Oil nears $100. Natalie Portman wins Best Looking Actress. $AAPL announcing iPad 2. And Duke Snider dies.
- Well, higher oil prices - that’ll put a joy into filling stations around the country tomorrow. Crude-oil futures move closer to the key $100-a-barrel level in electronic trade, amid political uncertainty in the Mideast and North Africa.
King’s Speech came out on top at the Oscars. Haven’t seen it.
- Duke Snider dies. To his mother, he was Ed. To everyone else, he was "The Duke of Flatbush" -- revered by a borough of baseball fans and forever remembered in a song that romanticized a golden era.
- India’s economic growth “slows” to 8.2%. Quick! Cut interest rates to 0%! The expansion was below the 8.6% growth estimated in a survey of economists by Reuters, and also lagged the 8.9% increase recorded in the previous quarter ended Sept. 30.
- I bought the MLB.tv subscription, and was a little disappointed that the spring training games aren’t available for streaming to the Roku or PS3. I used my iPhone and the TV adapter for a bit today, though.
- February jobs growth and oil prices in spotlight this week.
- Natalie Portman won Best Looking Actress in a Movie Named After a Dark Bird. Haven’t seen Black Swan, either.
- This is also the end of month and beginning of March, so expect money to be flowing into 401k plans and buying stocks. At least that’s the normal thing. Especially with confidence numbers up lately.
- Also, Apple has an EVENT on March 2nd. Yeah, iPad 2. (Of course, I will upgrade my iPad. Duh.)
- Good grief, Muck. Go to the movies!
