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30 Mar 2010 11:13

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Biz: Consumers’ confidence bounces back, gains a little swagger

  • 56.5 the consumer
    confidence index     in
    January, which was
    pretty great
  • 46.4 the index in February, which was its lowest level in nearly a year; we were sad and stuff
  • 52.5 the consumer index in March, which beat analysts’ forecasts; hooray! source
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11 Jun 2009 22:47

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Sports: The Red Wings are pretty much Detroit’s only reason to smile

Which, of course, means that they’ll probably lose Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals tomorrow night. Why does God hate Detroit? source
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26 May 2009 10:55

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Biz, U.S.: Consumer confidence way up. No, actually WAAAYYYYYY up.

  • 54.9% in May; it was just 40% in April. Whoa. source
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18 May 2009 21:41

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Biz, U.S.: What perked up the stock market today, anyway?

  • 3% increase in the market today, credited to housing optimism source
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