Archive for May, 2008

US and International Educational Travel

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Hemisphere Educational Travel is celebrating 37 years of educational travel.  Since 1970 Hemisphere Educational Travel has given thousands of students fun-filled, educational tours in the US and International Tours in Canada, Mexico, and many other European Countries.  Educational Travel is the best way for students to learn many of their subjects.  A trip to Paris with the Le Louvre or the Musee d’Orsay in the itinerary will be very helpful for students with French coursework or in their Art coursework, or both.  Local educational travel also has a huge benefit, a trip to Chicago could include the Brookfield Zoo, the Chicago Mercantile Exhange, or the Shedd Aquarium and Oceanarium.  Hemisphere Educational Travel follows safety procedures including supervised tours, security guards to monitor hotel hallways for overnight tours, and 24 hour emergency contact numbers.  

Overnight tours include transportation, meals, all admissions, professional tour guides, tour escorts, and a create-a-video memory keepsake.  Every tour is customized to fit the needs of the group.

Oil and Gas Prices Hit New Record Highs

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

The average national gas prices have cleared the $3.64 a gallon mark and continue to look higher.  Gas prices usually follow oil prices and oil hit a record $124 a barrel.  Analysts expect the national gas average to hit $4.00 a gallon later this summer as their looks to be no relief from this in sight.  Bullish momentum and the weakening US dollar look to continue the push towards even higher record oil prices.

AddictSports Forums - Get Your Daily Dose of Sports Talk

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

AddictSports is a message forum for the sports addict in everyone.  Whether you want to talk about your favorite baseball, football, basketball, or hockey teams, college or pro, AddictSports with over 2,000 active members, has a forum for you.  AddictSports gives you a wide spectrum of people to learn from, chat about your favorite football picks, and talk with people who share the same interests as you do.  AddictSports forums also include fantasy baseball, fantasy football, fantasy basketball, and fantasy hockey.

Retailers April Sales Suprise to the Upside

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

For the first month in quite a while a large group of retailers suprised with sales numbers to the upside.  While clothing, and other non-necesssary sales were still down, discounters like Walmart and Costco looked to be doing much better.  Consumers seem to be looking for value and lower price points to stretch their dollar.  May and June are expected to be a litte better as well as the rebate checks should be getting into the consumers hands to give them some extra spending power.

High Quality Sales Leads at the Lead Dogs

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Trying to grow your business, but not finding the leads needed to help you grow?  Check out The Lead Dogs a business to business service organization that helps companies generate, manages, and nurture the sales leads they need to grow their business.  They are very good at uncovering qualified lead in many key market segments.  The Lead Dogs will help your business get sales-ready leads into your sales organizations hands quickly!

Consumer Borrowing Surges in March

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

The Federal Reserve reported that consumers increased their borrowing at an annual rate of 7.2%, well above the 3.1% rate in  February.  The gain was larger than expected and shows an increase in borrowing on credit cards and auto loans.  The credit card increases show distressed borrowing by consumers who need cash. 

Dow Rises back above 13,000

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

The DOW has broken through the crucial 13,000 points.  A better than expected round of 1st quarter earnings has given investers a reason to be optimistic about the future of the economy.  The better than expected economic data flowing out has also helped the US dollar jump back up from it’s current long term decline.


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