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Friends Despite a slight earnings miss by Amazon, there were many other good earnings releases, not the least of which was Alphabet’s, which helped push market averages to new all-time highs. Today’s GDP number, which showed 2.1% growth in the 2nd quarter, was actually a little better than expected, but not so hot as to deter the Fed from cutting […]

Twenty years and 363 shows and counting Who Wants to be a Millionaire? keeps on putting out content that keeps viewers wanting more.  It’s won 7 daytime Emmy’s and is ranked as the sixth most popular game show in viewership in TV history. Falling just shy of that is boomboomsroom.com (BBR).  It’s getting close to …

BBR’s staff is taking a trip down memory lane in the mid south of the U.S.  Last night we decided to rest our dogs in the downtown Marriott Little Rock Hotel (formerly well known as The Excelsior Hotel).  The Excelsior is infamous as it was the hotel where Paula Jones claims then Arkansas Governor William …

As the dog days of summer bark well into the still bright evenings, the “where culture meets sports” press is always looking for something to heat up their clicks, views, page visits, and readership.   Apparently, forty eight hours ago the Louisiana State University’s football operations remodel unveil gave them all of the  Kibble’s and Bits …

Way back in 1876 Samuel Clemens, under the pen name of Mark Twain, penned the American classic novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.  Tom was an irascible one, just ask his Aunt Polly whom he lived with.  One day for his misdeed(s) she punished him making him whitewash(paint) her picket fence.  Tom convinced his friends …

Friends Buckle up. This is a big week for corporate earnings as we’ll hear from Amazon, Alphabet (Google), Facebook, Travelers, Caterpillar, Lockheed Martin, Kimberly Clark, Harley Davidson, United Technologies, Coca Cola, AT&T, Boeing, Ford, 3M, Intel, McDonald’s, and Colgate-Palmolive- just to mention a few. Then we’ll have another big week for earnings next week while at the same time an […]

Good Monday morning.  It’s hot across the US in late July.  Record high temps were recorded near and far yesterday.  But, have no fear, the nuggets below are just the right temp for you to start off your week.  Across the pond the 148th Open, held at Royal PortRush in Northern Ireland, concluded yesterday with …

With so much attention being paid earlier this week to the epic Roger Federer v. Novak Djokovic Wimbedon final and the The Squad v. Trump Twitter war, a 78th sports anniversary slid by.   Do you know what happened on July 16th, 1941?  Joltin Joe Dimaggio singled to extend his hit streak to 56 games.  On …

The Wall Street Journal reached out yesterday.  They asked us to comment on rumors that boomboomsroom.com, aka BBR, was contemplating going public.  We directly squashed the rumor.  We have no plans to IPO now nor in the future. Our rationale is simple.  We want our sole focus on delivering the best content day in and …

It’s going to be 98 degrees today in H Town.  We’re getting out early for some exercise and then some golf.   Why?  Because Saturday and Sunday are forecasted to be 104 degrees.   It’s called climate change.  Today 98, tomorrow 104.  Change.  It’s going from damn hot to unbearable.   We’ll be back Monday with a blockbuster …