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It’s been a challenging few weeks for commodities traders. There has been a flight to the US dollar, which has caused corrections in many commodities, particularly gold. The Canadian dollar has been pressing lower and futures broke support at 94c ...
2010-02-11 10:58:00
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He was a thin, cute kid, wearing nerdy clothes and glasses -- an unlikely celebrity. But Drew D'Amelia's video "Mathmaticious," released on YouTube two years ago, garnered more than 2 million views, making it one of the most popular by an unknown ...
2010-02-12 12:02:00
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I took part in a "qat chew" the other day at the home of a Yemeni official. Never done that before. Qat is the mildly hallucinogenic leaf that Yemeni men stuff in their cheek after work -- and sometimes during. My hosts insisted that qat makes your ...
2010-02-11 11:34:00
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You know what's weird? Parents. Most of us are just trying to do the best we can -- which often translates into the "most" we can, as if children in every generation until this one were sadly under-stimulated. They grew up without tutors! Without ...
2010-02-11 11:26:00
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Members of the local organization Small Solutions are hoping to put laptops in the hands of students in Third World countries and, in the process, change the world. Newburyport residents Sandra Thaxter and Alan Papert started the group two years ago ...
2010-02-11 11:41:00
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The latest revelations from Beverly Mayor Bill Scanlon about the city's budget should surprise no one. For several years now the City Council has been warned by its financial consultant, Kathy Griffin, that the amount of spending advocated by the ...
2010-02-11 11:12:00
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Math is hard, but I do believe that’s more than the roughly $400 billion (not $500 billion) in Medicare savings projected for the Democratic health bills. What I’m talking about here is the “Roadmap for America’s Future,” the budget plan ...
2010-02-11 11:41:00
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New collaboration to bring real-world math and science topics into high school classrooms AUSTIN, Texas (Feb. 10, 2010) – NASA and Texas Instruments (TI) today announced a new educational collaboration to spark excitement about science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers among
2010-02-11 01:18:00
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Looking to reform and re-energize the grassroots network that brought him into office, Gov. Deval Patrick was in Andover on Saturday afternoon and his opening remarks got right to the point. "Who's nervous?" he asked a crowd of about 75 Democratic ...
2010-02-11 03:56:00
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Zacks.com releases details on a group of stocks that are currently members of the exclusive Zacks #5 Rank List -- Stocks to Sell Now. These stocks are currently rated as a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell): Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R) and Penn National ...
2010-02-11 04:10:00
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Average quality rating by the Stockhouse community. My colleague, Nick Hodge, has just uncovered a remarkable opportunity you won't hear about anywhere else. He's told you about the global Nuclear Renaissance already underway: 4 new reactors in the ...
2010-02-11 03:56:00
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When Joe Kessler became the head coach of the Shawnee boys' basketball team in 1987, his hiring prompted sympathetic comments from his friends. Most thought it would be a coaching graveyard. "A lot of my friends were saying that you don't want to ...
2010-02-11 05:29:00
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There are some disturbing numbers on the horizon for homeowners even as signs of economic recovery begin to emerge. As reported this week by The Daily Record’s Robbie Whelan, the slowing in the number of foreclosure filings in Maryland indicates ...
2010-02-11 05:57:00
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Republican senator George LeMieux of Florida has done the math. If government spending were reduced to its 2007 level, we’d have a balanced budget (with a $163 billion surplus). Returning to the 2008 level of spending, the budget would be balanced ...
2010-02-11 05:36:00
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West, a perennial top contender and last year's winner, won with a score of 43,999 points (out of a possible 60,000) with Keppel High School of Alhambra finishing a close second with 43,741 points. By winning the LACAD, West automatically advances ...
2010-02-11 05:14:00
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