http://onassignment.blogs.foxbusiness.com Just another blogs.foxbusiness.com weblog Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:52:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Americans are not rich, America is rich. Most of the people live in rural communities, not urban bubbles. One can drive for 500 miles in America and not hit a city with over 200,000 people. I set out on a 1500-mile trip this past week. Chicago to Wichita, Kansas and back. My goal ... http://onassignment.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/07/18/americas-pulse/ The buzz of crickets on the prairie, the whisper of a breeze through my ears and the passing sound of a 40 story turbine cranking revolutions to the velocity of the earth’s wind….indeed, a Kansas wind farm. We have spent the day with Pete Ferrell, a fourth generation cattle rancher, 7 ... http://onassignment.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/07/16/a-day-on-the-wind-farm/ 10:57 PM Definition of Money: Money is a good that acts as a medium of exchange in transactions. Classically it is said that money acts as a unit of account, a store of value, and a medium of exchange. Most authors find that the first two are nonessential properties that follow ... http://onassignment.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/27/the-world-revolves-around-cash/ [foxbizvideo 1798085] http://onassignment.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/26/behind-the-scenes-morningstar-conference-day-2/ 5:53pm  From covering natural disasters in the Midwest to advice on my 401(k) plan at the Morningstar investment conference it’s been a roller coaster two weeks. Gotta tell you, this business news stuff aint so boring after all. I mean who says that business is stodgy or blah? Well, I beg ... http://onassignment.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/26/seeking-the-best-financial-advice/ [foxbizvideo 1772928] [foxbizvideo 1772924] [foxbizvideo 1772925] [foxbizvideo 1772934] http://onassignment.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/25/behind-the-scenes-morningstar-conference/ The Jeddah Energy Meeting may not have generated any surprises, at least not the kind that woud cool down prices on the oil markets, but the city itself is surprising for a reporter who is visiting Saudi Arabia for the first time. ... http://onassignment.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/24/jeddah-and-burgers-go-together-so-well/ In the end the Jeddah energy meeting came down to just over three hours of discussion. It feels like a lot of hullabaloo for so little actual work. Representatives from 38 countries, the major oil companies and the majority of members belonging to OPEC ... http://onassignment.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/22/impressions-sorry-i-dont-do-them/ Since arriving in Jeddah as part of the traveling media circus I have spent countless minutes, if not hours, waiting in line for one reason or another. On this day, the big day of the Jeddah Energy Meeting, all journalists were ordered to assemble at the Westin hotel where we ... http://onassignment.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/22/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-hilton/ The day of the hurriedly assembled oil summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is upon us and for the hundreds of journalists from all over the world who are here to cover the event the big question remains... will it matter? We've already heard from U.S. Energy Secretary Sam Bodman who ... http://onassignment.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2008/06/22/jeddah-jawboning/