>Should vendor promotions / advertisements be passed as latest industry headlines in the main page? At the very least, I hope the UT is making some money out of that. I would dare say it's probably better to include some sort of "Advertisements" section if indeed the space is being used for advertising.

We make no money from this but include it because it could be of benefit to members. In high tech, most news items are press release or advertising in nature. What is the main thing that bothers you?