WSJ’s Walt Mossberg talks about the top gadgets of 2009, from a headset that makes PC video games 3-D to HP notebooks, that are like a laptop and a netbook combined. Courtesy Fox News.
1/8/2009
We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect. —John Kenneth Galbraith
Initial Jobless Claims totaled 614k, 1k less than expected but the prior month was revised up by 3k to 630k. Continuing Claims fell by 53k from last week and was 38k less than expected. There has been a big discussion of late over the expiration of unemployment insurance and how the recent drop in Continuing Claims is due to people losing it rather than finding a new job. While there is no question benefits are expiring without one finding a job, as evidenced by the rising exhaustion rate, many losing those benefits now started getting them when initial claims were...
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January 9th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Top gadget for 2009: A piggy bank.
January 9th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Top gadget for 2008: tin cup.
A few were platinum.
January 10th, 2009 at 2:16 am
Top Gadget in 2010,
a chainsaw so heating your home doesn’t break your back.