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The much-heralded level playing field of paid search has begun to experience the unpleasant reality of a monopoly in the marketplace. So much importance is placed on Google that deeper-pocketed businesses may be driving smaller competitors out of AdWords.

The Florida Attorney General's Office has reached an agreement with America Online concerning the erroneous billing of 6,000 customers in Florida. Attorney General Charlie Crist's Economic Crime Division began investigating AOL in September of 2005 after receiving over 1,000 complaints from consumers.

While President Bush sits at the G-8 summit in Scotland, mulling over the potential replacements for retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the friction in the Senate over presidential pet and rumor-mill favorite, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, is likely to spark some fiery contention-and strange allies.

Citigroup has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit from Enron investors, and pay $2 billion. The company was accused of having a role in a big accounting fraud scandal at Enron.

If you're like me, good time management skills and tools are an absolute necessity. We often have so many "alligators snapping out our heels" that we don't know where to start. Here's my "extreme time management system." Adopt it as your own and you'll feel like you've gained several hours a day. It's how I squeeze 26 hours out of every day.