Murphy USA IPO and Move to Dallas Possibile...

Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Shares of Murphy Oil Corp., the U.S. integrated oil company based in El Dorado, Arkansas, recovered after Chief Executive Officer David Wood announced its retail business may be spun off, sold or placed in an initial public offering.

Murphy rose 2.1 percent to $61.91 at the close in New York after touching $64.50, its highest price since Nov. 28. Earlier, shares fell as low as $59.40 after the company announced that fourth-quarter output of oil and natural gas missed its forecast.

So I Got This Going for Me...

So, it being Chinese New Year today (and me realizing that my Chinese sign is a monkey...  (did you read that right, a damn monkey...  why can't I be something cool like a dragon?  Anyway, I digress...)) this particular article was of great interest to me, please read below...


Chen Shuaifu, 59, has been in the industry for years and is currently chairman of the Chinese Feng Shui Association, a trade group that has between 50,000-60,000 members.

SOPA Bill Shelved, Thank You Google, Wikipedia and others

Well the good ole' folks over at the Washington Post posted a great article about how the SOPA bill was 'put on hold' by congress today (Thank God), so I figured why not let you read it straight from the horses mouth, click here...

But if you want my honest opinion I think it had a lot to do with a post from one of my favorite website author / designers at The Oatmeal.  Check his hilarious but spot-on take about SOPA by clicking here...

MegaUpload now MegaOffline

Yesterday a massive operation took down MegaUpload, one of the world's leading file-storage services and one of the world's biggest sites, period.

While the timing came as a huge post-SOPA protest surprise, the fact the site was targeted was not – for many months there have been rumblings behind the scenes that something might be "done" about MegaUpload. Nevertheless, the manner in which the action was taken and the language used by the authorities in doing so was utterly unprecedented.

Me and Jessica

Me and Jessica @ Murphy X-Mas Party

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