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Well...
It is more of a sign of
less of a downtick
The statistics show severe pessimism
just less so
Rasmussen Consumer Index: Daily Readings
3-May 75.4
At 75.4 the overall levels of economic confidence are significantly lower today than they were in the aftermath of the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
With the profits those jerks rake in, you think they could pay a few dividends. But noooooo....
29% planned to buy an Apple laptop. While that number is down a point from February, it's up two points from January... But netbooks, the smaller, lighter and cheaper laptops that are quickly gaining market share, are the proverbial fly in Apple's ointment, said Carton. Almost one-fourth of the people who said they planned to buy a laptop added that the machine would be a netbook; the 23% who said last month they planned to buy one in the next 90 days was up from February's 18% and January's 14%, a noteworthy surge.On the one hand, I like the tiny size of the netbooks; on the other hand, I hate the tiny size of the screen and keyboard. But I'm not in the market for a new computer anyway, so...