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THE FUTURE OF CITI: That's what analysts and investors are hoping to discern from CEO Vikram Pandit's comments at Friday's Citigroup Investor/Analyst Day. The chief executive has flagged this meeting as the one in which he will outline his longer term vision for the financial supermarket.
| EVERYTHING ETHANOL: Jane Wells takes a look at the once "en vogue" industry that has turned into one that's fashionable to hate: ethanol.
| HIGH FUEL ON THE HIGH SEAS: High fuel costs aren't just hitting drivers on the road. They're also hurting businesses on the high seas. In Miami, the tour boat business is down 40%-- threatening to put dozens of businesses, already reeling from the soft economy, out of business. Cruise lines (Royal Caribbean, Norwegian) have levied fuel surcharges. Melissa Lee reports.
| HYBRID INFLATION: Car buyers are paying substantially more for hybrids than they were a year ago. Example? Toyota Highlander Hybrid's average price in March/April was $41,500... $5,400 more than a year ago. Of the eleven hybrids on sale in the U.S., eight have gone up in price substantially. That means the length of time needed to recoup the extra cost of a hybrid is SIGNIFICANTLY longer even though the price of gas has gone up! Phil LeBeau explains.
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