Re: Distinguished Order of Miserabilists Update

[Eugene Coyle <eugenecoyle@xxxxxxx>]

Today I was on a flight from Memphis to San Francisco.  An Airbus 320, must hold 180
people or more. -- only 24 people in coach.  Everybody in coach could have had a
sleep with a  three seat row each!!  I've taken this same flight -- a year or so ago
--when every seat was filled and people were turned away.  I haven't seen an empty
plane like this in years and years -- maybe 10 years.  I knew the airlines were
hurting but this shocked me.

Gene Coyle

Rob Schaap wrote:

> DOOM is signing 'em up by the gaggle.  We have most of the US press on the
> strength now; on a day when the Financial Times asks why there's so much 'pro
> forma reporting' on finance.
>
> I just can't stop recommending PrudentBear; I've a terrible headache and a bad
> case of overworkitis, yet a quick peek at ol' PB always floods me with a
> frisson of comparative wellbeing ...
>
> Bloomberg:  Home resales fall 3%
> USAT:  Health Insurance Premiums to add to consumer price index;
> Houston Chronicle:  Bankruptcies Soar;
> NY Post:  Earnings still in free fall;
> Dallas Morning News:  Service Sector joins rest of economy on Way Down
> and Revised GDP figures likely to come up red, and may affect sentiment;
> Detroit FP:  Restaurant earnings down for first time in eleven years;
> Boston Globe:  Designated Telecom node real estate 75% undersubscribed
> in Boston;
> USAT:  Health Insurance Premiums to add to consumer price index;
> Houston Chronicle:  Bankruptcies Soar;
> NY Post:  Earnings still in free fall;
> Dallas Morning News:  Service Sector joins rest of economy on Way Down and
> Revised GDP figures likely to come up red, and may affect sentiment;
> Detroit FP:  Restaurant earnings down for first time in eleven years;
> Boston Globe:  Designated Telecom node real estate 75% undersubscribed in Boston;
> ABC:  Toshiba and Hitachi sacking thousands as chips and computers produce losses
>
> Cheers,
> Rob.