Two years ago, Stephanie McMillan and her sister, Staci Carroll, drove their kids to Disney World. This year, they wanted to take the crew to see the Grand Canyon, but high gas prices and a lackluster economy got in the way.

Chad Fish enjoys working as a marketing specialist at the business his family owns. But he doesn't plan a long-term stay behind the desk and computer at Express Employment Professionals in Lafayette.

Inc. magazine announced that nParallel is No. 2363 on the 2008 Inc. 5000 ranking of the fastest growing private companies in the country. nParallel is one of 362 companies in the Advertising & Marketing industry category that made this year's list.

Economic uncertainty will affect mobile advertising for at least two years, at which point marketing agencies will expect clients to increase their ad budgets, reports The Financial Times.

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c91205) has announced the addition of Exceeding Expectations as a Marketing Executive in the Current Economy & Beyond (ReedLogic Video Seminar) with Stephen Freitas, Laurie Coots, Tal Zlotnit