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June 30, 2008 News and Trends

World's News Headlines Still Reeling with Doom and Gloom, but Economic and Business News Strongly Upbeat, New Metric Finds

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:01 PST
Although news organizations around the world worked to bring their audiences a good mix of stories and feature articles, on balance, the news for the first day of 2008 featured more negative stories...

Obama Losing Ground

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:01:23 PDT
Time magazine joins Gallup and Rasmussen in showing a virtual dead heat between McCain and Obama. Gone, if it ever existed, is any “bump” Obama got from clinching the nomination.This should be particularly disturbing to the Obama camp considering news analysis shows that Obama-only stories outnumber McCain-only stories by 4 to 1...

Study on the internet and consumer behavior

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:24:41 PDT
The good folks from Fleishmann-Hillard sent me some information about their European offices’ recent work on understanding how the Internet affects consumer behavior in Europe. Key findings: The Internet beat TV two to one on influence, and eight to one over print. People ask other people for personal purchase advice, but for airline tickets and bigger ticket items, they prefer the corporate sites. Only 28% of people trust the information they read online, and yet 66% say the web helps

Yves Saint-Laurent Rolling Sneakers

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:16:28 PDT
Here is the latest sneakers from Yves Saint-Laurent. Known as the Rolling Sneaker, this sneaker features all white patent leather with the YSL logo tag and signature. No word on pricing of these sneakers. HighSnobiety]

20 Pride marchers hurt in Czech attacks

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:53:31 PDT
Nick Clegg calls on Heinz to reinstate same-sex kiss advert The leader of the Liberal Democrats has become the first party leader to comment on the decision of food manufacturer Heinz to withdraw an advert from TV because it depicted two men kissing. You will go to hell, preacher tells "gay" CNN presenter Is Anderson Cooper going to hell? Rev. Al Sharpton seems to think so, and while appearing on Anderson Cooper 360 to discuss Rev. James Dobson. opinionuk-newsworld-newspolitics

Testicular Cancer Incidence Trends in the USA (1975-2004): Plateau ... - UroToday


Testicular Cancer Incidence Trends in the USA (1975-2004): Plateau ...
UroToday, CA - 4 hours ago
Temporal trends analysis was conducted over three decades to assess the evidence for such a plateau, and to examine whether the incidence of testicular ...


Hot spots: News from around the world - Chicago Sun-Times


Hot spots: News from around the world
Chicago Sun-Times, United States - Jun 29, 2008
WINFIELD, Mo. -- A makeshift barrier holding back the Mississippi River failed early Saturday, swamping the low-lying part of the small community of ...


News for nerds, stuff that matters - Slashdot


News for nerds, stuff that matters
Slashdot - 5 hours ago
Croakyvoice writes "Dark Alex, the PSP hacker from Spain, and his Team M33 have released a new version of the custom firmware for the PSP, ...


Study on the internet and consumer behavior

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:24:41 PDT
The good folks from Fleishmann-Hillard sent me some information about their European offices’ recent work on understanding how the Internet affects consumer behavior in Europe. Key findings: The Internet beat TV two to one on influence, and eight to one over print. People ask other people for personal purchase advice, but for airline tickets and bigger ticket items, they prefer the corporate sites. Only 28% of people trust the information they read online, and yet 66% say the web helps


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