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An article that has some potential good news about the economic news.  As this article states, uncertainty is falling, which is the first step to the economy recovering.
The authors of this article expect to see growth return to the economy by mid-2009 and provide some interesting data to support their prediction.
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This blog post was inspired by our very own Mark Sanfilippo, so thanks Mark for what is a great idea.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are over 227 million U.S. Citizens 18 and over out of an entire population of roughly 306 million (http://www.census.gov/).
Congress is debating a $14 billion bailout for the auto industry [...]

It’s Black Friday and I’m curious to read the stats on how online sales went this weekend in a weakened economy. Despite all the hype about Black Friday and Cyber Monday, don’t forget about Green Monday. The second day of December proves to be a constant winner for retail. Last year, [...]

I once had a co-worker say to me “if I’m Cc’d on an email, I just delete it, if the info is important for me to know, they would have sent it to me directly”. I would not recommend this frame of thinking and as you can imagine, he wasn’t a co-worker for long. [...]

The Story of Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody
There was a most important job that needed to be done,
And no reason NOT to do it, there was absolutely none.
But in vital matters such as this, the thing you have to ask
Is WHO exactly will it be who’ll carry OUT the task.
Anybody could have told you [...]

As the election draws closer, I thought I’d send a few inspiring quotes from political leaders of the past…
“Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will forgiven, indeed, they will be regarded as high qualities if he can make of them the ability to [...]

This afternoon, Solid Cactus introduced three new products from the Product Development team. We’re looking forward to seeing the success of these latest products as our clients take advantage of the new or enhanced functionality they bring to e-commerce.
- The Interactive Site Content and Item Page:
Enhance your ability to provide frequently asked questions. [...]

This morning the Marketing and Product Development team unveiled new products for the Yahoo! Store. There were several great questions in the session and even some new ideas for products, which we greatly appreciated. It’s important to hear from our customers on what will make their lives easier and more importantly, make their [...]

In politics, the economic news is always exaggerated according to how it will benefit a particular political party. Lately, it’s not hard to find real news of economic woes. The bright side is that E-Commerce continues to be what analysts and policy-makers are looking to as a potential saving-grace. As Jonathan [...]

You may have noticed the new Corporate Marketing & Product Development wallboards on the second floor and soon to be on the first floor. Scott has given us these boards to use as an effort to increase awareness company-wide of new products, new promotions and needs for Corporate Marketing and Product Development. We’ll [...]