| Web traffic to eBay and Yahoo continues to grow
Web traffic to Yahoo has increased by 3 percent since last year and eBay has seen a 12 percent rise in the same time frame, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. Yahoo parent company increased three percent year over year, from a three-month average monthly unique audience of 104.7 million unique visitors in Q1 2006 to 107.5 million unique visitors in Q1 2007. In online advertising, estimated revenue from image-based impressions on Yahoo grew 54 percent from Q1 2006 to Q1 2007. Sponsored links on the Yahoo property grew 16 percent in the same time period. Web traffic to the eBay parent company increased 12 percent year over year, from a three-month average monthly unique audience of 60.9 million in Q1 2006 to 68.2 million in Q1 2007. EBay brands eBay, PayPal, Shopping.com Network, and Skype all ranked number one in subject categories in March 2007, including classifieds/Auctions, Financial Tools, Shopping Directories and Guides and Long Distance/Local Carriers.
Buy and Sell Items Online at Finditt Auctions, the Featured Company on
Buy and sell items online at Finditt Auctions, the online auction site that is appearing as the Featured Company on TransWorldNews.ca. Finditt Auctions is the newest online marketplace to the world. The popularity of auction sites and the traffic generated from Finditt.com provide a perfect environment for buyers and sellers. Buyers have the advantage of being part of an international marketplace, while sellers are provided a global customer. After a product is listed in the Finditt Auction people can bid the same way they do on Ebay, Ubid and other auction sites. Finditt Auctions has created an environment that provides a free store with no monthly fees for individuals selling products. Along with a free auction store and no monthly fees, Finditt Auctions is offering Free Listings for a limited time.
Electronic Kourseware's Sciencelabs.com Receives Large Contract ...
KYLE, Texas, April 20, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Electronic Kourseware International (Pink Sheets:EKII), a provider of low cost science supplies to educational facilities and other institutions, announced today that the company has received a significant contract award from a New York Education Coop. To date, the company has already booked over $100,000 in new contract awards and the bidding season for summer commitments has just begun to enter its high season. .
Institutional investors scoop up bulk of Kaolin IPO
Most of the accepted bids for the IPO of Bulgarian mining and processing company Kaolin were placed by foreign investors, said Bulbank after the results from the book-building were announced on Saturday. The cut-off price is 13.50 levs. The offering is three time oversubscribed with investors placing bids for over 200 mln levs. Institutional investors placed 82% of the bids, followed by private investors with 12% and corporate investors with 6%. Kaolin will sell a total of 4,580,620 shares, raising 61.9 mln levs in the process. The capital of the company will go from 20.42 mln to 25 mln levs. A week ago, Alfa Finance Holding, the Kaolin majority owner, said it would offer an additional 1 mln shares to select investors if the IPO sparks market interest. The final decision on the move will be taken after the subscription period expires.
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