But PBS fans will be relieved to hear that one Mobil workman in particular has survived the merger-related cuts and will continue to whistle the Masterpiece Theatre theme from atop his ladder every Sunday evening. The stock had plunged 30 bucks March 7, when the company lowered its third-quarter earnings outlook. The company also warned of a sluggish first quarter. I thought rumors of the company's satanic connections were dead and buried years ago, but I guess the Internet was bound to resurrect them. If you watch the smart money, you may be interested to hear it's shopping online.
Money floods in.
Asset class flops. If your morning cup comes from Starbucks , hope you like The New York Times. There'll be a joint online venture, too, giving users of each site links to the other. I wouldn't mind scrolling through the Times online while sipping my Starbucks, but I'm not sure what customers will get out of leafing through the Times while looking at pictures of coffee on Starbucks' website . But somewhere in there is a business model that makes sense.