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U.S. electric rates are going up. In Missouri, Ameren increased residential power bills by 11% less than two years ago, and now it is seeking another 15% increase, per the Public Service Commission (PSC). According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), rate increases were experienced in 43 American states between 2023 and 2024. The EIA also reported record rate increases between 2021 and 2024 projections. In California, the Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) was granted six rate increases in 2024. Local ABC 30 Action News reported that The Utility Reform Network estimated that residents had experienced a $50...

Time for a short distraction from the madness of the day. I Found this in an old file I had long forgot about, and thought it would be worth sharing. Like all things, women can be quite unpredictable and difficult at times to please. I thought this story was perfect for our times today with so many women in charge of so many things. Now I do believe there are good women out there, but it sure seems like the ones who want control the world seem to be the most incompetent. As we look around, we wonder why things...

Monday, 18 May 2009 21:12 President Obama has done it again. During his controversial commencement speech at Notre Dame University, he both affirmed and denied Jesus Christ. His mischaracterization of the Christian faith is defamatory and is spiritually and ethically dangerous and nonsensical. Whatever Obama has going for him as far as eloquence is concerned, we cannot gloss over the outrageous ideas he espouses. Obama’s “Christianity” cannot be taken seriously without destroying the Christian faith. It's a shame that Notre Dame honored President Obama, who is overtly at war with God, and that they gave him a platform to declare...

Gold prices look set to rocket in 2007 with a sickly greenback and geopolitical tensions topping the list of driving factors, according to a broad cross-section of bullion market watchers polled by TheStreet.com. The whole group, which includes miners, a portfolio manager and a coin dealer, sees the possibility of spot prices breaking through the 2006 high of around $725 an ounce, reached in May. Gold for immediate delivery sold for around $630 in late December, having risen from $520 in January. What will be interesting to see is how well the group fares when compared with those surveyed for...

The cost of being a Californian is going up in 2004 and few in the Golden State will be spared from the efforts to bolster the state and local budgets with higher fees and fines. Fishing will cost more. So will filing for divorce. And driving. Or flying. And drinking from bottles and cans. Planning to pitch a tent this summer? That'll cost you. But perhaps nobody will feel the immediate effect of the new calendar like BART's 315,000 daily patrons. BART's across-the-board 10 percent fare increase takes effect with daytime service on Jan. 1. The average price of a...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Productivity of U.S. companies in the third quarter registered the best showing since early 2002 and new claims for unemployment benefits last week plunged to the lowest level in more than two years. The pair of Labour Department reports Thursday raised new hopes that businesses may be more confident than before that the economic rebound is genuine. The behaviour of businesses - especially their willingness to step up investment and hiring in the coming months - will play an important role in determining the vigour of any resurgence. Productivity - the amount an employee produces per hour...