"Business As Usual"? -- January 12, 2016

Maybe this is simply "business as usual": you decide, fair and balanced. Farsnews is reporting:

A number of blasts hit Baqiq industrial city in the Southern Saudi province of Jizan where the kingdom's giant Aramco oil facilities is located.

The local residents of Al-Sharqiya region where the Baqiq industrial city and the Aramco oil facilities are located confirmed huge explosions near the huge oil facilities, the Arabic-language media outlets reported on Tuesday.

Baqiq industrial city belongs to Aramco oil company which itself is Saudi Arabia's biggest economic enterprise.

The oilfields of Aramco, including Qawareh oilfield, are located in Shiite-populated Eastern Saudi Arabia.

Jizan Province marked:

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Ford To Declare Supplemental Dividend

This is pretty cool, from SeekingAlpha:

• Ford Motor declares $0.15/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous.
• Forward yield 4.67%
• Payable March 1; for shareholders of record Jan. 29; ex-div Jan. 27.
• Additionally, the board declared a supplemental dividend of $0.25/share payable along with regular dividend.

Profit outlook disappoints. No one is ever satisfied.