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...with the global economy staring down the tarmac at a U.S.-led synchronized recession, the clock is ticking. As long as half as many fights are taking off with half as many passengers, nobody is making money - not airlines, not hotels, not casinos, not ski lodges or golf resorts. And how long can the American Way get by on pizza and a movie...
...Airlines sold off, along with aerospace manufacturers and anything to do with traveling and play - casinos, hotels, ski-resort owners, golf-club makers. Insurance companies sold off. Entertainment stocks sold off, as if the national mood would keep people away from the movies (that one may be temporary). And defense stocks and gold-mining companies had a pretty good day. Basically, it all made sense, and it could have been a lot worse, and in this uncharted territory it was an outcome that had a lot of people breathing big sighs of relief...
International sporting events on American soil have also been affected by Tuesday’s tragic turn of events. The U.S. national women’s soccer team Nike Cup match against Japan was cancelled and reportedly will not be rescheduled. In addition, the World Golf Championship tournament, scheduled to begin today in St. Louis, has been cancelled by the Professional Golfer’s Association, marking the first such cancellation in over five years...
...though he's worked in only three of the company's 10 main businesses and never overseas. "I've seen him under fire and under grace, and his instincts are all right on the button," Welch said from his vacation home on Nantucket, where he's getting in some golf before his much anticipated book, Jack: Straight from the Gut, hits stores next week. "My report card comes out in another five years, when Jeff has taken this company to a whole new level, and people are saying, 'Is that all Jack...
...song. I sit in my pajamas and work the Times crossword and sip peppermint tea and, it being almost Labor Day, I sit and think about work. And then I write a limerick. Of all the useless things a person can do, limerick writing is right up there with golf and fishing...