In the past, during the planning stage of a business people would spend long hours thinking about where to set up their business. They would wonder about what old house to buy to turn into the shop. Or was it near enough foot traffic to sustain a business?Nowadays, with setting up a business online things are a lot quicker and easier but we still have the issue of location, only it has changed.

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Before getting into real business, we would like to welcome you to the latest in Web 2.0 marketing search engines. BMSE or “Big Marketers’ Search Engine” as you may like to call it comprehenses all that internet marketing resources can mean, thus offering you, the end-user, the unique possibility of searching on a specific topic regarding online marketing and not only, enclosing the range of results to a very narrow spectrum. Many other useless such “custom” search engines have been developed lately but without visible results at all.Nowadays, already surfing through the Web 2.0 era, marketers need a fast, easy yet powerful engine to help them harness the power of the best web resources out there, providing that most of the well-known “get rich quick” techniques or “multi-level” schemes have already been worn out and OUT of the serious search indexes such as Google, Dmoz, Overture a.o.Therefore, BMSE comes in handy for those serious, opportunist marketers that always look for the best resources and news out there, for those who always like to stay informed, for those who like to always have their stuff tuned-up for the latest demands out there on the Web 2.0 ultimate online business era.We hope you feel like being one of those, big marketers out there, we hope you think big.

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AFP - Europe's main stock markets rose on Friday, with the energy sector lifted by higher crude oil prices.

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Reuters - Google Inc. said on Friday it would pay $3.1 billion for Web ad supplier DoubleClick Inc., its biggest acquisition, accelerating a push into the graphic ad market led by Yahoo Inc. .

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Reuters - Finance chiefs from the world's rich nations meeting on Friday were expected to offer assurances that the global economy can withstand a U.S. slowdown while keeping a watchful eye on currency volatility.

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Reuters - DaimlerChrysler (DCXGn.DE) Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche wants to keep a minority holding in U.S. automaker Chrysler and only sell a majority stake in the business, Der Spiegel magazine reported.

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Reuters - World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz must decide whether he still has the credibility to head the institution, following controversy over his handling of a promotion for his girlfriend, a top German official said on Saturday.

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AP - Wal-Mart’s board of directors should open an independent investigation of claims the retailer spied on shareholders, suppliers and others, a large state investor said Friday.

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