] SAN JOSE, Calif. - A year after unveiling a free e-mail
] service with a full gigabyte of storage, Google Inc. is
] doubling the capacity of each account and plans to keep
] bumping up the limit in the future.
]
] Once the upgrade takes effect Friday, Gmail users will be
] able to store up to 2 gigabytes of e-mail and attachments
] for each account. Even more capacity will be made
] available after that as it becomes feasible, the company
] said.

Yahoo! News - Google Doubles E-Mail Space

] LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices could touch $105 a barrel
] in the next few years, the influential investment bank
] Goldman Sachs said Thursday.
] "Based on our analysis of gasoline spending and the economy
] noted above, we estimate that U.S. gasoline prices may need to
] exceed $4 per gallon," they said.

Goldman says oil could spike to $105 a barrel - Mar. 31, 2005

] I expect the market to make a painful descent into the
] summer and as mentioned previously, I expect the year to
] finish flat to negative. Consistent with my bear sandwich
] thesis , a second-half rally will set up an opportunity
] to get aggressively short into 2006.

Prepare for a sell-off through summer

] NEW YORK (AP) -- People who view Moby as a techno artist
] might be startled upon hearing his new double-disc
] "Hotel."
]
] The crisp guitars, haunting piano and Moby's own warbling
] voice on emotive songs certainly don't fit his image,
] that of a cutting-edge disc jockey using electronic
] wizardry to make alluring dance music.

CNN.com - Moby pushes his art into new realm - Mar 29, 2005

] The most blunt assessment came from Microsoft chief Bill
] Gates, who has put more than $700 million into reducing
] the size of high school classes through the foundation
] formed by him and his wife, Melinda. He said high schools
] must be redesigned to prepare every student for college,
] with classes that are rigorous and relevant to kids and
] with supportive relationships for children. (MSNBC is a
] joint venture of Microsoft and NBC.)
]
] Americas high schools are obsolete,� Gates said.
] By obsolete, I dont just mean that theyre
] broken, flawed or underfunded, though a case could be
] made for every one of those points. By obsolete, I mean
] our high schools — even when theyre working as
] designed — cannot teach all our students what they need
] to know today.

MSNBC - Summit told U.S. high schools 'obsolete'

] We got it, we played it, we love it. Polyphony Digital's
] latest-generation Gran Turismo introduces a toolbox full
] of new features that'll have you playing for hours,
] sometimes without even driving a single lap. Ever want to
] race in the Grand Canyon? On ice? Around New York City,
] Hong Kong, The Cote D'Azure? How about a drag race down
] the Las Vegas Strip? Now you can take your pick--all over
] the world, on any track, on any surface.
]
] While GT3 offered 38 tracks and 150 cars from 38
] manufacturers, GT4 offers more than 700 cars from 80
] manufacturers and up to 100 tracks along with a variety
] of race modes. GT Career Simulation Mode and GT Arcade
] Mode are still available, but also added are GT Director,
] B-Spec, and GT Photo modes.

Gran Turismo 4 - First Drive - Motor Trend

] The proposal to change the benefits calculation --
] adjusting only for inflation, not productivity growth --
] will dramatically cut the income-replacement rate for
] future retirees. The size of the cut will depend on when
] workers retire. The heaviest cuts would fall on the
] youngest workers. Those already retired or near
] retirement would be protected.
]
] Let's call it what it is: a tax hike
] The administration has not called this a tax increase,
] but that is exactly what it is: a massive tax hike
] reserved for the young and the young only. It is a tax
] increase because they will pay the same payroll tax but
] will receive less in benefits.
]
] The difference is who gets the money and benefits now. Older
] voters get the money, benefits and reassurances now. Our
] children and grandchildren get the shaft.
]
] Tell me, Mr. President, what's moral and good about that?

MSN Money - Social Security cuts: a tax hike for the young

] "Large-cap growth remains significantly undervalued
] relative to large-cap value," says this month's
] Perception for the Professional, a monthly research
] report by Leuthold Group, a prominent institutional
] research firm.
]
] And whenever that kind of disparity goes on long enough,
] it reverses. In the 1990s, growth and big stocks led the
] market, only to surrender leadership to small and value
] names five years ago. The value/growth cycle usually runs
] for five to seven years.
]
] So within a few months or years, value's popularity will
] fade and growth stocks will enjoy a windfall of profits.
] So if your portfolio has grown lean on growth during this
] value cycle, it's time to bulk up again on those stocks.

MSN Money - Move over, value: It's growth's turn again

] The low in August set the stage for an impressive advance
] that took many individual stocks to new highs," said
] Prudential analyst Ralph Acampora, who is convinced, he
] said, that market technicals are now setting the stage
] for a strong 2005.
]
]
] "Think about it for a second: All the leading market
] averages are entering the New Year at new highs," while
] all of the advance/decline lines are at all-time highs,
] he said. "This is a fully in-gear bull market."

Market Snapshot: Economic data to drive markets next week

] The company that owns the famed Commodore computer brand
] has been sold to Yeahronimo Media Ventures, a Beverly
] Hills, California, digital music distributor.

Yahoo! News - Commodore Computer Brand Sold