"THE first time the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 12,000, in October 2006, presenters on CNBC, a business channel, almost caught fire with excitement. When it reached that milestone again on February 1st the reaction was more muted, though the recovery from a low of 6,547 less than two years ago is remarkable, and soaring share prices reflect a corporate America that is leaner and stronger than it was back in 2006. The current profit-reporting season is shaping up to be one of the best ever. For non-financial firms in the S&P 500, earnings per share are now higher than they have been for at least a decade. With over half of the companies in the S&P 500 having reported, profits in 2010 were up by 17% compared with 2009. (The year-on-year increase is far greater if financial firms are included, since they plunged in 2009 and then rebounded spectacularly.)"
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So we all get a car?
The cars are gifts from Snoprah, but they're all parked on the Dan Ryan and you'll have to dig yours out yourself.
"That's like giving me a sweater, but it's in Seattle.
That's not a present, that's a problem."
"a corporate America that is leaner and stronger" = still 15 percent unemployment motherfuckers
That's 15% unemployed or underempolyed motherfuckers.
Subtle difference.
I guess being raped is good for you, then.