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Ryan Jones is co-founder of PrestoBiz, the parent company of PrestoStore ecommerce software. In this supplement to "Cart of the Week," Jones talks about how he and his partner first released PrestoStore in 2002, and how their ecommerce software has evolved over the years.

Product video tends to have more of an impact as products become more complex and, therefore, require more investigation to figure out certain traits of it. Video also tends to be more effective when the price of a product is very high. A merchant can explain their unique selling proposition, such as free shipping, alternative payment methods that might be accepted, and secure checkouts, to help promote the sale.

Shareholders in the troubled bus and rail firm National Express will vote today on the company's plans to raise hundreds of millions of pounds. Lord Drayson, the Government Minister for Science and Inovation, will today host a summit in the city allowing top investors and some of the countries most promising companies to get together to talk about possible investment.

A taskforce is being sent to Basildon and Thurrock NHS trust after Care Quality Commission inspectors identified serious concerns in emergency care, hygiene and cleanliness. The Trust, which has a mortality rate a third higher than the national average, was rated as "good" on quality of service in the CQC's 2008/09 assessment and marked "excellent" for its financial management. Martina Davies, a former patient at the hospital, comments on her experience of care. Sir Brian Jarman, of Imperial College, who was involved in the inquiry into the deaths of heart patients at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, and Baroness Young, chair of the Care Quality Commission, discuss hospital morality rates.

How do you complete a cryptic crossword? A new book published today provides tips and pointers for answering the clues. Colin Dexter, author of the book and creator of Inspector Morse, and Sandy Balfour, author of Clue to our Lives: 80 years of the Guardian Cryptic Crossword, discuss how best to approach a crossword's cryptic teasers.

Metro greift nach Marke Privileg. Merkel droht Dauerfeuer nach Jung-Debakel. Bund riskiert Niederlage bei Erbschaftsteuer.

Ex-Verteidigungsminister Jung tritt zurück. Steuersenkungspläne von Schwarz-gelb auf der Kippe. Großes Stühlerücken in der EU-Kommission.

The job market could have an impact on the holiday shopping season. And Cyber Monday: is it hype or reality?

À peine est-elle installée dans sa nouvelle maison que la petite Coraline se retrouve livrée à elle-même par ses parents plongés dans le travail. Wybie, son jeune voisin avenant, voudrait bien l'aider à tromper son ennui. Mais Coraline préfère broyer du noir. Partie explorée par dépit son nouveau chez soi, elle découvre une porte secrète débouchant... sur un mur de brique. La nuit venue, elle retourne y jeter un coup d'oeil et trouve cette fois un passage qui la conduit dans une réalité parallèle où d'autres parents, plus attentionnés ceux-là, l'accueillent et l'invitent à rester. Coraline, tentée, ignore toutefois que derrière cette façade de bonheur idyllique se cache un terrible danger.

Water companies and industry regulator Ofwat are engaged in discussions over the future pricing of water. Ofwat advise that bills should be reduced by 2015, but water companies insist bills need to rise to pay for improvements and repairs, warning that jobs will be lost. Business presenter Adam Shaw examines the discussions and Pamela Taylor, chief executive of Water UK, discusses water pricing.

Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iranian filmmaker and overseas spokesman for Iranian presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, is in London to receive the 2009 Freedom to Create Prize. He was presented with the award last night and has dedicated it to Grand Ayatollah Montazeri who has become the spiritual leader of the Iranian opposition. Mr Makhmalbaf discusses the support for the opposition movement.

It s Thanksgiving and people are now in the mindset to buy stuff. People call tomorrow Black Friday and its one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Stores have crazy sales, and people line up at 3 in the morning to get in. It s crazy. You can do the same thing. I wrote about this in a previous blog post Two Artist that are thinking outside the box are Anne Roos who is a celtic Harpist and author of the book The Musician s Guide to Brides (great book by the way). She loves E-cards. She happen to notice that one ecard company uses instrumental music. She contacted them about using her music. They liked her music so much they have hired her to do some exclusive music for their cards. John Solitro who is a solo guitarist/vocalist who just got paid a NICE amount of cash to play a YOGA session. He played an hour and walked out with a wallet full. He was also looking for ways to make his press kit stand out. Well most people come up with a one size fits all press kit to hand out to bookers and club owners. If you re just playing locally now, you can take your computer and make them personalized. Instead of To Whom it May concern start off with the person s name. Then point out how you checked out their club, and what you liked about it. This shows you have done your homework. You could go to the club and take pictures and work that into the press kit. It shows that you did some homework. There are more tips about making a press kit in my book Get Your Band Out of the Basement. and in the Black Friday theme you can get the book for $7.99 now through the end of the month (A savings of $5.00). This applies for both the ebook, or the unabridged audio book (both available for immediate download).

In a world where banks and conventional companies have taken a big battering in the recession, perhaps there are better ways of running an business. Peter Day listens to some people who are trying to do things completely differently. nProducer: Sandra KanthalnEditor: Stephen Chilcott

On this hour of Cruise Control with Fred Staab and Les Jackson. They're going right down to Electric Avenue.Visitors to the Detroit Auto show will see a 37,000 square foot line up of electric vehicles this year.. And Nissan gets ready for a nationwide one car electric tour. Buick shows its brand new Regal with plenty of German Influence and Mercedes reveals its hybrid ML450 and hints of smaller things to come. Talking Tech: Get on board the road train!! Its a new concept in automated driving. And Gadzooks Its a flying Bugatti.. Was it a wayward pelican that caused this Million dollar plus super car to go for a saltwater swim or something else? All that an “At the wheel” review of the 2010 Ram 1500 SLT and a whole lot more when we get rolling on this weeks Cruise Control. DOWNLOAD THE CRUISE CONTROL RADIO PODCAST HERE All that and a whole lot more when we get Rolling on this weeks Cruise Control Radio. Tune in on Saturday November 28th Live from 10AM to 12 Noon Eastern time .Feed Shark