Trends
Google Profit Almost Doubles as Ad Spending Surges
Bloomberg News
Google Q3 2006 Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
To Explain Soft Numbers, Newspaper Companies Name a Common Culprit
The New York Times*
Blog aims to record a day in the life of the UK
SmartMobs
Why Is Video Search So Bad?
Internet News
The media cartel vs. Google: Big media won't have the nerve or incentive
MarketWatch
Springer Science launches bid for Informa
BtoB Online
Web 2.0 as a metaphor for 'rip-off'
CNET News
YouTube Removes 30,000 Files Amid Japanese Copyright Concerns
WSJ Online*

Best Practices
Technorati Announces Support for Open ID
TechCrunch

Cool Tools
The rebirth of cool: Google Mobile Upgrades
Google Blog

Deals, Partnerships & Sales
IBM and The University of Arizona Bring Web 2.0 and Social Networking to the Classroom
MarketWire via Yahoo! Finance
Datamonitor agrees to cash offer for Ovum
Reuters

Products, Markets & People
LexisNexis Launches Screening and Identity Verification for Advanced Government Solutions
BusinessWire via Epicos
Wolters Kluwer to move back-end jobs from US to India
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