| Boomers stream to Shopzilla, Nextag and Yahoo! Shopping
It appears that more Boomers are online and using comparison shopping Web sites for research early in the holiday season.
Hitwise, a company owned by Experian that tracks online shopping traffic, said traffic from shoppers aged 45 and older increased 38 percent on the week ending Nov. 3 compared to the same week in 2006.
Most popular sites for people in this demographic were Shopzilla, Nextag and Yahoo! Shopping, Hitwise director of research Heather Dougherty said in a statement. Many were researching consumer electronics items, she said.
"As we enter the holiday shopping season, consumers are beginning to research potential gift purchases and compare prices earlier than last year especially with retailers beginning to roll out seasonal promotions," Dougherty said.
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Mid−Day Forex Technical Report − Dollar Mixed after Data, Canadian ...
However, the S&P/Case-Shiller home price indexes showed further weakness in the housing market. The 20-city index dropped -7.7% yoy in Nov, even worse than expectation of -7.1%, to 188.8, the worse reading since records began in 01. Conference board consumer confidence deteriorated from upwardly revised 90.6 to 87.9 in Jan, but was above expectation of 86.0. On the other hand, the major mover today is indeed the Canadian dollar again, which ride on record gold price and rally in oil prices. USD/CAD dives through parity as reaches as low as 0.9943 so far. Canadian dollar's strength is also apparent in EUR/CAD and CAD/JPY. Also, yen and Swissy were generally weak Earlier today, Sterling was lifted briefly by CBI distributive trade which dropped from +8 to +4 but was much better than expectation of +0.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. --(Business Wire)-- Let the Web, nor the world, wonder no more...Internet powerhouse GoDaddy.com finally has an approved commercial to air in this year's Super Bowl broadcast. There's a catch though - it's not the ad Go Daddy really wants you to see!
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Eight for '08: 2008 Priority Issues for The Financial Services ...
We anticipate a robust and active agenda for the coming year," said Steve Bartlett, President and CEO of The Financial Services Roundtable. "Even though it is an election year, the policy issues faced by Congress are significant to the financial services industry. We are committed to working with this Congress and our global counterparts to strengthen the U.S. financial system and ensure America's competitiveness in the global economy." The "Eight for '08" Roundtable Priorities include: -- Competitiveness -- Housing -- Stimulus Package -- Anti-Money Laundering -- Attorney-Client Privilege -- Credit Cards -- Extenders-Subpart f and Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) -- Patent Reform "The Roundtable will also actively pursue the 68 policy recommendations in The Blueprint for US Financial Competitiveness, including passage of principles-based regulation and prudential supervision," Bartlett said.
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