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...state of the world economy. The International Monetary Fund this week cut its global growth forecast for 2009, predicting GDP would contract by 1.3%, the most severe recession since the 1930s. Yet oil is some 50% more expensive now than in December. Palm oil, which is used in a wide variety of manufactured foods, has surged by about 50% this year. "The only area of the world economy I know of where the fundamentals are improving are commodities," says investment guru Jim Rogers. "The fundamentals for General Motors are not improving. The fundamentals for Citibank are not improving. The fundamentals...
...18—Alabama native Alan Reeves carries the ball up the middle for 8-yards. A quarterback in high school, Reeves seems to be on the Mike Cook route, listed on the Harvard roster as a wide receiver...
...42—While the teams meet before the next kickoff, I'll take this time to note that hoss wide receiver Matt Luft is sitting just down the bench from us up here in the press box, manning the scoreboard...
...Steelmakers around the world have indeed been hit by falling demand from automakers, shipbuilders, construction and heavy-engineering sectors. Tight credit and the need to generate cash flows have resulted in a massive drop in steel inventories industry-wide...
Kristol, William • decidedly unbrilliant work of is somehow deemed worthy of a $250,000 Bradley Prize "for his outstanding achievements in a wide range of activities" - like writing a year's worth of some of the stupidest columns ever to sully the New York Times op-ed page...