To: RogerWilko
The CNN spin straight from the top of their homepage:
UPDATED: 4:47 p.m. EDT, October 19, 2006
BREAKING NEWS
The Dow industrials closed above 12,000 for the first time Thursday as investors took in a mixed bag of earnings from leading banks, blue chips and tech companies. "The economy continues to weaken. But everyone is convinced the Federal Reserve will be able to engineer a soft landing," said the president of one brokerage. The Dow crossed the 12,000 milestone for the first time Wednesday but failed to finish above that number.
FULL STORY
To: Libertarian444
"The economy continues to weaken. But everyone is convinced the Federal Reserve will be able to engineer a soft landing,Soft Landing of what??? Falling after hitting your head on the ceiling??
29 posted on
10/19/2006 2:10:07 PM PDT by
MooseMan
(Go Tigers!)
To: Libertarian444
The Dow crossed the 12,000 milestone for the first time Wednesday but failed to finish above that number.
Wrong cnn. The Dow closed at 12,011.
53 posted on
10/19/2006 2:46:51 PM PDT by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: Libertarian444
"But everyone is convinced the Federal Reserve will be able to engineer a soft landing,"
What a joke. The Fed has never been able to engineer a soft landing.
66 posted on
10/19/2006 6:35:58 PM PDT by
jwh_Denver
(I hate election ads.)
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