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CEO says ‘life gets better’

Business | Sat, Nov 29, 2008

Keith Geary is a self-admitted nerd who has succeeded by focusing on a particular market, one that has brought down some of the financial world’s biggest players.

How to send gifts and save

Business | Sat, Nov 29, 2008

NEW YORK — If you’re looking for a deal on holiday shipping, your mail carrier may be able to deliver.








Clytie Bunyan

Black Friday bargains can’t trump human life

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Shopping is fun, and for some, there’s no more exciting time to shop than the day after Thanksgiving.It was amazing to...

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Steve Lackmeyer

UCO’s new rock school should look at Film...

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To: Scott Booker and Roger WebbFrom: Steve LackmeyerRe: The School of RockDear Scott and Roger: Let me first say that downtown...

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Richard Mize

Lived-in home quirks are treasures, not flaws

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It’s not the gorgeous Maria Bartiromo seen in all her high-definition loveliness, finally, on CNBCHD on a new wide-screen...

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  • Cyber Monday not what it sounds like

    Cyber Monday is a recently coined term created by online retailers to refer to the Monday following Thanksgiving. It plays off the “Black Friday” concept. However, it does not mean that Monday is the busiest online shopping day during the holiday shopping season (although I heard a radio reporter refer to it as such today). According to [...]

  • Black Friday leftovers: Elk City

    I ran across this excellent video of the Black Friday rush into the Elk City Wal-mart store put together by someone identified only as OKElks. Notice the music, the graphics and the slo-mo replay. This guy was good! Jim Stafford Special Correspondent

  • Black Friday Frenzy

    Rise and shine … it’s 3:00 a.m. Days of planning and strategizing all come down to this. First stop - Walmart.  I’ve never done Walmart on Black Friday before. What makes it different: The lines are inside versus the usual wait-outside-in-the-cold-and-dark lines.  You would think that if people got there early enough, they would grab what [...]


OKC Central Blog

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  • Downtown in December is Back

    Some quick observations - Braum’s has pulled its last big connection to downtown by deciding not to continue sponsorship of the ice rink. Not sure of their thinking on this - the ice rink is easilly the most popular of the Downtown in December festivities and Braum’s was getting a lot of buzz from the [...]

  • Don’t Blame Me …

    We are beginning the full blog upgrades today, there will be a little down time off and on throughout the day as we update the backend of the blogs.  I am hoping it will all be done today but there is a chance it will run into Friday. Thank you for your patience and placing a [...]

  • Hey Look! They Seem Happy!

    Tonight’s game against Phoenix may or may not end with a win (they’re ahead right now by seven points in the fourth quarter). But tonight’s already a win - the players look like they’re in the game, they’re happy, they’re trying. Give me all that, and I’m ok with a losing rebuilding season. Well, the entertainment [...]


Agri Blog

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  • It’s planting season in Oklahoma

    Oklahoma’s wheat farmers are back in the fields planting their 2009 crop, reports Mark Hodges, executive director of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission. As of Monday, 44 percent of the new wheat crop had been planted, leaving farmers  on a pace of about 4 percent behind the five-year average for planted acres at this time.  Said Hodges:   This is [...]

  • CNBC Focuses on Grains and Rails

    Watch the video of today’s interview on CNBC with Mark Hodges, executive director of the Oklahoma Wheat Commission. Hodges was part of a group discussion titled “Grains on the Rails,” which focused on the rail infrastructure and its affect on grain movement this summer. Here’s the link to the video of Hodges’ interview. Jim Stafford Business Reporter

  • National Exposure for State’s Farm Rail Challenges

    Mark Hodges, Oklahoma Wheat Commission executive director, will appear on CNBC financial news network at 1:20 p.m. CDT on Friday to discuss the transportation challenges faced by state wheat farmers this year. A lack of rail cars during harvest was cited by some grain elevator operators as a bottleneck in the delivery of grain this past [...]


Energy Blog

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  • Demand side management already going

    Monday’s approval of Demand Side Management rules for Oklahoma’s regulated utilities will bring about more permanent programs once the rules take effect in June. Meanwhile, Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. and Public Service Co. of Oklahoma already are operating Quick Start programs. Public Service Co. expanded a weatherization effort for low-income residents’ homes, provided efficiency evaluations for state [...]

  • Interstate oil and gas compact commission meeting ends today

    Well, I’ve got my first Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission annual meeting under my belt.   Based on what I’ve heard, this is what I think oil and natural gas producers want the country to know about the job they do:   They want the country to know the industry faces increasing competition from large foreign, government-backed oil [...]

  • Oil and gas commission looks at carbon sequestration

    SANTA FE — Carbon dioxide sequestration isn’t required in the United States, yet. In fact, the U.S. still has no cap and trade system for the pollutant. But the United Kingdom and the European Union are going forward with their plans to do both. About 60 people at the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission’s International [...]


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