Dear Google and Yahoo: Track Me, Please.

"Targeted advertising is not a perfect science. But it is a far better option than whatever it was that we had “way back when.” And as for matters of privacy, a tired old adage comes to mind: it’s all relative. As you have probably been made well aware already, the...

Stock Trading - An Overview

"Introduction So many people have asked me, “What do I need to do to trade stocks in Kenya or here in the United States.” While I do not claim to be the resident expert, I have been trading long enough to narrow this answer to four main phases: READ, PLAN, FUND, TRADE....

Anger slows healing process after injury: study

"The adage that laughter is the best medicine has been backed by an unusual investigation which says that people who seethe with anger take longer to recover from injury. Previous studies have linked ill tempered behaviour, whether brow-beating or road rage, with higher...

Teen Mags? So Five Years Ago

"Following marketers onlineVideo-game advertisers, to cite a classic teen category, have cut their magazine spending to $28.8 million last year from $46.1 million in 2002, a 37.5% drop, according to TNS Media Intelligence. At the same time, they increased web spending to...

Dan Rather Reports for HDNet

"NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Dan Rather is back, and this time, he's in high def. Only three weeks after his bitter break with CBS, Mr. Rather and HDNet announced that he will produce and host a weekly news program, "Dan Rather Reports," beginning in October. 'This is...

Top Nissan Exec Blasts Industry for New-Media Timidity

"DETROIT (AdAge.com) -- Jan Thompson, VP-marketing of Nissan North America, today scolded the U.S. auto industry for resorting to "a less risky approach to marketing," leading to a big disparity in where automakers spend their ad dollars and consumers invest their time. "