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Since Google's sales operation is basically an auction system where companies come and bid on search terms, the fact that Google's revenue grew at all is not only a sign that marketers have money. It is a sign that competitors are willing to bid against one another to get the best results. A bidding system makes the buyer take a risk that by paying top dollar he can get a reasonable return. When millions of customers are willing to participate in that system to create demand for their products, the economy may be crippled...
...other part of the Google results that are important is that the company's revenue compared to last year shows how quickly relatively successful businesses replace failing ones in a marketing system where the bidding for space goes on 24/7 and 365 days a year. If financial services companies are spending 50% less on Google, then some other industries are spending much more. If car firms have withdrawn all of their advertising budgets then companies that provide help to people with too much debt must have stepped up what they spend...
...Schmelz, the librarian of Cabot and Tozzer Libraries, which fall within HCL. The remaining science libraries will see plans for an eventual administrative transfer to HCL, which manages the circulation of over 11 million items. The news—which was e-mailed to members of the library system by Jeremy Bloxham, dean of science for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences—came five days before Tuesday’s town hall meeting, where FAS Dean Michael D. Smith unveiled a shift from small cost-reduction measures to a sweeping reevaluation of FAS structure in the face...
...thing, the flow of capital into the country's financial system is suspiciously high compared with the size of the economy, says Sigfrido Lee, former Vice Minister of Economy and an analyst at the Center for National Economic Investigations, a Guatemalan think tank. This indicates, he says, a likely inflow of illegal money. The U.S. government's recently released 2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report backs up those suspicions. Guatemala also has an unusually high number of luxury cars and high-end real estate purchases, Lee says, and buyers often pay in cash. Guatemala City has seen a boom...
...gangs. He also says it would be useful to have U.S. agents work more closely in the training of Mexican police and prosecutors, a marked change from the aggressive nationalism long held by many Mexican officials. "It is positive for us to move toward a more American-style system of law enforcement," Ortiz says. "And to do this, it is constructive to have U.S. agents sharing advanced techniques of evidence-gathering and investigation...