This week’s remainders

Visual Sciences settled their suit with Nielsen NetRatings — to the tune of $9M dollars! Crazy considering other vendors settled long time ago and for substantially less. Clears the way for any potential takeovers from a list of mystery suitors being reviewed currently.

RBC plans to hire six post-secondary student bloggers this fall for the bank’s soon-to-be launched peer-to-peer (p2p) information exchange site. RBC p2p will be an online forum where students can speak openly and honestly about their financial struggles and successes – is scheduled to go live by the end of August. The site’s content will be driven by students, while the six new student hires will manage discussions, blog about their own banking experiences, and share information and solutions about the money issues that matter most to undergrads and graduate students. An interesting spin on Wells Fargo’s The Student LoanDown and well in-line with RBC’s ramped up focus on student banking.

 Justin Cutroni (EpikOne) will be releasing his Google Analytics ShortCut book this month. A mere $10 for tons of tips and tricks. Get your copy.

Gary Angel’s (Semphonic) X Change Conference is around the corner. It offers a chance to “huddle” with some of analytics finest and is being held in the Napa Valley. Too bad I can’t make it.

WebTrends has started a “Move to ML2” program to lure over current HBX Analytics customers (likely those weary of a future takeover). WebTrends is offering up to a 100% license credit to switch from HBX Analytics to the newly announced WebTrends Marketing Lab 2. Do they know something that we don’t about who is going to be buying Visual Sciences? Hat tip: Manoj Jasra