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U.S. Auto Sales Plunge to 10-Year Lows

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Sources:
Car Sales at 10-Year Lows
BILL VLASIC
NYT, July 2, 2008   

U.S. Auto Woes Deepen Amid Plunging SUV Sales   
Dealers Run Short  Of Compact Cars;  Toyota Stumbles
KATE LINEBAUGH, SHARON TERLEP and MATTHEW DOLAN 
July 2, 2008; Page B3      




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Tracking Your Sex Life


Simply log in after every time you have sex and fill out a few simple fields. Before long, you'll have a rolling history of your sex life on which to reflect.



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Wal-Mart's New Logo

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Wal-Mart's New Logo

   

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States Going From Bad to Worse

http://www.rockinst.org/WorkArea/showcontent.aspx?id=15100

via WSJ Real Time Economics
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2008/07/01/states-going-from-bad-to-worse/

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ISM Update

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Remember These?

45 rpm spindles 

 

Green Stamps 

 
Metal ice cubes trays with levers 

 
Beanie and Cecil 

 
 
Roller-skate keys
 

 
Cork pop gunns 

 
Marlin Perkins 

 
Drive in Movies 

 
Drive in restaurants 

 
Car Hops 
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Studebakers 

 
Topo Gigio 

 
Washtub wringers 

 
The Fuller Brush Man 

 
Sky King 

 
Reel-To-Reel tape recorders 

 
Tinkertoys 

Erectorr Sets 

Lincoln Logs 

 
15 cent McDonald hamburgers 

 
5 cent packs of baseball cards 

 
Penny candy 

 
25 cent a gallon gasoline 

 
Jiffy Pop popcorn 

 
5 cent stamps 

 
Gum wrapper chains 

 
Chatty Cathy dolls 

  ;
5 cent Cokes 

 
Speedy Alka-Seltzer 

 
Cigarettess for Christmas 

 
Falstaff Beeer 

Burma Shave signs 

 
Brownie camera 

 
Flash bulbs 

 
TV Test patterns 

 
Old Yeller 

 
Chef Boy-AR-dee 

 
Fire escape tubes 

 
Timmy and Lassie 

 
Ding D
ing Avon calling 

 
Brylcreem 

 
Aluminum Christmas Trees 

 

 


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Global Shares Are Damped by Economic Storms

   

Global Shares Are Damped by Economic Storms
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121485878147617067.html

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Weather Risks Cloud Promise of Biofuel

 
 
 
 
via NYT

Weather Risks Cloud Promise of Biofuel 
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/business/01weather.html

 
 
 
 

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S&P500 10 Years





Source:
At Midyear,  the Economic Pain Persists
VIKAS BAJAJ
NYT, July 1,  2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/business/01place.html

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