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...YouTube was started in 2005 and MySpace in 2003. Normally, having a social network where people go to share profiles of themselves, write blogs, and submit videos would not seem like much of a business. But MySpace has well over 100 million users. People viewed over five billion videos at YouTube last month. Investors assumed that any medium with such a large number of users has to become a huge business. Millions and millions of users must be worth something. They can't be worth nothing. That couldn't be possible. (See pictures of the meteoric rise of YouTube...
...With the exception of a certain number of perverts who sneak in, there is nothing wrong with social networks, but marketers don't want the perverts and they don't want a collection of people with no common purpose other than to share with one another...
...stepped down on Monday at the request of the Obama administration, which has sought to force more rapid changes within the three beleaguered American automobile manufacturers that have received assistance from the administration’s multi-billion dollar bailout fund. GM lost $30.9 billion last year, and its share price has fallen to as low as $1.27 from a high of $35 three years ago. The company has been criticized for failing to anticipate plummeting demand for gas-guzzling SUVs and neglecting to explore energy-efficient technology, causing it to cede U.S. market share to foreign competitors such...
...month of April. “We’re strongly motivated by environmental concerns,” said Matthew V. Moore, the hotel’s director of rooms and environmental programs. “The complimentary parking is our way of giving back to those guests who share a similar environmental philosophy.” Across the river, The Hilton Boston Back Bay Hotel has implemented numerous energy conservation measures in place, such as room occupancy sensors that automatically modify thermostat settings and new energy-efficient heating and cooling equipment and laundry machines, according to General Manager Christian...
...real impact on the country has been limited. NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has urged Europeans to "share the heavy lifting" with the U.S., but some E.U. members, like Austria, Belgium and Portugal, do not even have an accredited resident ambassador in Kabul, undercutting their governments' proclamations of support for non-military policies. Afghanistan is also expected on the agenda when Obama meets fellow NATO leaders at their summit in Strasbourg-Kehl on April...