The Summer Surprise Of 2012, Or The Great Realization

As I mentioned last week, the success of Guillermo del Toro's large-scale monsters vs. robots action tale Pacific Rim is at least partially predicated on how well-received the previous two months of summer films happen to be.  This summer will mark the ten year anniversary of Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl.  As most of you know, the Disney pirate adventure was a surprise of sorts, both in terms of its unexpected quality and its huge financial success.

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Dan Pritch submits: With oil prices hovering over $100 per barrel again and the summer driving season approaching, Americans are rightfully fretting over what they’re going to be paying at the pump. Tensions continue to flare in the Middle East and the nuclear accident continues to unfold in Japan. Gas prices tend to rise annually during the summer driving season anyway, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise if prices continue to rise from the current levels of close to $4 in many states.

James Picerno submits: Any one economic report, like a single baseball game or the election du jour, is prone to deliver a surprise every once in a while, for good or ill. Today's update on payrolls clearly falls into the category of positive surprise, and not a moment too soon.

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Great Panther Silver Ltd (GPL) Q3 2012 Earnings Call November 15, 2012 10:00 AM ET Executives Rhonda Bennetto – VP, Corporation Communications Bob Archer – CEO Analysts Heiko Ihle – Euro Pacific Capital Jeff Wright – Global Hunter Securities Christos Doulis – Stonecap Securities Joseph Gregor – Global Hunter Securities Presentation