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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 2009
Page
1
The Conference Board reports December consumer confidence up to 52.9 from 50.6, with expectations for the job market over the next six months at a two year high yet current prospects remain dim. Home prices rose for the fifth straight month in October, with 11 of 20 metro areas showing gains as the recovery remains uneven.
Energy futures steadied as a stronger dollar kept oil near $79 a barrel on the NYMEX while Brent settled around $77.64 in London. Crude rose for a fifth straight day as the dollar’s strength weighs on foreign buying, and retail gas prices climbed for a fourth straight day to about $2.608 per gallon.
On December 30, 2009, a day numbered 364 of the year, marked multiple historic events. Notable items include the 1853 Gadsden Purchase where the U.S. agreed to buy about 45,000 square miles from Mexico for $10 million, and the 1613 burning of Buffalo, New York during the War of 1812. Other events referenced span 1903 Iroquois Theater fire, 1907 Mills Commission baseball claim, 1922 Lenin's Soviet Union birth, 1936 UAW sit down strike in Flint, 1948 Kiss Me Kate opening, 1972 bombing halt in North Vietnam, 1989 Northwest DC-10 threat return, 1994 Boston abortion clinic shootings, 1994 suspect conviction, 2000s intruder incident at George Harrison's home, and 2008 Illinois Governor Blagojevich naming Roland Burris to Obama's Senate seat.
Johnson & Johnson expands a voluntary recall of Tylenol Arthritis Caplets due to a moldy odor that can cause nausea. All Arthritis Pain Caplet 100 count bottles with red EZ Open Cap are being recalled. refunds or replacements are available by calling 888-222-6036. Side effects reportedly are temporary and non serious.
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