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There will be blood all right and not just in oil, which suffered a steep drop to fall for the first day in four. As Twilight tweens screamed to see another gory story at the box office, S&P 500

They’re baaaaaaaack! Bella, Edward, Jacob, and the cast of the vampire romance The Twilight Saga: New Moon are expected to take a big bite from movie theater box offices this weekend. And if th

Forget the statistical analysis, chatter from the guru of the minute, and the price of oil or gold, because we’re in a Mother Goose economy.The author of nursery rhymes summed up our current fi

I’m not sure what happened last night. I was tinkering around on the Web, just surfing news, and lost track of time. When I looked up, it was midnight. Not good when you have to wake up at 4:30

Well, I finally got to watch The Taking of Pelham 123, which I'd fallen asleep during the night before. It's an awesome movie -- both Travolta and Denzel did a heck of a job. Asian stocks sank overni

Economist Brad DeLong, of the Department of Economics at UC Berkeley, is getting increasingly pessimistic. He says the chance of Great Depression now is at 5%:  For 2 1/4 years now I have been

Yesterday, Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher threw a little cold water on the V-shaped recovery madness everyone seems to be buying into these days.Please consider Fed's Fisher: GDP Gro

CF Industries (CF) is locked in a three-way tug-of-war over its future, and the shape of the fertilizer industry hangs in the balance. Okay, maybe it’s not that dramatic. But there's a battle o

Water is a key issue in many areas, but in the Southwest United Sates, it's critical. The ability to find new sources and transfer water is key. Over the past few years, a couple of high-profile tran