Dessert, anyone? Rush for Flying Saucer Pies ahead of Thanksgiving
HOUSTON – People waited for hours in line to get their hands on a Thanksgiving pie from Flying Saucer Pie Company on Crosstimbers in north Houston. I will be at the Flying Saucer Pie,’ and my phone has been going off and ringing and ringing and ringing. ‘Hey, I want two pies, I want five pies, I want eight pies.”Torres ended up buying $1,200 worth of pies! Nancy Ruiz wasn’t too far behind in line and said she’s been coming Thanksgiving week for 20 years. Most people we spoke with said it wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without the delicious pies.
One Good Thing: Minneapolis baker makes pies to spread love
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota There's good news about the great value of small gestures and the woman helping make life just a little sweeter for so many during these difficult times. In Minneapolis, Rose McGee is on a mission. She and volunteers are baking sweet potato comfort pies and delivering them to neighbors while offering a shoulder to cry on. She and her son loaded her trunk full of pies and headed there. Rose is now encouraging everyone to bake some pies from their kitchen and spread love in their own community.
The coronavirus is a 'black swan' for oil and energy markets, says Ned Davis Research
The outbreak of the coronavirus is a "true black swan" for the oil and energy market, and as crude prices continue to move lower the worst may not be over yet, Ned David Research said in a note to clients Monday. Analyst Warren Pies noted that the outbreak has reduced Chinese demand for oil by 2 million to 3 million barrels per day, which means "the oil market is looking down the barrel at no demand growth for the calendar year, and outright demand contraction is now on the table." At the end of January the firm downgraded its outlook on oil from bullish to neutral, and Pies said that his best guess is that "crude oil and energy equities will see more weakness before this is over." That said, he was quick to note that attempting to draw comparisons between the 2003 SARS outbreak, or attempting to forecast the spread of the disease are "fools errands," arguing that investors should instead should rely on "objective indicators." On Monday U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude fell to its lowest level in 13 months as traders continue to worry that a global economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus will weigh on demand.
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