Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Stock Market Plunges on Simpsons News

The Dow Jones industrial average lost nearly 150 points today on news that Springfield, Vermont, and not Springfield Illinois, was chosen as the place to host the premier of the Simpsons movie later this month.*

*I’ve always been amused at the reasons the media gives for gains and losses on Wall Street. This seems at least as plausible as many of the motivators I’ve read about in the past.

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