A couple of articles about making money online:

New Study Finds Correlation Between Social Media and Financial Success

Basically, this study showed that of the 100 companies in the Businessweek/Interbrand best brands, the ones who were deeply involved in social media made the most profit. Good Stuff.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/new_study_finds_correlation_between_social_media_and_financial_success.php

Retailers to Improve Online Checkout

I thought this would be some kind of technical improvement to shopping carts, but the short article says that they are going to work to give consumers more information and make that price more transparent (easier to see what the whole price will be before you actually go to checkout). That’s good news, really. Giving as much information to the user is one of the keystones of online commerce.

http://www.brandweek.com/bw/content_display/news-and-features/digital/e3i73ce69e9b334a24dd6df6f0e380159ea