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Satellite Drifts, but Officials Call TV Disruption Unlikely

Roger Cheng, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 12, 2010 at 1:45 pm PT

An out-of-control television-communications satellite is drifting dangerously close to another satellite, but officials played down the risk of a collision or potential disruption to U.S. programming. Intelsat Ltd. said last month that it had lost control of one of its satellites, Galaxy 15, resulting in an eastward drift that threatened to interfere with other satellites along its path.

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Local Advertisers Still Skittish About Search

Jessica Vascellaro, Tech Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on June 8, 2009 at 4:55 am PT

For years, online advertising companies have argued that advertising alongside Web search results is a great way for local businesses to reach prospective customers. Yet many local advertisers appear to be ditching search. A new study on local search advertising from research firm Borrell Associates finds that roughly 50 percent of businesses that buy search ads directly from Google and other Internet search companies don’t come back the following year.