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Oil Spikes After Reports Circulate That Syrian President Bashaar al-Assad Died
Monday, August 6, 2012 - 12:26pm | 252Read More...WTI Crude futures spiked early Monday on reports that a Russian official had tweeted that Syrian President Assad had been injured or killed today in a fight. The news of a potential break down of the country into full-blown civil war sent oil higher by about $1 per barrel. However, the Russian...
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World Population Rises to Seven Billion
Monday, October 31, 2011 - 12:28pm | 521Read More...This just in: People like to have sex. Apparently, lots and lots of people are having lots and lots of sex, because the world is popping out babies faster than the Octomom can. According to the United Nations, the world population hit seven billion this weekend. It was only 12 years ago that the...
