Refinery fire: the explosion / fire in Garyville, Louisiana -- fourth largest refinery in the US. Link here. In found numbers, the price of WTI jumped about $1.00 after the fire/explosion was reported. More interesting, and occurring before the fire / explosion: the widening between WTI and Brent.
Walmart dividend: Walmart appears to be "accelerating" its quarterly dividend with a dividend being paid in both March and May, less than two months apart. This is simply a "calendar-thing." In fact, Walmart will be paying the same number of quarterly dividends this year as every previous year. Link here.
Ukraine:
- France's Macron "gets" Putin to agree to a one-on-one with Biden.
- Biden sets conditions.
- Putin rebuffs.
- Putin says he will decide today whether to "recognize" the breakaway Ukraine states aligned with Russia: Donetsk and Luhansk.
- Russia playing chess; France and the US playing checkers.
Map of Ukraine, from the BBC:
Comment: this seems like an easy "fix." If one is entirely unbiased, if one remains entirely logical … what would Mr Spock say … with whom would he roam?
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Word for the Day
Ogygia: the island of Ogygia was where, according to Homer, the nymph Calypso detained Odysseus for seven years.
Calypso was "the" daughter of the Titan Atlas.
There is little agreement today which "modern" island might be Ogygia.
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Crystal Gayle
I don't particularly care for Crystal Gayle in concert (as seen on YouTube) but for hours (?) of easy listening, country music, it would be hard to beat Crystal Gayle as served up by Alexa.
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