Tag: economy
Cheap Beer Drinkers Get Even Cheaper
Ostensibly, Americans are drinking cheaper Miller beer because of their declining disposable income. Or maybe they've just realized that they've been paying extra for MGD, but it doesn't actually taste any better...
Dry Cleaning Costs to Climb After Roof Collapse
Surprising to many, news of today’s storm-related roof collapse at M & B Metal Products in Leeds, Ala., could result in a more-wrinkled U.S. workforce as prices climb ever higher at dry cleaning shops across the nation. Why? Because, as I reported in a post April 11, M...
Gordon Brown unveils his vision for the future
In the political fight of his life, Gordon Brown is urging voters to stand by their man."Gordon Brown yesterday asked people to judge him by his policies not his personality as he unveiled his "passionate" vision for the next year.The day after executing the biggest U-turn of...
30 cent jump overnight
Overnight, our diesel price took the biggest jump it's ever taken in one price hike.
We have a crooked jobber here, Cross Petroleum and he's always made prices artificially high here. They can be 40-60 cents lower...
UK inflation woe 'set to worsen'
Bank of England governor Mervyn King stated that the outlook for UK inflation has 'deteriorated markedly' and things are going to get worse before they can get better."Government figures on Tuesday showed that the...
Renault-Nissan Creates Even Cheaper Car
Renault-Nissan has announced a joint venture with Indian firm Bajaj to produce a $2,500 (£1,276) car.Does the world's poor really need cheap personal automobiles? Nevermind the environmental cost,...
University President asks Trustees to Revoke Muga...
Jack Wilson, the University of Massachusetts President has recommended to the Board of Trustees that they revoke an honorary degree awarded 20 years ago to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe."Wilson said Monday that...
McCain rips Bush record on warming
Now that he has spent the last few months courting his party's base with promises on conservative pet issues such as remaining in Iraq what kind of supreme court justices he would appoint, McCain has turned to...
America is rotting from the inside
Politicians are failing to comprehend the breadth of the US infrastructure crisis. Only disasters move our representatives to act — and in an election year, even those actions seem spotty at best and disingenuous at worst. The United States has much more than failing...
NBC, ABC and CBS to tone down 'upfront' advertisi...
The networks are still having a tough time as viewership remains down after the writer's strike, and the sluggish economy is making advertisers hesitant to spend."TV lineup presentations to advertisers are being scaled back because of the sluggish economy and lingering...
Gas prices knock bicycle sales, repairs into high...
"Four-dollar-a-gallon gas is good forbusiness - if you run a bike shop. Commuters around the country aredusting off their old two-wheelers - or buying new ones - to copewith rising fuel prices, bicycle dealers say. "
Oil Prices at $126 …. An increase of 11% since ...
NEW YORK May 10, 2008 9:50 GMT - American Light Crude Oil touched US$ 126 a barrel yesterday, setting a new record price for oil.
This marks an increase of 25% since the start of this year, and 11% increase...
Reality
A cogent, brief assessment of where our capitalist, consumption based global economy is now, how we got here, how it is affecting everything, and what we are facing in a world of ever declining resources and...
Bank of England holds interest rates at 5pc
The Bank of England has resisted pressure to cut interest rates as Governor Mervyn King holds firm in the fight against inflation even as the UK economy faces a sharp slowdown
Can the economy survive oil at $200 a barrel?
It’s an economic experiment I would rather not take part in: seeing how$200-a-barrel oil would affect the U.S. and global economy.""
