The Many Benefits of an Upconverting DVD Player
Let's face it. On the eve of the HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray deathmatchsurely the bloodiest format war since the VHS-vs.-Betamax debacleany self-respecting technophile is going to watch and wait. A costly, obsolete paperweight is the last thing any of us wants to get stuck with.

Economists Predict Soft Landing for Housing
RISMEDIA, May 2, 2006After soaring to record levels for three consecutive years, the single-family housing market is gliding toward a soft landing in 2006, as rising interest rates, affordability issues and a reduced role for investors/speculators contribute to a softening in demand, according to economists at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Construction Forecast Conference in

Big Oil pumps profits at consumers' expense
Gasoline prices are the conversation of the day. Fingers of fault are pointed in every direction.

Zinifex rides wave of commodities boom
ALAN KOHLER: When the zinc miner, Zinifex was floated out of the wreckage of Pasminco two years ago it had few friends and dubious prospects.

United Kingdom property is already in a severe Bear Market
When countries were back on the Gold standard it simply meant that money could not be printed at will by bankers or politicians, if the Gold to back this printing did not exist.