29 | July | 2012

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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Current Intrade Odds for Republican VP

Mark J. Perry | July 29, 2012, 11:33 pm

Click to enlarge. From Intrade.com.

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Oilman Harold Hamm on America’s premier state – North Dakota – and its very bright future

Mark J. Perry | July 29, 2012, 11:16 pm

Oklahoma oilman Harold Hamm and his company Continental Resources have been an industry leader in: a) developing the energy-rich Bakken oil field, and b) introducing the advanced drilling technologies including hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling that have created an energy … read more >

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More Ticket Scalping = Fewer Empty Seats?

Mark J. Perry | July 29, 2012, 8:20 pm

From a recent news report: “London’s Metropolitan police said they had arrested 16 people since Friday for illegal reselling of Olympics tickets, as Games organizers said they were investigating why scores of seats were empty at some events yesterday.” MP: … read more >

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Big Screen Energy: Fracking Film Festival in D.C.

Mark J. Perry | July 29, 2012, 3:56 pm

A few weeks ago, I attended the “Big Screen Energy: Fracking Film Festival” in Washington, D.C., where trailers for three energy documentary films were featured. Those trailers appear below, and here’s a fact-filled energy brochure that was available at the … read more >

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Wisconsin’s Sand Boom Brings Jobs, Prosperity

Mark J. Perry | July 29, 2012, 2:35 pm

Leader-Telegram — “A new industry continues to rise — quite literally — from the ground in west-central Wisconsin. Officials from 12 regional counties reported the area now has a total of 52 silica sand mines that are either operating or … read more >

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Maybe the private sector is doing fine? Growth in post-recession ‘private GDP’ (3%) is above average

Mark J. Perry | July 29, 2012, 10:53 am

The chart above shows annualized growth rates for: a) the quarterly, non-government, private-sector components of real GDP (personal consumption expenditures, gross private domestic investment, and net exports), see blue bars in chart, and b) the quarterly component of real GDP … read more >

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