Thanks to fellow Mizzou J-school graduate Matt Hilburn for pointing this out. If you visit the home page of Newsweek.com, you’ll see the front pages of this week’s issue from around the world, as shown here…

Outside the US, the lead story is Afghanistan. Inside the US, the lead story is [...]

Forrester Research, by way of Internet Retailer says that the percentage of Europeans shopping online has increased from 42% in 2003 to 56% in 2005. The UK has the highest percentage of shoppers, at 73%, while Italians lag far behind at 20% (though growing at a rapid pace).