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...plunging price of oil, which prompted OPEC to announce a 1.5 million barrel a day production cut, has put money in the pockets of recession-worried consumers. "It follows that there's going to be some spending effect," said Francisco Blach head of commodities research at Merrill Lynch in London...
Coping with $4 a gallon gasoline has drastically altered driving patterns, perhaps permanently. "We are seeing changes in habits," says Julian Lee, senior energy analyst with the Center for Global Energy Studies in London. "The sales of big gas-guzzling vehicles have collapsed. If we see that kind of change it becomes a much longer term issue with long-term demand destruction." In the short term, there's simple math. The average driver goes about 12,000 miles a year at 20 miles per gallon, says Ken Medlock, an Energy Fellow at the Baker Institute at Rice University in Houston...
...said. “I think we are right where we need to be heading into the playoffs,” Feeding off the triumphant energy of last weekend’s dominating win against Queens College and the celebratory fanfare of Senior Day, the squad rolled into New London on a wave of momentum. The Crimson (4-10, 3-4 CWPA), which has met the Camels in the regular season every year since 2000, kicked off the rivalry eight years ago with an 11-0 performance. This marked the last time the men’s squad shut...
...interactive moment of transformation for participants. As a retrospective of sorts, New York City's Guggenheim Museum has invited artists including Angela Bulloch, Jorge Pardo, and Rirkrit Tiravanija to collaborate on site-specific installations for the upcoming theanyspacewhatever. Carsten Höller, who installed aluminum slides last year at London's Tate Modern, will erect the "Revolving Hotel Room" at the Guggenheim in which visitors can sleep for the night. (Naturally, this opportunity is already sold out, but at least you can see the digs.) Through Jan. 7, 2009. 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street, New York...