Yesterday, stocks got whacked again – the Dow was down 411 points, bringing the loss for the year to more than 4,000 points. Oil fell to $56 a barrel; investors feared that the world’s drivers would leave their cars in the garage and the world’s teenagers would begin turning off the lights when they left their rooms.
November 14th, 2008 | Bill Bonner | 3 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "rain"
Farmers Say ‘Rain, Rain Go Away’ Throughout the United States
Often too much rain can be just as harmful to a crop as not enough. And in this case, heavy rain across the country has caused the corn crop to run behind by a few weeks. Some farmers have no choice but to plant later, causing their crop yields to go down…
May 13th, 2008 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued