Google has been, since January, putting filters on their search results in China. This created a media-storm when it was announced and created a good deal of ill-will towards Google for censorship. Of course, this wasn’t without reason–a major cyber-attack against Google had originated from China. However, it has come to light that Google and China have been in talks to remove these restrictions.

But since then, Google’s search results in China have remained censored, and there is little indication that the talks have progressed. Until Wednesday, Google had not said anything about the negotiations — including whether they were actually taking place — leaving observers to wonder whether the company had misjudged the ease with which it could reach a deal with China.

The ongoing political and economic controversies between the United States and China has made these negotiations more difficult, reportedly, with the problem of…you guessed it…cyber warfare taking center stage.

Pizza is a big industry that thrives all year round with varying high and low seasons. Of course, around any college campus the pizza-demand is likely to stay even–those college kids live off of stuffed crust pizza. But there is one day of the year that is bigger than all the rest, Superbowl Sunday.

Super Bowl Sunday is one of the busiest days of the year for the pizza business, along with Halloween, New Year’s and Thanksgiving eve.

Pizza Hut and Domino’s Pizza, the nation’s two largest chains, expected to serve nearly 3 million pies.

“Super Bowl Sunday is the busiest day of the year that we could put on a calendar,” said Domino’s spokesman Tim McIntrye. “It represents about a 44 percent increase over a typical Sunday.”

A forty-four percent increase from one week to the next is pretty intense. Here’s hoping all of the pizza joints are prepared for the rush.

When you go to the movie theaters, you expect to be assaulted from all sides by advertising for various movies, candies, and TV shows–but I bet one thing you do not expect is tips from a government agency on how to shop. Well in twelve U.S. cities, that is exactly what you will get.

The Federal Reserve is buying ads in theaters in twelve cities in order to encourage consumers to use their credit cards wisely. The Fed has been criticized recently for not doing its part to discourage wanton consumerism that might be harmful.

Of course, all of this could have to do with Fed’s increasingly unpopular image. Congressman Ron Paul, and a number of other legislators, is making his career out of lambasting the Fed–even going so far as to call for it’s abolition. His book, “End the Fed” is a bestseller, and the general tone of the public about the Fed is quite negative. It is no wonder, then, that the Federal Reserve is starting an advertising campaign to bolster its image as the protector of American’s pocketbooks.