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"How's [ocs news] looking now?"

1.
You guys might want to test it out on the following browser:
(Windows, and yes even Susie's dino98)
- IE (probably your development one, but what versions?)
- Firefox
- Opera
(Apples and Penguins)
- i'm clueless on these but Fred uses Linux I think)

1.1.
My IE shows:
4/10/2005
10:46 P.M.
But my Opera don't.

2.
Eventhought Matt & Ken don't care to spam OCS at the top
of the news page, I'm guessing that they can't see the trees
in front of those forest they themselves make in regards to how
they poke through the clutter of other web sites to bypass ads
and general info of where they is at. (aka) Many folks will use the resources
of OCS's news web page without being a client, and doing it simply by having
a bookmark link directly to OCS's news page and eventually forget OCS
as the web site. Maby Matt can "force" an entry into the news page
by first requiring a travel from the OCS home page, but then this will
go counter to the availability Matt and Ken want for IH & SI users.
But then, maby cookies of registration on IH or SI will permit a direct
link to OCS's news web page, and not allow free-loaders access?

Sooooooooooooooooo, number 3. should be done soon.
Notes:
1. Needs datafeeds for mkt data OR all proper remote linking
2. Add top full-text search data from IH & SI?
3. Decide on name
4. Add final editors

Trading the Markets News, by OCSecurities
4/10/2005
10:46 P.M.

3.
Since oil is now a big economic & market factor, and growing,
maybe related items to oil can be grouped into a permanent box.

3.1.
As BobZ mentioned about web space, its scare so make it count.
Any space must deliver either an important need, or a return on value.
The following is too big for the info it sends to the viewer,
and the hot link is too vague on what it will do.

Sweet Crude Pricing

3.2.
I found this, it seems to be free info.

http://www.oilfielddirectory.com
Most likely the oil industry has an official web site that contains many
many links to just about everything oil related.

4.
Many here have commented on a wide range of ideas.

4.1
Some I remember speak about too much information
on this news page is "Just enough is too much." so that
it may be better to just that "A picture speaks a thousand words."
to let pictures be links to each economic factor that have their
own news web page off the main one, which is already done,
for example:
Time Warner and Comcast Reach Deal
April 9, 2005 10:28 P.M. EST
It may help to have the image also be a hot link along with the text.

4.2
Too many links on the news page.
Its ok for those that one recognizes, but even then if the links
can be grouped under headers, it will help identify those not knowned about.

Doug