Leading article: The message Mr Brown should take to Beijing

learned today that the Securities & Exchange Commission has begun posting certain fails-to-deliver data on the SEC website (see .) Many market participants including Overstock.com have called for this development and Overstock.com applauds the SEC for this initiative. One disappointing aspect of the SEC action is that the SEC website only shows fails-to-deliver data from August and September 2007 and the SEC notes that more current "data for a quarter will be available [for] ... >> full story

Coremetrics credits demand for digital marketing for 70% growth in 2007

A surge in demand for digital marketing solutions helped web analytics firm Coremetrics Inc. achieve 70% growth in new business in 2007 leading to a compound annual growth rate of 61% over the past five years the company reports. >> full story

Unemployment rises in Montana

HELENA - Montana's unemployment rate ticked upward in December to its highest level in two years but remained below the national rate and economists said they do not find the Montana economy slowing down. The state unemployment rate rose to 3.6 percent last month the highest rate since December 2005 according to the Montana Department of Labor and Industry. >> full story

Leading article: The message Mr Brown should take to Beijing

A delay due to a crash-landed plane on the runway made for an auspicious start to Gordon Brown's first major overseas trip as Prime Minister. But No 10 has a great deal invested in this visit as the constellation of business leaders accompanying him showed. >> full story


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