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Paul Ausick

Temperature Drops to Minus 106 Degrees in Antarctica

The low temperature forecast for Sunday, June 5, in the Lower 48 states was around 48 degrees Fahrenheit (F). The lowest temperature recorded so far Sunday is −106.24°F at the Pole of Inaccessibility in…

Paul Ausick · 10 years ago

8 Hottest Days in US History Were in Death Valley

No place in the U.S. gets hotter than Death Valley. For that matter, no place on earth has gotten hotter since July 10, 1913, when the temperature hit 134 degrees Fahrenheit (F). And the…

Paul Ausick · 10 years ago

Honolulu Is Worst City for Single Mothers

Low pay, high housing costs (mostly rentals) and lack of education are among the hurdles that single mothers must overcome, and the hardest place to do that is in urban Honolulu, Hawaii.

Paul Ausick · 10 years ago

Why Wal-Mart Offers Warehouse Clear-Out

When Wal-Mart doesn't have a holiday to use as the underpinning for a promotion, the company creates one, usually in the form of a warehouse clearance.

Paul Ausick · 10 years ago

Why Has Amazon Cut Prices as Much as 50%?

Checking out the weekend specials at Amazon.com sometimes reveals not only low pricing for many popular items, but offers a chance to try to figure out what Amazon wants from its customers.

Paul Ausick · 10 years ago

Marijuana Price Slips to $2,086

For the week ended Friday, June 3, the spot price index for a pound of cannabis decreased less than 1%.

Paul Ausick · 10 years ago

The 52-Week Low Club for Friday

June 3, 2016: Here are four stocks trading with relatively heavy volume among 15 equities making new 52-week lows in Friday’s session. NYSE decliners led advancers by about 5 to 4 while Nasdaq decliners…

Paul Ausick · 10 years ago

The 4 Stocks That Sank the DJIA on Friday

June 3, 2016: Markets opened lower again Friday after a disappointing report on U.S. non-farm payrolls. Then the U.S. trade balance tacked on another deficit. The dollar tumbled and, later in the day after…

Paul Ausick · 10 years ago

US Auto Fuel Economy Rating Rises in May

The average fuel-economy rating for new vehicles sold in the United States in May 2016 was 25.4 miles per gallon, up 0.2 mpg compared with the April average. For all of 2015, the average fuel-economy…

Paul Ausick · 10 years ago

Minecraft Tops 100 Million Sales

With almost 107 million copies sold as of Thursday, Minecraft is the second most popular video game ever. Only Tetris has sold more copies.

Paul Ausick · 10 years ago

The 52-Week Low Club for Thursday

June 2, 2016: Here are four stocks trading with relatively heavy volume among 15 equities making new 52-week lows in Thursday’s session. NYSE advancers led decliners by about 3 to 2 while Nasdaq advancers…

Paul Ausick · 10 years ago

The 4 Stocks That Lifted the DJIA on Thursday

June 2, 2016: Markets opened lower Thursday while investors waited to hear results from the OPEC meeting in Vienna. Alas, no change to the current policy sending oil prices lower for a while until…

Paul Ausick · 10 years ago

Data Breaches Up 22% So Far in 2016

There have been 430 data breaches recorded this year through May 31, 2016, and that nearly 12.6 million records have been exposed since the beginning of the year.

Paul Ausick · 10 years ago

Kinder Morgan Gets Go-Ahead for LNG Project

Kinder Morgan has reported that two subsidiaries have received authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to proceed with the Elba Liquefaction Project near Savannah, Ga.

Paul Ausick · 10 years ago