Today’s Newsgeist (formerly known by the lame “News of the Day” title) features stories on the Irish bailout, Somali pirates and municipal bonds.
-While Austin had no problem unloading their last package of municipal bonds, the general market has not been so lucky.
-A gigantic rocket, believed to be the largest sent into space, took off from Florida yesterday.
-The Somali piracy trial is wrapping up this week, the first such trial since the Civil War.
-A young boy fell to his death from a Los Angeles Lakers luxury suite.
–Exxon has sold a large portion of its Gulf of Mexico oil assets to a Bermuda-based company.
–Ireland’s rescue package induced a call for election as well as a warning.
–Unemployment in Texas is the lowest it’s been all year, and still below the national average.
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This article appears in November 19 • 2010.