THE white-hot infrastructure investment boom is showing no signs of slowing, with business borrowing growing at its fastest pace in 20 years.

Vodafone customers using roaming have been reporting problems and broken connections with the service since Christmas — issues the operator puts down to network congestion and a lack of help from its supplier, Optus.

Online dating renews women’s hope in love and sex, but can be just as disappointing as the real-life dating scene, according to new Canadian research.

Videos by a self-styled Obama Girl, a fan’s tearful defense of Britney Spears and an attack by a herd of buffaloes on a pride of lions, were among the most popular clips on YouTube.com in 2007.

A factory worker from County Durham has run up a 27,000 pound phone bill by using his mobile as a modem for his PC.

WEST Australians lost tens of millions of dollars to fraudsters and scam artists in 2007.

NEW figures show the Perth property market grinding to a standstill as growth disparities deepen between southern suburbs and central and northern areas.

QANTAS has cancelled leave for its licensed engineers and looking for replacement workers to try to minimise delays from next month’s industrial action.

They say a picture tells a thousand words. Have a look at our top 10 rating photo stories of 2007.

FURTHER interest rate rises could stop the housing market recovery in its tracks, housing experts have warned.