Archive for May, 2008

SEO Tool for Press Release Distribution

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

With press release distribution, optimization for search engines is important for two reasons:
1. Journalists and individual consumers can’t find press releases online if they are not optimized for the relevant key words.
2. Websites will not benefit from SEO if the relevant key words are not optimized in the press […]

Internet ad revenue increase 26%

Friday, May 30th, 2008

The report by the IAB lists Q4 2007 revenues increasing 13% year over year.
55% of the spend was accounted for in consumer-related advertising while financial services accounted for 15% of the spend. In the consumer-related category, online retail accounted for 47% of the spend followed by automotive (21%), Leisure/Travel/Hotel/Hospitality (13%), Entertainment (9%) and Packaged Goods […]

Mortgage and loan provider In UK launches website to boost loan applications

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Ads Property and Finance, independent Mortgage broker and provider of secured and unsecured loans in UK have launched a new Mortgage and loan website to boost sales in slowing property market
Adsmortgages-loans.co.uk is the latest mortgage website to be launched in UK in the recent months to cater to the range of Mortgage, property finance and […]

Mosenergosbyt sold at auction for $478 million

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

An auction for a 50.9% stake in Moscow electric power trader Mosenergosbyt was won Wednesday by unknown firm Korporativno-trustoviye proyekty, which paid 11.3 bln rubles ($478 mln), Russia’s electricity monopoly said.
The controlling stake, which was sold at the starting price, was contested by two bidders, Unified Energy System of Russia (UES) said.
Mosenergobyt supplies electric power […]

Provide Commerce, Parent of ProFlowers, Adds Red Envelope to Its Portfolio of Brands

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

SAN DIEGO - Provide Commerce, Inc., the parent company of ProFlowers, Secret Spoon, Cherry Moon Farms and Shari’s Berries, has acquired the assets of San Francisco-based online gift retailer Red Envelope (RedEnvelope.com) following a bankruptcy auction today in San Francisco. Red Envelope filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April 2008.
“We are thrilled to add […]

Nigeria signs oil finance deal with Shell

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Nigeria’s state-run oil giant NNPC on Monday signed an oil-financing deal worth 3.1 billion dollars (two billion euros) with Royal Dutch Shell, an official statement said.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said that the money will be used to finance their upstream joint-venture projects.
The deal stipulates that Shell Development Petroleum Corporation (SDPC) will finance NNPC […]

Western Asset Premier Bond Fund Announces Actions to Restructure Leverage with Redemption of Its Auction Rate Preferred Shares

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Western Asset Premier Bond Fund (NYSE:WEA) today announced actions that would restructure the Fund’s leverage and provide liquidity to holders of its auction rate preferred shares (“ARPS”) on terms and conditions management and the Board of the Fund believe are in the best interests of both the common and preferred shareholders of the Fund. This […]

Bigmouthmedia warn that online fraudsters target Google AdWords

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Bigmouthmedia has warned that online fraudsters are targeting Google AdWords users in an attempt to steal internet traffic and gain access to the banking details of businesses and individuals.
According to the latest research from Europe’s largest independent digital marketing agency, the volume of ‘phishing’ emails designed to trick customers into handing over their AdWords account […]

Wells Fargo Health Savings Accounts

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) said today that Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) deposits increased 41 percent year to date, totaling more than a quarter-billion dollars for the first time.
Wells Fargo Health Benefit Services reported that more than 150,000 account holders – many of whom took advantage of higher 2007 contribution limits before the […]

Investment Clubs meet tax deadline with timetotrade

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

timetotrade has launched a new tax calculator which helps Investment Clubs prepare to submit their HMRC tax returns, in advance of the UK Inland Revenue’s 6th June 2008 deadline. The new timetotrade investment club management software can be accessed by private investors and individual investment club members at http://www.timetotrade.eu
Most Investment Clubs in the UK […]