Netflix Inc, which is the largest mail-order movie-rental system in the United States, has experienced significant 48 percent rise in profits in the third quarter off of an increased number of subscriptions. Net income has increased to $30.1 million, or 52 cents per share, from $20.4 million, or 33 cents per share, a year earlier, according to a statement released today by the company.
Netflix’s results managed to surpass analyst expectations for its profit, with the average analyst estimate coming in at 47 cents across twenty-two predictions. While much of Netflix’s competition has been forced to shrink operations due to weak …read more

Skype has proved to be an important part of eBay’s third quarter results, even as the online retailer and auction host continues to try to sell Skype. The online communication hub has posted a revenue growth of 29 percent, a growth that has helped eBay to post a revenue growth of 6 percent to $2.24 billion.
Analysts did not expect eBay’s revenue to grow so much, instead predicting an average of $2.14 billon for the company. According to eBay, this year-over-year growth was mostly driven by continued growth in its PayPal and Skype divisions, as well as by the expansion of its …read more

Facebook has seen huge growth recently. My high school alumni group numbers have rapidly shot up in the last three months. I went from seeing five people from my school to over one hundred (for a small, rural school that’s a lot). Everyone’s there — from classmates, to teachers, to parents and grandparents of those same classmates. And it’s blowing sites like Classmates out of the water.
Classmates is pretty limited. You can fill out your profile for free. But if you want to see much else, you have to upgrade your membership. Want to email someone? Upgrade. Leave a wall …read more

As you manage your business, sometimes you may find that you come up against a brick wall. In a sense you come to a point where you are at a crossroad of decision and may even stall. One of the things that you may want to consider is to revamp or rebuild your business to help it grow.
If you find yourself at a crossroad, don’t get frustrated. Just take time to think about the direction that you want to take your business in whether it’s removing or adding services/products. Or you may find that you need to revamp current services/products …read more

This is the last part in the series about “Freedom in Business” (read part 1 | read part 2) .
One of the things that I want to share in this article is that as a business owners are you are the keepers of your own time and you are in charge of taking “me time” to keep balance in your life. If you can not walk away from your business and take some “me time” then you might want to think about restructuring your business.
Being able to take “me time” can help you become less stressed and it can also help …read more

“When a great wind blows, that which is rigid will snap and break. That which is flexible will bend. When the wind dies down and calm returns, the flexible will rise again.” – Unknown Author
What’s going on in your world? Personally and professionally? Are pressures so heavy in one world that they, the pressures impact the other? In the midst of the madness of your life, find a way to release the things that make you “right”. Some times we can be so right, we miss the opportunity to “extend grace” to another, thereby becoming rigid. We plant our feet …read more