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This month, Facebook made a sneaky change to its privacy settings, and the new policy is generating a fierce backlash. The social network's default privacy setting now allows anyone to see a user's personal information. While users are permitted to change those settings, through an option to limit how much information they share, many don't yet realize that their Facebook updates can suddenly be seen across the Web. That's not what most users signed up for, and many are angry.

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]]>advertisersAnthony MassucciColumnsElectronnic Privacy Information CenterEPICFacebook accountFacebook userFacebook usersFederal Trade CommissionFTCHarvardhianthonyhigh-schoolMark ZuckerbergMassuccis Takepiracyprivacyprivacy settingsTom JohansmeyerTwitterWall Street JournalYearbookZuckerbergAnthony MassucciTue, 22 Dec 2009 11:23:00 ESTMassucci's Take: Can a fat tax fix our health care system?http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/12/09/massuccis-take-can-a-fat-tax-fix-our-health-care-system/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/12/09/massuccis-take-can-a-fat-tax-fix-our-health-care-system/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/12/09/massuccis-take-can-a-fat-tax-fix-our-health-care-system/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

How much does your illness cost you and your insurer? According to a recent study by General Electric (GE) and the U.S. Department of Health's Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a 50-year old with diabetes will rack up more than $6,600 in medical bills over the course of a year; someone who has acid reflux will incur $5,500 in annual costs.

The high cost of illness, insurance and treatments is one of the key factors driving the U.S. health care reform debate in Washington. The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, which was published last week, allows people to see just how much certain illnesses will cost them and their insurer based on age and, of course, the condition. After looking at these charts you'll pray you never get diagnosed with diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis or emphysema.

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]]>alan millerAnthony MassucciBarack Obamachronic illnessCo-workersColumnsCost of Getting Sickhealth care billhealth care proposalHealth Care Reform that Makes Sensehealthyhealthy eatinghealthy habitshianthonyPresident Barack ObamasickTwinkiesTwitterU.S. Preventive MedicineUniversal Health ServicesworkersAnthony MassucciWed, 09 Dec 2009 14:15:00 ESTMacy's CEO Lundgren says online shopping helps drive in-store saleshttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/30/macys-ceo-lundgren-says-online-shopping-helps-drive-in-store-sa/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/30/macys-ceo-lundgren-says-online-shopping-helps-drive-in-store-sa/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/30/macys-ceo-lundgren-says-online-shopping-helps-drive-in-store-sa/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , ,

Macy's (M) CEO Terry Lundgren says every dollar of online sales influences almost $6 of sales inside the retailer's stores. According to Lundgren, many shoppers first see an item online and want to look at it in person before making a purchase. For example, a customer may see a piece of clothing online but ends up visiting a store to check the fit.

The mutually beneficial relationship between online and real world shopping works both ways. Some customers see items in the store and choose to buy them online to take advantage of the shipping options. Whatever the motive, online sales are growing fast. "We're going to do close to a billion dollars in online sales this year and it's growing at 16 percent year-to-date," Lundgren said in an interview with DailyFinance at the company's Herald Square store in New York City on Black Friday.

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]]>100 MacysAnthony MassucciBlack FridayCEO Terry LundgrenChristmasColumnsCyber MondayForrester ResearchHerald SquarehianthonyHoliday shoppingMmacysmulti-channelmulti-channel shoppingNew YorkNew York Cityonilne shoppingonline shoppiongshoppingTerry LundgrenTwitterweb shoppingAnthony MassucciMon, 30 Nov 2009 15:30:00 ESTBlack Friday: Macy's CEO Lundgren 'encouraged' by sales traffichttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/28/black-friday-macys-ceo-lundgren-encouraged-by-sales-traffic/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/28/black-friday-macys-ceo-lundgren-encouraged-by-sales-traffic/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/28/black-friday-macys-ceo-lundgren-encouraged-by-sales-traffic/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , ,

Macy's (M) CEO Terry Lundgren said he's "encouraged" by the level of buying activity at the company's Herald Square store in New York City Friday.

The day after Thanksgiving in the U.S. is nicknamed Black Friday because it's the day when many retailers become profitable for the year. Macy's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Lundgren told DailyFinance that Macy's sales were strong Friday because of the number of people he saw in the store walking around with purchases.

