| Mike Luckovich
Gold chains. Tennis bracelets. iPods. Computers. Big-screen flat TVs. -Whiny Times}}}} It looks to me like the same losers that have failed in this booming economy also seem to have a bling problem. They see bling, they buy bling. With a credit card no doubt. Will Ku Klux Rodham freeze the bling payments for these dimwits? .
Keeping up with Clinton
1:45 p.m.: Still waiting ... 1:48 p.m.: Clinton arrived in a Chevy SUV in the back area of the fairgrounds and was greeted by elected officials including Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz, state Rep. Solomon Ortiz Jr. and state Rep. Abel Herrero and others and walked into a fundraiser and reception where monied supporters waited. She is expected to make an appearance any second. 1:50 p.m.: Clinton is trying to get to the stage, but crowds are blocking the entrance. 1:51 p.m.: Walter Jones, 62, came to see the candidate. He wanted to judge the speech, body language and interaction before deciding how to vote. “I want to look at an individual in the eyes and see." His wife Jacquelyn Jones, 59, said he wouldn't be close enough to see that. Jacquelyn said she felt they should have held this rally at a better facility and that it needed better organization, complaining that a large group of Robstown students were allowed to cut in front of them.
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." .
Foolish Forecast: Raytheon Rules
Buy, sell, or waffle? Eighteen analysts follow Raytheon, which gets nine buy votes, eight holds, and a single sell.Revenues. On average, they expect to see quarterly sales rise 3% to $5.9 billion.Earnings. Profits are predicted to soar 42% to $0.92 per share. .
Oil price hits record $US100 a barrel
THE price of oil in New York has spiked to a record $US100.10 a barrel in the wake of supply concerns. The price for a barrel of light, sweet crude, eclipsed the record set in January of $US100.09 a barrel. The market rallied amid speculation that OPEC, which supplies about 40 per cent of the world's oil, would cut output at its March 5 meeting in Vienna, analysts said. Another factor was the ongoing row between Venezuela and ExxonMobil over nationalised assets of the US giant. "Oil futures surged higher amid technical buying underpinned by the ongoing saga between Venezuela and Exxon and on speculation surrounding OPEC's next move when they meet in March," said Sucden analyst Nimit Khamar. "There is clear evidence that speculators are coming back in to the oil market." Iran has declined to rule out that OPEC would cut production next month.
Heard on the street: Parsvnath Developers, IFSL, F&O segment
Are you a Sai Baba devotee who also happens to be stock market investor? If yes, you may have possibly taken a fancy for Parsvnath Developers which has just bagged a contract for constructing Sai Ashram at Shirdi in Maharashtra. The counter has been in the thick of action ahead of the company's announcement on Monday.
Though the price has moved sharply, analysts feel one can not really link the rally with the latest development. They, in fact, say the market has probably been discounting the progress that the company has achieved in some of its projects — besides the Shirdi contract — an IT park in Gurgaon and pharma SEZ in Nanded.
Parsvnath Developers was the one of the top gainers, ending 8.5% up at Rs 574.2 on Monday after touching a new peak of Rs 598 intra-day.
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