Americans happier with economic figures

Americans are at their most optimistic since 2007 according to a Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan index of consumer sentiment. The preliminary index has shown optimism increased to 83.7 in May as stocks surged and real estate climbed. With record stock prices boosting household wealth and unemployment down in some areas, consumers were able to see their way through the effects of ...

Zoo price is as high as its profile

The zoo this year costs $44 for adults and $34 for children under 13, after a series of annual increases. Since 2009, the cost of admission has gone up 26 percent for grown-ups and 31 percent for ...

21 most expensive U.S. zoos

U-T San Diego surveyed more than 40 public and nonprofit zoos to identify the most expensive in the U.S. Family admission prices, and membership costs, were based on tickets for two adults and two children, 8 and 13. ...

2013 shaping up like 1995

Independent investors have been a little shocked by the persistence and magnitude of the U.S. equity market's advance in 2013, and have been worried that it is unstable and largely unprecedented. Bears are arguing that 2013 most resembles 1987, which started super-strong but was undercut in late October by a massive one-day drop of 20%. The reality is that there have been many years ...

Game Of Thrones Season 3 Episode 8 Review Second Sons White Walkers

is back in fighting shape after a one-week lull last Sunday. Tonight's episode was great--another character-driven episode but, unlike last week's episode, not a dull moment to be found. It struck me during the very first scene between Arya Stark and Sandor Clegane just how perfectly cast both characters were. Rory McCann plays the Hound almost exactly how I imagined him. You can see ...