AirNet 1Q profit grows

reported Monday a 10 percent gain in first-quarter profit, despite a slip in revenue in its bank services division.

The Columbus-based express-cargo carrier said it earned $1.9 million, or 18 cents a share, compared with $1.7 million, or 17 cents a share, in the same period a year ago.

Sales slid to $41.5 million, from $42.7 million a year earlier, largely due to a 6.4 percent decline in revenue from transporting canceled checks and other bank documents to $26.5 million. A year earlier, bank services brought in $28.3 million in revenue.

The decrease is from what AirNet (AMEX:ANS) has called accelerating trends toward electronic alternatives for transporting time-sensitive bank documents.

A modest 1.5 percent gain in revenue from AirNet's express services division to $14.2 million, from $14 million last year, partially offset downturning revenue from bank contracts, the company said.

Website Optimization Services and Your Business

Having your own website for the purposes of boosting your business sales is not enough to make it really happen. You may have followed all those guidelines in creating a website, but that does not guarantee you the increased traffic that you need. If you want for your business to be known, then maybe it is time to utilize the website optimization services.

What are Website Optimization Services?

Potential clients usually type in the keywords, then the search engine gives them a list of the top 10 in the industry he is looking for. What these services do is put your website in the top lists of almost all search engines, thus, giving you more traffic.

Benefits of Website Optimization Services

These firms make your processes more efficient for you so that it saves you more time and money to focus your attention in your business needs. You do not have to worry about website designing and website developing since these firms will do them for you. We all know that a good website usually makes or breaks a business in the Internet, but you can be assured that the professionals in these services know what they do and will only give you your money,s worth.

If you created your website yourself, they will review your site and advice you on what needs to be done for it to be more professional looking.

If you opt to utilize the website optimization services, they give advices on what your website should contain since they know what works. They teach you what keywords to use that are most effective for your type of business.

These firms also give you a monthly report of your ranking in search engines, and because it is their business to put you at the top of the list, they will be the ones who will be submitting your website to the top search engines.

Disadvantages and What You Should Be Aware of

Although these website optimization services guarantee you a spot in the top 10 in search engines, it is still and always will be the search engines themselves who can give you the guarantee of a top spot.

For the promise of submitting your website to top search engines and the promise that it will be in the top spot, most of these firms require a great deal of money. Plus, there are bogus services also that take advantage of ignorant website owners, so it is always advisable to research about a firm or read through their testimonials to somehow get to know them. Ask former customers how the service was for them as customers are a greatest basis.

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(NASDAQ: ) -- May OTM puts more expensive than calls, suggesting downside Hedging. AAPL is expected to report EPS of 64 cents after the close tonight. AAPL call option volume of 56,543 contracts compares to put volume of 25,270 contracts. AAPL May 105 calls have traded 172 times on transaction volume 20,030 contracts. AAPL May 85 puts have traded 133 times on transaction volume of 8,659 contracts according to Track Data. AAPL May 85 puts are bid 55 cents, above its theoretical value of 42 cents. AAPL May 105 calls are bid 45 cents, below its theoretical value of 49 cents. AAPL options suggest downside hedging tendencies.

(NASDAQ: ) -- elevated implied volatility suggests Risk as NAVZ at record High. NAVZ, a truck, bus, engine manufacturer, is recently up $1.13 to $57.93. MAN AG, Hino, F, Fiat, Isuzu, PCAR, OSK, (NYSE: ), (NYSE: ) and Iveco have been frequently mentioned as interested in doing acquisitions, partnerships or bolt-on deals. NAVZ over all option implied volatility of 46 is above its 26-week average of 41 according to Track Data, suggesting larger price risks.

Option volume leaders today are: (NASDAQ: ) and (NASDAQ: ).

Daily Option Update is provided by Stock Options Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com.

Promoting Your Website Online

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