Wednesday, March 17, 2004 :::
 
i forgot I had this. This will be useful for future journalism posts.
With further adieu, some stuff to know for today.

In the Orlando Sentinel business section: March 17

darden restaurant, inc earlings up:
Orlando-based Darden Restaurants Inc. Wednesday reported third-quarter net earnings of $77.9 million, or 46 cents per diluted share, compared with net earnings of $61.8 million, or 35 cents per diluted share, in the same quarter for 2003. Sales for the present quarter were $1.24 billion, up from $1.18 billion.

people are going to spend more because of their tax return checks:
Call it Uncle Sam's retail boost -- some retailers say they expect a 20 percent or more bump in sales this spring, thanks to cash-happy Americans willing to unload their tax-refund checks.
Nearly 12 percent of consumers, and almost 20 percent of Americans between 25 and 34 years old, plan to use some or part of their tax refunds to make a major purchase, according to a study released Tuesday by the National Retail Federation
(tax return average: $2,182, or up 4.4 percent)

Fed rates are are unchanged.
ideas:
martha stewart not being ceo or chair, affecting her brand???
what's in a name: how businesses get their name....copyrighted??

lesson re-learned: if it's not fair or accurate, it's a pile of crap. this applies to opinion columns as well.

::: posted by mai at 7:49 PM

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