| G7 meeting not bearish for EUR
GE Trade Balance (DEC) out at 10.8B vs. 16.8B expected vs. 19.3B prior read (revised higher to 19.5B) GE Current Account (DEC) out at 15.9B vs. 17.0B expected vs. 20.0B prior read (revised lower to 19.3B) GE Imports (DEC) out at 5.3% vs. 2.8% expected vs. -3.0% prior read GE Exports (DEC) out at -1.2% vs. 1.1% expected vs. -0.5% prior read. SW Industrial Production MoM/YoY (DEC) out at 0.1%/1.2% vs. -0.2%/0.3% expected vs. 2.3%/4.2% prior read. SW Industrial Orders MoM/YoY (DEC) out at 7.4%/-1.3% vs. 0.1%/0.3% prior read (revised higher to 2.4%/2.1%) GE Industrial Production MoM/YoY (DEC) out at 0.8%/4.1% vs. 1.0%/4.2% expected vs. -0.9%/3.5% prior read (revised higher to -0.3%/4.2%) EC E-Z OECD Leading Indicator (DEC) out at 98.1 vs.
S.J. County shares in celebration of the potato
Perhaps you haven't heard, but 2008 is the International Year of the Potato. No, really. The United Nations formally launched the observance in October in conjunction with World Food Day. According to the official Web site - www.potato2008.org - "The celebration of the International Year of the Potato (IYP) will raise awareness of the importance of the potato - and of agriculture in general - in addressing issues of global concern, including hunger, poverty and threats to the environment." .
Dark clouds have silver lining for agri info operation
CLIMATE change, drought and pollution may seem to indicate a bleak future, but for Canberra information management firm Agrecon these problems mean big business here and overseas. Agrecon, formed in 1992 and split from the University of Canberra three years ago, has tapped into booming demand for environmental data driven by the agriculture sector. The company has collected reams of information from satellite imagery to the Bureau of Meteorology's daily climatic output. The sheer volume of data collected has forced Agrecon to strengthen its technology infrastructure as it gears up for further international expansion and what it expects to be several years of strong growth. "In Australia the prospects for natural resource management and agricultural production, as well as the pressures on water, the environment and land, mean essentially that the next five years are our best years," Agrecon managing director Dr Brian Button says.
Lenny Kravitz Hospitalized; Postpones Tour
Kravitz's European trip will be rescheduled as soon as possible, Donovan said. His first stop was scheduled for London next Monday, followed by a performance in Brussels, Belgium. Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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Pre-Open Movers 2/15: Best Buy (BBY) and Ultralife (ULBI) Down on ...
Pre-Open Movers 2/15: Best Buy (BBY) and Ultralife (ULBI) Down on Guidance, HJ Heinz (HNZ) Up On Guidance Goldman Sachs Downgrades Coal Stocks David Moenning's Daily State of the Markets: 2/5 J.P. Morgan Upgrades Arch Coal (ACI) to Overweight More News related to ACI .
Obama beats... Jesse Jackson?
Perilously close to swooning!] ... 6:38 P.M. ___________________________ Why does the crowd at Obama's victory rally just happen to look like a perfect, multiracial group of pleasant, idealistic, attractive Americans? I suspect it's because the crowd at Obama rallies typically is a perfect multiracial group of pleasant idealistic, attractive Americans. I've never been in a more benign-seeming group. They're clean! (And articulate!) Maybe a little edgeless. ... 6:28 P.M. ___________________________ Attempted Ghettoization: Now that Bill Clinton has explicitly belittled Obama's South Carolina victory by comparing it to Jesse Jackson's, how does Obama's share of the white vote compare with Jackson's in 1988? Obama got about a quarter (24%) of the white vote, according to exit polls.
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