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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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

What's riskier? Staying in the pack or venturing cautiously out on a limb?

Gas prices have been easing downward in the last few weeks, welcome relief for consumers. But what is the outlook going forward? Will prices continue to fall? Dennis Hoffman, director of the L.

President Bush has signed into law a housing package passed by Congress last week that authorizes the Treasury Department to spend federal funds to rescue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac if necessary.