| Should Michigan Dems have a do-over?
Here's your chance to weigh in on the debate raging over whether Michigan should hold another Democratic presidential primary or caucus. Progress Michigan, a Lansing-based liberal alliance, is hosting a poll on its web site, progressmichigan.org. Click on "MI Primary do-over?" Yes votes currently lead 67-33 percent. Be aware that it's not entirely without strings. You have to enter your e-mail address and zip code. For more on politics, see polpourri on mlive.com/grpress and in Sunday's Press .
MyDomain Launches National TV Campaign to Support Its Start Your Dream ...
VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- MyDomain, the Internet Domain Name and Web Hosting powerhouse, announces the launch of a national multimillion dollar TV campaign to support its Start Your Dream Business website for $1 promotion. The one of a kind deal gives customers use of a domain they choose and all the tools needed to quickly publish and launch a website for $1. Because this groundbreaking offer is like nothing out there, MyDomain is kicking off a national cable advertising campaign to ensure that people across the country can take advantage of this unique program. Beginning on October 1, 2007, MyDomain plans to run its Start Your Dream Business commercials on Bravo, CNBC, the Discovery Channel, MSNBC, Discovery Times, The Movie Channel, SCI-FI, Soap Network, SPIKE TV, and USA.
Symantec Inks Deal with EarthLink to Distribute Norton 360
CUPERTINO, Calif. Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced that EarthLink (Nasdaq: ELNK) will become the first major Internet service provider in North America to provide Norton 360 to its subscribers. The service will be available for a $6.95 monthly subscription rate. Norton 360 is Symantecs all-in-one security solution, which helps consumers feel safe and secure when conducting their daily computing activities. Norton 360 combines Symantecs proven, industry-leading PC Security and PC Tuneup technologies with Identity Protection and automated Backup technologies to help guard against online fraud and protect valuable data. From securing against online threats, such as viruses, worms, spyware and hackers to protecting irreplaceable files, photos and music, Norton 360 provides consumers with an easy-to-use, comprehensive solution that requires minimal user intervention.
Clearing the truth from the chaff in 14th Dist. campaign
Then there are the TV and radio ads. "Ten years. They could be in college by then. Jim Oberweis says we need to be in Iraq 10 years," intonates Foster, while images of children flash over the screen. "We're already in trouble, and Bill Foster wants to raise our taxes? That's crazy!" proclaims an incredulous woman in an Oberweis ad that claims families would pay $8,000 a year more in taxes if Foster was elected and his plan approved. What can you believe? Is Oberweis a hard-hearted man looking to get elected to anything, firing American workers and sending their jobs to China, willing to smear anybody who opposes him, including fellow Republicans in the primary? Is Foster going to spend-spend-spend us into the poorhouse, take away your ability to see the doctor of your choice, surrender to terrorists and allow your daughter to get an abortion without telling you about it? After sifting through the fliers and commercials, we came up with some of the main things each candidate is charging the other with.
Damaging Tornadoes Hit the South
No fatalities were immediately reported in Prattville, outside Montgomery, but two people were critically injured, said Fire Department official Dallis Johnson. Twenty-seven people had minor injuries, officials said. About 200 homes were damaged or destroyed. A curfew began as darkness fell Sunday. A 35-bed mobile hospital unit was set up outside a Kmart to treat victims with minor to moderate injuries so that hospitals could take those with serious injuries, Dr. Steve Allen said. Toppled utility poles and storm debris littered the area. Shelters opened at churches, and school buses shuttled storm victims out of the stricken area to the city center. David Shoupe, 18, assistant manager at Palm Beach Tan, said he and a co-worker barely made it into a laundry room before the roof fell in and the wind tossed shopping carts aloft.
KongZhong Corporation Reports Unaudited Fourth Quarter And Fiscal Year ...
Note: Unless otherwise indicated, all financial statement amounts used in this press release are based on US GAAP and denominated in US dollars.) Total WVAS revenues for the fourth quarter increased 16% sequentially to $19.47 million. Revenues from 2.5G services accounted for approximately 29% of total WVAS revenues and revenues from 2G services represented the remaining 71%. Revenues from 2.5G services, which include services delivered using wireless application protocol ("WAP"), multimedia messaging service ("MMS"), and JAVA(TM) technologies, increased 2% sequentially to $5.62 million. WAP revenues in the fourth quarter of 2007 were $2.15 million, an increase of 11% sequentially. MMS revenues in the fourth quarter of 2007 were $2.80 million, an increase of 2% sequentially.
