shari greer

More Layoffs: AT&T, DuPont, Credit Suisse, Belden, Viacom, Adobe

Yesterdays' Dallas Business Journal made a big faux pas when the
headlines regarding AT&T slashing 12,0000 jobs was noted on the same
page, that they had just given away a million dollar grant to a local
charity. Charity begins at home, and the 12,000 workers who are
losing their jobs would surely agree. The market will be flooded with
unemployed workers, and the only business that will thrive are the
job boards,,,, such a sad state of affairs.

Friday Outlook: Commodities, Emerging Markets

Still having a sense of humor is quite telling!!
However, your charts unfortunatley remind me of my
husbands recent two week stay in the hospital following
open heart surgery.... wasn't pretty... but he
has survived the experience... hope the nation will to...
(From my lips to God's ears!!)

When Will Solar Be Cost-Competitive with Electricity?

Hurricane IKE left over 2 million households without electricity for two weeks. The stores didn't offer any real options for residents from the solar level... The traffic lights were out all over the city and with 4 million people trying to get around during this, the emissions and tempers that flared were unreal. The fact that our infrastructure is still living in the dark ages was apparent. We could have had solar powered business', traffic lights, even railroad arms, could have been
utilizing solar generated power. But NONE was there, and now with
the reconstruction of so many homes, business, power lines, traffic
signals etc, you would think that this would be an absolute solution for future disasters. It is frustrating, at best, and I hope the solar community will jump on Houston to give direction for these changes.
If my tax dollars are paying for reconstruction, I would like a say in the sustainability of solar energy be included. It's a natural, given that we have more sunshine than almost anywhere else on earth!!