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Great news! A recent study out of Colorado State University is predicting a mild hurricane season for 2009. Since their methodology has approximately a 78% accuracy rate, this is truly good news. For more, visit my blog at Investor’s Insight.

While it may be a popular PR move, adding $80+ billion in taxes to the oil industry’s plate is bad for consumers. This doesn’t seem to be a problem for many politicians, though. When higher taxes result in higher fuel costs they simply hold a congressional hearing to “look into” the matter, then propose some [...]