Word: summering
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...these markets were a person, they'd be Woody Allen. Upon receipt of more good news about the soft landing Tuesday from the Commerce Department - retail sales dropped 0.3 percent in May and were revised down again for April, the first consecutive drop since the summer of 1998 - investors' neuroses kicked in. Suddenly, the worry wasn't that Alan Greenspan would raise rates again at month's end. It was that he'd already gone too far. Tech selling slid the NASDAQ down on the news, and financials did the same to the Dow. Consumers, the heroes of the expansion...
...September write an essay entitled "What I Did Last Summer to Prepare for the Presidency...
Ever since Super Tuesday, Al Gore and George W. Bush have been comparatively quiescent. We know, however, that this is a fool's paradise. We are enjoying, so to speak, the summer of 1939, an eerie calm before the inevitable hideousness begins...
...FAIL ME NOW Ever think about all that extra energy you generate just walking around? British inventor Trevor Baylis has. Baylis, whose previous brainstorms include a clockwork radio, has announced the founding of a company to manufacture shoes that produce power using the natural motion of walking. This summer Baylis plans to test his shoes in Africa in a walk across the Namib Desert during which he'll place a phone call to PM Tony Blair (who else?) using only power made by the footwear. That's one small step...
...despite the grim realities of Visa and MasterCard ubiquity, there could be a silver lining in all this for consumers. While the DOJ case could take most of the summer to unfold, the cumulative effects of such intense negative media scrutiny could become apparent much more quickly - Visa and MasterCard customers should keep an eye out for peace offerings (in the form of lowered monthly interest rates or other acts of magnanimity) over the next few months...