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Facebook top-visited Website for first year! Social network search term tops list for fifth straight year. |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/30/2010 08:21 AM
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New York, N.Y... - Experian® Hitwise®, a part of Experian Marketing Services, has analyzed the top 1000 search terms for 20101 and Facebook was the top-searched term overall. This is the second year that the social networking website has been the top search term overall, accounting for 2.11 percent of all searches.1 Four variations of the term "facebook" were among the top 10 terms and accounted for 3.48 percent of searches overall...
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California Has Largest Drop in Unemployment Claims Last Week |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/30/2010 09:11 AM
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Washington, DC...In the week ending Dec. 25, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 388,000, a decrease of 34,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 422,000. The 4-week moving average was 414,000, a decrease of 12,500 from the previous week's revised average of 426,500...
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New Fee on Delinquent Taxpayers Effective January 1, 2011~Press Release |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/27/2010 11:14 AM
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Sacramento, CA...The California State Board of Equalization (BOE) announced today that thousands of California businesses will potentially be assessed a fee on past due liabilities beginning in 2011, under recently enacted legislation. More than 90,000 businesses will be notified of this potential fee beginning January 1, 2011...
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Holiday 2010 Retail Sales Up 5.5% Over 2009 According to SpendingPulse |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/27/2010 09:48 PM
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Purchase, N.Y, December 27, 2010 -MasterCard Advisors’ SpendingPulse, a macroeconomic report tracking national retail and services sales, today provided summary results for the 2010 holiday shopping season. In the 50-day period measured - November 5 through December 24 - the data showed overall season-over-season growth of 5.5% ex-auto as consumer spending continued to show progress compared to the same period in 2009...
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Skype Slowly Coming Back Online After Global Outage |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/23/2010 06:30 AM
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Many of you had trouble logging into your Skype Accounts Yesterday. Skype has posted an update on the situation.."An update on the downtime which has been affecting many of you around the world: the ability of one Skype user to find another relies on what we call ‘supernodes’, and yesterday, a number of these failed due to a software issue, which we’ve now identified. Our engineers are working to resolve the problem...
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Action Realty Wishes You a Merry Christmas |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/23/2010 12:57 PM
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Arnold, CA...Action Realty Wishes You and Yours a Merry Christmas.
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Toyota Issues Statement Regarding NHTSA Settlement |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/20/2010 11:32 PM
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Torrance, CA...Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced today that it has reached two settlement agreements with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration related to the timeliness of recalls conducted by the company in 2005 to address potential concerns with steering relay rods and from 2007 to early 2010 to address the potential for pedal entrapment by unsecured, incompatible or improperly installed floor mats. Toyota has agreed to pay $32.425 million as part of these settlements, without admitting to any violation of its obligations under the U.S. Safety Act....
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Appy Holidays From Golden State Cellular |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/17/2010 11:16 AM
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Now through the end of the year receive $100 Off on the purchase of any of our Android Smartphones including the Motorola Milestone, HTC Desire, HTC Hero and HTC Wildfire AND we will cover the Early Termination Fee from your current provider!
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Calaveras Visitors Bureau to Relocate...Visitor's Center to Close |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 12/16/2010 04:25 PM
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Angels Camp, CA...The Calaveras Visitors Bureau (CVB) Board of Directors announced today that the CVB will be relocating its offices to another location in downtown Angels Camp and closing the visitor’s center. According to CVB Board President, Darrell Slocum, “After careful consideration, the CVB Board concluded that while the visitor’s center provides a valuable service, the cost of operating it significantly impacts the marketing budget. The primary function of the CVB is marketing Angels Camp and Calaveras County to tourists, potential tourists and those influencing and directing travel decisions. That needs to remain our primary focus.”...
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$10,000 Contribution from A-T &-T to Support EPCTC’s Small Business Training Program |
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Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 12/14/2010 09:22 AM
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| SONORA, CA – December 14, 2010. The Economic Prosperity Council of Tuolumne County (EPCTC) today announced it had received a $10,000 contribution from A-T&-T to support the organization’s training program for small business. The Economic Prosperity Council will use the contribution from A-T&-T to fund the purchase of ten laptop computers and associated business software. The EPCTC with other partners, such as the Business ..... |
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