THE ROAD AHEAD - BY TIM BRYCE - timbryce/ Your guide for todays events. - Feel free to Share *** GOOD MORNING: ITS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2013 Today is: United Nations Day National Bologna Day (same thing) There are 68 days remaining until the end of the year. And for Cigar Aficianados: LA GLORIA CUBANA SERIE R ESTELI LAUNCH - 4:00pm — 7:00pm - Monona, WI https://cigarworld/events/la-gloria-cubana-serie-r-esteli-launch/?date=2013-10-24 CAO FLATHEAD EVENT - 5:00pm — 8:00pm - Wichita, KS https://cigarworld/events/cao-flathead-event/?date=2013-10-24 THIS DAY IN HISTORY history/this-day-in-history Todays article - THE MOST STRESSFUL PLACE TO LIVE? - Is the Tampa Bay area as bad as it is being labeled? timbryce/2013/10/23/the-most-stressful-place-to-live/ Or tune in on Tims YouTube channel: youtube/user/TimBryce/videos?flow=grid&view=0 *** SHOPPING SPECIALS Delta Airlines delta/content/www/en_US/shop/deals-and-offers.html American Airlines aa/netsaaver/viewNetSAAverSpecialsDetails.do?fN=DomesticGetaways_0ap.xml&locale=en_US&saleId=10 Southwest Airlines southwest/html/promotions/nationwide-sale.html *** FLIGHT DELAYS, see: fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp *** NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE nws.noaa.gov/view/national.php?map=on *** TODAYS BUSINESS SCHEDULE 8:30AM ET - The Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce will report on INTERNATIONAL TRADE. 10:00AM ET - The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce will report on NEW HOME SALES. The IRS advises: (none) Among the companies reporting earnings today include: 3M Co Brinks Co Callaway Golf Co Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc Colgate-Palmolive Co Daimler AG Dow Chemical Co Dunkin Brands Group Inc Ford Motor Co GNC Holdings Inc Great Northern Iron Ore Properties Hershey Co Husky Energy Inc Hyundai Motor Co Informatica Corp Kennametal Inc Microsoft Corp Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd Software AG Timken Co Unilever PLC Verisign Inc Western Digital Corp Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp Wynn Resorts Ltd Xerox Corp For more info, see: biz.yahoo/research/earncal/today.html Stock Markets + Gold and Oil: finance.yahoo/ Currency Exchange: fx-rate.net/USD/ *** ECONOMIC INDICATORS GDP - 2.5% Unemployment - 7.2% Inflation - 1.52% Prime Rate - 3.25% Fed Debt - $17.0T Avg price of a gallon of gas - $3.33 (+$.11) ($3.22 in Palm Harbor) Oil - $97.32 (-$0.98) *** POLITICS GALLUP POLL gallup/ Presidents Daily Approval Rating is: 43% (-1) Disapproval Rating is: 51% (+1) Underemployed: 17.0% (-0.0) Unemployed: 7.5% (-0.1) Approval of Affordable Care Act Inches Up gallup/poll/165548/approval-affordable-care-act-inches.aspx Americans Holiday Spending Not Shut Down by Shutdown gallup/poll/165479/americans-holiday-spending-not-shut-down-shutdown.aspx *** BRYCES LAW FOR TODAY timbryce/bryces-laws/ Parkinson’s Law as applied to Information Technology: As computer hardware capacity increases, software becomes more bloated. >>> THERE, YOUVE BEEN BRIEFED; NOW GO GET EM! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Copyright (c) 2013 by Tim Bryce. All rights reserved. Note: All trademarks both marked and unmarked belong to their respective companies. Tim Bryce Palm Harbor, FL, USA (Tampa Bay) Tel: 727-786-4567 timb001@phmainstreet timbryce/ >
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