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]]>Anthony MassucciBBYBest Buybig screen TVsBlack FridayChief Executive OfficerChristmasChristmas 2009ColumnsDecemberHerald Squarehianthonyholiday seasonhousehold goodshousehold itemsMMacysMartha StewartMassucciNew YorkNew York CityNovemberperfumeQueen LatifahTwitterWal-MartWMTAnthony MassucciSat, 28 Nov 2009 10:45:00 ESTMassucci's Take: Apple teams with AT&T in ad battle with Verizonhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/26/massuccis-take-apple-teams-with-atandt-in-ad-battle-with-verizon/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/26/massuccis-take-apple-teams-with-atandt-in-ad-battle-with-verizon/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/26/massuccis-take-apple-teams-with-atandt-in-ad-battle-with-verizon/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,

Apple (AAPL) broke its silence in the advertising battle going on between AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ). The iPhone maker launched its ad campaign this week showing an iPhone user talking on the phone while surfing the Web as a voice asks, "Can your phone and your network do that?"

It's Apple's comeback to Verizon's latest attack on the iPhone which runs on AT&T's wireless networks.

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]]>3G network3G SAAPLAppleColumnsDroidhianthonyiPhone 3GiPhone 3G SJacob Internet FundJared NewmanLuke WilsonPC WolrdPhilip Elmer-De WittRyan JacobSpringSprintTTwitterVerizonVZAnthony MassucciThu, 26 Nov 2009 10:00:00 ESTMassucci's Take: Twitter CEO says Murdoch's Google plan is doomedhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/20/massuccis-take-twitter-ceo-tells-murdoch-hes-crazy-to-block-g/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/20/massuccis-take-twitter-ceo-tells-murdoch-hes-crazy-to-block-g/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/20/massuccis-take-twitter-ceo-tells-murdoch-hes-crazy-to-block-g/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,

Twitter co-founder and CEO Biz Stone said Thursday that Rupert Murdoch's potential plan to block Google from searching New Corp.'s (NWS) websites is doomed to fail. Murdoch has accused Google (GOOG) of stealing content from his publications, which include The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post in the U.S., and The Times and The Sun in the United Kingdom. The cantankerous tycoon said last week that blocking Google could be part of his strategy to get more people to pay for content online.

Here's a young man, all of 35, who runs a company that makes no money, telling an old man, 78, who runs companies that have made billions, that he is wrong. But while it's easy to dismiss Stone's comments as youthful bravado, I think he's giving Murdoch some valuable advice.

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]]>AAPLAppleBiz StoneDow Jones NewswiresGOOGGoogleNew York PostNews CorpNews Corp.newspapersNWSRupert Murdochthe London Timesthe SunTwitterUnited KingdomUnited StatesWall Street JournalAnthony MassucciFri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 ESTMassucci's Take: AT&T investment boosts coverage and reputationhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/19/massuccis-take-atandt-investment-boosts-coverage-and-reputation/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/19/massuccis-take-atandt-investment-boosts-coverage-and-reputation/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/19/massuccis-take-atandt-investment-boosts-coverage-and-reputation/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Two weeks ago, in a post about AT&T's spotty third generation wireless coverage, I posed a simple question: "How about an announcement telling customers how AT&T has been working with Apple to help boost the quality of its iPhone service?"

Now, that seems to be exactly what is happening. AT&T (T) reported on Tuesday that it had spent $65 million upgrading its wireless network in San Francisco since 2008. The phone company said it upgraded about 850 cell sites because of the rising demand put on its network since the iPhone started selling two years ago. That's good news to many iPhone users, whose phone has become synonymous with "dropped calls."

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]]>aaplAppleasif suriaAxel MerkCaliforniaCleanfishColumnsiphoneiphone 3giphone 3g siphone 3gsMerk Mutual Fundsnew yorknew york citypalo altoRandall Stephnesonsan franciscosoftwaresoftware consultantTUS-101Anthony MassucciThu, 19 Nov 2009 14:00:00 ESTMassucci's Take: EBay's plan to be more retailer than auctioneer is one risky bidhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/15/massuccis-take-ebays-plan-to-be-more-retailer-than-auctioneer/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/15/massuccis-take-ebays-plan-to-be-more-retailer-than-auctioneer/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/15/massuccis-take-ebays-plan-to-be-more-retailer-than-auctioneer/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , ,

EBay (EBAY) is a Web pioneer, having built a multibillion dollar business out of allowing people to essentially put garage sales on the Internet. That simple idea led to fast growth more than a decade ago and helped define what was possible online for other companies that followed. The company's IPO in 1998 turned founder Pierre Omidyar and eBay President Jeffrey Skoll into instant billionaires.

