Coruscation

the 1998 Internet Tax Freedom Act forbids such internet sales taxes ? No.

On the other side are the big Internet retailers, such as Amazon.com and eBay, which have fought hard to maintain a status quo that gives them a marked advantage over local brick-and-mortar merchants. Amazon.com, the largest and best-known Web retailer, has fought efforts to collect sales tax from customers. The company argues that the crazy quilt of taxing jurisdictions -- there are approximately 8,500 in the United States -- makes doing so impractical.

Nonsense -- an industry that can deliver tailored ads to buyers in a fraction of a second could surely solve whatever technical problems exist. And it already has: Reed Hastings, the chief executive of Netflix, told the New York Times, "We collect and provide to each of the states the correct sales tax. There are vendors that specialize in this (we use Vertex). It's not very hard." Plus,

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For brokers and others who favor a free secondary market for tickets, these concerns cut to the philosophical heart of the issue: Is a ticket a commodity that can be freely exchanged, like a stock, or is it a license granted by a theater, a sports team or an artist that can be used or revoked on their terms?

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In product development, for example, Mr. Ries is an enthusiast of so-called agile programming methods, which emphasize rapid development, small teams and constant improvement. But, he adds: "The agile practices have to be adapted, shifting the focus somewhat from generating stuff to learning about what customers will want. Most technology start-ups fail not because the technology doesn't work, but because they are making something that there is not a real market for."

So the lean playbook advises quick development of a "minimum viable product," designed with the smallest set of features that will please some group of customers. Then, the start-up should continually experiment by tweaking its offering, seeing how the market responds and changing the product accordingly. Facebook, the giant social network, grew that way, starting with simple messaging services and then adding other features.

The goal, explains Mr. Blank, is to accelerate the pace of learning. "A start-up is a temporary organization designed to discover a profitable, scalable business model," he says.

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Retrevo blog and Laptop deals.

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Do Forex trading profits go to traders, brokers, software vendors ?
A review of the Foreign Exchange advertizing economy.

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AN INQUIRY You're not the first to think it's creepy to have your personal life commercialized. Jürgen Habermas has been especially eloquent about this. Start with "The Theory of Communicative Action." Copies are available on AbeBooks.com. Also interesting on this score: "The Purchase of Intimacy," by Viviana Zelizer.

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After placing some books in the cart, but not checking out, I return an am warned that these desired but unpurchased item are now much more expensive.

See also

Amazon Prime $79 Refund class action suit

New is cheaper than used: Falkenstein's Finding Alpha and Ritholtz (Big Picture) Bailout Nation new vs used price arbitrage.

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Mortgage refinance is available.

Is mortgage refinance it really urged by Barack Obama ? Sorry we cannot better filter or screen the Google Adwords.

Update: Loan modification is a big topic now, but is President Obama really blogging about it ?

We think these sites are running some google adwords arbitrage strategy.

In a later press Q&A, Eric Schmidt talked significantly tougher when it came to assessing advertiser quality, with specific reference to ads taking users to misleading landing pages full of ad links--commonly known as click arbitrage. In that session, he sounded annoyed at the prospect of users landing on such "arbitrary agglomerations of ad links," and asserted that "we don't believe it is healthy.

-- Danny Sulivan

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Net Banker / Jim Bruene tracks online banking
for financial industry. Banking Camp.

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Amazon Prime automatically charged customers $79
for Amazon Prime Club free shipping.

Stay tuned for the AMZ*Prime Club $79 Refund class action suit.

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The reason why I am so bummed out about MySpace now is
because recently they have been cutting down our freedom
and taking away our rights slowly.

MySpace will now only allow you to use ‘MySpace’ things.

-- Tila Tequila, a singer who is one of MySpace’s most popular and visible users.

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There's an ulnimited supply
And there is no reason why
I tell you it was all a frame
They only did it cos the fame !
Who ?

E.M.I.

Too many people had the suss
Too many people support us
An unlimited amount
Too many out lets in and out
Who ?

Sex Pestols : EMI

Apple and EMI just announced that they will be selling DRM-free
Apple songs through the iTunes Music Store. The songs will cost
130 percent of the price of the existing crippled songs, and you'll
get to choose. Weirdly, Apple seems to have sold this move to
EMI by saying that the DRM-free version will be a "premium"
offering for audiophiles who want higher-quality music.

I think that audiophiles are probably the people who have
the least trouble keeping up with the latest tips for efficiently
ripping the DRM off of their music -- the people who really
need DRM-free music are the punters who can't even spell DRM.

bb on emi drm

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Blue Fly, prestige brands for online shoppers.

