McHENRY – Volunteering in McHenry County just got easier, thanks to an enhanced internet tool sponsored by the United Way of Greater McHenry County that went reside final week. Interested volunteers can search the site for causes they care about to locate organizations that require extra hands. The web deal with is www.volunteermchenrycounty.org. There were three,000 individuals registered in the [...]

HOUSTON, TX–(Marketwire -11/10/11)- World wide web America, Inc. (OTC.BB: GEEK.OB – News) these days announced results for its fiscal 1st quarter ended September 30, 2011. The Company’s net earnings beneath U.S. GAAP for the quarter ended September 30, 2011 was $ 111,000, or $ .01 per share, as compared to net income of $ 25,000, or $ .00 per share, for the prior year period. [...]

BEIJING – Baidu Inc., which operates China’s most common search engine, mentioned Friday its most up-to-date quarterly profit jumped 80 percent as powerful growth in usage of its internet site helped to drive advertising income greater. Profit for the 3 months ended Sept. 30 was $ 295 million, or 84 cents per share, the Beijing-primarily based firm stated. Revenue rose 85.1 % to $ 654.7 [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – AOL Inc reported a surprise second-quarter loss on Tuesday, citing weaker-than-expected marketing development. The business, which Time Warner spun off after a disastrous decade-lengthy merger, is trying to regain its former status as 1 of the world’s most well-known on the web destinations by investing heavily in efforts this kind of as hyperlocal news network Patch. Advertising [...]

BANGALORE/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chinese Web portal Sohu.com Inc’s shares fell much more than 11 percent on Monday, as a 37 % rise in quarterly net profit failed to impress investors amidst falling gross margins and higher operating bills. “Even though Sohu’s net income has risen in 3 straight quarters … the major location of concern appears to be that this is the fifth straight [...]

N Brown Group Plc., 1 of the most significant direct marketers of apparel, housewares and related categories in the United Kingdom, is reporting wholesome net sales for the 2011 fiscal year. For the 2011 fiscal year ended Feb. 26, N Brown, which owns and operates JD Williams and about 30 other brands and is No. 36 in the Net Retailer Best 300 Europe, reported: Net sales increased about 19% to [...]

Web solutions held its position in 2010 as the most worthwhile sector of the SV150 soon after biotech, but the fortunes of the sector’s eight businesses spanned a wide range. Los Gatos-based Netflix (NFLX), enjoying the benefit of efficiently attracting new consumers and converting existing consumers to streaming movies more than the Net from its standard rent-by-mail DVD enterprise, enjoyed [...]