THE NEWS HACK'S CREED:
I know more than you.
I make lots more money than you.
I'm smarter than you.
I'm sexier than you.
I appear on TV all the time.
I work ten minutes a day.
I rule the universe.
I'm going to live forever.
You are an idiot.
THE NEWS HACK'S CREED, No. 2:
A lie isn't a lie when it tells THE TRUTH.
THE NEWS HACK'S CREED, No. 3:
I've come to realize that the looseness of the journalistic life, the seeming laxity of the newsroom, is an illusion. Yes, there's informality and there's humor, but beneath the surface lies something deadly serious. It is a code. Sometimes the code is not even written down, but it is deeply believed in. And, when violated, it is enforced with tribal ferocity.
--JOHN "OMERTA" CARROLL.
THE NEWS HACK'S CREED, No. 4:
News isn't news when we don't report it.
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DOW 15,...well, maybe tomorrow, despite the speed bump for the SECOND MASSACRE RALLY.
"The mix of our business is 80% commercial," Gladden said. "But the areas of the most growth are coming from consumer [sales]. And we are losing share in the aggregate."
Dell said its total unit shipments were down 5% from a year ago. Consumer sales totaled $2.8 billion, a 10% decline from a year ago even though consumer shipments rose 17%. Large enterprise revenue fell 23% from a year ago to $3.4 billion and small-and-medium business sales totaled $3 billon, down 19% from the same period last year.
Revenue from desktop PCs slid by 26% compared to year-ago quarter, while notebook and mobility-product sales were down 14% and revenue from servers and networking equipment fell by 6% from a year ago.
I'm telling you, all the signs are UP!