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27 Apr 2010 10:21

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Biz: People still getting plastic surgery – just less of it (fortunately)

  • $10 billion spent on plastic surgery procedures last year source
  • » The recession hit, kinda: With spending down and unemployment up, fewer people have been going under the knife for vanity. But not by much. It’s down just three percent from 2008.

22 Dec 2009 08:57

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Biz: The not-so-incredibly-growing economy: It’s not as big as hoped

  • +2.8% the rate that the economy grew last quarter, according to numbers released last month
  • +2.6% the revised rate that the economy grew last quarter; we want our other .6% back source