[He was convicted in June 2000 of criminal solicitation. He served two years in prison, where he reportedly struck a friendship with] Son of Sam ... a very, very nice, friendly man, but a little overweight. |
Concerning Mr. Lee's family, I was misquoted totally. I don't monitor anything about his family, I pray for them, I have absolutely nothing against Mr. Lee, and I never said anything bad about him. I pray that God blesses him in every area of his life. |
Search engines need to better educate marketers and provide greater transparency into their methods. If they say that a certain percentage of clicks are fraudulent or if they offer a refund to marketers on some clicks, the engines will best serve marketers and agencies by being more open about how they come to such conclusions. |
So even if we have a very strong season for Internet sales, it doesn't necessarily signal a strong holiday season . |
The Internet is gradually becoming more of a standard way to shop. It's convenient to use, especially as people are more confident now of using their credit cards online. Web vendors are giving customers what they want like free shipping or the option to order online and pick up the goods at the store. |
There are fewer opportunities for VC-backed companies to go public on Nasdaq than six, seven years ago. AIM is very small-company friendly and a lot easier to go public on. It also gives access to a whole new set of investors. |
This year has been very strong for the e-commerce industry. Every indicator in this space, from online sales, broadband growth and domain registration is up. It's not surprising that individuals, small businesses and even the bigger brick-and-mortar retailers who didn't have an online presence before now have a Web site. |
We want them to focus on customers and business, but they have to go to London. |
We're making very good progress, but we're not stopping there. We're working with manufacturers to reduce fat and sodium in things like salad dressing ... and we're going to continue to work to make the food taste as good as it can taste. |