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...technology company will be able to grapple with the tough economic climate. Ross Sandler, senior internet analyst at RBC Capital Markets, expects Google's revenue to be up 33.5% over the same time last year with a 3% growth rate from second to third quarter, even though its stock price recently sank to the lowest it has been in two years. "Google is down 25% in the last month or so, but ... there is nothing wrong with Google structurally," says Sandler. "Every company exposed to advertising is having problems because budgets in general are contracting and no one is immune...
Still, the picture isn't one of unrelenting gloom. Interest rates are low, unlike in the early 1990s, and the price of oil has dropped from its peak earlier this summer as demand slows from the cooling global economy. That's good news for consumers everywhere. But the signs of economic woe still add up to a minefield that European governments, central banks and other policymakers will have to navigate carefully. Here are some of the mines that lie in wait for them...
...naestum grösum, has changed itself into a "soup kitchen" offering cast-down Icelanders a free bowl of barley-vegetable soup and a slice of bread, while just down the street a few local bars have begun selling "recession beer" at $2.60 a glass, compared with the normal price of $6 or so. But with more layoffs and further turmoil expected, it will take more than hearty stew and a pint of cheap cheer to rescue this nation from economic despair. - by Jonas Moody
...those rates, which are closely followed as an indication of whether the credit crunch is getting better or worse, only eased slightly on Tuesday, it was enough to free up investors' minds to focus on the fact that, in the long run, the thing that determines a stock's price is the ability of a company to make money...
What we didn't see was the rumored $800 Apple laptop; Apple kept its price points high, with the high-end MacBook Pro starting at $1,999, and the consumer-friendly MacBook starting at $1,299. That could be a risk in these consumer-cautious times, but the rate of Mac sales has exceeded the growth rate of PC sales for the past four years, despite Apple's higher prices. And by commanding (and getting) that higher price, its revenue has soared. According to Tim Cook, Apple's chief operating officer, "one out of every three dollars spent in retail...