In the town centre, shop after shop has a sign in the window advertising vacancies.

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In a clear sign that the online advertising market is alive and well, Google this afternoon posted much better-than-expected Q2 results.

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All of these players promote the playoffs, the event, and the individuals who sign off in all the big bucks behind advertising, promotions, social media, and other developmental dollars that go into making Super Bowl XLVII one of the biggest events of the year.

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In front of the door, there is a large, colourful sign advertising not a hamburger, but a lamburger: The Maharaja Mac.

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Buyers say that OWN is looking to sign on several major advertisers for multiyear partnerships that would include both advertising and product integrations in shows.

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In one incident last November, Tamerlan confronted a shopkeeper at a Middle Eastern grocery store in Cambridge, near a mosque where he sometimes prayed, after seeing a sign there advertising Thanksgiving turkeys.

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Last month a group filed a class-action lawsuit against PayPal alleging, among other things, that the block on Checkout is illegal. (PayPal says it will vigorously fight the suit.) In another sign that PayPal has Google on its mind, it recently launched a payments and search advertising partnership with Yahoo!

ECONOMIST: Online payments