oeagleo

A Look at Gas Prices by State

You also need to look at the difference in octane ratings between states. Arizona has the lowest "regular" at 87 octane, (that is recommended by mfgrs), while in Utah, the lowest octane is 85, and to get the minimum octane required by manufacturers not to void your warranty, one must purchase "mid-grade' at 88 octane. Of course, this is 10c -15c higher than the lower grade.
It would be a better judge of prices to judge by octane rating, rather than generic lables.

45 Dividend-Paying Stocks with Decent Balance Sheets

A letter on the NTE Website states they will not pay dividends for 2009, so jwkls is correct. However, it may still turn out to be a value play, factoring in the current enchantment with the Chinese economy.

Sirius Trouble Ahead

Just came over the wire that all of Sirius's 2009 debt was covered, as was the XM debt. Oops.

Why a Spending Bill Just Won't Cut It

Sorry for two comments, but wanted to add, too that while the "road and bridge building" scenario may be a finite length of time, it's going to be a lot more than one year to rebuild, repair, and modernize our road system, the electrical grid, and to try to get this country off of foreign oil, and onto a renewable energy source.

Now, given that this "sugar water" approach is going to last longer than one year, who among us would not agree that people who are working, albeit on road construction, wind tower construction, etc, do not buy more color TV's from Wal-Mart than those who are sitting on their duff, collecting unemployment? Does not the purchase of LazyBoy recliners, and Coffeemakers contribute to the overall economy? Where do these things come from?

And, if the folks are lucky, they can even check out the Bayliner store!

No, I do not agree with the article.


On Feb 08 09:40 AM oeagleo wrote:

> The problem here that I see, is that we've already tried the "Give
> the businesses a tax break, it will be good for the economy" trip.
> It's failed. Miserably. The last TARP giveaway proved that businesses,
> (banks in particular) don't really care about helping the country
> out of it's problem, they care about themselves. Trickle Down Economics
> would work, if businesses would trickle down, and not out.

Why a Spending Bill Just Won't Cut It

The problem here that I see, is that we've already tried the "Give the businesses a tax break, it will be good for the economy" trip. It's failed. Miserably. The last TARP giveaway proved that businesses, (banks in particular) don't really care about helping the country out of it's problem, they care about themselves. Trickle Down Economics would work, if businesses would trickle down, and not out.

Advance America Makes for a Great Payday

So why have the officers been selling their investment at the rate of 20,000 Plus several times a week? Look at the insider trades