31:00 From Newlaunches.com: The war between the three major consoles continues on the ecological front now. So far this year, Wii is winning the sales war, followed by XBOX 360, with PS3 trailing not far behind. Now it seems the Wii is winning in another front too. If one was to look at
Banks That Got $188 Billion in Bailout Money This Year Paid Out $1.6 Billio
2008-12-24 17:10:00 The 116 banks that are receiving billions in taxpayer-provided bailout money this year actually paid out $1.6 billion in compensation and benefits to their top executives last year – even though the results at some of these institutions were so…
By: Jutia Group
Thierry de la Villehuchet: Madoff Investor Dies After $1.4 Billion Lost
2008-12-24 02:28:00 Did Thierry de la Villehuchet kill himself? - Huff Postt: “Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet was found sitting at his desk at about 8 a.m. with both wrists slashed, New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said. A box cutter was found on the floor along with a bottle of sleeping pills on his desk. No suicide note was found...”
Toyota Announces First Operating Loss in 70 Years: $1.7 billion USD
2008-12-23 16:05:00 From TreeHugger: As Mike wrote a while back, even the Prius can't save Toyota. On Monday the world's biggest car-maker announced that, in contrast to 2007's 2.3 trillion yen operating profit, for the past year the company made an operating loss of 150 billion yen. Furthermore To
White House Approves $13.4 Billion in Loans for GM and Chrysler
2008-12-19 20:30:00 General Motors Corp. (GM) and Chrysler LLC will receive $13.4 billion in loans from the federal government as part of an emergency measure to keep the companies operating at least until the spring. “These are not ordinary circumstances, in the midst…
By: Jutia Group
Obama team weighs up to $850 billion economic jolt
2008-12-18 14:59:00 Obama team weighs up to $850 billion economic jolt WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama is laying the groundwork for a giant economic stimulus package, possibly $850 billion over two years, in his first test of legislative give and take with Congress. Obama’s economic advisers are assembling a recovery plan and reaching out to members of ...
By: TexasFred's
Automakers Seek $34 Billion Bailout
2008-12-08 15:13:00 I say a big fat NO to the bailout. I would tell the 3 automakers to start making some decent cars. I mean who drives a Ford Focus these days…?? Anyone?? General Motors, Chrysler and Ford submitted plans Tuesday formally requesting a $34 billion bailout from taxpayers, $9 billion more than what the companies requested just ...
By: Today's Talk
One Out of 1.3 Billion Loses It And Newsweek Proclaims China As "Most
2008-11-17 03:42:00 "Santa Clara" is among my Google alerts because my eldest daughter studies engineering at the University there. Friday, it was filled with stories of an engineer (apparently Chinese-American) who, after being laid off from his high tech start-up, killed three people at the company where he once worked. The story bothered me, but it did not worry me about my kid (who was in Palo Alto in any event) because these sorts of things are random and can happen anywhere. I drew no conclusions from these murders about Chinese-Americans, San Clarans, high tech workers, Californians, or we 300 or so million Americans. But when one out of 1.3 billion Chinese loses it and commits murder, there are apparently all sorts of things we can and should extrapolate. In "Murder at the Drum Tower," Newsweek uses the knifing of the Minnesota couple inside Beijing's drum tower during the Olympics as evidence of China being on the verge of a total meltdown. The article tells us that the perpetrator, a M...
By: China Law Blog
RSA® BSAFE® — Security A Billion Times Over
2008-11-16 01:00:00 RSA has marked a McDonald’s-like landmark, quietly— over one billion applications and devices are now embedded with RSA ® BSAFE® security software. No numbers changed under ubiquitous golden arches to mark this monumental achievement, but it did get me thinking on how deep an impact RSA BSAFE has had in the broad industry sectors as well as at EMC in particular…
DOE to Offer $25 Billion in Loans for Advanced Vehicles
2008-11-13 05:47:00 That's 25 BILLION. This is from the DOE EERE Network DOE to Offer $25 Billion in Loans for Advanced Vehicles A new DOE loan program will help automakers and component manufacturers shift their manufacturing facilities toward advanced, fuel-efficient vehicles. Credit: Ford Mot
What?s Another $540 Billion in Loans?
2008-10-24 16:15:00 More Government Intervention, This Time to Save the Money Markets It seems that there’s a never-ending supply of cash floating around Washington these days, and this time it’s the money markets which are the beneficiary. The Fed has observed that "short-term…
By: Jutia Group
What?s Another $540 Billion in Loans?
2008-10-23 20:31:00 More Government Intervention, This Time to Save the Money Markets It seems that there’s a never-ending supply of cash floating around Washington these days, and this time it’s the money markets which are the beneficiary. The Fed has observed that "short-term…
By: Jutia Group
Rs.20 Billion Rescue Fund
2008-10-23 03:03:00 The government has established a Rs 20 billion open-end fund to be injected into the stock market for providing a soft landing to the market on its opening on October 27, 2008. The government has also given Rs 30 billion guarantee to foreign investors, who would avail put options. The Securities and Exchange Commission of ...
Fed Steps in with $600 Billion Plan to Bolster Money Market Funds
2008-10-22 16:33:00 The U.S. Federal Reserve yesterday (Tuesday) announced a new program that will provide as much as $600 million in emergency funding to money-market funds should the ongoing global financial crisis once again cause the short-term credit markets to freeze out…
By: Jutia Group
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