AllBusiness.com Bought For $55 Million

Dun & Bradstreet describes itself as a “source of commercial information and insight on businesses.”  The inclusive-sounding AllBusiness.com should be a good match for it, then, and might well be worth the $55 million D&B paid.

H3tec “Gaining Traction” on Google Deal

Utah-based H3tec has spent years developing its new technology, which can detect any element or compound up to two miles away. But it looks like this new technology is going to pay off in other dividends as well. After running a full-page ad in USAToday in October, they’re currently “gaining traction” on a deal with Google.

Sites Tied To Al Qaeda On The Rise

There are around 5,600 Web sites around the globe dedicated to spreading al Qaeda's message with 900 more popping up each year according to a Saudi researcher.

Yahoo’s Sue Decker Gets Impressive Pay Raise

It’s only natural that a pay bump would accompany a promotion.  The bump looks more like a boulder in the case of Sue Decker, however, who will get paid $815,000 instead of her previous $500,000.

Social Networks and the Importance of Trust

2008 will be the year of business networking, says Bernard Lunn, who offers six predictions about some of the social networks that are getting a lot of attention at the moment - Facebook, LinkedIn, Xing and Plaxo.