Interesting.
Iranian troops go into Iraq, occupy a giant oil field. Then they leave. The price of oil predictably shoots up for much of the day in the U.S. before falling back, though it was still up 60 cents on the day.
Has ol’ Mahmoud Ahmadinejad become a canny manipulator of commodities markets? Or are [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Iranian soldiers allegedly go into Iraq, occupy oilfield. Oil spikes $2. Mahmoud? Or is it Goldman?!
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Bloomberg today named $20 Per Gallon one of the 10 Best Books of the Year.
Very exciting! Nice momentum for the new year.
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Boeing 787 gets off the ground this morning; 25,000 plane geeks showed up.
I remember standing inside the body of the first 787 on the assembly line in May 2008. They told me it would fly later that year — and that was after Boeing had already pushed the schedule back three times.
Regardless, today’s news is exactly what Boeing needed. This is the first plastic plane [...]
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Exacerbating a trend, the recession has blunted U.S. innovation.
There are countless things this recession has affected, most of them obvious. And while this particular effect may not be unexpected, it’s yet another reminder that the U.S., for reasons that go from a weakening education system to a tougher stance toward immigrating graduate students, has slipped in the innovation department. Are we still the [...]
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