Reuters Business News: Asia stocks nervy; oil and gold dip - MSN Money

Reuters Business News: Asia stocks nervy; oil and gold dip - MSN Money
The still-weak dollar prompted investors to dump exporters such as Sony Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp. sending Japan’s Nikkei stock index to end down nearly 1.4 percent erasing the last of its 2007 gains.

Reuters Business News: Google’s YouTube signing smaller partnerships: NYT - MSN Money

Reuters Business News: Google’s YouTube signing smaller partnerships: NYT - MSN Money
Without specifying how many of those deals have been signed since their site was acquired by Google last fall YouTube officials say they are adding more than 200 mostly small media compamies or sites a quarter according to the Times. Some of the partnerships have been announced publicly.

Reuters Business News: Wal-Mart classifies customers: NYT - MSN Money

Reuters Business News: Wal-Mart classifies customers: NYT - MSN Money
There are “brand aspirationals” (people with low incomes who are obsessed with names like KitchenAid) “price-sensitive affluents” (wealthier shoppers who love deals) and “value-price shoppers” (who like low prices and cannot afford much more) the report in the Times said. The new categories are significant because for the first time Wal-Mart thinks it finally understands not just how people shop at its stores but why they shop the way they do the newspaper reported.