Why local search is hard. Buried in the column is some info that should help inform local businesses how they should structure their online presence for success.

Ribar asks the Greensboro News & Record's columnist, who is all for the ban against illegal immigrants' children being allowed to attend community colleges and is a hardliner on illegal immigrants in general, why the newspaper is delivering newspapers to illegal immigrants. He also asks that if cracking down on illegal immigration is so important, why doesn't the N&R require their carriers to confirm the legal status of households before beginning delivery. These things are a lot easier when someone else has to do them, huh?

Biz Week article about how companies are prompting soon-to-retire baby boomers to impart their knowledge and wisdom on the Gen-X and Gen-Yers.

Article about the proposed changes to credit card industry regulation. My take is that the credit card companies got greedy, treated the rest of us like a bunch of suckers, and even Congress is blushing at the amount of abuse the banks have heaped on consumers.

"Loans 90 days or more overdue, deemed troubled by the FDIC, jumped 20 percent to $162 billion from $136 billion in the first quarter, the FDIC said. Real-estate loans accounted for almost 90 percent of the rise in the past three quarters, the agency said."