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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.K. recruitment firm Michael Page International said in a trading update Wednesday that its third-quarter gross profit fell around 42% to 82.2 million pounds ($130.9 million) and that operating profit from trading activities in the quarter was around 5 million pounds. "We had anticipated that the seasonally quieter third quarter would be challenging, particularly...
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The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
... seen in the dollar," said Adam Klopfenstein, senior market strategist with Lind-Waldock. But Michael Gross and Mr. Klopfenstein also suggested the upside is limited by demand concerns. " You still don't have any base demand . Everything is all speculative right now," Michael Gross said. "We're speculating demand is going to pick up, but it hasn't...
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The Paragraph Farmer (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... the rhetorical equivalent of the great scene in the horror comedy Tremors where Reba McIntyre and Michael Gross open up with automatic weapons because giant carnivorous worms that have been tunneling through a small town in the high desert "broke into the wrong rec room" (theirs). Here's Flynn: "In no particular order: watermills, windmills, camshafts, toothed wheels,...
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News-To-U(se) (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Copper's trading pattern in coming weeks may be determined by whether the metal draws support from recent stock-market strength and dollar weakness, or whether rising inventories and sluggish economies in industrialized nations take a toll.(…) "The weaker dollar has supported commodity prices pretty much across the board," said John Gross, publisher of the Copper Journal. "That...
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Sofia Arnold (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
This is one of the paintings that will be in the group show When Animals Talk at the Tory Folliard gallery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September Truffle acrylic wood panel 9"x12" Artists included: Stephen Anderson, Sofia Arnold, Mark Chatterley, Laura Dronzek, Beth Edwards, Martha Glowacki, Michael Gross, Laurie Hogin, Mary Jones, Flora Langlois, Gina Litherland, Michael...
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Above Average Jane (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Those following Congressman Patrick Murphy 's (D-08)political and legislative work might be interested in these two news items: "Straight guys tell," by Michael Gross, in the Advocate, 11/09, on the proposed repeal of "don't ask, don't tell," and Congressman Murphy's leadership on that issue. It's five screens long but if you go through the whole thing carefully you...
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Phronesisaical (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
I'm beginning to see reports of a poll that spin the results as "Americans think an attack on Iran is a good idea." Here's a more balanced look . "It's definitely a question-wording issue," said Michael Gross, vice president of Ipsos Public Affairs, which performed the survey for McClatchy Newspapers. "Any time you say nuclear weapon, people get antsy and they...
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Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
... even if that allows it to develop nuclear weapons."It's definitely a question-wording issue," said Michael Gross, vice president of Ipsos Public Affairs, which performed the survey for McClatchy Newspapers. "Any time you say nuclear weapon, people get antsy and they take that as a perceived threat."People are not quick to commit U.S. forces for something they do not perceive to be...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
... even if that allows it to develop nuclear weapons."It's definitely a question-wording issue," said Michael Gross, vice president of Ipsos Public Affairs, which performed the survey for McClatchy Newspapers. "Any time you say nuclear weapon, people get antsy and they take that as a perceived threat."People are not quick to commit U.S. forces for something they do not perceive to be...
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SeekingAlpha Energy Stocks (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
By James Cordier and Michael Gross The short and abrupt rally in natural gas prices off of multi-year lows appears to be coming to an end. Natural Gas prices have been severely depressed in 2009, as a combination of slack industrial demand and burgeoning supplies drove prices to 7 year lows last month. While the September rally to $5.75 per mbtu may have caught some traders off guard,...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Posted on Tue, Sep. 29, 2009 12:19 PM Missouri sex offender challenges residency restrictionsThe Associated PressMore NewsJEFFERSON CITY | A Missouri sex offender contends a law requiring him to live more than 1,000 feet from schools and child care centers is unconstitutional.Attorney Michael Gross represented the sex offender Tuesday before the state Supreme Court. Gross says...
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
... in the dollar." This is selling from participants who previously bought gold at lower prices. Michael Gross, broker and futures analyst with OptionSellers.com, said: "Gold, silver and copper were benefactors of a lot of fund speculation and economic exuberance over the last month, and the falling dollar has obviously contributed as well. "But in the last week, I think the markets...
