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...wasn't a crazy idea at the beginning of the year - but it sure is now (The S&P 500 is currently around 700). *The price of gold would go to $1200 per ounce. I still feel terrific about that. *The price of oil will go to $80 per barrel...I feel good about that. *The US dollar would weaken later in 2009...I still believe that. *The 10-year Treasury yield would rise to 4% (on Monday, the yield was 2.9%.) I'm still going with that. *China will grow 7% in 2009. That growth estimate may be high...
...Bottom-of-the-barrel Brown hadn’t won two games in a row all season. On top of that, no 12th-seeded team had ever toppled a fifth-seed in ECAC playoff history, and the Crimson hadn’t lost a home playoff series in 14 years...
...driver's seat and was killed by police fire. Qasab first put up his hands as if to surrender, but when police officers opened the car door, he leaped out and dropped with his back to the ground, guns blazing. An unarmed assistant subinspector, Tukaram Ombale, grabbed the barrel of Qasab's AK-47 and was killed. Police then beat Qasab with their lathi sticks until he was unconscious. One officer remembers that Qasab looked different from Khan, the driver of the car. "The driver looked like an angry man," the police officer said. "The other one looks normal...
...Sunday, the finance minister is expected to submit a revised budget for 2009 which will assume an average oil price of $41 per barrel, down from the original $95. Despite the massive drop in oil revenues that represents, the new budget will boost spending by $13.99 billion to $262.8 billion, allowing the government to maintain social and defense spending while bailing out banks and industry. (See 10 things to do in Moscow...
...Although Brown (3-21-5, 3-14-4 ECAC) sits at the bottom of the barrel, the fifth-seeded Crimson (9-14-6, 9-7-6) has failed to notch a win against the squad this season, settling for two ties instead...