Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Dow Falls 104 on Worries About Earnings (AP). AP - A sharp slide in oil prices wasn't enough to keep stocks aloft Wednesday as March retail sales fell short of expectations and investors grew apprehensive about weak consumer spending. The Dow Jones industrial average sank more than 100 points in the face of glum corporate outlooks and anxiety about first-quarter results. [Yahoo! News: Top Stories] Gas is over $2 a gallon in the United States, people have to pay taxes in a couple of days (yes, pay, unlike most corporations and those making more than a million dollars, the average American has to PAY to the IRS a portion of their savings) and the general economic outlook is less than rosy, regardless of what the White House would have us believe.... 5:14:20 PM    comment []

Floridians Polled on Schiavo Intervention (AP). AP - A majority of Florida voters disapproved of the role Congress, President Bush and Gov. Jeb Bush played in intervening in the Terri Schiavo case, according to a poll released Wednesday. [Yahoo! News: U.S. National] No surprise here.  Not only did the President and the Congress goof and listen to the loudest, squeekiest wheel, they actually though the far right represented the view of the country.  Oops. 3:35:48 PM    comment []

Industry reels from IP flaw. The U.K.'s National Infrastructure Co-Ordination Centre (NISCC) has warned of a flaw in Internet Protocol (IP) that could allow significant attacks on a wide range of products, including routers and Internet software from Microsoft, Cisco Systems, IBM, Juniper Networks, and others. [InfoWorld: Top News] Critical geek post - check and see if you are affected. 3:32:39 PM    comment []

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