| Favorable news drives market rise
Stocks advanced broadly Monday, as Wall Street hit the trifecta: an upbeat economic report on retail sales in March, better-than-expected quarterly results from Citigroup and a major going-private takeover announcement.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 108.33 points, to 12,720.46, to surpass its level on Feb. 26, the day before the market sank in a global rout sparked by a sell-off in the Shanghai stock market. All but four of the 30 Dow industrials posted gains, led by Citigroup. The banking giant reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue. Shares rose $1.33, to $52.93.
The Standard & Poor's 500 added 15.62, to 1468.47, its highest level in more than six years. The Dow Jones Wilshire 5000, the broadest measure of the U.S. stock market, reached an all-time high.
Hospice of Jefferson City to hold Toast To Life dinner/auction
The 2007 A Toast to Life dinner and auction is at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Fr. Ed Schmidt Event Center, St. Martins Knights of Columbus.
Doors open at 5 p.m. for cocktails and a silent auction. Dinner follows at 5:30 p.m. with a live auction beginning at 7 p.m.Tickets are $25, and include dinner and a cash bar. Tables are available for individuals and businesses. Various levels of sponsorship are available starting at $250.For more information, call (573) 636-2088.
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April 23: Our readers write
The Senate committee on Science, Commerce and Transportation will have a session April 25 about the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act. The committee may debate, amend or rewrite the proposed legislation and may vote on whether to send the bill to the Senate floor for consideration.Take a moment to let your senators know that you oppose S.311 and to review the facts about horse slaughter. This country and particularly Kentucky cannot afford to let emotional rhetoric of animal rights groups overwhelm reasoning. Horse processing is necessary to the horse industry. It ensures that a humane, federally supervised end-of-life option is available for unwanted horses. Here are a few reasons why: If the bill is passed, 100,000 unwanted horses a year will have no home and the animal rights groups supporting legislation have offered no solutions on how to care for them.
Football Manager goes MMO!
Sports Interactive and Sega have blown the lid off Football Manager Live, a new direction for the acclaimed football management sim that kicks it into the world of massively multiplayer online gaming.Scheduled to release in spring 2008, the game lets you create a football club from scratch and pit it against other virtual managers over the 'net. Sega describes it as "the definitive test of football management skills, allowing you to set-up mini-leagues amongst your friends, bid in player auctions and compete in live matches 24 hours a day, 365 days a year." Matches in Football Manager Live occur in real-time with games watched via a 2D match engine, and managers are given a range of tactical options with which to switch team play during on-pitch confrontations. You can also hurl ridicule at your manager opponent via in-game chat while on the virtual touchline, and managers can watch competitors play to scout out enemy strategy and tactics.
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