Fast-forward to 2009, and the 1990s Internet darling is steering through turbulence. EBay seems to be want to be more an online retailer and less an online auction site. If it makes such a move, if will have to fight online retailers such as Amazon.com (AMZN) and Zappos and their impeccable customer service. It will also have to take on formidable brick-and-mortar retailers like Walmart (WMT) and Target (TGT), which are focusing more on online sales. Why does eBay want to join a battle it's not likely to win?

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]]>AmazonAmazon.comBenchmark Co.Columnsebayebay MotorsFred MoranJohn DonahoeSandi LynneTargetWall Street in AdvanceAnthony MassucciSun, 15 Nov 2009 14:00:00 ESTMassucci's Take: McDonald's Monopoly winner gets a sweet $1 millionhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/11/massuccis-take-mcdonalds-monopoly-winner-gets-a-sweet-1-mill/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/11/massuccis-take-mcdonalds-monopoly-winner-gets-a-sweet-1-mill/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/11/massuccis-take-mcdonalds-monopoly-winner-gets-a-sweet-1-mill/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,

Anyone who has ever gone on a Big Mac binge in hopes of winning the $1 million prize in the McDonald's Monopoly game may be feeling a little more hopeful. Brandi Futch, of White House, Tenn., collected both Boardwalk and Park Place (the two pieces needed to win) after she ordered a McChicken sandwich, fries and a sweet tea. The big prize came on that sweet cup of tea.

Futch, 23, who couldn't be immediately reached by DailyFinance, works in customer service for the Grand Ole Opry and will receive $50,000 a year for the next 20 years. It may not be enough to retire on, especially after taxes, but it's enough to take care of most of her needs.

"I'm still in shock," Futch was quoted saying in a McDonald's (MCD) press release. "I haven't decided what I'll do with the money I've won, but I know that a new house and car are on my list." Even with her $1 million prize, Futch said she plans to keep playing the game.

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]]>1 sweet teaBoradwalkBrandi FutchBrooklynColumnscustomer serviceDouglas Freelandfrench friesfriefriesFrosted FlakesfryGrand Ole Opry HouseJocelyn MilliganKelloggskelloggs frosed flakesLauren VelzsquezMcChickenMCDmcdonaldsmcdonalds corporationmcdonalds monopolymonoployPark Placesweet teaTony the tigerAnthony MassucciWed, 11 Nov 2009 19:00:00 ESTMassucci's Take: Priceline's stock travels skyward on strong summer seasonhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/11/massuccis-take-pricelines-stock-travels-skyward-on-strong-sum/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/11/massuccis-take-pricelines-stock-travels-skyward-on-strong-sum/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/11/massuccis-take-pricelines-stock-travels-skyward-on-strong-sum/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , ,

This summer, for the first time in five years, I used Priceline.com (PCLN) to book a hotel room and rental car. Turns out, I am part of a trend. The online travel agency saw an increase in bookings over the summer. Now it forecasts sales in the current quarter rising 28 percent from last year's fourth quarter.

The stock closed 18 percent higher Tuesday, rising $30.49 to $202.22, the highest close in nine years. Count Priceline.com among the Internet companies that rallied in 2009. In the past year, Priceline has outperformed Amazon.com (AMZN) shares, which are up 168 percent and shares of Google (GOOG), which has gained 78 percent in the past 12 months. I decided to find out what's going on at the company, which is known for its business model of letting customers name their price for travel services and then seeing what they get at the price.

