| McCain: Still Losing GOPs?
The Illinois senator is differentiating himself in three key areas: driver's licenses, a promise to take up immigration reform his first year in office, and his background as the son of an immigrant (his father was Kenyan) and a community organizer in Chicago. Obama made the promise to Latino leaders to take up immigration reform in his first year after Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., chairman of the Democratic caucus, said his party might not raise the divisive issue again until the next president's second term, assuming a Democrat wins. [E.A.] Of course, there's "taking up" and there's taking up. Is President Obama really going to spend his first-year capital attempting comprehensive immigration reform--putting all Emanuel's borderline House Dems on the spot, giving the GOP an issue for 2010--when he also has health care and possibly the econony to deal with? ...
CNW: Traditional Media Translates into More Buyers than Online ...
BANDON, Ore. — In his latest analysis of the market, Art Spinella, of CNW Research, found that used-car dealers are spending more money on the Internet than ever before. However, overall, most of the marketing funds are still going into traditional media, such as newspapers, spot TV and local radio. And it appears the dealers have it right, according to Spinella. Advertising in traditional media is paying off as that is where the most buyers are coming from. "During a two-month analysis of dealer spending patterns and resulting sales, the typical dealer put slightly more than 61 percent of his advertising budget into traditional media and generated an average of 204 shoppers," Spinella indicated. "The second largest expenditure (13.4 percent) went toward community promotions such as local sports team sponsorships, golf contents, issue-awareness events, etc," he continued, saying the data was broken down to sales per 100 buyers.
Home Turf: Mellow Malacca
A week prior to my trip to Malacca, my parents filled me in every single day with a list of must-dos and must-sees. You have to go to Jonker Street. You know the A Famosa building, right? Well, what about the temple - the colourful one? You must go to Jonker Street. Did I tell you that already? My parents, who were both born and raised in the city, can give you a virtual tour of Malacca as they remember it - as if things have not changed much over the years. And visitors to Malacca will discover that indeed, it hasnt, as it still retains the status of being Malaysias cultural melting-pot and historical time capsule. A feeling of something old, something new fills the air of Malacca. Being a city, Malacca town is, of course, equipped with your requisite shopping mall, coffee joints, city landscapes and the unavoidable traffic.
3.5m expected at DSF
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Is this the Breaking of the Bear?
The company's top employees sold stocks worth over $20 million in December 2007 alone. In fact, before resigning recently, Bear Stearns Chief Executive James Cayne sold $15.4 million of stock in December 2007. Cayne exercised and sold 172,621 shares of stock vested under a capital accumulation plan according to a filing with the SEC. However, Cayne still owns 5.6 million shares, or about 5% of the company. In addition, in a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Bear Stearn's President, Alan Schwartz reported he exercised options December 21, 2007 at no cost as part of a compensation plan and sold 67,900 shares the same day for $89.01 apiece. Further, An Executive Vice President exercised options for 102,408 shares of common stock according to a SEC filing. The bank's Treasurer exercised options for and sold 25,927 shares of common stock in the same month.
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.
MSM Hound Won't Hunt!
Excuse me," a fellow-panelist, Christopher Hitchens, said. " 'Revolt'?" "Whatever you want to call it," Stone said. "It was state-supported mass murder, using civilians as missiles," said Hitchens, a columnist for Vanity Fair and The Nation. Stone wagged his head and continued. "The studios bought television stations," he said. "Why? Why did the telecommunications bill get passed at midnight, a hidden bill at midnight? The Arabs have a point! They're going to be joined by the people who objected in Seattle, and the usual ten per cent who are against everything, and it's going to be, like, twenty-five per cent of this country that's against the new world order. We need a trustbuster like Teddy Roosevelt to take the television stations away from the film companies and give them back to the people!" There was more applause, and a few uncertain murmurs.
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