Happy Labor Day!

This logo is actually from the Department of Labor and has little to do with Labor Day to my knowledge. I just thought it looked good.

Where does Labor Day come from?

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Great article on web hosting and free applications to help you operate your business.

http://www.ewhisper.net/blog/primer-how-to-host-your-own-online-applications-for-non-techies/

Microsoft has decided that it is willing to increase its original offer of $31 per share to $33 per share for Yahoo according to the Wall Street Journal.

Microsoft this week indicated a willingness to raise its bid to as much as $33 per Yahoo share, attempting to avoid the hostile takeover battle Mr. Ballmer had threatened, according to people with knowledge of the situation.

*The Top 10 converting retail sites online for March 2008:

1. Office Depot - 20.9%
2. QVC - 19.0%
3. Vistaprint - 18.3%
4. Roamans - 18.1%
5. Lands End - 16.2%
6. eBay - 15.7%
7. 1800flowers.com - 15.5%
8. Ebags.com - 15.3%
9. L.L. Bean - 14.6%
10. Pottery Barn Kids - 14.2%

This data is collected based on 1 million users that have given permission to have the URL’s that they vistit tracked.

*Marketing Charts

Interesting discussion around big businesses inability to adapt to change in todays Internet driven culture.

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