Continuing with the market rally, Microsoft, MSFT, has reported a sixty-five percent rise in quarterly earnings to fifty cents per share that is not yet reflected on the Yahoo page for analyst’s estimates for the company’s earnings. Last year, they earned thirty-three cents per share and the thirty-four... read more

It was with heavy heart that I attended a memorial service on Thursday for my husband’s Uncle Victor. He was one of those people you could believe as living forever, and doing it darn well. In his 60’s, he took up the Martial Arts, and found a passion to continue until leaving us three days ago... read more

AOL Money and Finance has an interesting story about the top twenty-five stocks of the past twenty five years starting with Franklin Resources, BEN, the mutual fund manager of Franklin Templeton Investments. Then comes Danaher, DHR, a maker of industrial measuring tools, Eaton Vance, EV, another money... read more

There have been a few questions bouncing around my brain for the last few days, and perhaps if I put them out there, fate will send me some answers. Now mind you, these are not exactly the deepest and most compelling questions of life, but the kind of things that slowly eat away at a sense of rationality,... read more

A few months ago, I wrote a piece here about the continuing intrigue of the television show, American Idol. In it, I mentioned that a young man was shown refusing to acknowledge to Ryan Seacrest that the judges preferred him over his sister, who also auditioned. It was kind and chivalrous-in this day... read more

Well, it’s been one of those weeks. Those of you who’ve had a parent in the hospital for any extended time know what I’m talking about. It’s just plain hard, in every way. There’s that shock every time you walk into the room and realize that the small figure of an old person lying motionless... read more

The highest profile investigation in this country at the current moment is the Democratic Congressional inquiry into the replacement of eight U.S. attorneys for what appears to be political reasons by the current White House.   Since the Department of Justice is part of the Administration, the good... read more

An article in “The Wall Street Journal” about the SanDisk Sansa Connect caught my eye because MP3 players and wireless phones are selling well right now so I thought I would spend time looking at what is available. The Sansa Connect is wireless using wi-fi to transmit and receive mostly... read more

Late Thursday, I received a call from at our largest hospital system, informing me that they had my 79 year old father there because he had fallen while in town. (He still goes there every morning to work out.) Anyway, he had been bounced between hospitals within the system all day after it was determined... read more

Don Imus has been escorted out of the building.   For good reason, he has insulted too many people too many times and finally enraged the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Reverend Sharpton and other prominent minority members with his insensitive barbs more than enough for them to insist he be fired or his... read more