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Politics is not a lost cause...

Written by Dawn Amato

Did you know that effective July 1, 2007, all public meetings in New York State must be webcast?   http://www.ny.gov/governor/executive_orders/exeorders/3.html You might be thinking - "Great - no more middle of the night decisions or under the table deals"  I'm thinking.... " hmmmm what's the catch?" Tell me what you think about this.

Plans ...

Written by Dawn Amato

All along the development of this site the decisions have been made by us at Sidewalk Designs... We think it's time to pass the decision making over to you, our members. SO in planning the next improvements we want to include you... here are the ideas we're kicking around; 1- We're considering abandoning the biz2biz directory - or possibly integrating the biz2biz directory into the user profile.  We can do this by adding a tab in the user's profile holding their business information. We'll need to recode the search function to accomplish this. 2- Networking Groups - Since they are the root of our site - yet largely ignored by visitors - we think we can do a better job of featuring them more prominently on the home page and in the navigation. 3- The Chat box was such a huge asset to the site - we think a chat room - that you can hold private conversations in, might be a useful tool.. We would call them online meeting places, or online networking meeting rooms. 4- Event Registrations, We plan to add a few fields in the event registration and provide a place where attendees can post their business type - so that potential attendees can make a judgement call as to whether to face that competition and attend even though someone else in their niche will be present.  SO this is our TO DO list for the near future - I'd love to hear some feedback from you guys!

Today's Market

Written by Dawn Amato

The major averages were near their highs for the day at midsession. Market action has been subdued as investors await the Fed’s decision on interest rates. The announcement is expected at 2:15 eastern time. A closely-watched economic report released this morning was weaker than expected. The economy expanded at an annual pace of 0.7% in the first quarter, the slowest in four years, and a gauge of inflation watched by the Federal Reserve was unexpectedly revised higher. The Dow has been up as many as 23 points, down as many as 38. The Nasdaq has been up as many as 12 points. Currently the Dow is up 0.2%, the S&P 500 is up 0.3% and the Nasdaq is up 0.5%. Crude oil climbed above $70, a nine-month high as refineries increased gasoline output. General Motors gained 93 cents to 38.35 after selling its Allison Transmission unit for $5.6-billion. GM was adding nearly 8 points to the Dow. Dow component Intel and Cisco Systems both benefited from brokerage upgrades. Intel gained 23 cents to 24.03. Cisco gained 91 cents to 28.20. Bed Bath & Beyond declined 1.56 to 36.01 after a cautious profit forecast. Novellus said sales will be at the low end of estimates, and shares fell 82 cents to 29.10. The NYSE was 7-3 positive on issues, nearly 2-1 positive on volume. The Nasdaq was 4-3 positive on issues, 13-6 positive on volume. The 10-year Treasury note was down 3/32 to yield 5.09%.

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