| Freezing weather - good and bad
The snow we have now is beautiful. I always say it's mother nature putting on her ermine coat. The cold weather here kills our germs and adds nitrates to our soil, but the farmers out west are suffering a great loss. You probably have heard on TV about the loss of the fruit, especially the orange crop. So let's eat bananas. .
Sen. Biden in Denial about Female Violence
Senator Joe Biden is planning to propose a new bill called "International-VAWA," a law modeled on his earlier Violence Against Women Act. The bill is designed to eradicate domestic violence from the farthest reaches of the globe.
This is certainly welcome news, because research is now saying that women are more likely to be the instigators of abuse. [http://pubpages.unh.edu/mas2/ID41E2.pdf] We guys need all the help we can get -- Im not kidding. A recent report from Japan said increasing numbers of women are hauling off on their husbands. Mitsuko, a woman in her late 30s, openly admits to being a batterer: I punch guys for the same reasons people discipline their children. I've got expectations in love and I want them to improve. [http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/waiwai/news/20061229p2g00m0dm011000c.html] Some would say that doesnt really count as domestic violence Mitsuko was just putting a deadbeat in his place.
(AFX UK Focus) 2007-01-30 23:59 GMT: Merck, Wyeth shares fall after reports
TRENTON, N.J. (AFX) - Shares of drug makers Wyeth and Merck & Co. took a hit Tuesday after disappointing earnings reports, but for different reasons: Wyeth missed analysts' expectations by a wide margin, while Merck's profit plunged due to ongoing legal and restructuring costs. Merck surprised some analysts by boosting its reserve for litigation over withdrawn painkiller Vioxx for a second straight quarter. That charge and others cut Merck's fourth-quarter profit by 58 percent despite higher revenues. Shares fell 60 cents, or 1.6 percent, to $44.91 with nearly double normal trading volume. Wyeth shares fell $1.24, or 2.5 percent, to $49.36, also on the New York Stock Exchange, as the Madison, N.J.-based company boosted quarterly profit by 17 percent but came in a nickel below analysts' consensus of 71 cents in earnings per share.
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