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]]>agodaagoda.comAmazonAMZNBenchmark Co.Benchmark CompanyBloombergbooking.combookingsbookings.comboookingcarcar rentalcarsColumnscruisesFred MoranGOOGGooglehotel roomhotelsIn FocusJames CakmakJeffery BoydNew YorkPCLNprice targetPricelinePriceline.comSidoti Co.summerU.S. economyWebWeb sitesWorld Wide WebAnthony MassucciWed, 11 Nov 2009 10:00:00 ESTMassucci's Take: Google Wave is email for the next generationhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/07/massuccis-take-google-wave-is-email-for-the-next-generation/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/07/massuccis-take-google-wave-is-email-for-the-next-generation/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/07/massuccis-take-google-wave-is-email-for-the-next-generation/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

There is a lot of buzz these days over a new product called Google (GOOG) Wave. Some are under the false impression that it's the next Twitter, but this new tool from Google is very different. Think of it as a real-time collaboration tool that includes, among its many features, email on steroids.

Greg Dalesandre, Google Wave product manager, in an online video, describes Wave as a "shared space," where users can communicate using text, videos, photos and maps. So you can have a conversation while working on a document with a group of people in another city -- or in another part of the planet. You can both work together in real time using richly formatted text, photos, videos and more. The wave is the shared experience that you are involved with. So you could be working with 10 people and everything you do -- from the conversations you have to the changes you make to a document, will be inside a wave. What's really cool about this is that the wave allows you to rewind, allowing you to see who said what when. Since everything is in real-time -- it's fast.

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]]>AAPLAaron Baldwin-SimonAppleColumnse-mailGOOGGoogleGoogle docsGoogle WaveGoogle Wave managerGoogle Wave product managerGreg Dalesandreonline videoPort CharlottePort Charlotte FloridasteroidsSukhjit GhagtechnologyTwitterAnthony MassucciSat, 07 Nov 2009 11:00:00 ESTNomura's Joseph Mezrich sees market rally continuing as profits recoverhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/06/nomuras-joseph-mezrich-sees-the-market-rally-continuing-as-prof/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/06/nomuras-joseph-mezrich-sees-the-market-rally-continuing-as-prof/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/06/nomuras-joseph-mezrich-sees-the-market-rally-continuing-as-prof/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , ,

Bears who warn the U.S. stock market has gone too far too fast -- the broad Standard & Poor's 500 index is up 18 percent year to date -- may not get much vindication anytime soon. Investors should see stocks continue to rally as long as corporate profits keep recovering, says market expert Joseph Mezrich (pictured), Nomura Securities International's head of quantitative research.

And the signs look good. The estimated earnings growth rate for the Standard & Poor's 500 during the fourth quarter is 216 percent, according to Thomson Reuters. Even stripping out the volatile financial sector, the other eight out of nine sectors are expected to show a blended growth rate of 7 percent. But that's still double the 3.5 percent economic growth of the U.S. economy in the third quarter. And Mezrich says it's the fact that profit growth is outpacing the U.S. economy that stocks have rallied ahead of an economic recovery.

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]]>1991200220092010ColumnsDowDow Jones Industrial Averageeconomic recoveryinvestingJoseph MezrichMorgan StanleyNew YorkNomuraNomura Securites InternationalriskSP 500Standard Poors 500stocksU.S. economyVishesh KumarAnthony MassucciFri, 06 Nov 2009 17:00:00 ESTMassucci's Take: AT&T's lawsuit against Verizon draws attention to its own flawshttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/04/massuccis-take-atandts-lawsuit-again-verizon-draws-attention-to/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/04/massuccis-take-atandts-lawsuit-again-verizon-draws-attention-to/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/04/massuccis-take-atandts-lawsuit-again-verizon-draws-attention-to/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,

AT&T (T) is suing Verizon Wireless for misleading advertising. But its actions could do the company more harm than good. The reason for the lawsuit: Verizon (VZ) has been mocking Apple's (AAPL) iPhone "There's an App for That" ads. Verizon TV ads show off a coverage map depicting its larger, third-generation (3G) wireless coverage next to AT&T's smaller 3G coverage map. In its advertisements Verizon quips: "There's a Map for That."

That may irk AT&T, but the company does not dispute Verizon's larger 3G coverage. But it is suing Verizon for highlighting its spotty coverage in a misleading manner. In Verizon's ads, the maps display blank space in AT&T's coverage area. The intent, according to Verizon, is to show where AT&T lacks 3G coverage. But AT&T claims the ads imply that AT&T provides no coverage at all in those areas.

