Massachusetts ice storm hit the U.S. state of emergency

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Massachusetts Governor Patrick announced on the 12th, leading to the ice storm hit the state power of about 350,000 residents, the state currently has a state of emergency.

Patrick said, is expected as early as 15 to restore the electricity supply, so he suggested that residents call the 211 hotline power, haven to ask about local information, where to stay a few days. He said that had ordered 500 National Guard and other emergency personnel together quickly after the ice storm clean-up and personnel to assist the evacuation.

Massachusetts Highway Commission said that the current path of the clean-up work is being carried, the focus in Boston to the north and west of the road. Some communities also declared a local state of emergency to reduce the staff to go out to meet and assist the official clean-up on the road.

In Massachusetts, eastern and south-east, due to a marked increase in temperature after the ice storm, the National Weather Service has issued flood warnings in the region.

Facebook will super MySpace after a few weeks

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Internet traffic monitoring agency Compete.com recently released statistics for November show, Facebook is rapidly narrowing with the U.S. leader in social-networking site MySpace gap.

As of November 2008, Facebook users access to grow to 49,400,000, from November 2007 to November 2008 during a total increase of 69.5 percent, in November an increase of 10%; MySpace users visit to 54,600,000 for the same period, a total of 14.4 percent down , In November an increase of 2.7 percent.
In January, Facebook replaced by Fox Interactive Media (including MySpace), the United Kingdom into the top 10 sites.

In addition to the overseas market, rapid growth, Facebook is also the U.S. market continued to grow. Facebook statistics show that the United States was about 45,000,000 registered users. Only through the search engine traffic, Facebook attracted 500 million users. If you maintain the current growth rate, Facebook will be a few weeks beyond MySpace.

Last week, Facebook launched Facebook Connect, users need a separate log on, other sites will be able to use Facebook. Google subsequently launched a similar service.

In order to maintain a leading edge, MySpace redesigned its site, aims to improve the effectiveness of advertising. The new design to attract the Cartier jewelry manufacturers, such as advertisers. MySpace 10 launched a self-service advertising services.

AOL acquired the former CEO to Yahoo, Yahoo said could not

AOL (America Online) former chief executive officer Jonathan Miller that are foreign to raise money to buy Yahoo in preparation. Upon exposure to the news, Yahoo's stock price go up about 7%. It is reported that, "The Wall Street Journal" said that there are internal sources, Miller is currently working to raise money to buy some or all of Yahoo. The news was reported, Yahoo's stock price increased 7.08 percent to 11.50 U.S. dollars per share.

"The Wall Street Journal" said that over the past few months, Miller has been with the rights and interests of private investors and sovereign wealth funds to discuss how to raise funds to buy Yahoo, but they still do not know where to step in the progress of the discussions.


Jonathan Miller in 2002 to 2006 served as AOL's chief executive officer, he or venture capital firm Velocity Interactive Group, one of the shareholders. It is reported that Miller might consider the price of 20-22 dollars per share to acquire Yahoo. In that case, Miller, Yahoo's acquisition of the necessary funds from 28,000,000,000 to 30,000,000,000 US dollars. "The Wall Street Journal" that are familiar with Yahoo, according to internal sources, Yahoo side of the message deeply held skepticism, especially at a time when the global economy in a downturn, such a large investment in itself has a very high risk. In addition, it is not clear whether Microsoft really do not consider the entire acquisition of Yahoo or Yahoo search engine sector.

Earlier this year, Microsoft has 33 U.S. dollars per share bid to acquire Yahoo, but Yahoo was co-founder and CEO Jerry Yang rejected a move to allow Yahoo shareholders are also very angry. Last month, Jerry Yang announced his resignation from the post of chief executive officer, which was also slightly calm waves of the market again. Although Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer insisted that there is no re-consider the acquisition of Yahoo, but he also said that the ambiguity of the two sides can search the network to establish relations of cooperation.

Yahoo is currently facing a very difficult situation, the Internet market, Yahoo has not giant Google search engine or Facebook and Myspace social networking Web site to counter that with the deteriorating economic, Yahoo's online advertising business would be severely affected. But Yahoo's search engine or a power that can not be ignored, if the co-operation with Microsoft, believe that Yahoo is also a good way out.