| That's Danny Billions to you
And Harpler better watch out for his job: I have a feeling that Danny is eyeing the big house on 24 Sussex.
Canada's New Government'..... New and Ugly
The Good Ship HMCS 'HarperLiedAboutIncomeTrusts' and the CON-BORGS aboard, are doomed. Posted 25/01/08 at 8:37 AM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment .
Stocks Hold Gains After Fed Minutes
It's been a topsy-turvy day, with stocks sliding at the open after the CPI report, then rebounding in the afternoon as investors toggled their focus to H-P's better-than-expected results. The telecom sector, however, remained firmly in the red amid concerns about a price war. "The Dow is going up because people are seeing through the rest of the year," Brett D'arcy, director of investments at CBIZ Financial Solutions, told CNBC. After H-P's encouraging results, investors are realizing things aren't all bad, he said. But what about that pesky $100 oil? "Oil in my opinion is a speculative bubble," D'arcy said, adding that there really isn't much relation between oil and the stock market. .
Boom or bust?
Crop experts are downplaying the significance of a corn surge on the valley's ag sector. Politicians are asking questions about the industry's effects on trade and the environment. Local contractors have walked off the job site at one of the plants near Heyburn, where construction has halted.The future seemed much brighter just a year ago, when plans for two Cassia County ethanol plants were announced by Renova Energy, a London-based company with offices in Boise, and Pacific Ethanol, a California business. The facilities would be the state's first commercial fuel-grade ethanol facilities, and company officials lauded the economic surge that would come from 70 new jobs. They touted the environmental benefits of 70 million gallons of environmentally friendly fuel that could be produced at the plants each year.
IPL ready to snap up star players
ANDREW Symonds and Ricky Ponting will turn from villains to heroes when they become two of the hottest commodities on offer in next week's Indian Premier League player auction. Dismissing reports some Australian players would not be welcome, billionaire IPL franchise owners have declared they will ignore any residual anger over this summer's racial spats and ugly incidents in the one-day series between Australia and India in October in a bid to lure Ponting and Symonds to their franchises. "That amazes me after the last couple of weeks," Ponting said yesterday. "I thought our prices would have gone right down." The Australian players have yet to agree to contractual terms for next Wednesday's auction, but player bodies and Cricket Australia were yesterday confident of a resolution.
Bill Gates - You Asked The Questions
I've just emerged from the Microsoft machine, shaken but unscathed. I've interviewed Bill Gates three or four times over a 12 year period, and each time I come out impressed by the sheer professionalism of the Microsoft PR operation but wondering whether we've been successfully spun. This time we tried a new tactic - getting BBC viewers, listeners and readers to ask the questions. We had thousands, covering every aspect of Bill Gates and Microsoft - past, present and future. Over two hundred were seeking jobs, one gentleman was proposing himself as the next CEO of Microsoft, and another wondered whether the secrets of Windows software had been recovered from a crashed UFO. We did not ask that one, but managed to get through around fifteen questions during our allotted fifteen minutes.
State protective services for adults faces cuts
Geoffrey, who retired two years ago from the state, said the elderly Atlanta woman's fraud case could've turned out much worse than it did. "We fortunately had enough money left to put [the woman] in a retirement apartment and get a nurse to stay with her." "She only lived two more years. If we had not found her, she would not have had those good years," said Geoffrey, who did not disclose the victim's name because of confidentiality rules on clients. Physical abuse of seniors can include beatings, cigarette burns and broken bones. Some people are deprived of food and needed medications. "It certainly did shock me," Geoffrey said of her experience as an adult protective worker. "I couldn't believe that people could treat other people, especially family, that badly." The caseworkers often go into hostile situations.
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