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07 Jan 2009 10:55

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U.S.: The day’s big, scary financial statistic

  • $1.2 trillion U.S. budget deficit in fiscal 2009 source

02 Jan 2009 18:44

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U.S.: See, stocks are rebounding!

  • 9034.69 The Dow’s closing number today source

01 Jan 2009 23:57

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Music: Digital track downloads way, way up

  • 1.07 billion track downloads, up 27% from last year source

01 Jan 2009 23:52

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Music: The music industry’s downtempo 2008 album sales

  • 8.5% decline in album sales in 2008, from 500 million to 428 million source