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    Good day, bad day: August 7, 2012

    By The Week's Editorial Staff | The Week – Tue, Aug 7, 2012
    Arrested Development fans get a shot in the arm, while the oil market gets rocked by Twitter rumors — and more winners and losers of today's news cycle

    GOOD DAY FOR:

    Jim, Johnnie, and Jameson
    Three of the top five liquors that experienced sales gains in 2011 are whiskey varieties. [The Daily]

    SEE ALSO: The other man

    Fans of the Bluths
    Filming of the much-anticipated fourth season of Arrested Development begins today. [HyperVocal]

    Gloating early adapters
    A new website will reveal how early or late you were to join social media networks such as Twitter and Instagram in relation to your friends and the rest of the world. [Geekosystem]

    SEE ALSO: The Massey mine disaster: One family's struggle to move on

    BAD DAY FOR: 

    Cheap fast food
    Wendy's locations in Japan introduce $16 burgers topped with caviar and lobster. [Newser]

    SEE ALSO: Good day, bad day: August 3, 2012

    Playing with blocks
    Doctors discover that a small Lego block crammed up a six-year-old's nose was the cause of his chronic health problems. [Consumerist]

    Twitter rumors
    False rumors that Syria's president Assad had died lead to a quick increase in the price of oil on the commodity markets. [Tecca]

    SEE ALSO: Good day, bad day: July 30, 2012

    For more winners and losers see: Good day, bad day: August 6, 2012

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