The Department of Energy on Friday approved a second LNG export terminal for exports to non-free trade agreement counties, the Freeport LNG terminal operated by ConocoPhillips and Michael Smith. This is the first terminal approved in...Show More Summary
By Heather Sanders It has been two years since our homeschool cooperative began its Preteen and Teen luncheons on the first Friday of every month. While I cannot claim the idea as my own (it actually came about following a reader’s comment here on The Pioneer Woman), I can attest to its monumental success. Show More Summary
Let’s take a look at a few graphs of the dollar, from Feb 1, 2013 through Friday May 17, 2013. Yes, I said graphs of the dollar. I’ve priced the dollar in gold first (of course), then silver, the euro, and even the yen. The pattern is obvious. Show More Summary
The Internal Revenue Service will be closed on Friday, May 24th, 2013. This day is the first in a series of five furlough days that were planned in response to the automatic budget cuts known as the sequester.... Read Full Post
photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin YYYs @ GoogaMooga 2013 We've already posted photos from the first two bands (The Darkness and The Flaming Lips) to play the Great GoogaMooga kickoff concert on Friday (5/17). Here are a set from headliners...
On Friday May 17, the US Navy's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator took another historic step as it conducted its first touch-and-go landings on the nuclear aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush off the coast of Virginia.Show More Summary
From 9to5Toys.com: Are you ready for some football? Last Friday our 9to5Toys team discovered an Amazon exclusive preorder bonus that will make most gamers’ wives and girlfriends cringe. The first 50,000 orders for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 will include a full 17 week trial of NFL Sunday Ticket. A standard copy of this […]
Nuverra Environmental Solutions, known until last Friday as Heckmann, began its first day with a new name by announcing a brand-new acquisition. Nuverra will be acquiring a 60-acre, oil-field-disposal landfill from Ideal Oilfield Disposal, located in McKenzie County, N.D. Show More Summary
By The Value Investor: Tableau Software (DATA) made its public debut on Friday the 17th of May. The software company, which helps decision makers understand and visualize data, ended its first trading day with gains of 63.7% at $50.75 per share. Show More Summary
It was teased on Friday but now we have our first official trailer for Batman prequel game Arkham Origins. While no gameplay was shown it’s still an awesome encounter between Batman and Deathstroke and should be enough …
16-year-old Mitchie Brusco landed the first ever 1080 on an X Games MegaRamp on Friday night to join an exclusive club who have also landed the difficult trick. Only two other skaters have ever landed the trick, but nobody had done it on an X Games MegaRamp until Brusco accomplished the feat this past weekend. [...]Show More Summary
By SA Editor Miriam Metzinger: Stocks discussed on the Lightning Round segment of Jim Cramer's Mad Money Program, Friday May 17. Bullish Calls: Heckmann (HEK): "We got Baker Hughes' rig count, and for the first time in as long as I can remember, it is higher. Show More Summary
By Emil Mark: During the last week, the euro continued its decline and finished 1.2% lower than the previous Friday ($1.283 vs. $1.2985). As we expected in our previous "EUR/USD: The Week Ahead" review, at first the single currency tried to appreciate and touched the $1.3030 area on Tuesday. Show More Summary
Martin Wolf got my weekend off to a dreadful start. I read his latest FT column (Why the World Faces Climate Chaos) on Friday, and it's been on my mind ever since. Wolf is hardly the first to lay out the reasons why climate change is such a diabolical policy problem. Show More Summary
The Columbia Museum of Art organizes and presents the first retrospective exhibition of the art of Steven Naifeh. Found in Translation: The Art of Steven Naifeh opened on Friday, May 17 and remains on view through Sunday, September 1, 2013. Show More Summary
Singer-songwriter Alan O’Day died on Friday, May 17, after a battle with cancer. O’Day, who was best known for his No. 1 hit “Undercover Angel,” was 72. O’Day first garnered fame as a songwriter in the 1970s when he penned hits like Cher’s “Train of Thought,” the Righteous Brothers’ “Rock and Roll Heaven,” and Helen [...]
Friday was fragrance news day with the announcement of major releases by two big names.
First up is Downtown by Calvin Klein, and the face of the campaign is actress Rooney Mara. CK says the scent " balances feminine woods with soft
floral notes that make it confident and modern with a unique signature and an
unexpected edge". Show More Summary
First lady Michelle Obama just keeps us guessing with her indelible fashion sense. New York magazine duly notes that on Friday she sported a new look for her commencement address at Bowie State University in College Park, Md.: side-swept...Show More Summary
The weekend of Kanye continues: after debuting "New Slaves" on various walls across the world Friday night, 'Ye hit Saturday Night Live to perform the first half of that song and another called "Black Skinhead." It was an … aggressive appearance. Kanye's mood did not suddenly improve after taping those ... More »
The transit agency that runs the Metro-North commuter rail line says trains damaged in a Friday crash in Connecticut are being removed in the first step to making repairs and restoring service.