For the second time this month, the Chinese government has reportedly induced a snowstorm in Beijing by seeding clouds with silver iodide. This form of geoengineering has been around for quite a while. ... Read the full post ... Read more

DVDs and e-books that sell for under $10 is one thing. Appliances that sell for $3 is another. Target (NYSE:TGT) is offering toasters, coffee makers, and slow roasters at $3 each, according to data from GotADeal.com.  It is a sign that discounting to pull in retail customers is getting out of hand ... Read more

The Federal Reserve displays utter disregard for the dollar. G-20 anticipates feeding off the current abusive trend so that it can sell the global public on the recovery story. Timmy goes before our Asian 'partners' and delivers a Snow job to feign support of the world's reserve currency with all ... Read more

The Census Bureau reports : The ... total September exports of $132.0 billion and imports of $168.4 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $36.5 billion, up from $30.8 billion in August, revised. September exports were $3.7 billion more than August exports of $128.3 billion. September ... Read more

September sales for video game consoles were relatively good given the economy. Price cuts on the Nintendo Wii, Sony (NYSE:SNE) PS3, and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Xbox stimulated activity. It appears that the initial surge in sales that those discounts caused is already over. Video game sales, includ ... Read more

The deliberation patterns in the main stock market indexes followed through to the downside yesterday, as stocks sustained substantial losses across the board. Throughout yesterday morning, stocks chopped around in a range-bound, non-committal channel, but a sell-off just before mid-day caused the ... Read more

From HotelNewsNow.com: Boston leads RevPAR gains in STR weekly numbers Overall, in year-over-year measurements, the industry’s occupancy fell 3.6 percent to 54.8 percent, average daily rate dropped 8.5 percent US$97.19, and RevPAR decreased 11.8 percent to US$53.29. Click on graph for large ... Read more