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]]>3G3G SAppleAtlantaAtT spokesmanColumnsiPhoneJim GeraceLos AngelesMark SiegelNew YorkNew York CityPalm PreRandall StephensonSprintT-MobileTheres a map for thatTheres an app for thatVerizonVerizon spokesmanVerizon WirelessVodaphonewirelessAnthony MassucciWed, 04 Nov 2009 19:30:00 ESTMassucci's Take: Facebook memorials could undermine good intentionshttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/02/massuccis-take-facebook-memorials-could-undermine-good-intenti/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/02/massuccis-take-facebook-memorials-could-undermine-good-intenti/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/02/massuccis-take-facebook-memorials-could-undermine-good-intenti/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Facebook's plan to memorialize its dead users is certainly well-intentioned. The idea got underway after a Facebook employee was tragically killed in a bicycle accident. As his co-workers struggled to come to grips with the tragedy, they also came up with an idea: Why not offer Facebook memorials for users who pass on? Last week, that is exactly what Facebook did. Now, you can memorialize a dead Facebook user.

But the decision could open the door to a litany of problems. Among the potential issues: Who has the right to determine if a site is memorialized? What if the husband memorializes his wife on Facebook but the wife's parents think that such a move is in poor taste -- can the page then be taken down?

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]]>Andrew HaznChicagoChimeme StewartColumnsdealthdeceaseddiedFace bookFacebook memorialsMax Kellymemorial pagememorialsmomsmothersNew YorkPrime VisibilityAnthony MassucciMon, 02 Nov 2009 18:10:00 ESTAmazon's shares are hot, but success is here to stayhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/28/amazons-shares-are-hot-but-success-is-here-to-stay/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/28/amazons-shares-are-hot-but-success-is-here-to-stay/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/28/amazons-shares-are-hot-but-success-is-here-to-stay/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , ,

For more than a decade, some smart, successful investors have been saying that Amazon.com (AMZN) wouldn't succeed, because its business plan was flawed. Meanwhile, the company built its reputation as an online bookseller, added more products, and boosted sales.

During that time, Amazon's stock was volatile, racing higher through price targets set by the likes of former Wall Street analyst Henry Blodget, and then reeling through declines of more than 50 percent as investors and analysts doubted its ability to grow. Last week, the stock reached a record-high after reporting earnings. Has Amazon finally convinced naysayers it's here to stay?

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]]>AmazonAppleGooglegrowth investinginvestingstock picksAnthony MassucciWed, 28 Oct 2009 17:40:00 ESTMassucci's Take: Amazon.com will grow stronger, despite investor doubtshttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/28/massuccis-take-amazon-com-grew-stronger-despite-investors-dou/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/28/massuccis-take-amazon-com-grew-stronger-despite-investors-dou/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/28/massuccis-take-amazon-com-grew-stronger-despite-investors-dou/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , , ,

For more than a decade, some smart, successful investors have been telling me that Amazon.com (AMZN) would not succeed, because its business plan was flawed. Meanwhile, the company built its reputation as an online bookseller, added products, and boosted sales.

During that time, Amazon's stock was volatile, racing higher through price targets set by the likes of former Wall Street analyst Henry Blodget, and then reeling through declines of more than 50 percent as investors and analysts doubted its ability to grow. Last week, the company's stock reached a record-high after reporting earnings. Has Amazon finally convinced naysayers it's here to stay?

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]]>Amazonamazon.comAppleBarnes and NobleBenchmarkBloomberg NewsBoca RatonBordersCDCDsColumnsDVDDVDsEric SchmidtFred MoranGingerGoogleHenry BlodgetJeff BezosKindleKindle 2Sandi LynneSegwaySteve JobsThe Benchmark CompanyThomas SzkutakturduckenturduckinU.S. NavyAnthony MassucciWed, 28 Oct 2009 13:00:00 ESTMassucci's Take: Apple making more while charging lesshttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/23/massuccis-take-apple-making-more-while-charging-less/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/23/massuccis-take-apple-making-more-while-charging-less/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/23/massuccis-take-apple-making-more-while-charging-less/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,

Recently I bought an Apple (AAPL) iMac, and after upgrading the hard drive and opting for a bigger display, I wound up spending more than I had planned. Listening to Apple's earnings call this week, I discovered that many of its customers have had similar experiences buying Apple products.

Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer said that Apple recently finished its "most profitable quarter ever," selling more iPhones and Macs than in any previous quarter. Interestingly, while retail prices have been cut on many products, the average selling price for those products has risen. How is Apple doing it?

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]]>AAPLAnthony MassucciApplebest buyBrian MarhallColumnshianthonyiMaciPhoneiphone 3Giphone 3G Siphone 3gsiPodiPod NanoiPod ShuffleiPod TouchMacBookMacBook AirMacBook Pronomura securitiesPeter Oppenheimerpual sheardTwitterAnthony MassucciFri, 23 Oct 2009 16:05:00 ESTMcDonald's Monopoly game: A great promotion gone bad?http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/22/mcdonalds-monopoly-a-great-promotion-gone-bad/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/22/mcdonalds-monopoly-a-great-promotion-gone-bad/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/22/mcdonalds-monopoly-a-great-promotion-gone-bad/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,

McDonald's Monopoly game 2009 is being played at McDonald's restaurants around the globe and, like every year at this time, I find myself compelled to buy fries and soft drinks in an effort to hoard game pieces. Yet, this year, the joy of this annual endeavor seems to be fading.

At one time, all you had to do was buy something, get a game piece and place it on your special Monopoly board. But now players who want to take their best shot at prizes ranging from $50 to $1 million must navigate Facebook, send text messages, log into McDonald's online sweepstakes site and watch NBC's Jay Leno show to see what, if anything, they've won.

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]]>Angus burgerchanceCoca-ColacodeCokeColumnsDouglass FreemanfiresfriesFrosted Flakesgamegamesin focusLarry MillerlotterylottomarketingMCDMcDonaldsMcDonalds FacebookMcDonalds MonopolyMcDonalds TwitterMonopolyMonopoly at McDonaldsplayatmcd.compremiumRBC CapitalSlurpeesocial mediasocial networkingsodasoft drinksoft drinksSteve WestStifel NicolaussweepstakesTony the TigerTwitterAnthony MassucciThu, 22 Oct 2009 06:00:00 ESTMassucci's Take: Why Twitter Mattershttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/21/massuccis-take-why-twitter-matters/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/21/massuccis-take-why-twitter-matters/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/21/massuccis-take-why-twitter-matters/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

Why do you think Twitter matters? Why should I use Twitter? Will Twitter be around in five years? As I've become more involved using the online microblogging service this year, these are questions I'm often asked about Twitter.

The answer to the first two questions is simple: because Twitter is used to connect with people. Twitter isn't a magic trick. The magic happens once you've used it for awhile. At some point, Twitter users find that opportunities appear, doors open and connections happen -- just as they do if you join a church group, a sports team or a networking association. The longer you Tweet and the more involved you become, the wider the tentacles reach.

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]]>140 conferenceBiz StoneColumnsDouble XJeff PulverMassuccis TakeMedia Psychology Research CenterPamela RutledgePeggy WhiteSlateTwitterTwitter conferenceTwitter moneyTwitter profitableTwitter profitsVonageWhy Twitter MattersAnthony MassucciWed, 21 Oct 2009 18:00:00 ESTMassucci's Take: Google leads growth on Internet, but not whole tech sectorhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/16/massuccis-take-google-leads-growth-on-internet-but-not-whole/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/16/massuccis-take-google-leads-growth-on-internet-but-not-whole/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/16/massuccis-take-google-leads-growth-on-internet-but-not-whole/#commentsFiled under: , , , , , , ,

Google earnings and IBM earnings were both reported late Thursday, and the tech sector listened. Today, the tech-heavy Nasdaq is falling more than 1 percent, with IBM leading the way lower, falling more than 4 percent.

Google (GOOG)'s shares are up 4 percent, but the old adage -- as IBM goes, so goes tech -- is otherwise proving true. As much as Google's going public in 2004 made it the sexiest name in the tech sector, it has yet to supplant IBM as a bellwether of things to come. So what trends does Google indicate?

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