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kizmeet: example:

missed connections at NY Equinox Fitness.

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Tilley Endurables, supplier of safari style tourist fashion.
Classic hats, cargo pants, and sturdy belts.

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Rough Type by Nicholas Carr.
Rough Sort (introduction) daily links -- Does it matter ?

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The Globe.com movie trailer, with great soundtrack.

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Nice suits, sometimes discounted.

hickeyfreeman

See previously: suit for $400.

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Jeff Mathews is not Making this up: Example:
criminal defence in the name of Jesus.

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Outsourcing plus The Wisdom of Crowds = Crowdsourcing.

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Footnoted reads SEC filings, Edgar's fine print.

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Investment banking reads: Deal Breaker by Gawking Stalwart
and Dealbook by NYT.

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Digital radio and Sirius at droxy.

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Guy Kawasai gives the same speech over and over.
He's getting better at it. UCLA business School edition.

Cliches about business, but solid advice about presentations.

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The 37-year-old Brian Pickrell who runs the Iowa Voice blog has written
at least three postings that contain language identical to sentences in
e-mail from Marshall Manson. In one, which Brian Pickrell attributed to
a "reader," he reported that

Wal-Mart was about to announce that a store in Illinois received
25,000 applications for 325 jobs. That's a 1.3 percent acceptance rate.
Consider this: Harvard University (undergraduate) accepts 11 percent
of applicants. The Navy Seals accept 5 percent of applicants.

See also Wal-Mart is a great American institution.

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MSNBC is using search engine marketing, buying keywords on Google, like
"viral videos." Computer users searching for articles with such words will
see ads alongside their search results with links to MSNBC.com.

"We want to find out something we haven't known before," said Frank
Radice, senior vice president for the East Coast office of the NBC Agency,
the internal unit that works on behalf of networks like MSNBC, NBC and
Sci Fi Channel. "Can we drive traffic from the Internet to the cable channel?"

Val Nichols, vice president for the creative services group at MSNBC,
estimated the campaign would get 114 million viewings in total.

Among the 800 blogs that will run the ads are Adrants, Althouse,
Curbed, Daily Kos, Gothamist, IndieWire, Largehearted Boy, Talking
Points Memo and TV Newser. Buying ads on 800 blogs is a major
commitment to that fledgling medium. Budget Rent A Car bought
ads last month on 177 blogs, and Audi bought ads this summer on 286.

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The greater ability of modern business leaders to keep at distance
from the actual criminal acts they induce may be a reflection of
what they have learned from the experience of their predecessors
in white-collar crime in the last century and a half. But it also
likely reflects the greater complexity of business, which has led
to separation of functions into sales, legal, accounting, and many
other specialized areas.

-- Andrew Odlyzko

Other papers.

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Free headlines, subscriber-only content: *.

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Saint Louis Slate and Tile Roofering Co. will inspect and fix
your classic Saint Louis roof.

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Norm Brodsky has writen so great pieces about investing and management,
but his Inc column, street smarts, is as one-note as an upbeat inflight
magazine, but better illustrated by example.

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The excellent Tom Peters offers pithy business advice for the post-modern
economy. Well organized site.

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Forrester's Charlene Li (the short, Asian woman carrying a large red tote bag)
tracks technology growth and deployment strategy and trends.
Often cited for her opinions on Google.

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Google is trusting the advertiser’s motivation to target ads to
relevant sites, but Google has never before trusted the advertiser to
make that judgment. The AdWords method has always been to
automatically sever the connection between any underperforming ad and
its keywords, curtailing the appearance of that ad. Google’s
technology was the sole arbiter of relevance, and that relevance was
determined by clickthrough rate. Now, placing ads on
advertiser-determined sites, with payment by the impression, ad
performance is no longer a viable concept. Accordingly, any advertiser
with the loony idea that motor oil will sell on an environmental
activism site can outbid competitors and place that ad. And Google’s
reputation for relevance gets poured into the ground.

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Field report:

Your odds are much better when placing an online ad for your used
MINI, in the main "outlets" such as Cars.com and Autotrader.com. A
dedicated MINI website for this purpose could not always be a successful
thing because buyers out there interested in MINIs (mainly, classics are
a more confined market)are also shopping for other vehicles as well.

I sold my '04 MCS in Cars.com, just 6 days after placing the ad
with 12 photos. The buyer of the car is a local resident, so you never
know who may show interest in your car.

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Institutional Investor tracks Real Estate Finance and Investment.

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The Ascential Network's industry experience in data integreation
leverages strategic synergies across enterprise platforms.

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Quinetix offers statistical and optimization consulting.

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