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What Americans Do Online, Given the Bad Economy

There once was a time when a favorite American online activity was shopping, but given the current economic outlook many are now apparently spending more time on their finances. Are they concerned about the rising price of basic commodities and their shrinking buying power in the marketplace? comScore released its monthly analysis of U.S. web activity at the top online properties for July 2012. More Americans visited the Business and Finance category at the start of the third quarter of 2012, including Online Trading sites and Financial Advice sites. "Millions of Americans visited the Business and Finance category in July for up-to-the-minute reporting on the unsteady financial markets and for a mid-year health check on their investments and other financial interests." said Jeff Hackett, executive vice president of comScore . In July, two Business and Finance subcategories earned a spot in the top-gaining categories ranking, including the number one placeholder earned...