Articles Tagged - economy

By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in The Future of the Internet on June 16, 2009
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On Tuesday, Mashable.com founder Pete Cashmore reported that the "once... undisputed leader in social networking" is having a hard time staying afloat. What's to be done? Toss whatever, or whomever you can, overboard.Yes folks, I'm talking about...(more)

By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in The Future of the Internet on April 22, 2009
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On Tuesday, Stephan Shankland reported with CNet.com that Yahoo's 5% layoff "is going to be different this time."Quite the cryptic opening statement... but straight after, Shankland dove into the statements made by new Yahoo! CEO, Carol Bartz, and the...(more)

By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in Social Media Optimization on March 16, 2009
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In today's shaky economy, businesses are cutting back on spending every place they can... one of those places happens to be paid marketing and promotion.As Jeremiah Owyang, Senior Analyst for Forrester Research, even commented, "During a recession,...(more)

By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in In the News on February 17, 2009
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In today's shaky economy, you don't hear about too many companies intentionally embarking on costly business ventures. But according to the Associated Press, that's just what software manufacturer Microsoft plans to do.Last Thursday, Microsoft revealed...(more)

By Daryl H. Bryant, Posted in Pure Opinion on March 11, 2008
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With the economy slowing, oil prices rising, and the value of the U.S. Dollar weakening, it is obvious that a 2008 recession is headed our way.  Many are predicting that this could be the first U.S. recession since 2001. The best thing we can do...(more)