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28 May 2010 10:57

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Biz: Did consumer spending go up in April, guys?

  • NO but it didn’t go down, either;
    it stayed flat source

30 Oct 2009 21:18

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Biz: Despite touching 10,000 the Dow Jones was flat for the month

  • 9,712.28 the closing price on the Dow September 28; it’s had many ups and downs since then
  • 9712.73 the closing price on the Dow October 30; it hasn’t touched 10,000 since October 22 source

14 May 2009 07:48

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Biz: Wal-Mart’s profits stay almost exactly the same as a year ago

  • $3.02 billion in profits in both Q1 ’08 and Q1 ’09 source