Roundup: Web data offers election insight, banks gets big bonuses and more
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Web data offers new info on presidential election — It remains to be seen whether Barack Obama’s tremendous lead over John McCain in Facebook friends will lead to a similar victory on election day. Meanwhile, another study looks at which social networking sites are big in which swing states.
Google CEO stumping for Obama — Eric Schmidt says he’s speaking for himself, not Google, and that he has previously been an informal adviser to the… Continue Reading
Men’s site, Heavy, raises $20 million
Heavy.com, a New York company that runs a Web site focused on 18-34 year old men, said it has raised $20 million in financing from Polaris Venture Partners. This is the second round of funding from Polaris, which provided $10 million to Heavy.com in early 2006.
Here’s a summary of the deal in Adweek, which cites chief executive Simon Assaad saying the money will be used to help Heavy expand into other areas, including a… Continue Reading