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  1. Notice how quick "swine flu" was relabeled H1N1 virus ? Good work Tyson - which makes enough hot dogs annually to circle the earth -- twice.
  2. Four states already have unemployment rates above 10 percent: California, South Carolina, Michigan and Rhode Island.
  3. from the Feds on DecQ GDP - did we say -3.8% ? Our bad - we meant -6.2%. In down markets -- all the fed stats get revised downward.
  4. follow me at @TheStreetDoR
  5. $MJN mead johnson breaks the IPO drought. One has to go back to 1974 to find two months without an IPO - and MJN is first since one in Nov
  6. Super bowl CPMs: Starts at $ 15.54- up to $25.53 CPM at 4 pm- $38.85 at 530 and $61.79 CPM for a $3 million unit price during the game.
  7. Fed Futures show flat fed interest rate for 6 months with a 68% chance of a +25 bps in july - then gradual 25 bps stepups over the summer.
  8. Mortgage Bankers Association showed a YoY lift of 125% in applications - and a spike of 48%. .Spike is excellent for BankRate ($RATE).
  9. movie night at home --- "dont mess with Zohan" or "The Mummy" are the choices
  10. Stop karaswisher
  11. @fredwilson. Yasuda tomorrow at noon. Fyi.
  12. General Motors sells 2.1 million vehicles globally in third quarter, down 11.4%. Wonder how that will trend in the DecQ ?
  13. Oct consumer confidence weaker than expected at 38.0 vs. an expected 52.0.. this is the weakest level ever. ouch
  14. NATO escorts cargo past Somalia for the first time. Somalia pirates story is fascinating.
  15. Add whirlpool to the list: cutting 5000 jobs and reducing its earnings outlook. Makes me wonder what whirlpool's total headcount is !
  16. markets say "sell at the bell" down 200+
  17. Each $0.01 decline in gas saves US consumers $1.4B. Gas is down $1.50 from its peak which is $214B annualized savings to consumers.
  18. Picking a black suit to wear tomorrow in case its a black monday for the markets. Might as well match.
  19. @TradingGoddess. Sounds like a good way to prep for the impending black monday !
  20. What do Friday Otober 24, 2008 and Thurs October 24, 1929 - have in common ? We will find out soon. (10/24/29 was the crash of 1929)