Biz Report

FUTURE OF OHIO’S UTICA SHALE MAY BE KNOWN SOON

FUTURE OF OHIO’S UTICA SHALE MAY BE KNOWN SOON

From REUTERS: Shares of Gulfport Energy were in free fall last spring, dropping 55 percent in four months, until the oil and gas producer announced it had drilled its first three wells in the Utica shale formation in Ohio. The Oklahoma-based company’s value has since more than doubled, bolstered by...

 
 

THE GREEN CON REVEALED

THE GREEN CON REVEALED

From the DAILY MAIL: No, the world ISN’T getting warmer (as you may have noticed). Now we reveal the official data that’s making scientists suddenly change their minds about climate doom. So will eco-funded MPs stop waging a green crusade with your money? Well… what do YOU think? The Mail...

 
 

OBAMA: “MUST GET OF OFF OIL FOR GOOD”

OBAMA: “MUST GET OF OFF OIL FOR GOOD”

From UPI: U.S. President Barack Obama said Saturday America must “get off of oil for good” and urged Congress to set up an Energy Security Trust to fund energy research. In his weekly radio and Internet address — recorded Friday at the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois, where he spoke...

 
 

STOPPED: INSPECTORS TO MEASURE SODAS IN NYC AND FINE VIOLATORS

From HOT AIR: The Health Department will begin implementing routine inspections to make sure eateries, including sit down restaurants and fast food chains, are not selling sugary beverages in servings larger than 16 ounces. Those inspectors will have specially ordered measuring cups to help them enforce the new rule, Deputy...

 
 

ROKU 3 INTRODUCES SOME VERY COOL UPDATES TO NEW STREAMING BOX

ROKU 3 INTRODUCES SOME VERY COOL UPDATES TO NEW STREAMING BOX

From the ASSOCIATED PRESS: Roku is plugging headphones and several other new features into its latest set-top box for streaming Internet video to TVs, a move that amplifies its effort to upstage Apple’s better-selling player. The Roku 3 box going on sale Wednesday also includes a more powerful search engine...

 
 

OWN A LAMBORGHINI VENENO FOR A COOL $4 MILLION… SORRY, SOLD OUT

OWN A LAMBORGHINI VENENO FOR A COOL $4 MILLION… SORRY, SOLD OUT

From CNN MONEY: Italian supercar maker Lamborghini is set to officially unveil a new $4 million model - the Veneno - at the Geneva Motor Show Tuesday, but it seems that some folks in the press just couldn’t wait that long. Images began appearing on the web Monday, before the...

 
 

GOP BILL TO REINSTATE WORK REQUIREMENT FOR WELFARE

GOP BILL TO REINSTATE WORK REQUIREMENT FOR WELFARE

From the DAILY CALLER: House Republicans introduced legislation Thursday to reinstate the original work requirement for welfare benefits critics say was loosened by an executive order coming from the President Barack Obama. The bill, titled “Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare Programs Act of 2013,” will prohibit the Obama administration from...

 
 

“GENTLY USED” CARS A HOT COMMODITY

“GENTLY USED” CARS A HOT COMMODITY

From TIME: Are you in the market for a fuel-efficient used car? Then you probably have competition—not just from other drivers, but from car dealerships. The auto industry had a strong year of new-auto sales in 2012, and another huge year for car purchases is expected for 2013. Forecasts call...

 
 

THE “BIKINI” BUSINESS MODEL SEEMS TO HAVE BROAD APPEAL

THE “BIKINI” BUSINESS MODEL SEEMS TO HAVE BROAD APPEAL

Having a business model that includes beautiful young ladies clad scantilly as they go about their duties seems to be gaining a bit of popularity these days… Although the concept has been around for a while. Bikinii Coffee on Singer Island in Riviera Beach   Tiger Time Lawn Care in...

 
 

MEDIA MATTERS HAS NEW PLAN TO TAKE DOWN FOX NEWS

MEDIA MATTERS HAS NEW PLAN TO TAKE DOWN FOX NEWS

From POLITICO: “The strategy that we had had toward Fox was basically a strategy of containment,” said Brock, Media Matters’ chairman and founder and a former conservative journalist, adding that the group’s main aim had been to challenge the factual claims of the channel and to attempt to prevent them...