Heads up, Arizona, part five: The huge cost of transportation infrastructure to 2032

The amount of money necessary to build adequate transportation infrastructure in Arizona in the next 25 years — between $253 billion and $311 billion — is larger than the bill to build water and wastewater, energy, and telecommunications infrastructure combined, according to a recent report commi

Smart services: Customer focus turns technology into solutions

To many participants at the recent Digital Smart Services Leadership Summit hosted by Qualcomm in San Diego, the phrase "smart services" is digital by definition.

ASU-RSI: Phoenix home prices down more than 20 percent from 2007

The Phoenix metro area housing market is closing on a record. And unlike the Olympics this has more to do with losing than winning. Back in the 1990 to 1991 years, during the last serious real estate recession that roiled Arizona, house prices on a 12-month basis declined for 17 straight months.

"OBD: Obsessive branding disorder": Has branding jumped the tracks?

In his book "OBD: Obsessive Branding Disorder," Lucas Conley asserts that branding has gotten out of hand. At it's worst it is deceptive, he writes, and it diverts companies away from real product improvement to focus on superficial details.

China's planned entry into the service sector

The Chinese don't do things halfway, as anyone who's visited Beijing in the run-up to the Olympics can attest.

The move to mashups: How the millennials are redefining software development

The Millennial generation — usually defined as people currently under age 30 — is demanding major changes throughout the wired workplace.

Eat, drink and go shopping: Why thoughts of death whet consumers' appetite for stuff

After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Americans began doing all of the things they had always wanted to do, including, apparently, a whole lot of shopping.

Heads up, Arizona, part four: The cost of telecommunications infrastructure to 2032

Providing all Arizonans with the gold standard in telecommunications could cost $24-25.2 billion, but what is the dollar value of state-of-the art infrastructure to rival that of world leaders? That could well be priceless.

Podcast: Money and strategy — campaign finance 2008

Since 1980, at least one candidate in every presidential election has been an incumbent president or vice president. This year's race has broken the pattern of incumbent candidacy, but that's not its only first.

ASU-RSI: Phoenix home prices plummet in April

The overall price decline for the Phoenix metro housing market took a dramatic, 18 percent leap downward in April, which was unsettling since March numbers were already very weak.