Holiday spending has gone up this year from $716/person to $747/person on average. That is an over $30 increase in a year and is sure to put more people in debt. According to a recent survey from the Consumer Federation of America and the Credit Union National Association, over 25% of American`s are concerned about paying off their credit cards debt after this holiday season spending.

The Blackstone Group, a private investment and advisory firm founded in 1985 by Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman, had agreed to pay $48.50 a share for Equity Office Properties Trust, the nation?s largest office-building owner and manager

If it feels like you`ve been waiting 15 years for this moment, well, it`s probably because you have.

The president of Serbia and Montenegro, Boris Tadic, is blaming the United Nations war crimes tribunal at The Hague for Slobodan Milosevic`s death, though he reiterated it would not hamper Serbia`s future cooperation with the court.

With the recent start of the hurricane season, citizens of Florida and all along the Hurricane Katrina-ravaged Gulf Coast of the United States are bracing for the potential onslaught to come. Last year?s major hurricane, Hurricane Katrina, wrought devastation to much of Mississippi and Louisiana.

After five years, Lawrence H. Summers tendered this past week his resignation as president of Harvard University, effective at the end of the 2005-06 academic year. A former U.S. Treasury Secretary, he had made several comments over the years that drew intense criticism.

Google, world leader in search engine platforms, keeps pressuring Microsoft to allow users full freedom in choosing their favorite search tool.

Microsoft is bidding to take over some territory it carelessly forget to tend to recently and has decided to enter YouTube land and launch its own video sharing version.

West African leaders recognized Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf as Liberia`s president-elect, even as election officials probed allegations from her rival, former soccer star George Weah, of vote-rigging.

A new Stock Market search engine service was unveiled last week. The new service offered by Scan the Market website enables users to scan the Stock Market for profitable opportunities or risk indicators.

Alamo Premier Mortgage Group,Inc. opens a new office in San Antonio Area and partners with local builders and real estate companies.A J Allee,a top Mortgage loan officer in San Antonio joins Alamo premier mortgage,San Antonio, Texas,

Today, KaZaZZ! is pleased to announce that "Paris Hilton" was the top searched term on the KaZaZZ! Personalized Search Engine.

The number one registrar of domain names worldwide, Go Daddy, recently announced that their customers can now transfer, register, or renew domain names for just $1.99 a year when they buy a non-domain product.

On January 18th, Carroll Dawson, the Houston Rockets General Manager, signed forward Chuck Hayes for the remainder of the season. He was signed to a 10-day contract to play for the Houston Rockets.

Scott Brazil, Emmy-winning producer of "The Shield" and "Hill Street Blues," has died at the age of 50. Brazil died Monday of Lou Gehrig`s disease and Lyme disease complications resulting in respiratory failure, as announced by FX Networks spokesman.