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With tax season approaching, an increasing number of people are planning to file their federal taxes online, according to The Conference Board.Forty…
The economy isn't too strong right now; a lot of people are more or less sitting on their money. But this fact makes it all the more impressive that Mixx, a social news site, has received $2 million in funding.
Almost a year ago, I went on (at length) about how there was more to online marketing than that final deal-closing click-through. I (loftily and windily) talked of being there for the consumer's journey and looking to understand how a customer arrived at that final decision.
It's hard to believe AOL hadn't already done this; the company's (former) dominance in America makes it seem like a natural move. Still, for whatever it's worth, AOL has now launched in Mexico.
Several times in the past, eBay sellers protested changes in site policies with boycotts. Though sellers received more attention this time, they had the same result in effecting a change: zero.
Just a couple of weeks after Getty Images, the world's largest stock images company, appeared to have failed to find a buyer for itself, the company announced an agreement to be sold to private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC for $2.4 billion. That's 55% more than the stock was valued on Wall Street.
