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Spammers Turn Positive on the Economy

Miguel Gonzalez Jr., Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 22, 2010 at 1:05 pm PT

Add another to voice to the chorus declaring that the recession that began in December 2007 is over: your spam folder. Symantec Corp., the security software company behind such programs as Norton, every month cleans out its industrial-sized spam filters and issues a monthly State of Spam & Phishing report based on the result. In its April 2010 report, the company found the tea leaves suggest economic prospects are picking up, at least according to spam email using economic terms.

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LeapFrog Q4 Results Fall Far Short of Estimates

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on March 2, 2009 at 2:41 pm PT

Another verse for the Earnings Lament: LeapFrog, which makes technology-based toys and learning products, posted Q4 results that fell far short of Street expectations. The company blamed the shortfall on a sharp fall in consumer sentiment, unfavorable exchange rates, widespread discounting and high retail inventories.