People always criticize the quality loss in the analog-to-digital conversion but few consider the advantages of reversing the process.

ENGADGET: V-Moda VAMP for the iPhone: an analog converter and headphone amp with a $650 pricetag

Participants were reacting to the loss of high-quality Libyan crude and its subsequent faster-than-expected resumption, Middle East unrest, the U.S. credit-rating downgrade over the summer, and the ongoing euro-zone sovereign-debt crisis.

WSJ: Oil's Tug of War Is Poised to Continue

However, despite offering audio-visual quality that would have been unacceptable in the pioneering days of television, a small, loss-making company called Broadcast.com broke all previous records when it made its Wall Street debut on July 17th.

ECONOMIST: Internet shares

This is the annual bang-your-head-against-the-goalpost debate that occurs whenever a high-quality team sprints out of the gate without a loss.

WSJ: Jason Gay: Could Green Bay Win by Losing?

The VX2258wm features 4:3 aspect ratio adjustment technology, meaning that widescreen and standard content can be displayed without any loss of picture quality, as well as two built-in SRS two watt speakers.

ENGADGET: Viewsonic VX2258wm 22-inch multitouch display hits stores in Europe

Twice backlight scanning motion and improved contrast ratio with finer local dimming control contribute to crisp and superior picture quality with improved color accuracy. 4200 Backlight Scanning technology reduces motion blur and loss of detail in fast-moving images, along with 1080p resolution and dot noise reduction, each of the 16 models feature unmatched, vivid and true-to-life picture quality.

ENGADGET: Panasonic details sixteen new LED TVs for the new year, none larger than 55 inches

Juran focused more on the human-relations aspects of quality, while Deming's approach involved demonstrating that all business processes are vulnerable to a loss of quality through statistical variation.

ECONOMIST: Guru

This could look similar to the fall of 2008, when a complete loss of investor confidence and a massive flight to quality brought the global funding markets to a temporary stand-still.

FORBES: Debt Ceiling Ripples Spread To Money Markets, Repos, Volatility