AOL (then called America Online) originally launched its UK service in 1996. AOL UK sold its broadband and dial-up Internet access business, complete with more than 2 million subscribers, to The Carphone Warehouse Group in 2007 for some $690 million. AOL UK knows that Americans aren't the only ones who think being online is better than AOK. The British subsidiary of American Web portal AOL is focused on providing content and managing online advertising. The site offers communication services such as free email and instant messaging, as well as news, shopping, and entertainment content.

HSW International, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSWI) develops and operates Internet businesses focused on providing consumers in the world's emerging digital economies with locally relevant, high quality information. HSW International, Inc., which is headquartered in Atlanta and incorporated in Delaware, currently operates businesses in China, Brazil and the United States. HSW International excels at deploying high-quality content tailored to the information needs of consumers in the regions where it operates. It seeks to achieve a consumer following in these fast-growing economies to make its sites compelling platforms for marketers in nearly every business category. Among the Company's advantages are experienced local management teams and strategic business relationships.HSW International's growth strategy is to pursue opportunities in economies where Internet usage and consumer demand are expanding at rates in excess of those in developed markets. HSW International's initial focus is online publishing in China and Brazil. HSW International is the exclusive licensee for the translation and publication in China and Brazil of certain content from HowStuffWorks, Inc., a leading digital publisher whose award-winning website, HowStuffWorks.com, provides in-depth, easy-to-understand explanations, expert product reviews, comprehensive buying guides and informational videos on health, science, travel, automotive, electronics and consumer products, as well as other topics.

Tucows Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides Internet services worldwide. The company offers reseller services, including domain services, email services, personal names service, SSL digital certificates, and platypus ISP billing solutions. It also provides domain names through YummyNames, a portfolio of various classes of domain names, such as gems, premium names, direct navigation names, and surname. In addition, it offers various retail services, such as domain registration, email, and other Internet services through Hover.com. Further, Tucows company provides content services through tucows.com, a directory site offering reviews of and links to approximately 40,000 shareware, freeware, and demo software packages; and butterscotch.com that provides television-like shows and video tutorials designed to visually teach users about technology and the Internet. Tucows Inc. provides domain name registration, security, and identity products through digital certificates; and email through its global Internet-based distribution network of Internet service providers, Web hosting companies, and other providers of Internet services. Tucows company was formerly known as Infonautics, Inc. and changed its name to Tucows Inc. in August 2001. Tucows was founded in 1992 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides supply chain business process management solutions worldwide. ModusLink Global Solutions company’s services include sourcing and supply base management, manufacturing and product configuration, fulfillment and distribution, e-business, and aftermarket services, such as reverse management and asset disposition. Its clients include hardware manufacturers, software publishers, telecommunications carriers, broadband and wireless service providers, and consumer electronics companies. In addition, ModusLink Global Solutions, through its venture capital group, invests in early-stage technology companies. The ModusLink Global Solutions, formerly known as CMGI, Inc., was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Wall Street extends beyond Manhattan's financial district and into the ether through The Wall Street Journal Digital Network (WSJDN). The division operates WSJ.com, the online version of the leading business daily The Wall Street Journal. Launched in 1996, it is one of the first websites to be accessible only to paying users; with more than one million subscribers it is the largest paid subscription news site on the Internet. (It also sells advertising.) In addition to WSJ.com, WSJDN includes MarketWatch (business news); SmartMoney (personal finance); Barrons.com (investment information); and AllThingsD.com (new media). WSJDN is owned by Dow Jones & Company, itself a part of media conglomerate News Corp.

This company is ready to play ball online. MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) is the Internet and interactive media arm of Major League Baseball (MLB) and operates the league's website, MLB.com. The site offers news, schedules, standings, and statistics from around the league as well as information on each of MLB's 30 teams. The site also provides live audio and video game broadcasts for subscribers. In addition to subscription fees, MLBAM generates revenue through advertising and sponsorships, along with ticket sales through its Tickets.com subsidiary. The baseball league created MLBAM in 2000 through a unanimous vote of all 30 teams.

Pronto was developed by IAC/InterActiveCorp (IAC) and launched in 2006. Pronto is a comparison shopping web site that uses tools from the social networking world to connect shoppers. Pronto crawls the Internet for more than 70 million products such as apparel, books, electronics, sports equipment, and home decor from about 65,000 retailers and e-tailers. The site allows members to build personal profiles, rate products, make recommendations, and add favorites to shopping lists.

Spike.com, the Internet sibling of cable TV network Spike TV, isn't afraid to be manly. Billing itself as "the premiere online destination for men", the advertising-supported site offers guy-centric content under categories such as sports, games & gadgets, girls, and movies & TV. It also publishes regular columns on The Ultimate Fighter series, as well as features such as The Guy's Guide and Girls of Spike. Parent company MTV created Spike.com in 2007 when it folded general video streaming site IFILM into its SpikeTV.com site in order to leverage the Spike brand.

Big Stick Media Corporation has made a business of serving the serious sports fan, sports bettor, and sports handicappers by providing fact-based information relating to scores, statistics, and opinion-oriented information (read: handicapping services). Information includes sports picks from professional handicappers, game stats, injury reports, scores, and lines from major sportsbooks. Catering to North American sports enthusiats, the company's portfolio of sites includes JimFeist.com, VegasOnlinesports.com, and ScoresLinesPick.com. Big Stick Media also engages the fantasy sports crowd with its rotoplay.com site. What are the odds? Big Stick Media has a slew of Web sites devoted to that very question.

Xinhua Finance was founded in 1999 to meet the growing demand from global and Chinese investors for an open exchange of financial information and analysis. Xinhua Finance is betting that investing in China is more than a yuance-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The company is a leading financial information services provider that distributes news, stock market updates, and ratings services to investors and financial professionals in China. It has 15 regional news bureaus across Asia, Europe, and North America. In addition, the company offers investor relations services through subsidiary China Fortune Public Relations.

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