>Within the next few days we are going to be making a company decision as to which language to use. Can anyone define why VB.NET or C# might be better or worse than the other for development?

Personal preference mostly, IMHO. But, I like C# ... mainly because it's not as verbose as VB.NET. I can't really give you any objective reasons though, although I'm sure there's probably a few. =)

~~Bonnie