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Archive for July, 2008

Mars Land Grab

Thursday, July 17th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Mars could have supported prmitive forms of life some 4 billion years ago, when much of the planet's surface was like a warm, soppy carpet, say an international team of three dozen scientists.   The ... Read more..

Naked Short Selling

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to institute a new rule to limit the ability of traders to bet on a drop in shares of brokerage firms Freddie Mac and ... Read more..

Save $, Go To The Library

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Today, the U.S. Labor Department reported the rising price of gasoline and food pushed inflation up by 1.8% in June. Inflation has risen during the past year at the fastest pace ... Read more..

Valley of De-Spare

Monday, July 14th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Peak oil? That is so last year. Today, we are in the Valley of De-Spare. As in, no more spare capacity. Recent estimates by the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information ... Read more..

Mayor White, This Blog’s For You

Friday, July 11th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I am a big fan of Houston Mayor Bill White. I think he should be voted King-For-Life of Houston. However, the one thing he has not moved on is a Walk Houston ... Read more..

Keep Catalina Safe

Friday, July 11th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Some 22 miles off the coast of Long Beach, California, lies a lovely little island called Catalina. The town is called Avalon.  The water is ice-clear blue, the fish are foot-long ... Read more..

Demand Up 50% By 2030, Says OPEC

Thursday, July 10th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

World energy demand will be up by more than 50% by 2030 but adequate oil reserves, conservation and new methods of recovery will enable supply to keep up with demand, ... Read more..

Record Drillship Rate

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Yesterday, Transocean Inc. received a five-year contract to lease its Deepwater Pathfinder drillship, a single-activity rig capable of drilling in water depths up to 10,000 feet, to Italy's Eni for Gulf ... Read more..

Cowboy Up

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

As gasoline prices rise, commuters are looking for ways to reduce their costs. In Seattle, a dentist and his staff came up with a new way to get to work, based ... Read more..

Buy RR Stocks

Monday, July 7th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

The Dow Jones industrial average lost 14.5% of its value in the first half of this year— its worst start since 1970. "We are in the same trend as that started ... Read more..