The free DirecTV DVR upgrades are another service that satellite companies have begun to offer. This is great, but keep in mind that you will need to pay a monthly subscription fee for the DVR service. The free DVR upgrade is usually just for the equipment. The company might throw in a few months of service, but make sure you can afford this before going for it! DVR is addicting, and you will not want to give it up once the free trial period is over.

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I've always recognized Michael Branham as a passionate guy who wants to help the financial planning profession figure out a conflict-of-interest-free way to reach Americans of all ages and income levels. Years ago, when I asked Branham my standard question about how financial planners can better serve younger generations with few assets but lots of earning potential, he didn't dismiss it with...

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If you're in advertising you either use a Blackberry or an iPhone. That's it. No exceptions, so it's disappointing to see that Blackberry has found itself in court with a gang of wayward executives. The SEC charged four top officers of BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion with backdating millions of dollars worth of stock options for themselves and others for 8 years, and concealing it from i...

President Hugo Chavez's government will slash public spending to confront the falling price of oil, a top official said Tuesday.

Venezuela relies on oil for 94 percent of exports and nearly half the government budget. Finance Minister Ali Rodriguez said the government has enough savings to avoid serious problems this year but nevertheless plans cutbacks.

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Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski introduced a trio of bills to the 2009 state legislature that, if passed, would give solar energy in the state a significant boost.

The first two, House Bills 2121 and 2181, would make installation of solar energy facilities more affordable to homeowners and developers. Oregon already has some of the strongest tax credit and loan programs in the nation to en...

A politician chosen to be a minister in Zimbabwe's new power-sharing government is due in court to face insurgency and terrorism charges, his lawyer says.

Roy Bennett is accused of conspiring to acquire arms with a view to disrupting essential services, Trust Maanda said.

Mr Bennett, the opposition MDC's nominee as deputy agriculture minister, was arrested on Friday, hours before...

But instead, European industry has been walloped as businesses around the world, and particularly in the United States, cut back on new orders to bring down their inventories. That has hit euro-zone countries hard, particularly Germany, which relies on exports to fuel economic growth.

In Germany, the biggest economy in Europe, the economy shrank by 2.1 percent in the final three months of...