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...Paul Withington in London says that household penetration levels are far from the 70-80% that the industry reached with film cameras. "It's down to the vendors to try to stimulate that growth," says Withington. That means that consumers are in for a treat of more features at lower prices, as camera makers constantly improve their wares. "It's all a ridiculous affirmation of how capitalism increases selection for low price," says IDC's Chute. Creative destruction, you might say; we'll see how many camera companies survive...
...lock in guaranteed monthly payments of $692 for life, according to annuityshopper.com That's up from $648 a month just a year ago, reflecting today's higher interest rates and pointing up why now may be a good time to secure this kind of fixed income. If rates move lower, as they probably will with the economy slowing, income annuities bought, say, next year would offer smaller fixed monthly payments...
...protect against that worst-case outcome. By accepting a lower monthly sum, you get an annuity that guarantees payment to your estate--say, $665 a month for 10 years or $603 for 20 years, in the example above. You can and should buy an income annuity that also builds in inflation increases and continues until the death of a surviving spouse...
...film concentrates on two of the men - Sergeant John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) and Officer Will Jimeno (Michael Pe?a) - who were pinned down in the metal carnage on the buildings' Concourse level, and on the attempt of a few men above to rescue them. It intercuts the action in Lower Manhattan with the hopes and forebodings of McLoughlin's and Jimeno's wives as they anxiously await news of their husbands' fate...
...Will This Marriage Last? A wedding-season guide for handicapping the newlyweds. A variety of factors can lower the odds of divorce to 20%, or raise...