Last night Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton
urged Democrats to unite behind presumptive presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama in a highly-anticipated Democratic National Convention day-two speech. Clinton's remarks, which followed
the keynote address by former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, received
largely positive reviews from the
press and
pundits for its forceful support of her former rival.
Meanwhile, in Denver lobbyists
partied, bloggers
commented with the help of Google, reporters
relayed their experiences via Twitter, and clean-tech venture capitalist Nancy Floyd
spoke of the benefits of green power to the Democratic faithful.
Cable news was also a convention winner, as CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News Channel
gained almost double the number of viewers who tuned in during the first night of the 2004 Democratic convention.
Also:
Amazon
bought Shelfari, a social networking Web site for book lovers,
boosting the company's credibility with e-readers.
Dwayne Wade, Kobe Bryant, and Serena Williams
were “treated like rock stars” during the Beijing Olympic Games partially due to an increase in Chinese sports marketing.
Campbell Soup
announced it will drop the mothers of National Football League stars in it popular line of “Chunky” soup ads in search of a new message.
British market research company Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS)
rejected a hostile takeover bid by WPP Group after its planned merger with German firm GfK fell through.
Disney
has enlisted Pinocchio, Snow White, and other cartoon stars to increase consumer adoption of next-generation Blu-ray DVDs.