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With Christmas fast approaching, and many still looking at ways to control their spending in these uncertain economic times, eBay has come up with a new social media-oriented service that lets people pool their funds to buy a gift.

eBay Group Gifts, which is now live on eBay, uses social media such as Facebook and Twitter (@eBayGroupGifts) to bring people together when buying a gift for someone. The new service, which is also now shown on the Facebook website, can assist an organizer in selecting a gift. It does this by using all that information supplied in those 'likes' and 'fan pages' combined with cookies, age and gender information -- basically anything a person includes in their profile.

Buying a home is a daunting task, let alone buying one in another country. Yet a good number of Canadians relish the chance to own their little plot of somewhere else, particularly if that plot lies baking beneath the nice warm sun.

The biggest market without question for Canadians seeking overseas property is the United States, and more specifically, Florida and Arizona. The depressed housing market south of the border has opened up more opportunities for Canadians eyeing a piece of the pie and that looks like something set to continue according to a TD Bank survey that shows that more than one-third of Canadian boomers are considering buying real estate there.
The U.S. media has noticed a rise in the number of Canadians buying property, further expanding what is already their biggest foreign ownership group. (Read Five Reasons Why Canadians Are Snapping Up U.S. Real Estate.)

Buying property in the U.S. is not as complicated as many think. The first thing to consider is how to finance the purchase.

It would take a book to provide a comprehensive guide to all the different models and how well they suit which type of riding. But if you're new to bikes, it's helpful to break them down into the three main categories: touring/cruising, sport, and off-road.

We have room to mention only a handful here in each category. Whatever you choose, call your insurance company to find out what it will cost to insure it before putting down a deposit. Insurance on anything over 600ccs will be very expensive.