Light sweet crude continues to climb on the New York Exchange, hitting $58.15 during midday trading. Breaking the record $58.28 set back in early April seems inevitable at this point as prices continue to climb with no end in sight. Gas prices are no better today. Gas opened at $1.62 today and up to $1.65 on the midday.
PDAs: Climbing Back Out
PDA sales grew by a substantial 25% in the last quarter according to a new report from the Gartner research firm. Blackberry led the way growing exponentially in Western European sales, beating out traditional PDA frontrunner PalmOne and HP.
Crude Oil Shoots to $52 a Barrel and Still Climbing
Light sweet crude prices continue to climb hitting $52.30 a barrel in midday trading amid speculation OPEC won’t be able to keep with rising oil demand in second half of the year.
$52 a Barrel and Still Climbing
Oil prices shot above $52.51 a barrel on Wednesday morning as investors await U.S. reports on gasoline stocks for the summer driving season.
Mountain Climbing Over Molehills
Someone has said that the greatest cause of ulcers is mountain-climbing over mole-hills! Is that the way you get your exercise? Many folks allow themselves to be thrown off course by minor or imaginary threats. Often they interpret these as life-or-death, or do-or-die situations. They put so much energy into their worries that there is none available for progress. Some even believe that worrying demonstrates caring. This is misguided, too.
How To Succeed Working at Home When You Have Kids Climbing All Over You
I get a BIG chuckle out of experts who preach the joys of working from home. Magazines often feature a photo of a nicely dressed model with her full attention focused on a client on the phone. Her equally nicely-dressed child quietly explores an educational toy on the floor beside her.
That’s never the way it works at my house. As I write this from home, my 15 year-old is bouncing a basketball off the outside of my office, my 12 year-old is blaring her new Back Street Boys CD, the kindergartner has just let the neighbor’s dog into the living room, and my toddler is trying to climb onto my shoulders while attempting to shut the computer off.