Apple surpassed Exxon on Tuesday, at least for a while, as America’s most valuable company.
However, Apple’s market capitalization slipped back below Exxon’s later in the day when you, after much hemming and hawing at your local Best Buy, decided you can’t really afford that top-of-the-line iPad with 64 GB and 3G.
The MacGuffin: Film historians have discovered a 1923 movie that’s believed to be the earliest known surviving picture on which Alfred Hitchcock has a credit.
Just 24 at the time, Hitch was not yet known as the Master of Suspense, but some were calling him the Kid Who Goes for Coffee and Doughnuts.
Go for the gold: Americans worried about the economy are hoarding gold, or at least they would, if there were any gold available to buy.Folks even are joining clubs devoted to prospecting for gold in the Cascade Range back country.
You know who’s gonna come out of this double-dip recession smelling like the parson’s wife after her Saturday evening bath? That grizzled old guy with the pick and the burro, that’s who.
— Mark Carlson, Herald staff
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