1. Huffington: We need truth-telling
 America´s Queen of the Blog´s sends memo to Billionaire Warren Buffett, asking him to „put down the Pom-
Poms“ – she criticizes the „Sage of Omaha“ of joining Wall Street cheerleaders „instead of raising his voice to
sound the alarm“ on the real state of the economy
One story .... The other story ....
Retail sales according to Sales taxes in the following
the Commerce Department US states in October
in USD billion in % year over year
Message: Don´t worry Message: Massive decline
Iowa Texas
380 AUG SEP OCT -5%
Nevada
Illinois
+2.5% -2.3% +1.4%
Missouri
Georgia
360 -10%
340 -15%
320 -20%
300 -25%
2008 2009
Nov. 17, 2009
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