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Former Morgan Stanley Execs Looking for Backup

Former executives of Morgan Stanley wrote a letter to employees looking for a way for them to speak out without intimidation from CEO Philip Purcell.

It’s The Content, Stupid: Search Engine Optimization

In deciding to rank your website, search engines pay a lot of attention to the actual content they find on your webpages.

When It Comes to Tagging, You’re It

BusinessWeek takes a good look at tagging (sometimes called folksonomies) from an interesting perspective – the threat they pose to search engines…

New Bugs Found In Microsoft Outlook, Internet Explorer

Once again, it appears as if another security vulnerability bug has bitten Microsoft’s two popular Internet-related tools, Outlook and Internet Explorer.

Blinkx 3.0 Gives Users First Fully Integrated Search Tool

Blinkx, the smartest thing on your computer and on the Web, today announced the release of blinkx 3.0, the world’s first fully integrated search tool.

Morgan Stanley Shares Up On Talk of a Discover Sale

Morgan Stanley shares have gone up since its board of directors has approved the sale of its Discover credit card business.

Aon Gets New CEO

Aon announced the election of Gregory C. Case, 42, as president and CEO effective immediately.

Gmail Capacities Continue To Increase

Last Friday, Google revealed their intentions to increase the storage capacity of Gmail accounts, moving them past the 1-gigabyte mark.

Apax and TPG Acquire Control of Tim Hellas

An acquisition company owned by private equity funds advised by Texas Pacific Group and Apax Partners signed a conditional acquisition agreement today with TIM International.

Krispy Kreme’s $225 Million Financing

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts announced that its subsidiary, Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation, closed senior secured credit facilities aggregating $225 million…

UK Credit Card Debt

Getting into credit card debt in the UK, can leave you feeling helpless and hopeless. It seems like you could be stuck in UK credit card debt forever, and there’s no light at the end of the tunnel. Harassing phone calls from creditors and threatening letters prevent you from doing anything else but worry about money matters and you debt. Yet there is one practical solution for getting out of UK credit card debt: don’t get into it in the first place!

Podcasting Popularity Continues To Increase
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Of the 22 million Americans who own MP3 players, including Apple’s iPod, about 29 percent have downloaded the audio files that make up a podcast.

Vertical Search Engines Proliferate

The San Francisco Chronicle takes a look at the recent flurry of new search engines catering to specific vertical markets.

Samsung and Diego Team Up on Moxi II

Samsung Electronics, and Digeo announced their intention to enter into a deal to produce the next-generation Moxi II Media Center product family.

Google Speeds Up Firefox Searches
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When you key a search term into Google it often has a pretty good idea of what it is you are looking for. For example, if you key in “microsoft” it’s likely you are looking for the Microsoft.com page, and Google puts it up in the top search results position.

ChevronTexaco Buys Unocal

ChevronTexaco is acquiring Unocal in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $18 billion, including net debt.

Oil Continues to Climb

With OPEC to discuss a second increase in output, oil prices have jumped to over $58 a barrel.

Sony Preparing Movie Downloads For Mobile Technology

Sony Pictures is preparing to offer a download service featuring the company’s top 500 movies for mobile technology users. The company’s goal is to have this upcoming service ready by next year.

Big Changes at GM

General Motors Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner announced a series of senior leadership changes as the next step in transforming GM into a globally integrated business.

SAP’s Safe Passage Extension to Over 6,500 Companies

SAP unveiled the second wave of its Safe Passage Program of SAP applications, technology and maintenance service alternatives by extending the offer to more than 6,500 companies…

Three Things You Must Do When Designing and Building Your Small Business Website

If you are going to have a web presence for your small business, it only makes sense that it should actually help you get more business.

Lions Gate Takes Interest in HIT

Lions Gate Entertainment has requested access to due diligence information from HIT Entertainment PLC because it is considering making an offer to acquire HIT.