Some things look brighter today

Sales on homes were up last month. The price of oil is up, up, and away. The Dollar is getting
stronger.

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CNNMoney.comYouTube gets a rivalComputerworld - 2 hours agoMarch 22, 2007 (Computerworld) -- In a frontal assault on rival Google Inc. and its wildly popular online video division, YouTube Inc
SabahOracle files lawsuit against rival SAPSan Jose Mercury News - 46 minutes agoBy Ryan Blitstein. Redwood City software maker Oracle filed a lawsuit today against arch-rival SAP, alleging "corporate theft on a grand scale" by the German software company.
ScotsmanEU ministers approve 'Open Skies' pactMoneyweb - 1 hour agoEU transport ministers backed a landmark accord on trans-Atlantic air travel that will widen opportunities for both European and US carriers, notably at London's Heathrow.

From the Irish Examiner

"Irish Examiner Breaking News -


20/03/2007 - 1:10:12 PMMcJob definition 'insulting to workers' McDonald’s is launching a campaign to change the Oxford English Dictionary’s definition of a McJob.The fast food chain says the current entry is “out of date” and “insulting” to workers.A McJob is described in the dictionary as: “An unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects, especially one created by the expansion of the service sector.”McDonald’s plans to launch a petition calling for the term to be changed.Its chief people officer in northern Europe, David Fairhurst, has written to a number of organisations seeking their support.Referring to the dictionary definition of the McJob, his letter says: “We believe that it is out of date, out of touch with reality and, most importantly, it is insulting to those talented, committed, hard-working people who serve the public every day.”

The campaign follows the fast food chain’s publicity drive last year to tackle “negative misconceptions” about working for the company.It launched posters in 1,200 restaurants playing up the positive aspects of working for McDonald’s.The campaign used the phrase “Not bad for a McJob” to put a positive spin on the term.Responding to McDonald’s new campaign, an Oxford University Press spokeswoman said the term McJob entered the dictionary in March 2001.“We monitor changes in the language and reflect these in our definitions according to the evidence we find,” she said.

Boyscout found in N.C. Mountains.

Boyscout found in the mountains dehydrated. No foul play. Britain inflation rate is up 2.8%

2 European Banks are joining forces.

Britain's Barclay Bank and ABN Amro ( A Ductch Bank) are merging. 2 Airbus A 380s take
off today from Germany to U.S. soil - one N.Y. and the other one lands in L.A. Airbus hopes
to sell some planes to some American airlines.

Walmart vows to stay out of banking.

After uproar in Congress, Walmart gives up banking idea. According to Reuter, the two giants
Microsoft and Cisco are getting ready to duke it out. From Bloomberg, I read that because of
all the subprime mortgage defaults hurting the investment community, Greenspan predicts
a recession at year's end.

As the financial world turns

Walmart is trying to take over banking? Bernacke is scared. What will happen to the Chicago
Merchantile Exchange? Cisco buy WebEx. Microsoft buys a speech recognition firm. So perhaps
it want be long before you and your computer can have a real conversation.
and oh yea - the market is up at the moment in spite of rising inflation.

Halliburton moves corporate office out of country

Halliburton moves corporate office from Houston to Dubai.

The Roller Coaster Ride

The stock market keeps going up and down. But many think the Bull has not finised his ride.

Bill Gates is worried about a brain drain due to visa not being granted . He is losing some of his
Einsteins. He also worries about America keeping its competitive edge in technology.

A Canadian Insurance Company is having a feud with some powerful hedge investors. Fairfax
has filea suit claiming hedge funds were out to destroy them.

Being Groomed by Warren Buffett

The stock prices fell again today. Mortgage rates have fallen. And the price of a barrel of oil has
dropped. Yet where I buy gas, overnight it increased by a dime a gallon.

Warren Buffett is looking for the ultimate apprentice. He recently loaded up on stocks for his
Berkshire Hathaway.