CF Industries Holdings, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Net Earnings of $93.6 Million, More Than Double the $42.6 Million ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) DEERFIELD, Ill.----Second Quarter Highlights Volume rose by 6 percent over year-earlier quarter, as increased nitrogen volume more than offset modest decline in phosphate Net sales rose to $848.9 million, up 23 percent over 2006 second quarter Operating earnings nearly doubled from 2006 quarter to $159.4 million Net earnings of $93.6 million, or $1.65 per diluted share, compared to $42.6 ......more...Housing Bubble and Real Estate Market Tracker (Seeking Alpha via Yahoo! Finance) A roundup of articles and data about the housing market....more... Attractions (Bradenton Herald) Area attractions run on a rotating basis as space allows. ...more... Six Alpine climbers die in cold wave (AlertNet) Source: Reuters (Releads with sixth death, adds details) By Francesca Micheletti MILAN, July 25 (Reuters) - Six mountain climbers have died of exposure in the Alps when temperatures plunged to well below freezing ... ...more... Television movies for the week of July 22 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Read this article ]...more... Mercedes C 280 Sport (Times Online) While I was away last week, someone came in the night and erected a couple of handmade road signs on the grass verge outside my house. They advertise a new website that encourages road users to report fellow citizens for dangerous or antisocial driving....more... Tropical depression dumps heavy rain on Hawaii (USA Today) The drenching northern fringe of former Hurricane Cosme swept across the Big Island of Hawaii overnight, and was expected to bring rains to the rest of the state today and tomorrow....more... Fury as Israeli textbook admits expulsions (The Scotsman) ISRAELI right-wingers are furious at the acknowledgement in a new schoolbook that Palestinians were forcibly expelled when Israel was established in 1948....more... USA TODAY weather focus: "Thunderstorms get a boost from outflow boundaries" (USA Today) With the jet stream north of the border and a lackluster stationary front draped across the Midwest, it will be outflow boundaries moving into warm, moist air that will trigger a lot of the storms this afternoon. Unlike a cold... ...more... |