BEAMING VISIBILITY. Small communities will be interested in smaller news stories, while metropolitan areas can be tougher to crack.

Try to determine who the technology reporters are at your local business publications and let them know you are available to help them with stories. Making this contact will help you not only get your press releases used more often, but you may wind up being quoted in stories dealing with technology. Both are good for your business.

Isn't she always in the news for being in fights with some other chick?

There is some good news in that the financial impacts on the district won't be as severe as if the protest would have taken place earlier in the year.

There's relief (in the market), coupled with some good corporate news from GM. Certainly the U.S. durable goods data today is very important. Oil prices are steady and that helps too.

I do think we will be smoke-free one of these days. Hopefully, sooner rather than later.