Business news for Mon, 24 Dec 2007 & with word review. 6 news.

From Apple's boardroom to alternative energy, privacy, and piracy, it was easy to see how the news in 2007 got people stirred up.

The 30-gigabyte Ibiza Rhapsody is a jack-of-all-trades media player that encompasses emerging wireless technologies, including WiFi music downloading and stereo audio streaming via A2DP Bluetooth.

The LG Venus is a stunningly beautiful phone with a unique dual-screen design that also features on-screen touch-sensitive controls.

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Singapore's inflation rate hit a 25-year high of 4.2% in November from a year earlier, reflecting higher food and housing prices, according to reports. Economists had expected the consumer price index to rise 3.9% in November, slightly faster than the 3.6% rise recorded in October. Food prices, the largest weighted category within the index, climbed 5.2% and housing prices climbed 2.9%. Singapore's broad measure of money supply, or M2, expanded 18% in October from a year earlier, figures released by the Monetary Authority showed. Analysts said the inflation data stoked speculation the authority would hike interest rates before a scheduled review in April.

Trinity Mirror is refocused as a national and regional newspaper publisher after completing a review of the business and announcing a return of cash to shareholders.

CENTRO Properties Group has appointed three advisors to help with a review of its business, after the company recently was unable to refinance some of its maturing debt.