Posted by: aardvarkcola on: September 16, 2008
The price of oil is below $100, settling at $95. Yet gas at the pump, spiking due to concerns that Hurricane Ike might wreak havoc on Texas oil refineries (uh-huh) has not gone down. Economics works like that? If the refineries are okay, why hasn’t gas come down?
Editorial, Toronto Star. Suggests some sort of regulation [...]
Posted by: aardvarkcola on: September 5, 2008
Election in Canada
Governor-General Michaëlle Jean will meet with Prime Minister Steven Harper at 8:15 a.m. Sunday when Harper will tell her that he does not have confidence in parliament. The Canadian federal election is expected to take place October 14. Three Harper cabinet ministers will not run again, David Emerson (Foreign Affairs), Monte Solberg (Human [...]