Gabriel Resources Ltd: Fourth Quarter Report
"2007 has been a frustrating year, we started off making tremendous progress until September when the permitting process was suspended," said Alan R. Hill, President and CEO. "I can assure you that we have a strategy in place and we are as committed as ever to developing the Rosia Montana Project and ensuring that the long term benefits it will bring to Romania and all stakeholders are realized."
Financial performance
- Fourth quarter net loss was $7.8 million, or $0.03 per share. Year-to-date net loss was $23.0 million, or $0.09 per share.
- The fourth quarter loss includes a one-time $1.4 million provision for severance costs associated with staff reductions in Romania in response to the suspension of the Environmental Impact Assessment ("EIA") review.
POP QUIZ: Elaine Lamb
Each week The Advocate asks a different "quiz taker" for his or her current favorites in pop culture. QUIZ TAKER:Elaine Lamb, 60, registrar of voters, East Baton Rouge Parish. WHAT I’M LISTENING TO:1150-AM WJBO — "It’s talk radio. I like to listen to what’s going on for the day." WHAT I’M WATCHING:"Celebrity Apprentice" — "I’ve been watching that each week because I like to see who is going to be voted off. It’s interesting to see who can win each week and what all they go through." WHAT I’M READING:"In an Instant: A Family’s Journey of Love and Healing" by Lee and Bob Woodruff — "It speaks about how quick your life can change. Everything can be going well, then in one instant it can turn around." WHERE I’M SURFING (WEB SITE):eBay.com — "I like to kind of shop that.
MySpace founder targets YouTube generation
One of the founders of MySpace is aiming to take on YouTube with the launch of LiveVideo.com. Brad Greenspan's latest creation is billed as an "advanced on-demand interactive broadcasting platform providing instant global reach and messaging to any user with a webcam". Users can create and broadcast live content alone, or in conjunction with friends, colleagues or newly acquainted users, with LiveVideo.com's LiveShow platform. LiveShow boasts interactive features such as LiveTextChat, LiveCoHost and LivePolls to encourage social interaction with a real-time community. The platform also allows advanced video users to broadcast on their channel with multiple cameras to create broadcast-quality shows. "Move over MySpace, YouTube and other similar sites," the company said in a statement.
Crude oil futures increase against unstable background
Lynch thinks OPEC will hold production levels steady, arguing that last week's price declines have largely accomplished the cartel's goals. OPEC is also worried that an oversupplied oil market would drive prices dramatically lower, Lynch said. Other analysts are divided in their views, but a consensus appears to be forming that OPEC will increase production if prices remain above $80 a barrel. Jim Ritterbusch, president of Ritterbusch and Associates in Galena, Illinois, notes that what OPEC says and what it does are not necessarily one and the same thing. The cartel could easily announce a production increase to keep prices on their downward tack, but then decline to boost supplies if prices remain low in the coming months. "OPEC could easily fall short of any agreed upon production increase," Ritterbusch said in a research note.
Your franchise could be at risk
Have you looked at radio-station Web sites lately? Some of them, even in small towns, do a good job of mimicking newspaper Web sites, including newspaper-like photographs of local events as well as daily updates of news, sports and obituaries. The ads look just like the ads on newspaper Web sites, which means those ad dollars are not going to the newspaper.I hate to admit that we were slow in getting our Web site up after my wife and I bought our last newspaper. There was so much to do, a Web site kept getting pushed down our "to-do" list.The wakeup call came when our city government began talking about giving away free business links on the city Web site. That would have made it more difficult for us to sell ads on our Web site. We announced plans for our site in a hurry, and the city, fortunately, dropped its proposal.The fact is that anyone can start a Web site these days for a few hundred bucks, and those newspapers procrastinating about the Internet need to get their own sites up before someone else does, be it a radio station, a chamber of commerce, a tourism group, a high-school journalism class, the computer whiz down the street or some guy you've ticked off with a news story.Your newspaper owns the franchise for news and advertising in your community and probably has done so for 100-150 years.
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