Online holiday season sales 2003.

Online Sales Pick Up Where Offline Lags. Even as offline holiday sales have started to lag, the Internet racked up its second $2 billion dollar week in a row. Where offline sales dropped this past weekend, online sales increased by about 4 percent for the past week relative to last year's sales. Internet Retailer reports. [summary] [MarketingWonk - The single source for no-nonsense Internet marketing news]

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Databases are the key to understanding long-term health issues.

Mayo Amasses Mounds of Data. The Mayo Clinic and IBM are about to activate a giant database containing records from more than 4 million patients spanning more than five years. By David Snow. [Wired News]

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Have we solved anything?

I am not sure that we have. The wise home-based entrepreneur will make sure that everyone on the email list is there as a result of positively electing to be there, and that everyone gets an opt-out on every email. Even at that, there will be problems. Be sure that you have captured and properly documented the "opt-in". -- BB

Can Spam? Or New Can of Worms?. When the new antispam law kicks in New Year's Day, e-mail users may not have much to cheer. The definition of unsolicited e-mail includes loopholes wide enough to drive a dump truck of junk mail through, critics say. By Chris Ulbrich. [Wired News]

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