The 5$ Bill (Redesigned Currency)

A new $5 bill design was unveiled to the public in late September 2007 and will enter circulation in early 2008. A new redesign $100 bill will follow.This redesigned currency is safer, smarter and more secure:
Safer because it is harder to fake and easier to check;
Smarter to stay ahead of savvy counterfeiters; and
More secure to protect the integrity of United States currency, making it easier for businesses and consumers to check the new $5 bills they receive and more difficult for counterfeiters to fake.

The new $5 bill incorporates state-of-the-art security features that are easy to use by cash handlers and consumers alike. Hold the bills up to the light to check for these features:

Watermarks: There are now two watermarks on the redesigned $5 bill. A large number "5" watermark is located to the right of the portrait replacing the previous watermark portrait of President Lincoln found on the older design $5 bills. A second watermark - a column of three smaller "5"s - has been added to the new $5 bill design and is positioned to the left of the portrait.

There are now two watermarks on the redesigned $5 bill. A large number “5” watermark is located to the right of the portrait, replacing the previous watermark portrait of President Lincoln found on older design $5 bills. Its location is highlighted by a blank window incorporated into the background design. A second watermark — a column of three smaller “5”s — has been added to the new $5 bill design and is positioned to the left of the portrait. Hold your bill up to the light and look for the two new watermarks.

Security Thread: The embedded security thread runs vertically and is now located to the right of the portrait on the redesigned $5 bill. The letters "USA" followed by the number "5" in an alternating pattern are visible along the thread from both sides of the bill. The thread glows blue when held under ultraviolet light.


The embedded security thread, which is located to the left of the portrait on older-design $5 bills, has moved to the right of the portrait on the redesigned $5 bill. The letters “USA” followed by the number “5” in an alternating pattern are visible along the thread from both sides of the bill. The embedded security thread glows blue when held under ultraviolet light. Hold your bill up to the light and look for the embedded security thread.

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Google launches video ad program using YouTube

Google on Tuesday set out to profit from its $1.65-billion purchase of YouTube by letting websites use advertising-laced videos and then share in the revenues.

Google's "video units" program enables publishers to embed YouTube videos on their websites using a customized player and then make money from overlay text ads that fade in and out as videos play.

The move is Google's initial foray into squeezing money from YouTube, which it bought last year in a stock deal, and marks the first time the US Internet titan is serving up content along with ads.

"Nowadays, website publishers realize that getting people to visit your website is only half of the equation," Google product marketing manager Christine Lee wrote in a posting at the company's website.

"Growing your audience is important, but keeping your audience engaged and staying on your site longer is just as important, if not more so."

Ads are matched to video content and revenues are shared with website publishers as well as Google partners that provide video content, according to Lee.

Google said partners providing video content include TV Guide Broadband, Expert Village, Mondo Media, lonelygirl15, Extreme Elements, and Ford Models.

Video units are available in the US for English language websites but the program will be expanded in coming months, according to Google.