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...eBay's retaliatory measure has proven surprisingly revealing. It turns out that eBay can generate a lot of traffic from Google even without bothering to advertise. A quarter of the search traffic Google sends to eBay comes from people typing in terms like "ebay.com" into Google's search box, rather than from ads paid for by eBay, according to research firm Hitwise. And given that Google's ad policy prevents it from placing rivals' ads when users type in "eBay," the auction site gets a decent showing on Google even without paying for it and without rivals' ads cluttering...
...Suppose you could do more than just collect the enemy cells. Suppose you could interrogate them for information. That's what the new tests make possible. Researchers are starting to identify, for example, proteins on the surface of tumor cells that might signal a faster-growing, more aggressive type of cancer. Other protein signatures may hint at a more advanced tumor that is poised to metastasize. Both can help doctors craft more personalized therapies that match the right treatments to the right patients at the right time, improving effectiveness, lowering the costs of hit-or-miss treatments and reducing toxic...
...most of today's funny guys could be said to flow from Steve Martin. As a stand-up comic in the '70s, he played the idiot with an utterly unwarranted belief in his coolness, while in his first hit movie, The Jerk, he played ... a jerk. The first type has bloomed in the strutting film personalities of Ferrell, Vaughn, Jack Black, Owen Wilson and many others; the second in Sandler, who teams this summer with another lout, TV's Kevin James, in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. Lower on this fast-food chain are Rob Schneider and Larry...
...producers) rule the day, or will the distribution channels (cable companies and devicemakers) prove more powerful? The deal with Apple gives Disney a strong presence on both sides. But Iger hopes to go much further--he wants Disney and Pixar characters and programs on the screens of every type of electronic gadget imaginable. "More and more people are using this technology to do all sorts of things," he says. "We need to be in the digital space at a much higher level to serve them better...
...single bushel of corn can yield 33 pounds of sweetener of the type used as a cheaper alternative to sugar and poured freely into soft drinks and candy. As demand grows for ethanol, there is less corn left for other uses, driving up its cost as an input. Coca-Cola has already said that it has faced cost increases for corn and high fructose corn syrup...